The women’s Volleyball team is undefeated in their first four games of this season after another weekend sweep over the University of Regina.
After being ranked as the No. 7 team nationally, the WolfPack played in their first home games of the season.
On Friday night, after a few errors on both sides, the ‘Pack set the tone and took control of the game by going on a 13-6 run. They eventually took the first set 21-13. In their second set, the Cougars and the Pack were tied at 8-8. The WolfPack soon ran away in the score and won their second set in a landslide, 25-13.
Regina would put up more of a fight in the third set but TRU would still come out on top with a 25-23 win and add another game to their win column.
Saturday night was a tighter game going into four sets. The Cougars put up a close fight in the first set, and had a narrow 26-24. But the WolfPack ran away with the next three to win the game. In sets two and three, they had two dominant wins 25-15 and 25-14. The Cougars tried to claw their way back into the fourth set but ultimately fell short, and TRU packed it in 25-20.
“Obviously it’s nice to take care of business at home. I thought in the first set we got ourselves out to a nice little lead, Regina made a push and we fell asleep a little. Any team in this league is going to take advantage of that so hopefully that’s a lesson learned,” Head Coach Chad Grimm said.
After a successful weekend at home, the WolfPack is getting set to hit the road and take on the No.2 nationally ranked UBC Thunderbirds in their domain. UBC has also started their season undefeated so far, and has always been a challenge for TRU. Two seasons ago, UBC ended the WolPack’s playoff dreams in the Canada West Quarter-Finals.
Last season, the Pack hosted them at home during the regular season; they spilt the weekend. In their win, they went four sets, being handed a big defeat in the first set 7-25, before they rallied to win the last three. They went five full sets, pushing UBC till the end in their loss.
They came face to face with the Thunderbirds one more time in the Bronze Medal Match during the Canada West Final Four. They won the second set, and while they did fall in a loss in four sets, the game was not under the control of one team. The scores were close: 25-17, 22-25, 25-21, 25-20.
UBC has played the University of Calgary and the University of Saskatchewan; in each series, they won one game straight out and one in four sets. Neither team is ranked.
The WolfPack will have to bring their best game this weekend to keep their undefeated streak going and take down the NO. 2-ranked team
The Pack’s games will be in UBC’s home gym, War Memorial Gym, with Friday’s game starting at 7:15 p.m. and Saturday’s starting at 5:45 p.m.