EDMONTON – Fifth year defender Brooklyn Tidder (White Rock, B.C.) scored the lone goal of the match on a perfectly-executed corner kick in the 26^th minute to lift the No. 3 Trinity Western Spartans to a 1-0 victory over the MacEwan Griffins Sunday afternoon at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton, Alta.
 
With the win the Spartans improve to 5-0-1, and extend their league leading winning streak to five straight games, while the loss gives the Griffins their only blemish on the season and drops them to 4-1-1.

The Spartans got the only goal of the match when TWU fourth year defender/forward Danielle Thune (Abbotsford, B.C.) knifed the Spartans lone corner kick towards the goal-line from the left corner where Tidder headed it past MacEwan keeper Emily Burns.

MacEwan best two chances came at the end of the first half when Salma Kamel's 41^st-minute shot from 10 feet out was deflected over the bar and Sofia DiGiacomo's point-blank attempt off a corner-kick scramble in extra time spun off the side of her boot wide.
 
TWU second year keeper Hanna Miller (Langley, B.C.) made four saves to earn the win, while MacEwan's Burns made four saves in the loss.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Graham Roxburgh
"Really pleased with our team's effort today and their willingness to battle and scrap. Elizabeth Hicks (4^th year, defender, Surrey, B.C.) and Brooklyn were fantastic and Hanna was excellent in goal."
 
"We had moments in the first half where we played really nice soccer combined. But MacEwan is really hard defensively and they are very direct and they are very aggressive. So it turned into a bit of a midfield battle and who could win the 50/50 challenges, and I thought that we competed really well."
 
"It was a good road win and a good weekend for us, we come home with six points, and a step forward for our group. But we know that we have bigger tests to come."

NOTABLE
• TWU lost 3-1 to MacEwan last season in Langley, BC.
• The Griffins finished the afternoon with a 13-8 edge in total shots, while the Spartans had the edge in shots on goal 5-4.
• MacEwan had a 6-1 edge in corner kicks
• TWU now has a lifetime record of 3-1-1 against MacEwan. Each game has been decided by one goal or less, with TWU having three 1-0 wins.

UP NEXT
The Spartans return home to host Victoria (3-1-2) on Sept. 27, while the Griffins now head to Lethbridge (0-3-2) on Sept. 28.
 
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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