WolfPack women’s volleyball team pick up two wins over opening weekend, men drop two games

KAMLOOPS — It was an opening weekend of polar opposite results for the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack volleyball program. 

The WolfPack women’s volleyball team began their season with two wins over the Mount Royal University Cougars in Calgary Friday (Oct. 23) and Saturday (Oct. 24). The WolfPack took both games in four sets (23-25, 25-19, 25-22 and 25-20 on Friday and 25-16, 25-21, 19-25 and 25-19 on Saturday). 

On the men’s side, the WolfPack dropped their first two games of the season to the Cougars in four sets each (13-25, 21-25, 25-22 and 18-25 on Friday and 16-25, 25-20, 18-25 and 20-25 on Saturday). 

TRU welcomes two different teams to the Tournament Capital Centre for their volleyball home openers. The WolfPack men’s team hosts the University of Alberta Golden Bears on Friday at 5:30 p.m. while the WolfPack women’s team follows suit by playing the University of Regina Cougars at 7:15 p.m.