KELOWNA, British Columbia – Trinity Western opened the scoring a mere 23 seconds into the match and never looked back as the Spartans defeated the UBC Okanagan Heat 2-1 Sunday afternoon at Nonis Sports Field in Kelowna, B.C.

The win improves the Spartans to 6-4-0 and drops the Heat to 6-4-2. After starting the season 1-3, TWU has now gone 5-1 over the past six matches. UBC-O started the season 6-1-1, but have only managed one point over their past four matches going 0-3-1.

TWU fifth year forward Cody Fransen (Lynden, WA) once again led the Spartans attack, following up yesterday's three goals with a game winning goal and an assist in this afternoons win.
 
TWU third year keeper Sebastian Colyn (Langley, B.C.) made two saves to earn the victory, while UBC-O's Nicholas Reitsma made three saves in the loss.
 
Spartans first year midfielder Joey Seo (Victoria, B.C.) opened the scoring on the Spartans first possession when he converted a header from Fransen past a shocked Reitsma only 23 seconds after the opening whistle.
 
Fransen got the eventual game winner in the 39^th minute when he fired a pass from fourth year Caleb Johnson (Strathmore, Alta.) into the back of the Heat net.
 
TWU would carry the 2-0 lead late into the match before UBC Okanagan forward Mark Lawrance made it a one goal match with a scramble goal in the 83^rd minute. TWU would maintain control for much of the remainder of the match as they secured the one goal victory.

QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Mike Shearon
"It has been awhile since we have come up here and had a six point weekend. It is just a credit to how much the guys looked at the little things and took care of what was in their control. The boys worked massively hard in terms of trying to keep a clean sheet today, unfortunately we let one in in the end."
"We move on from here. There are no easy games and we will look to replicate this weekend next week."
 
NOTABLE
• With five goals on the season Fransen is now one goal off of tying his career best of six goals, which he set last season..
• Fransen is also one point shy of his career season best of 12 points, which he also set in the 2018 season
• The Spartans outshot the Heat 12-10 with a 5-3 edge in shots on goal
• Both teams had five corner kicks.
• The last time the Spartans won the two road games in the Okanagan was in 2015. Prior to this weekend TWU has gone 2-7-1 over their last 10 road matches against TRU and UBC Okanagan.
• TWU now sits in third spot in the Pacific Division with 18 points, while UBC Okanagan sits tied for first spot with 20 points having played two more matches then the Spartans.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now return home to face the 4-5-2 UNBC Timberwolves for a double-header weekend October 4-5. Both matches are scheduled for a 7:15 p.m. kick-off at Chase Office Field at Trinity Western University. Both games 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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