LANGLEY, B.C. – Thomas Powell (Coquitlam, B.C.) is the Spartan Male Athlete of the Week after putting together a goal and an assist in Trinity Western's 3-0 victory over MacEwan on Friday.
Friday's match bore 75 minutes of scoreless play before Powell would collect a pass from
Marcus Tjernagel (Maple Ridge, B.C.) to perfectly place a low-driven shot past GMU's keeper. Powell's goal stood as the momentum TWU needed as the second-year midfielder would assist on
Luca Alberti's (Burnaby, B.C.) in the 80
th minute.
Powell totalled eight shots in TWU's four-point weekend. The Spartans defeated GMU 3-0 before taking a 0-0 draw against Calgary.
The Spartans are 5-3-2 with three weekends of games remaining. Their record currently pins them as the third ranked team in the Pacific division. This coming weekend, TWU hits the road to take on their Okanagan road trip, playing both Thompson Rivers (6-2-1, 1
st in Pacific) and UBC Okanagan (2-3-2, 7
th in Pacific).
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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