LANGLEY, British Columbia –Trinity Western third-year forward Kyra Anderson (Regina, Sask.) is the Spartans Female Athlete of the Week after helping lead the Spartans to a weekend sweep of the Calgary Dinos in Canada West quarter-finals this past weekend at the Father David Bauer Arena in Calgary, Alta. The 2-0 series win is the first time in program history that the Spartans have won a Canada West best-of-three quarter-final match-up.
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In Friday’s 5-1 win, the biology student had the game-winning goal and an assist for two points, and then on Saturday, Anderson had another game-winner and an assist, with a perfectly placed top-shelf goal to send TWU to a 4-2 win and the best-of-three series 2-0.
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Anderson and the rest of the Spartans will now be heading to the Canada West women’s hockey semi-finals, Friday, February 27- Sunday, March 1, in Vancouver, B.C., where they will face the No. 1 UBC Thunderbirds in a best-of-three series. The winner will advance to the Canada West final and earn a berth at the U SPORTS championships. All games will be streamed live on Canada West TV.
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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.
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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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