EDMONTON – Trinity Western's women's hockey team extended their program best-ever winning streak to five games with a 4-1 win over MacEwan Friday at the Downtown Community Arena. 

After falling behind midway through the first period, the Spartans responded with four straight goals to beat the Griffins in a game TWU outshot the home side 41-11. 

The win sees the Spartans improve to 6-5 and jump into third place in the West Division. MacEwan drops to 1-8. 

Jordyn Matthews scored twice for the Spartans – her third and fourth of the season – while first-year Kelsey Ledoux scored her first as a Spartan and Kara Yackel tallied her third of the year. Kasey Ditner has two assists, while Olivia Leier added to her team-leading point total with an assist. Leier has two goals and six assists to lead TWU in points through 11 games.

Kate Fawcett earned the win, making 10 saves, while MacEwan's Brianna Sank made 37 saves. 

Sasha Malenfant was the Griffins lone goal-scorer.

TWU finished the night 2 for 5 on the power play, with Ledoux and Matthews both scoring with the extra skater. MacEwan was 0 for 3 the power play. 

QUOTABLE
Peter Hay, TWU Head Coach
"I'm speechless. Tonight, our team played the best game of my time at TWU. It was a 60-minute dominant effort and every player contributed in many ways. We executed every detail and little habit we preach. I'm so proud of this group and I'm so excited to see us continue to play this way and get the results we deserve. I'm happy to see Kelsey Ledoux get her first goal with an amazing screen from Ashley Breitkreuz and a highlight reel goal from Kara Yackel and two great goals from Matthews. Now we need to rinse and repeat tomorrow, as we keep our focus dialed in on our next shift."

NEXT UP
The Spartans and Dinos play the rematch Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre. 

NOTABLE
•    TWU is now 4-5 lifetime against the Griffins. 
•    Last season TWU split the two game season series in Edmonton, losing 4-1 and winning 5-3.
•    The Spartans and the Griffins split each of their previous three series (3-3).

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 and women's and men's disc golf. 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.  

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