LANGLEY, B.C. – The Saskatchewan Huskies went toe-to-toe and then some with the best in the nation as they scored a monumental 3-1 victory over the No. 1 ranked Trinity Western Spartans at the Langley Events Centre Friday night.
 
Emily Koshinsky led the Huskies with game-highs in kills with 18 and digs with eight. Huskies outside hitter Olivia Mattern added 12 kills while hitting .364.  
 
The No. 1 ranked Spartans fall to 8-1 on the season with the loss, while Saskatchewan moves to 7-2.  
 
Hilary Howe had a game-high 14 kills, while Emma Gamache chipped in with a team-high 12 digs for TWU. 
 
The first set was a back and forth affair, with each team trading points throughout the entire set up to 19-19 before TWU pulled ahead and took it 25-21.
 
Into the second set, despite coming out to a 7-3 lead before the Spartans came back to tie it midway through the set 14-14, the Huskies pulled ahead and handed TWU just their second lost set of the season winning 25-21.  
 
The third set saw Saskatchewan continue rolling, coming out to an early lead and never looking back, winning it 25-18. 
 
Into the fourth set was much of the same, as the Huskies hit .267 compared to the Spartans .167 and took the final set 25-21 to hand TWU its first loss of the season. 
 
Saskatchewan hit .259 compared to TWU's .198 through the match. 
 
With a 7-2 record the Huskies continue one of their strongest starts to a season in the past 20 years. This win against the Spartans was just their second against the perennial national powerhouse in their last 19 games.