EDMONTON – Trinity Western fell 5-1 to MacEwan at Downtown Community Arena on Saturday.
 
The Spartans (2-21-1) got the game's first goal from Daine DuBois (Williams Lake, B.C.) (11:06, 1^st), but the Griffins (8-14-0) answered back with five unanswered goals of their own to take the victory. MacEwan's goals were scored by Ethan Strang (4:51 2^nd, 12:15 3^rd), Merritt Oszytko (6:42, 2^nd), Loeden Shaufler (17:58, 2^nd), and Marc Pasemko (2:51, 3^rd).
 
Berk Berkeliev (Calgary) started in goal for the Spartans, stopping 31 of 36 shots to eventually take his eighth loss of the season. On the other end, Ashton Abel strung together his eighth victory of the season, stopping all but one of 23 TWU shots on goal.
 
AS IT HAPPENED
DuBois earned his ninth goal off of a feed from Tanner Hopps (North Delta, B.C.), who made his 12^th assist on the season. The Spartans closed the first period with a 1-0 lead in-hand as shots were tied at 12-12.
 
The Griffins got to work in the second period, totalling three unanswered goals while outshooting the Spartans 17-2.
 
MacEwan had the final say of the game in the third period, scoring two more goals to bring their tally of unanswered markers to five on the night.
 
NOTABLE
• Hopps leads the Spartans in assists with 12. He shares TWU's second most points at 15 with Mitchell Joss (Winnipeg).
• DuBois now holds a six-game point-streak, tallying nine through the stretch. He leads the Spartans with 17 points in 24 games played.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans travel to Winnipeg to take on Manitoba on Jan. 27-28.
 
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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