CALGARY – Trinity Western opened their preseason with a 4-1 loss to Mount Royal on Friday. This match stands as the Spartans first against U SPORTS competition.

The Spartans are making the jump to U SPORTS competition this season, participating in the Canada West conference.
 
First-year forward Reilley Kellner (Langley, B.C.) scored Trinity Western's very first goal against Canada West competition.

Friday's game is the first of three for the Spartans this weekend. The Spartans will be staying in Calgary, playing Mount Royal again on Saturday, then Calgary on Sunday.

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TWU Head Coach Jean LaForest
"This was a good learning experience for us. Mount Royal is a very good team and we learned a lot about ourselves in today's game.
 
"We walk away from this game looking to take steps in our game. We know we can compete against our competition.
 
Overall, it was a good effort. We want to be more disciplined in tomorrow's game against Mount Royal."

 
UP NEXT
The Spartans are bound for a rematch against Mount Royal on Saturday (6:00p.m)
 
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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