LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans had most of the possession time, but had to settle for a 0-0 draw with the Western Washington Vikings in the cross-border friendly Tuesday night at Chase office Field in Langley, B.C. The Spartans, who outshot the Vikings 11-4, see there record go to 1-2-4 in preseason play, while WWU improves to 0-1-1.
 
Spartan second-year forward Mansha Sidhu (Surrey, B.C.) had the best chance for TWU in the seventh minute when her header from the middle of the box was cleared by a Vikings defender before it could cross the goal line. In the first half TWU outshot WWU 8-0 in total shots and 4-0 in shots.
 
The Vikings Claire Potter had WWU best chance in the 55th minute, but TWU second-year keeper Yasmine Pahal (Surrey, B.C.) made a diving save to her left to maintain the clean sheet.
 
TWU's Pahal made one save in the 90 minutes to earn the shutout. WWU's Abigail Trengove  (45') made four saves, while Grace Wales (31') and Paige Bylund (14') played the second half for the Vikings to earn the shutout.
 
NOTABLE

• The Spartans outshot the Vikings 11-4 in total shots and 5-1 in shots on goal.
• Trinity Western had the advantage in corner kicks 9-3.
• The Spartans had a 5-2 edge in offsides and had 10 fouls to the Vikings 11 fouls.
• TWU is 2-6-3 lifetime with WWU.

QUOTABLE
Spartan head coach Graham Roxburgh
"Super pleased with our start. I thought we passed really well generated three or four good chances, and if it were not for their keeper we are probably up one or two, But halfway through the first half we stop moving it we turned the game into a little bit of a scrap fest in midfield and got out of our rhythm and never really found it again. I like the effort from the kids, Western's a competitive athletic team so in the end we learned some good lessons tonight, but we have to be more clinical."
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish the 2024 preseason Friday night against the Simon Fraser Red Leafs. Match time is set for 8 p.m. at Chase Office Field. Trinity Western opens Canada West conference play on Friday, September 6 against the TRU WolfPack. Match time in Kamloops, B.C. is set for 5 p.m. PT.
 
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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