REGINA – Trinity Western fell 4-2 to Regina on Saturday at the Lumsden Sport Complex.
 
The Spartans (1-14-1) were the first team to score in Saturday's loss, taking a 1-0 lead 3:41 into the first period before the Cougars (3-9-1) claimed a 2-1 lead. TWU's goals were scored by Jarrett Penner (Saskatoon) and Mitchell Joss (Winnipeg).
 
Isaac LaBelle (Saskatoon) earned his first start in over a month, stopping 40 of 44 shots faced on the night. LaBelle now sees his goaltending record fall to 0-5.
 
AS IT HAPPENED
Penner opened the night's scoring only 3:41 into the game, earning his third of the season off of a Jonathan Krahn (Chilliwack, B.C.) assist. The Cougars tied the game up soon after, scoring at the 5:06 mark to even up the game.
 
Both teams traded blows in reverse order in the second period. With Regina finding their goal first (12:44), Joss reeled in a feed from Mikol Sartor (Winnipeg) and Landon Fuller (Williams Lake, B.C.) to tie the game again.
 
The Spartans gave up two unanswered goals in the third period, falling 4-2 to the Cougars.
 
QUOTABLE
Ben Walter – TWU Head Coach
"I was really happy with our effort. We pushed hard at times, and had a chance to get the win, but we couldn't execute at key times and that was the difference. Isaac [LaBelle] played well and kept us in the game, and a really good performance from [Mitchell] Joss' line. I was really happy with their performance."
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans travel to Calgary to take on Mount Royal for their final weekend series of the first semester.
 
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 31 Canada West team championships.
 
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