VANCOUVER – Playing in their first contest in more than seven months, the Trinity Western women's soccer team dropped a hard-fought 1-0 decision against UBC Friday at Thunderbird Stadium.
AS IT HAPPENED
The Thunderbirds scored the lone goal of the game, tallying on a penalty kick midway through the second half. The Spartans put pressure on the T-Birds back line, but were unable to find the back of the net despite a number of quality opportunities.
NEED TO KNOW
- Including exhibition, regular season and playoffs, TWU is 4-2-1 against UBC in its last seven outings.
- The last time TWU played a game against university competition was Mar. 6 when the Spartans earned a 1-1 draw with Seattle Pacific in a spring exhibition.
- The last time UBC and TWU was Nov. 1, 2019 when the T-Birds nabbed a 1-0 win in the Canada West semifinals.
- With the Canada West regular season cancelled due to COVID-19, the game marked the first exhibition contest of any kind for the Spartans this fall.
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Graham Roxburgh
"I'm super pleased we were able to get in and play 90 minutes. We were a hungry team with hungry players and we had a good showing out there. Both teams had some really good chances, but I thought maybe we were slightly the better team in terms of producing good chances. In the first half, we certainly put them under pressure and generated chances off the press.
Gabi Short (Calgary) in particular was unlucky not to score, but their keeper made a great save on her chance."
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