For Immediate Release; March 6,2010


Edmonton, Alta: For the third year in a row, the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack will play for the bronze medal at the Canada West
Men’s Volleyball final four. The WolfPack will meet the University
of Calgary Dinos in the bronze medal match Sunday (March 7) after both teams lost their Canada West semi finals.

The WolfPack fell 3-1 to the host Alberta Golden Bears. The scores were 25-18,23-25,25-17,25-20. The Dinos were on the short end of a 3-2 decision to the Trinity Western Spartans. The scores were 22-25,29-27,25-20,17-25,15-9.

The WolfPack played without head coach Pat Hennelly who was sitting out a one game suspension. Assistant Chad Grimm ran the bench and was quick to point out that despite having a guaranteed spot in next week’s CIS Nationals, the ‘Pack didn’t want to take the easy way in.

“I think we’ve done a good job of not thinking that we’ve had our ticket booked to Nationals,” said Grimm to the Alberta Sports Information Department. “We know we want to be playing well going into Nationals. Obviously this is a seeded tournament, so if we win tomorrow (Mar 7), we’ll get a better match up in the first round.”

The WolfPack committed 27 attack errors and finished with an attack percentage of .153. Alberta, playing for the first time in nearly a month had a .332 attack per centage.

TRU was led by Canada West Rookie of the Year Kevin Tillie (1st year, left side, Cagnes Sur Mer, France). He had 16 kills, two aces and three blocks, two of them solo.

The Dinos and ‘Pack will play at noon MDT on Sunday. The Bears and Spartans will play for gold at 2 pm MDT.

TRU hosts the CIS Nationals beginning Friday March 12 th at the Tournament Capital Center.

SIDE OUTS: Earlier this season, Calgary beat TRU twice: both matches at the TCC. On November 13, 2009 the Dinos won 3-0 (scores 25-22,25-23,26, 24). The next night, the teams went five sets with Calgary prevailing (25-14,18-25,27-25,21-25,19-21).

Hennelly will be back coaching TRU on Sunday.

(with assistance from the Alberta Golden Bear Sports Information
Department)
TRU WOLFPACK ATHLETICS: PROUD HOSTS OF THE 2010 CIS MENS NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS-MARCH 12-14 TH TOURNAMENT CAPITAL CENTER, KAMLOOPS BC.
WEBSITE: http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/mvball/index
http://francais.cis-sic.ca/championships/mvball/index




Larry Read
Sports Information Officer
Thompson Rivers University
900 McGill Road, P.O. Box 3010
Kamloops, BC, Canada V2C 5N3
(250) 377-6117 (office)
(250) 371-5672 (fax)
lread@tru.ca
(250) 819-5255 (blackberry)