Photo Credit: Ivan Tam
Photo Credit: Ivan Tam
Leftside Marc Howatson of Victoria with 10 kills, eight digs, three blocks and one ace and leftside Paul Lindemulder of Calgary with nine kills, three digs, three blocks and two aces were also strong for the Spartans, while rightside Matt Busse of Outlook, Sask with 11 kills and eight digs and leftside Jeffrey Grant of Saskatoon with eight kills, four digs and two blocks led the Huskies.
The Spartans start the match leading 8-4 at the first break, but the Huskies gathered momentum in the middle of the set and only trailed by one 16-15 at the break. The two teams matched each other to 18-18. Then Saskatchewan took over the set and closed it out with a 7-4 run to take the opener 25-22. The Huskies finished the set hitting 26.9 percent, while the Spartans finished at 17.9 percent.
It was a totally different Spartan team that opened the second set. TWU dominated the game as Howatson served ten straight times to lead the Spartans to a 10-0 lead. The Spartans extended the lead to 12 at the second break leading 16-4. The Huskies broke the ten point barrier late in the set, but fell 25-12 as TWU evened up the match 1-1. Saskatchewan could not get their attack going as they hit at negative 13.8 percent to TWU's 15 percent.
The third set was even through the first break, with TWU up 8-7. But the Spartans gained control in the middle of the set to lead 16-12 at the second break. TWU maintained at least a three point margin through the remainder of the set as they took the third set 25-19. The Huskies got into positive numbers in the third at 2.6 percent, but still trailed the Spartans attack at 29 percent.
The momentum continued for TWU through the fourth set as the Spartans took the first four points on their way to8-4 and 16-9 leads at the two media timeouts. The deficit was too great for the Huskies as the Spartans took the set 25-20 and the match 3-1. In the final set TWU hit at 23 percent, while Saskatchewan his at 5.4 percent.
The two teams will match up again tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre.
Tonight's match was broadcasted live on SpartanTV at goSpartans.ca
Match Notes: TWU finished the match hitting at 22 percent, while Saskatchewan finished at 4.6 percent...the Huskies had five team blocks to the Spartans 14 team blocks...TWU had five aces to Saskatchewan's one...
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