WOLFPACK MVB WIN SECOND MATCH AT MCDONALDS INVITIATIONAL TOURNEY
For Immediate release: Saturday January 3, 2009
Kamloops,BC--"Again, we let a team off the hook." That is how Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack Men's Volleyball Coach Pat Hennelly described his teams performance as they won their second straight match at the 2009 McDonald's International Invitiational Mens tournament.
The Wolfpack downed the University of Sherbrooke Vert et Or in four sets. The scores were 25-20,28-26,21-25,25-23.
"We were up two games to nothing and we struggled to put them away," said Hennelly "Not doing that will come back to haunt us. The good thing is that we won with a different lineup."
TRU used a lot of the players who usually find themselves on the bench. This included red shirt libero Spencer Reed of Prince George, BC and setter Collin Gordon of Calgary, Alberta.
2nd year outside hitter Josh Boruck (Revelstoke, BC) was the McDonald's "Man of the Match" for TRUwith 19 kills. The WolfPack now move to 2 and 0 and have a big match tonite (8 pm) at the Tournament Capital Center against Budo International of Japan. Budo fell to 1 and 1 after a four set loss to Pepperdine University Wave of California.
The NCAA runners up are also 1 and 1. Sherbrooke is 0 and 2. Pepperdine and Sherbrooke meet at 6 pm at the Tournament Capital Center.
The Bronze medal match is set for Sunday January 4 th (3 pm) at the TRU Gym. The Gold medal match will go Sunday at 5 pm at the TCC
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