On the road to gold
Spartans gear up for run at nationals
The Trinity Western University Spartan men’s volleyball team got some good news last Wednesday. Their gift? A CIS National Championship schedule. The Spartans will begin their bid for a national championship this Friday at Kamloop’s Thompson Rivers University against Queen’s University. Among the field of eight teams, the Spartans earned the #4 seed in the tournament and will be taking on the fifth-seeded Gaels, who are sporting a 16-4 record heading into the tournament. The Gaels are led by 6’6 outside Joren Zeeman, who comes into the tournament with the second most amount of kills in the OUA with 270, averaging almost five points a game.
The road to gold for the Spartans will not be easy. Although the Spartans hold a higher ranking in their match, the Spartans could be in line to play the tournaments #1 seed, Laval, in the semifinal. Laval will take on eighth-seeded Quebec counterpart Montreal in the first round.
The Spartans will be lead by their defense, which ranks first overall in digs, second in digs per sets, and fifth in block assists. The key to their team, however, will be making sure their offense is with them. The Spartans rank second in kills in the country and will need their strong attack of Steve Marshall, Marc Howatson, and Rudy Verhoeff to continue their offensive dominance.
The Spartans’ quarterfinal game against Queen’s at 3:00 p.m. Friday will be webcast live on ssncanada.ca, along with the rest of the tournament’s matches.
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