VANCOUVER – Playing the No. 2 ranked team in the country for the second time in three days, Trinity Western came away with a single point, after losing 4-3 in overtime Saturday afternoon at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.

TWU's McKenzie Mayo (Saskatoon) tied the game with 4:23 to play in the third period, but UBC capitalized on a power play in overtime, with Hannah Koroll scoring the game-winner midway through the extra session. 

Kate Klassen (Chilliwack, B.C.) and Neisha Germann (Llodyminster, Alta.) also scored for the Spartans, who battled back from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits. Spartans goalie Mabel Maltais (Edmonton) made 28 saves for a Spartans team that was forced to deal with nine UBC power plays to just three for TWU. Both teams scored twice with the player-advantage. 

UBC's Sophia Gaskell, Chanreet Bassi and Mia Bierd scored in regulation, with goalie Kate Stuart making nine saves on 12 shots. 

After picking up their first-ever win over UBC on Thursday, the Spartans, like the Thunderbirds, take three of four points from the weekend series. TWU is now 6-5-1 on the season, while UBC is 9-1-2.

AS IT HAPPENED
UBC scored twice in the first period, with Gaskell tallying 1:24 into the contest before Bassi doubled the T-Birds lead at 12:23. 

Klassen responded with her second goal of the season less than two minutes into the second period, with Olivia Leier (Regina) getting the assist. Bierd restored the UBC lead at 8:36. With just under five minutes to play in the second, Germann made a one-goal game again, with Chelsea Debusschere (Lloydminster, Alta.) adding the helper, which set up the chance for Mayo to tie the game late in the third period. Chloe Reid (Leduc, Alta.) had the assist on Mayo's tying goal.

QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Jean Laforest
"We battled against the grain for the entire first period. Overall, a good come from behind effort, which gave us a valuable point for the standings. Our coaching staff is very proud of the determination and grit the team demonstrated throughout this series against UBC. Gaining three points in this series was a big statement about the development of our program."

NOTABLE 
•    TWU and UBC each have six goals against each other this year. Last year, in six games, TWU was outscored 35-12 by the T-Birds.
•    The Spartans six wins on the season is already four more than TWU had last year, when they made their debut playing in Canada West. 

UP NEXT
TWU will travel to play Calgary Nov. 18-19.

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, as well as women's and men's disc golf. 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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