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UFV UFV (2-9-0, 2-9-0)
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Winner Trinity Western TWU (5-2-5, 5-2-5)
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Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

SPARTANS BREAKOUT AGAINST CASCADES

LANGLEY, British Columbia – Led by third-year defender Luca Alberti (Burnaby, B.C.) with two goals and third-year midfielder Thomas Powell (Coquitlam, B.C.) with one goal and two assists the Trinity Western Spartans defeated the Fraser Valley Cascades 5-2 Friday night at Chase Office Field in Langley, B.C. The victory improves the Spartans to 5-2-5 on the season, while the loss drops the Cascades to 2-9-0.

Fourth-year keeper Jordan Marwood (Langley, B.C.) made five saves in the Spartans win, while Fraser Valley's Kody Torrance made nine saves in the loss.

AS IT HAPPENED
The Spartans started strong and in the 7th minute, TWU was awarded a PK when Powel's shot was stopped by a UFV hand. Powel completed the play, scoring the penalty for his fourth of the season to put TWU up 1-0.
 
Alberti got his first of the night in the 20th minute to put TWU up 2-0. But the Cascades took advantage of a corner kick in extra time when forward Kian Proctor made it a one-goal game at the half with the Spartans leading 2-1 after 45 minutes.
 
Alberti got his second of the night just over three minutes into the second half to put TWU up 3-1. But less than a minute later UFV defender Michael Beecroft got his first of the season to once again make it a one-goal game in the 50th minute.
 
TWU continued to control much of the play and in the 60th minute, second-year forward Keishean Francois (White Rock, B.C.) scored a brilliant chip to put TWU up 4-2. Then in the 82nd minute, Spartan second-year defender Mario Banovic (Burnaby, B.C.) put the game away and gave TWU the three-goal victory.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Mike Shearon
"Happy with the performance overall and happy obviously with the result. Obviously, we would have liked to have had the shutout but, UFV is never going to give up, they are not built that way and they have too much pride to let that happen. But we have to redo it all again on Sunday and it will be a completely new day, and we have to go in there and finish it off."
 
On breaking out
"A couple of things got going for us tonight. Luca has been playing well and has been hot. And there has been good energy within the group since the beginning of the second half against UBC-O."
 
"We are moving the ball and we are keeping it pretty well, and we are feeling good on the ball. We have talked a lot about getting things on target and good things happen. So that was helpful and there was a little bit more composure in the box today. There probably should have been a few others that we should have scored on where their goalie made a big save or we just didn't play something completely right."
 
"Keishean's goal was different class and that is what he is capable of."
 
"I think there is a confidence within the group that has been scoring and hopefully, that confidence continues to grow as we get into crunch time of the season."  
 
NOTABLE
  • The Spartans outshot the Cascades 19-13 and had a 14-7 edge in shots on goal.
  • TWU finished with a 6-3 edge in corner kicks
  • The Spartans finished with eight fouls to the Cascades' six. Both teams receive on yellow card.
  • The Spartans are 18-13-5 lifetime against the Cascades
  • In their last meeting on October 9, 2022, the Cascades defeated the Spartans tied 2-1.
  • Last weekend the Spartans lost to the UBC Okanagan Heat 1-0 in Kelowna, B.C., and defeated the TRU WolfPack 3-0 in Kamloops, B.C.
  • Last weekend the Cascades lost to the WolfPack 2-0 in Kamloops, B.C., and lost to the Heat 1-0 in Kelowna, B.C.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish the home-and-home with Fraser Valley on Sunday afternoon in Abbotsford, B.C. Match time at Rotary Stadium is set for 3 p.m. (PT) 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 14 U SPORTS team championships and 34 Canada West team championships.
 
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