LANGLEY, British Columbia– Trinity Western’s Issy Scholtens (Langley, B.C.) is the Spartan Female
Athlete of the Week after helping to lead the Spartans to a silver medal, losing to Harvard in the final, at the Tropical 7’s tournament in Tampa, Florida this past weekend.
The fifth-year business student finished the tournament with three tries and five conversions for a total of 25 points, while being a defensive leader for the Spartans as TWU only gave up 7.67 points per game.
TWU lost 17-7 to Harvard University in the gold medal match, as the Spartans finished the tournament at 5-1. TWU’s five wins came against Army 29-0, Clemson 44-0, Dartmouth 28-10, Quinnipiac 33-5, and Brown 17-14.
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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