LANGLEY, B.C. – The No. 9-ranked Trinity Western's men's soccer travels to University of Victoria Friday before squaring off with No. 1 University of British Columbia Saturday in the Spartans final home game of the regular season.

WEEKEND PREVIEW
Friday, Oct. 12 at Victoria – 7:15 p.m. (PT)
Saturday, Oct. 13 vs. UBC – 7:15 p.m. (PT)

THE WEEKEND STORY
• The Spartans are coming off an emotional weekend after beating rival University of Fraser Valley in consecutive games to take over sole possession of second place in the Canada West Pacific division.
• UVIC is looking to gain some momentum back after dropping three consecutive games.
• TWU's last meeting with UBC, saw the Spartans fall 3-0 on the road.
• The last time the Spartans hosted UBC, in their final home weekend last year, TWU beat the Thunderbirds 2-1.
• The last time TWU played the Vikes, the Spartans earned a 7-1 win at home.
• TWU's last trip to Victoria saw the Spartans win 5-1 in last year's season-opener.
• TWU's Domenic Poletto (Calgary) and UBC's Kristian Yli-Hietanen both earned Canda West stars of the week – third for Poletto and first for Yli-Hietanen – after stellar performances over the weekend in which they each scored two goals.
• UVIC's first year forward Matteo Ventura comes in tied for the seventh in goal-scoring in all of U SPORTS with eight goals. Also tied with Ventura are both UBC fourth-year forwards Yli-Hietanen and fifth-year forward Caleb Clarke.
• The Spartans leading scorers on the year are Poletto and Cody Fransen (Lynden, Wash.), with both tied for 15th in US PORTS with six goals.
• Prior to Saturday's game, the Spartans will honour graduating seniors Leighton Johnson (Calgary), Matthew Roxburgh (Langley), Austin Kasian (Calgary), Joel Waterman (Aldergrove, B.C.), Josh Hardy (Burnaby, B.C.) and Vito Poletto (Calgary).

SPARTANS HEAD-TO-HEAD IN 2018
Aug. 31 – TWU 7 UVIC 1 (Langley)
Sept. 2 – UBC 3 TWU 0 (Vancouver)

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (7-1-4)
U SPORTS ranking: No. 9
Pacific Division Standings: 2nd
Last Weekend: UFV (2-1 W) UFV (3-2 W)
Streak: 4 wins
Regular Season Form: L-W-L-L-L

VICTORIA VIKES (3-6-3)
U SPORTS ranking: NR
Pacific Standings: 5th
Last Weekend: UBC (5-0 L) UBC (3-2 L)
Streak: 3 losses
Regular Season Form: L-W-L-L-L

UBC THUNDERBIRDS (10-0-2)
U SPORTS ranking: No. 1
Pacific Standings: 1st
Last Weekend: UVIC (5-0 W) UVIC (3-2 W)
Streak: 3 wins
Regular Season Form: W-T-W-W-W

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