LANGLEY, British Columbia– Trinity Western’s Ava Van Santen (Abbotsford, B.C.) is the Spartan Female Athlete of the Week after leading the Spartans to a best-ever third-place finish at 7’s series tournament this past weekend at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver, B.C.
Van Santen helped the Spartans to a 1-2 record on Friday, including the program's first-ever win, 15-10, over the Lethbridge Pronghorns.
Then on Saturday the second-year centre/wing led the Spartans to two wins for an overall 3-2 record. The psychology student finished the day with three tries. Scoring two against the Dinos in the Spartans 15-10 win and once against the Pandas in TWU’s 17-15 win.
As a result of her stand-out performance, Van Santen was named to the tournament Dream Team.
The Spartans will have a week off before competing in the Canada West Rugby 7’s final on February 23-24 at the Willoughby Community Park Stadium in Langley, B.C.
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 33 Canada West team championships.
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