LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans dropped their second match of the season with a 1-0 loss to the UBC Okanagan Heat Friday night in Kelowna, BC. The loss moves the Spartans to 3-2-5, while the win moves the Heat to 2-5-0.

Third-year keeper Yeshua Silwamba (Maple Ridge, B.C.) made five saves in the loss, while UBC Okanagan's Ronan Woodroffe made six saves to record the shutout win.

AS IT HAPPENED
The lone goal of the match came in the 26th minute. UBC Okanagan forward Julian Pascual got open up the left side of the penalty area, where he sent a hard shot at the Spartans' net. Silwamba made the diving save, but the rebound went to an open Dario Fedele who slotted the ball into the open right side of the TWU net.

QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Mike Shearon
"A disappointing result obviously with the loss. I thought that we had a couple of chances at the beginning to get a goal early."
 
"We didn't play great in the first half, but we responded and had a good second half. We thought a goal was going to come, but it never did."
 
"Things aren't easy and we need to continue to learn to be resilient, and continue to persevere, and to continue to give everything that we have and make our own chances."
 
NOTABLE

• The Spartans outshot the Heat 18-13 in total shots, and 9-6 in shots on goal.
• Both teams finished with one corner kick.
• The Heat had 17 fouls and three yellow cards, while the Spartans had 13 fouls and two yellow cards.
• TWU opened the CW season at home with a 1-0 win over TRU, and a 2-1 win over UBC-O.
• The Spartans are 8-6-4 lifetime against the Heat
• Last week the Spartans tied the Saskatchewan Huskies 1-1 and lost to the Alberta Golden Bears 1-0 at Chase Office Field.
• Last week at home in Kelowna, B.C. the Heat lost to the Mount Royal Cougars 3-0.

UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish their road weekend tomorrow against the Thompson Rivers WolfPack. Match time at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, B.C. 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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