VANCOUVER, B.C. – Returning to play in the Canada West men’s volleyball league didn’t have the results that coach Pat Hennelly and his Thompson Rivers University WolfPack would have wanted.
Following two strong efforts against NCAA Stanford, the WolfPack went into UBC and lost 3-0 to the Thunderbirds on Friday, Jan. 13 to open the 2012 portion of their Canada West season. The scores were 25-17, 35-33, 26-24. TRU is now 2-11 while UBC is 8-3.
“We had two close sets but we were nervous and tentative for most of the match,” said Hennelly. “ We had no rhythm. It was pretty frustrating.”
The WolfPack were led by Brad Gunter (1st year, outside hitter,
Courtenay with 15 kills in 31 chances with seven digs. Jacob
Tricarico (3rd year, middle, Huntington Beach, CA) had six kills in nine chances while Alex Davis (3rd year, middle, White Rock) had six kills in 19 chances. Colin Carson (3rd year, setter, Prince George had 34 assists.
Jessie Basergui (2nd year, outside hitter, White Rock had five kills in 17 swings. “Jessie did well coming in off the bench,”
added Hennelly.
UBC was led by Tanner Kozak who had 12 kills in 20 opportunities. Milan Nikic had 32 assists. The WolfPack return home to Kamloops on Friday, Jan. 20 to host the Brandon University Bobcats.
