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THIS WEEK IN SPARTA | WBB, MBB, MHKY, WSOC, T&F

LANGLEY, B.C. – This Week in Sparta sees Spartans basketball conclude its regular seasons at home against Victoria, men's hockey hosting games in Langley and Aldergrove, women's soccer making its first appearance of the spring season, and track and field teams splitting appearances between New Mexico and Kamloops.

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (5-13)
Feb. 7 vs. Victoria (11-7) – Langley Events Centre | 6 p.m. (PT) | WATCH
Feb. 8 vs. Victoria (11-7) – Langley Events Centre | 5 p.m. (PT) | WATCH

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With their playoff hopes in the balance, the Spartans women's basketball team hosts Victoria Friday (6 p.m.) and Saturday (5 p.m.) at the Langley Events Centre.
TWU is coming off a pair of critical wins over Brandon last weekend, and are in need of another weekend sweep to hold any chance of making the Canada West playoffs.
Forward Nicole Fransson (Edmonton) has recorded six straight 9+ rebound games for the Spartans, while leading TWU in scoring (15.9 PPG).
Trinity Western guard Jayden Gill (Abbotsford) is coming off a career game Saturday, recording career-highs in points (16), rebounds (5) and assists (3).
Victoria most recently won a pair of home games over Manitoba, and have won four straight games.
The Spartans hold an 11-41 all-time record against the Vikes, splitting games in Victoria last season (Nov. 23-24, 2018).

MEN'S HOCKEY (15-1-0-1)
Feb. 7 vs. Selkirk (5-10-0-3) – Langley Events Centre | 7 p.m. (PT) | WATCH
Feb. 8 vs. Victoria (5-12-0-1) – Aldergrove Credit Union Community Centre | 2 p.m. (PT) | WATCH

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The Spartans men's hockey team returns home for a pair of games, hosting Selkirk Friday (7 p.m.) at the Langley Events Centre followed by Victoria Saturday (2 p.m.) at the Aldergrove Credit Union Community Centre.
The Spartans enter the weekend having won three consecutive games, and sit first in the BCIHL with a 15-1-0-1 record.
TWU has yet to lose to either Victoria or Selkirk this season, recently picking up wins over Victoria (10-1) and Vancouver Island (5-1) last weekend.
Selkirk's last win over TWU came over a year ago, on Jan. 31, 2019 (3-2). The Saints have won just once over their last 12 games.
Evan Last (Surrey, B.C.) and Logan Casavant (Melfort, Sask.) each lead the Spartans in scoring this season (26 points). They each sit two points back of VIU's Garrett Dunlop (28) for first in league scoring.

MEN'S BASKETBALL (0-18)
Feb. 7 vs. Victoria (13-5) – Langley Events Centre | 8 p.m. (PT) | WATCH
Feb. 8 vs. Victoria (13-5) – Langley Events Centre | 7 p.m. (PT) | WATCH

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Trinity Western's men's basketball team closes out its regular season at home against Victoria Friday (8 p.m.) and Saturday (7 p.m.) at the Langley Events Centre.
The Spartans host a Vikes team sitting near the top of the conference standings, with a 13-5 record. TWU is 0-18.
Trinity Western fifth-year guard Ethan DaSilva (Calgary) is averaging 15 points-per game over his last four games, while fellow fifth-year Jack Nadelhoffer (Tigard, Ore.) is coming off a combined 50 points and 18 rebounds last weekend against Brandon.
TWU has lost its previous 10 games against the Vikes, with their last win coming Nov. 29, 2013 at home (60-57).

WOMEN'S SOCCER
Feb. 9 vs. Fraser Valley – Yorkson Middle School, Langley | 6:15 p.m (PT)

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The Spartans women's soccer team is back in action kicking off its spring season this weekend, hosting Fraser Valley at Yorkson Middle School's Turf.
It will be TWU's first game action since defeating MacEwan 4-1 in the Canada West bronze medal game (Nov. 2, 2019).
The Spartans defeated UFV three times in the winter season, which included earning a 2-1 win over the Cascades in the Canada West quarter-finals in their last meeting (Oct. 27, 2019).
It will be one of two matches TWU play against Fraser Valley, with a rematch also scheduled for Mar. 13 at Chase Office Field.

AWAY

With an impressive season now well underway, both Spartans men's and women's track and field teams continue action this weekend, splitting between the New Mexico Collegiate Classic in Albuquerque and Garry Reed Indoor Invitational in Kamloops.
TWU had a number of record-setting performances last weekend, headlined by Grace Konrad (Edmonton), Praise Olatoke (Glasgow, Scotland) and Giovanni Hernandez (Tepic, Mexico).
Konrad set the Spartans 400m record at the University of Washington Invitational, finishing ninth with a run of 56.60s. She also broke the Spartans 200m record earlier this season (24.97s).
Olatoke is looking to build upon last weekend's performance, where he finished first in the 200m and set the Spartans new program record (21.35s). He broke James Linde's former mark of 21.62s.
Pole vaulter Giovanni Hernandez meanwhile will look to improve on last week's 5.06m. The mark, which surpassed teammate David Boyd's (Victoria) program record of 5.02m, earned Hernandez automatic qualification for the U SPORTS Championships next month (Mar. 5-7).

About TWU
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in CIS sports. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.

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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