LANGLEY, British Columbia – The No. 6 Trinity Western Spartans used a dominant all-around performance to defeat the visiting Saskatchewan Huskies 3-0 Saturday night at Chase Office Field in Langley, B.C. The victory moves the Spartans to 5-1-3, second in the Pacific Division, and extends their unbeaten streak to seven games, while to loss drops the Huskies to 5-3-0, third in the Prairie Division.

TWU fifth-year keeper Hannah Miller (Langley, B.C.) made three saves to record the win, while Saskatchewan's Kalin Roberts made seven saves in the loss.

The Spartans' three goals came from second-year forward Sophie Crowther (New Westminster, B.C.) in the 14^th minute, first-year midfielder Laren Spiller (Surrey, B.C.) in the 37^th minute, and third-year forward Charity Field (Burnaby, B.C.) in the 59^th minute.

AS IT HAPPENED
The Spartans opened the scoring in the 14^th minute. TWU fourth-year forward Sierra Halldorson (Winnipeg, Man.) went up the left side and beat the Saskatchewan outside back. Halldoson then sent a square ball to the top centre of the Huskies' penalty area to Crowther. Crowther made no mistake one-timing the ball past a diving Roberts and into the lower left corner of the Saskatchewan net for her fourth of the season to put Trinity Western up 1-0.

The Spartans doubled their lead in the 37^th minute. Crowther picked up an errant Saskatchewan pass in the centre of the Huskies area. She then slid a ball through the back line to a charging Laren Spiller. Spiller got off a sliding heavily contested shot past Roberts to put TWU up 2-0 and record her third goal of the weekend.

In the 45^th minute, Saskatchewan had their best opportunity when Nammi Nguyen sent a high shot towards the Spartans net that challenged Miller. But the fifth keeper was able to control the rebound and prevent any danger from the Huskies forwards, as the half ended with TWU up 2-0.

Field got her third of the season to put TWU up 3-0 in the 59^th minute. First-year forward Destiny Omari (Paris, Ont.) went up the right side beat her defender, and sent the ball into the box to rookie forward Mansha Sidhu (Surrey, B.C.). Sidhu did a one touch to Field who hit the lower corner of the Saskatchewan net.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Graham Roxburgh
"I thought our start was excellent in terms of our combination of aggression to be able to win the ball and then keep it. We stretched them and we attacked the channels really well."
 
"Really proud of our overall performance. Good six points, on a good weekend against two stern opponents."
 
On individual players:
"Super pleased that Sophie scored because she does so much work and deserved a goal tonight and generated two or three other really good chances including our second goal."
 
"I thought Sierra was excellent as a leader in midfield, kept us in possession, and made some really intelligent passes that led to more grade-A chances."
 
"Tilly (James, third-year, defender, Vancouver, B.C.) and Danni (Cooper, second-year, defender, Surrey, B.C.) were bedrock and Mansha and Destiny came on and provided us with spark. And really pleased for Laren, as this was her break-out weekend."
 
NOTABLE

• TWU enters this weekend ranked No. 6 in U SPORTS
• The Spartans out shot the Huskies 19-5 in total shots and had a 10-3 edge in shots on goal.
• TWU finished with nine corners, while Saskatchewan finished with two.
• Last night TWU defeated Regina 4-0
• TWU is currently 29-1-2 lifetime against the Huskies
• Last night Saskatchewan defeated UFV 3-0.
• The victory is Miller's 35^th of her Canada West career. Which is third all-time for the Spartans, trailing Ally Williamson 37 ('16), and Canada West leader Kristen Funk 43 ('12).
• The Spartans' lone loss to the Huskies was a 1-0 shoot-out loss on November 11, 2016, at the U SPORTS championship at Acadia University.

 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will continue their home stand next weekend when they host the UBC Okanagan Heat and the Thompson Rivers WolfPack on Friday, September 29, and Saturday, September 30.  Match time at Chase Office Field is set for 5 p.m. (ET) 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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