LANGLEY, B.C. – Trinity Western fell 3-0 to Saskatchewan at the Langley Events Centre on Saturday.
TWU (1-1) was led by Kate Fawcett (Tottenham, Ont.), who stopped 28 of 31 shots she faced. The Huskies (1-1) were led by a 28-save shutout from Colby Wilson.
Kara Kondrat led Saskatchewan with a goal and an assist as Emily Holmes and Bronwyn Boucher scored the remaining two tallies.
First-year Spartan Ella Boon (Prince George, B.C.) led TWU in shots with five on the night.
AS IT HAPPENED
Kondrat would get the Huskies going on the power play in the second period, reeling in a feed from Brooklyn Stevely to put it home.
Brooklyn Anderson (Shellbrook, Sask.) got her chance to even the score soon after Kondrat's opener, but Wilson stood tall, making her stop on Anderson the most notable of her impressive night.
The Huskies continued their surge in the third period with goals from Boucher and Holmes wrapping up the final score at 3-0.
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Jean Laforest
"We achieved what we wanted to – meaning we split the weekend. It was a great win last night, but no one likes to lose either. If you look at shots and minimizing penalties we did well, but we had some small breakdowns. We happened to make more mistakes than them in the defensive zone. We'll tighten that up.
"We're happy with the effort, and happy with splitting the series against a team that went to nationals last year. They're a good team. I can only praise the girls for their efforts this weekend."
NOTABLE
· TWU is now 2-2 all-time against Saskatchewan.
· The Spartans were ranked ninth in the Canada West preseason coaches' poll while Saskatchewan was ranked fourth.
UP NEXT
TWU will take on Mount Royal in Calgary next weekend (Oct. 7th, Oct. 8th).
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 13 U SPORTS team championships and 32 Canada West team championships.
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