CALGARY, Alberta – TWU third-year forward Chloe Reid (Leduc, Alta.) scored twice, but Iit wasn't enough as the Calgary Dinos defeated the Trinity Western Spartans 4-2 Saturday night at the Father David Bauer Arena in Calgary, Alta. The loss drops the Spartans to 6-9-0-1 in Canada West, while win puts Calgary at 6-11-1-1.

Third-year goalie Mabel Maltais (Edmonton, Alta.) made 25 saves in the Spartans' loss, while Gabriella Durante made 30 saves in the Dinos win.

Courtney Kollman, Sydney Mercier, Brooke Dennett, and Elizabeth Lang scored for the Dinos.

AS IT HAPPENED
After a scoreless first period, the Dinos offence came to life in the second with a pair of goals. Courtney Kollman took charge halfway through the second after she brought the puck in from the neutral zone to challenge a pair of Spartan defenders. She took a clean shot, sniping past Mabel Maltais' backhand.

Sydney Mercier kept the momentum going as she scored her fifth goal this season. Dana Wood took a shot from the left side of the net near the boards where then Mercier caught the rebound off Maltais' pads. Mercier snuck the puck behind Maltais for a crafty goal 9:49 into the second.

Things stayed that way until midway through the third, when the Spartans claw back into this one with a goal from Chloe Reid. Reid's third goal of the season came after a sharp pass from second-year forward Michela Naccarato (Edmonton, Alta.) in front of the crease where Reid put it behind Gabriella Durante for a shorthanded score to make it 2-1 with just over 10 minutes left to play.

Calgary responded with a shorthanded goal of their own off the stick of Brooke Dennett just a few minutes later. Jess Martens raced down the ice with a Spartans defender as she made a play for Dennett. The fifth year retrieved Martens' rebound as she took a swift shot to put the puck above the netminder for her first goal of the year to give Calgary a two-goal lead again with 4:24 to play.

The Spartans stayed in the game, however, as Reid got her second goal of the game with one minute left on the clock to keep things interesting. A battle in the corner sent the puck out to Third-year forward (Shellbrook, Sask.) who passed to Reid at the corner of the net, where Reid buried it to draw back at 3-2.
 
But, for the second straight night, Elizabeth Lang tallied an empty net goal to finish this one off and send the Dinos into break on a win streak.

QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Peter Hay
"A good time for the Christmas break as we need a rest and need to regroup to prepare for the second half of the season which is going to be a fight for playoff position. As a coach I am happy how our team has played in the first half regardless of not getting the results we deserve at times. We will be asking for a few more goals and bounces to go our way for Christmas."
NOTABLE

• TWU outshot Calgary 32-29 on the night, with TWU 0/5 on the power play and Calgary 0/4.
• The Spartans lost 4-2 to the Dinos Friday night in Calgary, Alta.
• The Spartans are 2-7 lifetime against the Dinos.
• In their last meeting on October 6-7, the Spartans won 3-2 and lost 4-3 to the Dinos in Langley, B.C.

UP NEXT
The Spartans will be off for the Christmas break, but will return to play On January 5-6 against the Alberta Pandas at home in Langley, B.C. The games are scheduled for 7 p.m. (PT) starts and 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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