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Winner Trinity Western TWU (3-2-5, 3-2-5)
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Thompson Rivers TRU (3-5-1, 3-5-1)
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Trinity Western TWU
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Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

SPARTANS REBOUND WITH SOLID WIN OVER WOLFPACK

LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans responded to Friday night's loss with a well-played 3-0 victory over the Thompson Rivers WolfPack Saturday night at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, B.C.  The win moves the Spartans to 4-2-5, while the loss drops the WolfPack to 3-6-1. TRU is just holding onto the fourth and final playoff spot in the CW Pacific Division with the UBC Okanagan Heat right behind them. TWU meanwhile strengthened their grip on third place with the win.

Fourth-year keeper Jordan Marwood (Langley, B.C.) made three saves in the Spartan win, while Thompson River's Svyatik Artemenko made four saves in the loss.

Third-year midfielder Thomas Powell (Coquitlam, B.C.), rookie midfielder Malcolm Kengni (Maple Ridge, B.C.) and third-year forward Xander Roxburgh (Langley, B.C.) scored for Trinity Western.

AS IT HAPPENED
The game featured two of the stronger defences in the conference with TWU entering the game allowing just seven goals through their opening ten games of the season while the WolfPack were on a 180-minute shutout streak.
 
After a back-and-forth first half Powell opened the scoring just minutes before the break.
 
Forward Luca Alberti received the ball at the edge of the TRU 18-yard box and laid off a pass perfectly in front of Powell who unleashed a curving effort that found the back of the net.
 
TRU came out swinging to open the second frame but after an excellent run courtesy of Alesandro Comita went for naught, the Spartans were able to double their lead.
 
Alberti again played provider, sending a ball into Malcolm Kengni who scored his first of the season.
 
Ryan Lewis nearly pulled one back for TRU in the 68th minute but his outstanding free kick that went up and over the wall en route to the top corner of the net was parried away by a diving Marwood.
 
Roxburgh provided the insurance marker on a TWU penalty kick in the 90th minute of play.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Mike Shearon
"Super excited about the game, and super proud of the boys today. It was a good recovery from last night. It was a solid 90-minute performance, and the guys did everything that we needed to do. It was probably one of our best performances of the year against a good TRU team."
 
"Luca had a really good game and so did Malcolm, who scored his first Canada West goal. The backline also did well and Jordan had a great performance in goal for us."
 
NOTABLE
  • The Spartans and the WolfPack each had 11 total shots, with TWU holding a 7-3 edge in shots on goal.
  • The WolfPack had a 4-2 edge in corner kicks.
  • TWU opened the CW season at home with a 1-0 win over TRU.
  • The Spartans are 12-5-2 lifetime against the WolfPack.
  • Last night TWU lost 1-0 to the UBC Okanagan Heat in Kelowna, B.C.
  • Last night TRU defeated the UFV Cascades 2-0 at home in Kamloops, B.C.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will return home next week to host the Fraser Valley Cascades on Friday, October 6. Match time at Chase Office Field in Langley, B.C. is set for 7:15 p.m. (PT) 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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