SASKATOON, Saskatchewan– The Trinity Western Spartans rookie Charis Wardrope (Maple Ridge, B C) scored her sixth goal of the season in the 29' to lift the Spartans to a 1-0 victory over the Saskatchewan Huskies Saturday afternoon in Saskatoon. The win improves TWU to 4-1-0, while the loss drops the Huskies to 2-2-2.

TWU's Hannah Millar (Coquitlam, BC) made five saves to earn her fourth shutout victory of the season. Saskatchewan's Nadia Kalyar made five saves in the Huskies loss.

QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Graham Roxburgh
"Pleased with the fact that we were able to come out on the road and play against a really stingy defensive team that made life a little tricky in the first half by being so compact. But in the end we generated four or five good chances, in a place that is not easy to play."
 
"A little disappointed that we weren't up by more than one goal at the half. We had two or three realy good balls into the box and didn't get on the end of them. Their keeper made a couple of really good point-blank saves. And then as the game wore on we had one or two more chances in the second half, but we again didn't have the finishing touch."
 
"It got a little bit desperate. Saskatchewan gave us a little bit of nerves in the last 10 minutes with some entries from some free kicks. And overall we withstood some pressure and managed the game and saw it out."
 
Comments on key performances:
 
"We had a really good performance from Tilly James, who played as both a wide player and an outside back. Jessica Vance was commanding again in her centre back role, and Sophie was lively early and got us some good chances."
 
"Our player of the game today was Anna Dunn. With her work rate and intelligence. She kept us in possession, tried really hard to generate offence for us, but then put in a shift defensively when we moved her back into the midfield."

NOTABLE
• The Spartans are 27-1-2 lifetime against the Huskies. Saskatchewan's lone victory came at the 2016 U SPORTS championship. When the Huskies defeated the Spartans 1-0 (5-4 PK) in the U SPORTS consolation semi-final.
• TWU had a 15-9 edge in total shots and a 8-5 edge in shots on goal.
• TWU also had two cross bars in the game.
• Wardrope has now scored six goals in her first five matches in Canada West play. Krista Gommeringer ('16, Calgary) and Canada West Hall of Famer Nikki (Wright) Stephenson are the only Spartans to score six goals or more in her first five Canada West appearances. Gommeringer scored seven goals in 2012, while Wright had six in 2008.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now travel across the province to take on the Regina Cougars Sunday afternoon. Match time in Regina is set for 12 p.m. CT. All TWU games 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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