CALGARY, Alberta– The Mount Royal Cougars were too much for the visiting Trinity Western Spartans Sunday afternoon in Calgary, Alta, as the No. 7 ranked Cougars earned a 2-0 victory to remain unbeaten and hand the Spartans there third loss of the season. The loss drops the Spartans to 4-3-1, while the win improves the Cougars to 6-0-1

TWU keeper Alexander Cordeiro (Burnaby, B.C.) made five saves in the loss, while Mount Royal's Sterling Kerr and Sjard Strauss each made one save as the split the minutes in the Cougars victory.

The Cougars opened the scoring in the 15^th minute on a goal by Mohamed El Gandour to put the home team up 1-0. Gandour got open on the left side behind the TWU back line to go in alone where he was able to get the ball past a charging Cordeiro

The match would remain a one-goal contest until the 71^st minute, when the Cougars were awarded a penalty kick after a foul in the penalty area. MRU's Mohamed El Gandour took the PK, but TWU's Cordeiro was up to the task as he made a diving save to prevent the goal. Unfortunately, for the Spartans an unmarked Skyler Rogers was able to quickly get to the rebound to put the Cougars up 2-0 with 16 minutes remaining in the contest.

Being a player down limited the Spartans opportunities as the visitors fell 2-0 to the Cougars.

NOTABLE
• The Spartans are now 3-2-1 lifetime against the Cougars. In their last meeting TWU fell 5-0 to the MRU September 22, 2019 in Calgary.
• TWU played with 10 players for the remaining 19 minutes after the Spartans Francis Powell received a Red Card for a foul in the penalty area.
• The Cougars outshot the Spartans 14-7 and had a 7-2 edge in shots on goal.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now head home to host the MacEwan Griffins on Friday, September 23 and the Calgary Dinos on Saturday, September 24. Both games have a 7:15 p.m. kick-off and 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.
 
-TW-