LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western fourth-year midfielder Xander Roxburgh (Langley, B.C.) scored in the 74th minute to help the Spartans earn a 1-1 draw with the visiting Fraser Valley Cascades Saturday night at Chase Office Field in Langley, B.C. The draw moves the Spartans to 6-4-3 and the Cascades to 7-4-3. The Spartans currently sit in fourth place in the Pacific Division one win behind the Cascades.
 
Scoring for the Cascades was Bhagvir Sidhu.

Second-year keeper Austin Petri (Mount Albert, Ont.) made two saves in the draw, while the Cascades Jackson Cowx made six saves for Fraser Valley.

UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish off Canada West conference play next weekend, October 18-19, when they host the Victoria Vikes and the UBC Thunderbirds. Match time on both nights is set to kick off at 7:15 p.m. at Chase Office Field and can be seen live on Canada West TV. 
 
QUOTABLE
TWU head coach Michael Shearon
"We have put a good run of games together where we've done well, and we have started to buy into some of the things that we need to do to be successful. Tonight, I honestly thought we were sluggish in the first 45 and I'm a bit disappointed, based on, some of the things that we committed to, that we talked about, and that we know that we need to do to win games."
 
"To give a goal up that early and everything else that happened, it's not the way that we want to go about things. But at the same time, I'm super proud of the group to not hang their head, to get back at it after giving up the early goal, and we should have scored almost right afterwards."
 
"In the second half we came out and got the goal that we needed and probably could have gotten another one. Overall, I'm happy with it, to go into a weekend like this and grab four points out of it, it's nothing to be ashamed of. But obviously still would have liked had the victory."
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The Cascades opened the scoring in the fifth minute. Playing near the far-left post UFV's Bhagvir Sidhu took a chip off a cross from Mateo Brazinha and found the open net to beat TWU's Petri and put Fraser Valley up 1-0. It would be the only scoring of the opening 45 minutes as both teams ended the half with five shots, and UFV having a 3-2 edge in shots on goal. The Cascades also had a 3-0 edge in corner kicks.
 
Roxburgh got the equalizer in the 74th minute. Charles Nana took the ball up the left side of the park and found Roxburgh just outside the six. Roxburgh took a touch to settle the ball and then found the lover right corner to tie the match at 1-1.
 
NOTABLE

• TWU outshot the UFV 15-8 in total shots with a 7-3 edge in shots on goal.
• The Spartans had four corner kicks to the Cascades five.
• The Spartans are now 20-14-6 lifetime against the Cascades.  
• TWU has never lost to UFV at home. The Spartans are currently 12-5-5 at Chase office Field against the Cascades.
• After starting the season 1-4-1, TWU has gone 5-0-2 over their last seven matches.

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.

About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in CIS sports. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others. 
 
-TW-