LANGLEY, B.C. – Trinity Western's Erik Niebuhr (Surrey, B.C.) is the Spartan Male Athlete of the Week after leading the Spartans to a program-defining victory over Rugby Canada's development team, Pacific Pride.

After going down 21-0 in the first 25 minutes of Saturday's match, Niebuhr got the Spartans on the board in the 36^th minute, breaking the line to dot down for TWU's first try of the match.
 
Niebuhr accompanied his try with a total of two line breaks, 10 carries, and a perfect tackling record of 13/13.
 
With an outstanding team performance being led by Niebuhr in their third playing season, the Spartans will surely be looking to carry this momentum from what was an extravagant home-opening victory.
 
TWU's Coastal Cup campaign currently bears a 1-1 record with a tilt at UBC (0-2) up next on Sept. 24 at 2:30 p.m.

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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