LONG BEACH, Calif. – Trinity Western lost 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-15) against No. 2-ranked Long Beach State Saturday at the Walter Pyramid in the North American Challenge.
The Beach, who played in last year’s NCAA national championship final, got the better of the Spartans in TWU’s second match of the day. TWU is now 4-3 all-time against Long Beach.
Kaden Schmidt led the Spartans with nine kills while Piers de Greeff had seven kills and three blocks for TWU.
Sotiris Siapanis had 11 kills to lead the Beach, while Skyler Varga had nine kills and Danil Hershtynovich had eight.
TWU is now 0-2 in the North American Challenge, having lost to Pepperdine earlier in the day.
The Spartans own a 28-24 all-time record against NCAA Division I opponents.
2025 CALIFORNIA TRIP
Dec. 30 | UCLA 3 TWU 0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-19)
North American Challenge
Jan. 3 | Pepperdine 3 TWU 0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-20)
Jan. 3 | Long Beach 3 TWU 0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-15)
Jan. 4 vs. UC San Diego – 4:30 p.m. | The Gold Mine | Long Beach, Calif.
TWU’S ALL-TIME RECORD vs. NCAA Division I Opponents || 28-22
BYU – 2-2
Cal State Northridge – 1-1
George Mason – 0-1
Lewis – 2-2
Long Beach – 4-3
Pacific – 3-1
Pepperdine – 5-6
Purdue Fort Wayne – 2-0
Stanford – 0-1
UC Irvine – 0-1
UCLA – 5-3
UC Santa Barbara – 2-2
USC – 2-2
QUOTABLE
Adam Schriemer, TWU Head Coach
“Our opponents tonight played, at times, a much higher level than us and I think that got shown in every phase. There were times when we could play with them, but the consistency of that high end wasn’t up to the standards to compete with them long enough and that’s what made tonight challenging. Our opponents were awesome and there’s a lot from our performance that we can learn from.”
UP NEXT
The Spartans will play No. 18 UC San Diego (Jan. 4 at 4:30 p.m.) to wrap up the North American Challenge.
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women’s and men’s soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women’s rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men’s rugby and women’s and men’s disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 34 Canada West team championships.
About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in CIS sports. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.
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