LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans outshot the defending U SPORTS champion Mount Royal Cougars, 25-21, Saturday night, but found themselves on the losing side of the contest, 2-0, Friday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The loss drops the Spartans to 6-7-1, while the win moves the No. 2 ranked Cougars to 12-3-0.

Third-year goalie Mabel Maltais (Edmonton, Alta.) made 19 saves in the Spartans' loss, while Scout Anderson made 25 saves in the Cougar shutout win.

AS IT HAPPENED
The Cougars Allee Gerrard got her 10^th goal of the year on a solid individual effort. Gerrard stole the puck just outside the Spartans' blue line and skated into the slot where here shot was deflected high over the glove shoulder of TWU's Maltais to put MRU up 1-0 at 3:06 of the opening period.
After a scoreless second period where both goalies had solid saves, the Cougars' Abbey Borbandy go her first of the season and the insurance goal to put MRU up 2-0 with 5:44 remaining in the game.

QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Peter Hay
"Process over outcome focused is what we keep reminding ourselves of but it's getting hard to play good enough to win these games but the lack of scoring is preventing us. There isn't much more I can ask of these committed and hard-working girls. They give it all for the team and are playing well. We just need to find a way to score. We buy into the little things we have been preaching so I truly believe that the outcomes will come and we will get the results at the right time but for now we will have to keep putting on our work boots and keep walking in the right direction with the right process. Next weekend we will have to find that goal-scoring touch again as we play for some playoff standings against a hungry Calgary Dinos that is in a similar position. We will keep working!"

NOTABLE

• TWU was 0/3 on the power play, while MRU was 2/2.
• The Spartans outshot the Cougars 25-21.
• The Spartans are 1-12 lifetime against the Cougars.
• TWU lost to MRU 3-2 Friday night at the Langley Events Centre.

UP NEXT
The Spartans will now head to Calgary for the final games of the first semester against the Calgary Dinos on December 1 at 7 p.m. and December 2 at 2 p.m. Both games at the Father David Bauer Arena can be seen live on CanadaWest.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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