SUNDAY

Winnipeg 3 Regina 0

Cougars-Wesmen Stats

by Sheldon Appelle, U of Winnipeg Sports Information

WINNIPEG - It was a perfect weekend for the Winnipeg Wesmen, which completed a sweep against the Regina Cougars with a straight sets (26-24, 25-23, 25-21) victory Sunday afternoon in Winnipeg.

Tom Douglas Powell led the way for the Wesmen with a match-high 16 kills. David Bommersbach and Casey Schouten added eight each. Josh McKay had 21 assists to go along with his 14 defensive digs. Nicholas McCaughan was strong with five blocks.

Andrew Nelson was a one man show for Regina finishing with a match high 17 kills. Nathan Cherwaty finished with nine digs. Caleb Eschbach finished with five blocks.

Winnipeg 3-1 will face Mount Royal in Calgary next weekend. Regina will play host to Calgary.

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UBC Okagana 3 Mount Royal 0

Cougars-Heat Stats

by Cary Mellon, UBCO Sports Information

KELOWNA, BC – After a five-set heartbreaker on Saturday, the UBC Okanagan Heat came back with a vengeance to win 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-23) and notch their first regular season victory in Sunday's matchup with the Mount Royal Cougars in Kelowna.
 
Heat outside hitter Nate Speijer smacked a commanding 20 kills and also led in digs with 11. Kyle Pankratz logged eight kills and seven digs.
 
Cougars outside hitter Colton deMan hit 14 kills, while middle Jordan Lantz had seven.
 
With the win UBC Okanagan improves to a record of 1-3, while Mount Royal falls to an even 2-2. The Heat will hit the road next Friday to take on the Brandon University Bobcats, while the Cougars will return home to take on the University of Winnipeg Wesmen on Friday.
 
Games available on canadawest.tv.

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SATURDAY

#1 Alberta 3 #4 Brandon 1

Bobcats-Golden Bears Stats

by Paul Cartledge, U of Alberta Sports Information

EDMONTON - Showing their #1 CIS ranking, the Alberta Golden Bears earned their fourth-straight victory on the season, a four-set decision (25-12, 20-25, 25-18, 25-15) over the #4 Brandon Bobcats, Saturday night at Saville Community Sports Centre.

The 4-0 Bears had three players netting double-digit kills, sophomore right side/left side Ryan Nickifor leading with a game-high 16 kills while left sides Jay Olmstead and Ryley Barnes put up 15 apiece, Nickifor and Barnes also adding nine digs each. Fifth-year setter Jarron Mueller had 41 assists.

Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, Sam Tuivai spun 10 kills for the now 2-2 visitors and third-year setter David Stasica tallied 26 assists.

The Bears head out on the road next weekend to face off against another tough opponent, the No.3 Trinity Western Spartans, while the Bobcats return home to face the UBC Okanagan Heat.

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#3 Trinity Western 3 #6 Saskatchewan 1

Spartans-Huskies Stats

by Nicole Betker, Huskies Sports information

SASKATOON - Winning the battle of Top 10 teams, the #3 Trinity Western Spartans completed a sweep with a 3-1 (25-13, 23-25, 25-14, 25-22) win over the #6 Saskatchewan Huskies on Saturday night at the PAC.
 
Trinity Western keeps pace with the top of the Canada West standings with a perfect 4-0 record. Saskatchewan, 0-4, is still in search of their first win of the season after opening the young Canada West season against the No. 1 ranked Alberta Golden Bears and the No. 3 Spartans.
 
Middle blocker Lucas Van Berkel led the Spartans in the four set victory with 15 kills. Nicholas Del Bianco followed close behind with 14, while Brad Kufske added another 12. Branden Schmidt recorded an impressive 10 block assists.
 
Outside hitter Jordan Nowakowski led the Huskies with 13 kills, while Bryan Fraser added another seven. Fraser also recorded a match-high 11 digs.
 
The Huskies hit the road for the first time in the 2013-14 season to visit the Manitoba Bisons next weekend, while Trinity Western returns home to host the Alberta Golden Bears.

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#5 UBC 3 Manitoba 2

Bisons-Thunderbirds Stats

by Lee Dorner, UBC Sports Information

VANCOUVER – After an extremely close battle through four sets, the CIS #5 UBC Thunderbirds found another gear and pulled away in the fifth for a 3-2 win (25-23, 21-25, 23-25, 26-24, 15-7) on Saturday night at War Memorial Gym.
 
Middle blocker Alex Russell had four kills in the fifth set and a huge solo block on match point to seal up the win for the ‘Birds. His effort in the fifth was especially important after his partner in the middle, Chris Howe, went down with an ankle injury early in the set.
 
The ‘Birds were already without their top two setters and their top outside hitter due to injury, but they were picked up by great performances from some of the young guns on the roster, including Gabriel Aaron, who led the team with 10 digs and tied for the team lead with 15 kills on .387 hitting.
 
Devren Drear led a three-pronged attack from the outside for the Bisons, racking up 21 kills and nine digs on the night. Adam DeJonckheere had 18 kills on .395 hitting, adding 11 digs, and Kevin Falconer had 17 kills.
 
The Bisons fall to 1-3 on the season, and will return to Manitoba to start a four-match home stand next weekend that will see a pair of ranked opponents come to town in Saskatchewan and Brandon.
 
UBC improves to 2-2 with the win, and they will also be at home next weekend looking to keep it going against the Thompson Rivers WolfPack. Those teams get together on Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10 at 3 p.m.

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Winnipeg 3 Regina 0

Cougars-Wesmen Stats

by Sheldon Appelle, Wesmen Sports Information

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Wesmen opened up a weekend series against the Regina Cougars with a straight sets (25-21, 25-19, 25-21) victory Saturday at the Duckworth Centre.

Winnipeg improves to 2-1, the Cougars fall to 0-3.

Second year outside Casey Schouten was a force pounding home 15 kills for Winnipeg. Nicholas McCaughan and Tom Douglas-Powell each finished with nine. Josh McKay and Matthew Dueck each had four blocks.

Andrew Nelson led the Cougars with 13 kills. Jacques Borgeaud added eight digs. Caleb Eschbach had four blocks.

The teams will do battle once again on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

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Calgary 3 Thompson Rivers 2

Dinos-WolfPack Stats

by Larry Read, WolfPack Sports Information

KAMLOOPS, BC — Volleyball fans of Kamloops can't say they didn't get their money's worth this weekend when they took in the Thompson Rivers WolfPack and the Calgary Dinos.

For the second straight match, the two teams went five sets.  Unfortunately for fans of the ‘Pack, they leave the Tournament Capital Centre disappointed.  TRU has suffered their first loss of the young Canada West season falling 3-2 to the Dinos. The scores were 25-22,20-25,18-25,33-31, 15-8.

The WolfPack are now 3-1, while Calgary evens its record at 2-2.

Calgary was led by Greg Mann, with 27 kills in 52 chances.  Darcee Froese had 13 kills in 25 opportunities and a team high eight digs. 

For TRU, Casey Knight had 11 kills in 23 chances with four service aces, six digs and two block assists. Colin Carson recorded 52 assists, 10 digs, two service aces, one solo block and two block assists.

Both teams are on the road in Canada West play next weekend (Nov 8-9).  TRU visits UBC while Calgary moves into Regina. Next home action for the ‘Pack is Saturday, November 22nd when Saskatchewan comes to town.  Game time is 7:45 pm.

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Mount Royal 3 UBC Okanagan 2

Cougars-Heat Stats

by Cary Mellon, Heat Sports Information

KELOWNA, BC  - The UBC Okanagan Heat men's volleyball team mounted a huge comeback but couldn't quite close the match out as the Mount Royal Cougars held on to win Saturday's matchup 3-2 (25-15, 25-9, 21-25, 23-25, 15-10).
 
Heat outside hitter Nate Speijer amassed 25 kills and 11 digs, and second year Alex Swiatlowski tallied 8 kills and 11 digs.
 
Outside hitter Jordan Parkin hit 18 kills and logged a .385 attack percentage for the Cougars in their winning effort while fifth year Colton deMan had 15 kills of his own. Libero Jordan Or put up 12 digs.
 
After Saturday's match Mount Royal moves up to 2-1, while the Heat are still looking for their first win at 0-3. Both teams will rematch on Sunday (Nov 3) at 3 p.m. at UBC's Okanagan campus gymnasium. The match will be broadcast live on canadawest.tv.

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FRIDAY

#1 Alberta 3 #4 Brandon 0

Bobcats-Golden Bears Stats

by Paul Cartledge, U of Alberta Sports Information

EDMONTON - Facing the #4 and defending Canada West champion Brandon Bobcats, third-years Kevin Proudfoot and Ryley Barnes vaulted the #1 Alberta Golden Bears to their third-straight victory and their second in straight sets (25-17, 25-20, 25-23), Friday night at Saville Community Sports Centre.

Right side Proudfoot spun 13 kills for a blistering 63% attack percentage while left side Barnes equalled his teammate with 13 kills and added an ace. Veteran setter Jarron Mueller had a match-high 33 assists.

Sam Tuivai, a 2012-13 CIS All-Canadian and CIS Championship Tournament All-Star, netted eight kills for the Bobcats, as did fourth-year middle Brendan White. Third-year setter David Stasica earned a team-high 17 assists.

The 3-0 Bears and 2-1 Bobcats will play the second game of their two-game series on Saturday, game time going at approximately 5:00 p.m.

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#5 UBC 3 Manitoba 0

Bisons-Thunderbirds Stats

by Lee Dorner, UBC Sports information Assistant

VANCOUVER – Despite dealing with some key injuries, the UBC Thunderbirds cracked the win column with a solid 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-21) victory over the Manitoba Bisons on Friday night at War Memorial Gym.
 
The Bisons, which lost five starters from last year's squad, showed they are not to be taken lightly despite the heavy roster turnover, hanging tough with the #5 T-Birds in every set. Manitoba hit a very respectable .270 as a team and had three hitters rack up double digit kills.
 
UBC had a nice advantage at the service line, with seven aces and only six service errors, keeping the pressure on the Bisons and freeing up their outside hitters to have big nights. Quentin Schmidt benefited to the tune of 12 kills on .500 hitting, and Ben Chow added 11 kills.
 
Alex Russell had six kills on 10 attacks in the middle, adding three block assists.
 
For the Bisons, second-year Devren Dear set the pace with 15 kills on 31 attacks. Fellow second-year Kevin Falconer had 12 kills and freshman Adam DeJonckheere added 11.
 
Both teams are now 1-2 on the season. One of them will be back to .500 after Saturday, when they wrap up their two-game set at War Memorial Gym. The action starts at 7 p.m.

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#3 Trinity Western 3 #6 Saskatchewan 0

Spartans-Huskies Stats

by Nicole Betker, Huskies Sports Information

SASKATOON - Closer than the score indicated, the #3 Trinity Western Spartans defeated the #6 Saskatchewan Huskies 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-19) on Friday at the PAC.
 
Brad Kufske powered the Spartans to the win tallying a match-high 14 kills. Nicholas Del Bianco added another nine. Tyler Koslowsky recorded 11 digs, while Lucas Van Berkal and Branden Schmidt each totaled five assisted blocks.
 
Fifth-year outside hitter Bryan Fraser led the Huskies with 12 kills on the night, while fellow senior Braden McLean tallied eight. McLean also added one solo block and six assisted blocks.
 
With the win, Trinity remains undefeated in the young Canada West season at 3-0, while Saskatchewan drops to 0-3.
 
The two CIS Top 10 teams battle again Saturday night at the PAC. Match time is 8 p.m. and can be viewed on canadawest.tv.

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Thompson Rivers 3 Calgary 2

Dinos-WolfPack Stats

by Larry Read, TRU Sports Information

KAMLOOPS, BC — The Thompson Rivers WolfPack remain unbeaten after a 3-2 win over the Calgary Dinos on Friday night at the Tournament Capital Centre. The scores were 21-25,26-24,13-25,25-14,15-6.

The WolfPack were led by Brad Gunter, who had 31 kills in 59 chances. He also had five digs.
Philip Ozarihad 10 kills in 33 chances.

Calgary was led by Connor Frehlich, who had 13 kills and 14 digs.

The teams will do battle again Saturday at the Tournament Capital Centre. Game time is 2:45 pm.

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