LANGLEY, British Columbia– Makenna Dieterich (Langley, B.C.) scored back-to-back goals, her third and fourth of the season, to lead the No. 2 Trinity Western Spartans to a come from behind 3-1 victory over the No. 10 Calgary Dinos Friday night at Chase Office Field in Langley, B.C.  The win improves the Spartans to 7-1-1, while the loss drops the Dinos to 5-3-1.

The Spartans Hannah Miller (Langley, B.C.) made three saves to earn the victory, while the Dinos Caley Leask made six saves in the loss. Rachel Barlow had the lone goal for the Dinos in the first minute, while Maddie Melnychuk (Langley, B.C.) added the other goal for the Spartans.

AS IT HAPPENED
Calgary opened the scoring their opening possession mere seconds into the match. Dino forward Erica Mysko found forward Barlow open on the left side of the penalty area where she beat TWU keeper Miller for her fifth goal of the season.
Dieterich tied the match for the Spartans in the 49^th minute. Spartan Tilly James (Vancouver) went beat her defender up the right side of the pitch and sent a square ball through traffic to the far side of the box where Dieterich hit the open net for her second goal of the season and a 1-1 tie.
Dieterich got her second of the night in the 64^th minute. TWU forward Charity Field (Burnaby, B.C.) got space on the left side of the park, she found Dietrich in the centre of the box, where she beat her defender and sent the ball past the Dinos Leask and into the right side of the net to give the Spartans a 2-1 lead.
The Spartans Melnychuk got TWU the insurance goal in the 85^th minute. Melnychuk got her second of the season when she converted a pass in the box from Sophie Crowther (New Westminster, B.C.) to give TWU a 3-1 lead with just over five minutes remaining.

QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Graham Roxburgh
"I am really pleased with the response at half time. We talked about connecting passes, rather than just playing direct. I think that led to a bit of a different mindset and obviously the goal probably settled us down, and I thought we had a little bit more momentum. But, credit to them, they are a very good team. I thought we were full value in the second half, but it was never an easy game and we started flat and that is what you get when you switch off or you are not totally switched on"
 
On Dietrich's performance:
"Pleased for Makenna because she has worked very hard and has had a few unlucky nagging injuries over the last six weeks. So for her to get on the scoresheet twice that is what we desire from her and she had a lot of confidence tonight."

NOTABLE
• The Spartans are 16-7-6 lifetime against the Dinos, but 3-2-2 over the last seven matches.
• TWU has averaged
• The Spartans had not given up a goal since the second game of the season, a 2-0 loss to UBC. A stretch of six straight matches
• TWU outshot Calgary 13-8 in total shots and 9-4 in shots on goal. The Spartans also had a 4-1 edge in corner kicks.
 
UP NEXT
Tomorrow the Spartans will host the UNBC Timberwolves. Match time at Chase Office Field is set for 5 p.m. The game can be seen live on Canada West 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 13 U SPORTS team championships and 32 Canada West team championships.
 
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