VICTORIA – For the second day in a row Trinity Western's Adam Hajdecki (Surrey, B.C.) got the shoot-out game-winner to lift the Spartans to a 2-2, (5-4) victory over the Victoria Vikes in the Keg Cup final Sunday evening in Victoria, B.C.

Hajdecki scored on TWU's fifth try after Victoria's fourth striker was saved by TWU keeper Yeshua Silwamba (Maple Ridge, B.C.), who played the full 90 and overtime for the Spartans. All of the other shooters for Victoria and TWU scored to make the final shoot-out score 5-4 for the Spartans.
 
TWU's Thomas Powell (Coquitlam, B.C.) opened the scoring two minutes into the match, but the Spartan lead was short-lived as the Vikes scored minutes later to tie the match at 1-1. Both teams had players sent off in the later stages of the opening half. Playing 10 v 10 for the remainder of the match, the two teams remained tied at 1-1 at the end of 45 minutes.
 
The Vikes scored early in the second half to put the home team up 2-1. The Spartans Charles Tchouya Nana (Calgary) ended up tying the match later in the half when his rocket of a shot found the back of the Vikes' net.
 
TWU had the better of the play in the opening overtime half. But in the second Victoria had a few quality opportunities including a ball cleared off of the line by Josh Reinhard (Langley, B.C.) and a stellar save by Silwamba as the teams ended the overtime still tied at 2-2.
 
QUOTABLE
Michel Shearon– TWU Head Coach 
"Overall super proud of this group that is struggling with injuries. Everyone put in a team effort and fought for one another."

NOTABLE
• The Spartans are now 21-23-4 lifetime against the Vikes and 20-19-3 in Canada West conference play.
• The Spartans are 6-4 with the Vikes over their last 10 meetings.
• TWU was 1-1 with Victoria in Canada West conference play in 2022-23.
 
UP NEXT
Tonight's match concludes the Spartans 2022-23 soccer year. The next matches are in August 2023.
 
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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