LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans scored five goals in 16 minutes, 16-40, of the first half on their way to a 8-0 victory over the UBC Okanagan Heat Friday evening at Chase Office Field in Langley, B.C. The victory improves the No. 2 Spartans to 11-1-1, while the loss drops the Heat to 1-11-1.
 
Fifth year midfielder Jenaya Robertson (Delta, B.C.) , 26' and 40', and fourth year forward Nicole Bolder (Calgary), 69' and 80', each had two goals to lead the Spartans. Fifth year Rachel Hutchinson (Cloverdale, B.C.) added a goal in the 20' with three assists. TWU fourth year forward Katheryn Harvey (Coquitlam, B.C.) 16', fifth year defender Kristen Sakaki (Surrey, B.C.) 19', fourth year midfielder Gabi Short (Calgary), 24' also scored for Trinity Western.
 
Second year TWU keepers Ella Sutton (Port Moody, B.C.) , who played 76 minutes and Olivia Nicol (Chilliwack, B.C.), who played 14 minutes shared the shutout victory, while UBC Okanagan's Iona Lawson, who had to leave after 72 minutes due to injury, and Catriona McFadden shared the keeper duties for the Heat.
 
The Spartans led 6-0 after 45 minutes.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Graham Roxburgh
"It was overall a very good performance. Really pleased that we were able to play a lot of players. Obviously when you can score a lot of goals on your own park its good. We started slowly and did not move the ball as quickly as we could have. And they set up in a defensive system that made it hard to break down, and they are also are very good on the ball, so we knew that we had to score early. Once we scored the first goal it was very comfortable after that."
 
"In the end very pleased. It was a good professional performance, but we know tomorrow will be a much tougher test."
 
NOTABLE
• The Spartans with 31 points sit in second place in the Pacific division. Trailing first place Calgary by one point.
• Trinity Western outshot UBC Okanagan 22-1, with a 15-1 edge in shots on target.
• The Spartans had a 4-0 edge in corner kicks
• TWU is 6-0-1 against UBC-O in conference play.
• TWU's six goals in the first half ties the Canada West record for the seventh most goals in a half, with the record currently held by UBC with nine. It is the most goals by the Spartans in a half.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish up Canada West conference play Saturday night when they will host the Thompson Rivers WolfPack, while the Heat will head to Abbotsford to play the UFV Cascades. Both matches can be seen live on CanadaWest.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, 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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