LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Saskatchewan Huskies earned a road split against the Trinity Western Spartans with a 2-0 win Saturday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The Spartans had won the weekend opener 1-0 in overtime Friday night at the George Preston Arena. The loss drops TWU to 1-5-0-0 on the season, while the win moves Saskatchewan to 3-1-2.
The Huskies Kelsey Hall, (Lloydminster, AB) with the assist to Larissa Bohlken (Moose Jaw, SK), opened the scoring at 5:48 to give Saskatchewan their first goal against Trinity Western. Saskatchewan's Mallory Dyer (Calgary), with assist to Sophie Lalor (Penticton, B.C.), made it 2-0 for the visiting Huskies at the 14:31 mark of the opening period.
TWU pulled their goalie late in the third period and created a number of chances, but were unable to find the back of the net as Saskatchewan earned the two goal victory.
NOTABLE
- The Spartans Mabel Maltais (Edmonton) made 28 saves in the loss, while the Huskies Camryn Drever (Edmonton) made 27 saves to get the shutout victory.
- The Huskies finished the night with a 30 –27 edge in shots over the Spartans.
- TWU had a solid performance on the penalty kill. The Spartans held the Huskies of the scoresheet to keep them 0-5 on the power play. The Spartans finished 0-3 on the power play.
- In Friday's game TWU outshot Saskatchewan 32-31.
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Jean LaForest
"It was a hard fought game. They capitalized on two errors that we made in the first period. But, we played hard for the next forty minutes. We had chances of our own, especially late in the third period, but we were unable to capitalize on those chances."
"It was a well-played game by our girls and it is nice to get back-to-back high execution games and good quality efforts. Those are things that we can build on moving forward."
NEXT UP
After a week off the Spartans will head to Saskatchewan to take on the University of Regina Cougars on November 19-20. Game times at the Co-Operators Centre in Regina, SK are set for 7 p.m. and 3 p.m. local time. Both games can be seen live on Canadawest.tv.
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 29 Canada West team championships.
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