LANGLEY, British Columbia – Led by fourth-year forward Krya McDonald's (Inuvik, NT) two goals the Trinity Western Spartans earned a 3-1 victory over the visiting Calgary Dinos Saturday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The victory improves the Spartans, who have won eight of their las10 games, to 9-7, while the loss drops the Dinos to 6-8-1-1.
 
Second-year forward Krya Anderson (Regina, Sask.) with her fourth of the season scored the other goal for the Spartans.
Scoring for the Dinos was Brooklin Fry with her first of the year.
 
Trinity Western's fourth-year goalie Kate Fawcett (Tottenham, Ont.) made 25 saves in the Spartans' win, while Amelia Awad made 36 saves in the Dinos loss.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now finish the first semester with a home-and-home series with the UBC Thunderbirds. The Spartans will host the Thunderbirds on Friday, December 6. Game time at the Langley Events Centre is set for 7 p.m. (PT) before finishing off the series on Saturday at 3 p.m. (PT) at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. Both games can be seen live on Canada West TV.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU head coach Peter Hay
"We knew that this was a big weekend for playoffs to get four points on Calgary, which is essentially like eight points because they didn't get anything, is a big step for us. We're now three wins up on them in the third spot and now we just have to keep playing the way we are into next weekend's games against UBC. We came into the first game this weekend and did really well and then in the second game, our first period was less than what we wanted and expected, but we just fought hard in the second and third periods to get back to how we play. We challenged them in the first intermission about our DNA and who we are and how hard we work. ?We want to be known as the hardest-working team in the league and the second period really showed that, out-shooting them 19-6. I was really proud of how we responded, which is a good sign of character and buy-in. Just so proud of this group, and how they're playing together. We have had different heroes each night and different players step up at the right times. It was a really great weekend by McDonald scoring some big goals and our goaltending with Fawcett. as she stopped the pucks, she had to stop. Very, very pumped about our future and where we're going."
 
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The Dinos had a better start to today's game and opened the scoring at 2:07. Calgary took advantage of a TWU giveaway and Fry found the top corner of the TWU net to beat Fawcett through a maze of players.  Calgary would end the period with a 12-11 edge in shots and a 1-0 lead.
 
Rookie forward Cailin Yackel (West St. Paul, Man.) looked like she had tied the game at 10:52 when she beat Awad, but her shot went off of the inside of the crossbar and stayed out of the Calgary net to keep the score at 1-0 for the Dinos. TWU's McDonald tied the game at 15:53 with her fourth of the season. McDonald picked up a Dinos' pass at the Calgary blue line, went up the left side, and beat Awad with a perfect shot into the top left corner of the Calgary net. The Spartans dominated the time of possession and shots finishing with a 19-6 edge in shots.
 
The Spartans Anderson gave the Spartans the lead 1:02 into the third period with her fourth goal of the season. Anderson stole the puck off a Dino forward on the left board, skated to the centre of the Calgary zone, and beat Awad to the low right side to put TWU up 2-1.
 
McDonald got her second of the game at 7:45 of the third period. McDonald took the puck off the Dinos forward at the TWU blue line went up the left side and in alone to find the top left corner of the Calgary net and give the Spartans a two-goal lead, 3-1.
 
Calgary's Josie McLeod looked to make it a one-goal deficit a few seconds later when she broke in alone on the TWU net. But Fawcett was up to the task and made the glove save to maintain the Spartans' 3-1 lead. Olivia Leir almost made it four goals for the Spartans when her shot on the break went off of the Calgary crossbar at 9:59. The Dinos pulled Awad for the final two minutes. Still, Calgary was unable to get another puck past Fawcett as TWU held on for the 3-1 win. The Spartans outshot the Dinos 9-8 in the final period.
 
NOTABLE 

• The Spartans outshot the Dinos 39-26.
• Calgary was 0-2 on the power play, while TWU did not have any power play opportunities.
• Three Stars: TWU's McDonald, Anderson, Calgary's Fry.
• With the weekend sweep TWU now sits alone in third spot, four points ahead of Calgary.
• Last night the Spartans defeated the Dinos 3-1 at the Langley Events Centre.
• TWU is currently 5-8 lifetime against the Dinos. TWU is 3-1 this season against Calgary.

 
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 U 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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