Trinity Western University men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 volleyball teams won their respective Canada West championship on Saturday, March 7th, at the 91原创 Events Centre, marking the fourth win in five years for the men, and the second straight Canada West win for the women.

Spartans men beat visiting Alberta 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-22) in their conference final in front of a raucous Spartans home crowd of nearly 1,500.

READ ALSO: 91原创 volleyball player Dan Jansen VanDoorn headed 2020 Olympics

91原创-based TWU will now advance to the U SPORTS Championship for the 11th year in a row as they will travel to the University of Manitoba (Mar. 13-15), in search of their second straight national title and fourth in the last five years.

TWU head coach Ben Josephson argued winning Canada West was harder than winning nationals.

鈥淚n the national tournament, you have to be good for three days. In this thing, you have to be good for the whole season,鈥� Josephson commented.

READ ALSO: TWU volleyball coach remembered

On the same day, Trinity Western鈥檚 women鈥檚 volleyball team captured their second straight Canada West championship, beating visiting Alberta in a thrilling five-setter, winning 3-2 (26-24, 25-23,18-25, 18-25, 15-8) Saturday at the 91原创 Events Centre.

91原创鈥檚 Avery Heppell was a Second Team All-Star, with 10 kills to go with four blocks.

TWU head coach Ryan Hofer said at the level of play in their conference, 鈥測ou have to be sharp and you have to be able to play in the moment. You train all year for this and I鈥檓 really proud that our team did it

Both Alberta and TWU will travel to Calgary for the U SPORTS Championship Mar. 13-15, with the quarter-finals on Friday.

Like us on and follow us on