LANGLEY, British Columbia – Brooklyn Anderson (Shellbrook, Sask.) scored her seventh goal of the season with 25 seconds remaining to give the Trinity Western Spartans a 1-0 win over the visiting Regina Cougars Friday night at the George Preston Recreation Centre in Langley, B.C. The win improves the Spartans to 8-6-1-0 on the season, while the loss drops the Cougars to 2-10-1-0.
 
TWU's Kate Fawcett (Tottenham, Ont.)  made 27 saves to earn her first shutout win of the season and improve her record to 4-4-0. Regina's Arden Kliewer (Saskatoon, Sask.) made 29 saves in the loss and sees her record drop to 2-7-0.
 
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TWU Head Coach Jean Laforest
"We just weren't in sync tonight. We were a half step behind and our execution wasn't where we wanted it to be. But, the girls were really positive all the way through. It was just one of those nights."
 
"We talked about it. 0-0 with 20 minutes to go. 'Twenty minutes wins the hockey game,' you hear that analogy a lot and it's over said and over played but that is exactly what happened tonight. Our third period was our best period and we left it to the very end to pull it out. It is a huge win for us."
 
"Tonight Calgary beat Alberta and Manitoba beat Saskatchewan and we are fighting for playoff spots with those two teams. So this was a must win for us if we are to stay in the race and be a top team heading into the post season."
 
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• Coming into tonight's game the Spartans Amy Potomak led TWU and Canada West in goals with nine goals and was second in points with 15 points (9G,6A). Brooklyn Anderson was second in TWU points with 12 points (6G,6A). Jenna Merk with nine points (3G,6A) and Hannah Pennell with eight points (4G,A4) lead the Cougars.
• Anderson is now tied for third spot in CW in goal scoring with seven goals.
• TWU is currently 5-3 lifetime against Regina in Canada West play.
• Entering tonight Regina's Hannah Pennell led Canada West in power-play goals with four.
• Both the Spartans and the Cougars failed to score on the power-play. Regina finished 0-3, while TWU finished 0-4.
• TWU currently sits in fifth place in CW two points behind third place Alberta and one point behind fourth place Saskatchewan.
• Fawcett is now seventh in CW with a 1.76 GAA, while Kliewer sits in ninth spot at 2.51.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans and the Cougars will finish the weekend series tomorrow night at the Langley Events Centre. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. PT and can be seen live on CanadaWest.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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