LANGLEY, B.C. – The No. 2 ranked Trinity Western Spartans women's soccer team had goals from four different goal scorers en route to a 5-1 win over the visiting Fraser Valley Cascades Friday night at Chase Office Field.
 
With their Canada West leading ninth win, the Spartans (9-1-1) move past the Calgary Dinos for first place in the Pacific Division. The Cascades move to 2-4-5 with the loss. 
 
Scoring her eighth and ninth goals of the season, Spartans midfielder Jenaya Robertson (Delta, B.C.) took hold of the Canada West lead in the category, while Rachel Hutchinson (Cloverdale, B.C.), Brooklyn Tidder (White Rock, B.C.) and Gabi Short (Calgary) also scored for TWU. 
 
Hutchinson got the Spartans on the board first in the fifth minute, defeating a challenging Perkovic to the ball before scoring her fifth goal of the season.
 
Moments later Hutchinson was once again in on the attack, crossing a ball into the box and finding Robertson who doubled the Spartans lead in the ninth minute.
 
TWU then added to its lead in the 28^th and 44^th minutes after goals from Tidder and Short, respectively. 
 
It was the Cascades getting on the board in the second half, when Brittney Zacharuk scored off a penalty kick in the 55^th minute to beat Miller and make it 4-1. 
 
Robertson then added her second of the game in extra time to put the game away for TWU.
 
Miller finished the match with five saves to pick up her conference leading ninth victory. Perkovic finished with five saves of her own for the Cascades.
 
Trinity Western outshot Fraser Valley 15-8, with shots on target being 10-6 in favour of the home side.
 
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TWU Coach Graham Roxburgh
 
"Obviously pleased after a bit of a let down last Sunday, so to come back today against a good team with a record that definitely doesn't reflect their ability is great. They're a good team with good threats and pace out wide, and we knew coming into today Brittney Zacharuk is a very dangerous player who showed that tonight. We finished our chances early which probably deflated them, but they brought some life into the second half which made things more interesting. We know every time we play Fraser Valley it's going to be tough, they're a good team that's really well coached, so pleased we won.
 
On Key Players
"Really pleased with Rachel Hutchinson tonight, she did a great job tonight putting their team under pressure and going behind their outside backs which we had talked about. Brooklyn and Liz also combined for a good goal off a set piece so very pleased with them. We worked on trying to be dangerous off set pieces and we saw that today, Rachel swung in some really nice crosses with Jenaya getting on the end of them. Jenaya was also excellent with her finishing, maybe a bit unlucky to not score more. Harvey did unbelievable to threaten their back line, while Mila Vanderveen in the second half also played really well.
 
"It's starting to click as a team, we've had a few injuries and we don't always have the players that can be the most dangerous but I thought overall it was a good corporate effort, and we know we have to keep getting better."
 
 
NOTABLE

• With her two goals, TWU midfielder Jenaya Robertson has now scored in three consecutive games, coming after goals against UNBC (Oct. 4) and Calgary (Oct. 6).
• TWU is (20-5) all time against UFV, winning their previous 16 matches against the Cascades dating back to 2011.
• The Spartans last scored five goals against the Cascades on October 6, 2017, a 5-0 win at home at Chase Office Field.

 
 
NEXT UP
The Spartans and Cascades are back at it Sunday in Abbotsford (Oct. 13), as TWU heads to UFV for a rematch. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. (PT).
 
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, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) in men's hockey and as an independent team in men's rugby. The men's and women's hockey programs will begin playing in Canada West and U SPORTS in 2020-21. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 27 Canada West team championships and two BCIHL championships.
 
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