LANGLEY, British Columbia –Trinity Western second-year forward Artem Hrabovetskyi (Kyiv, Ukraine) is the Spartan Male Athlete of the Week, scoring four goals, including a hat-trick, and one assist to help lead the Spartans to two wins over the Alberta Golden Bears this past weekend.
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On Friday night, the sports management student had a four-point night, scoring the program's first-ever hat-trick, to lead the Spartans to a dominant 7-3 win over Alberta. Then on Saturday night, Hrabovetskyi had a goal in regulation and a goal in the shootout to lead the Spartans to a 3-2 shootout win over the Golden Bears.
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Hrabovetskyi and the Spartans will now face off against cross-town rival UBC Thunderbirds in a home-and-home series. TWU will host UBC at the Langley Events Centre on Thursday, December 4, at 7 p.m. (PT) and then travel to Vancouver for a 7 p.m. (PT) game at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre on Friday. Both games can be seen live on Canada West TV.
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as in the NAIA in track and field and cross country and 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.
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 U 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. Â
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