Box Score BRANDON – The Trinity Western Spartans picked up a tough road win against the host Brandon Bobcats 3-1 (25-20, 24-26, 25-21, 25-21) Saturday night, evening the weekend series at one match a piece. After Brandon stunned the Spartans Friday in the season opener, the Bobcats couldn't respond late in the last two sets as Trinity started to pull away.

The match featured plenty of long rallies and lots of highlight type plays, as neither side backed down from the challenge, writing another chapter in the history that's developed between these two teams.

The Spartans struggled from the service line, recording 21 service errors, but it didn't seem to matter as the potent offense got the job done to even the weekend series.

Three Spartans finished in double-digit kills, led by Ryan Sclater's match-high 18 kills, finishing just one dig shy of a double-double with nine.

Scott Plocktis put up 17 kills while only recording three errors, while Blake Scheerhorn had 12 kills to go with nine digs. Third-year setter Devyn Plett had a match-high 46 assists while fifth-year libero had a match-high 14 digs in the win.

The Bobcats were nowhere near as efficient on offense, attacking at just an 8.3 per cent rate. Roy Ching picked up a double-double, notching  11 kills and 11 digs. David Stasica added a rare setter double-double, contributing 34 assists to go with 11 digs. James Weir and Matt Powell both added nine kills, while libero Jeremy Davies played in his usual fashion, recording 12 digs, the majority of which being highlight-reel worthy.

The win sets both team's records to 1-1.

Next weekend will be the Spartans home-opener as they welcome the Winnipeg Wesmen. The Bobcats will travel to Calgary to take on the Dinos, with matches on Friday and Saturday.