VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans matched the UBC Thunderbirds for much of the game before falling to the No. 3 T-Birds 3-1 Friday night at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. The loss drops the Spartans to 3-17-0-1, while the Thunderbirds move to 14-6-0-1.
 
Scoring for the Spartans was third-year centre Jonathan Krahan (Chilliwack, B.C.) with his seventh of the season (12:32-2nd).
 
Scoring for the Thunderbirds was Ben Kotylak with his first of the season (16:46-1st), Connor McDonald with his third of the season, and Jake Wright with his 11th of the season.
 
Third-year goalie Raphael Audet (Rimouski, Que.) made 49 saves in the TWU loss, while Cole Schwebius made 12 saves in the T-Bird win.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish the two-game series tomorrow night at 7 p.m. (PT) when they host the Thunderbirds at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The game can be seen live on Canada West TV.
 
QUOTABLE
Trinity Western Head Coach Ben Walter
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The first period saw only UBC's Kotylak find the back of the net when he put the Thunderbirds up 1-0 at 16:46. The Spartans Audet stopped 13 of the shots he faced to keep TWU in the contest with UBC outshooting TWU 14-4.
 
The Spartans' Krahn scored his seventh goal of the season at 12:32, assisted by Luke Spadafora and Daine DuBois, tying the game at one. Audet was even more impressive in the second period as he stopped 22 shots as the T-Birds outshot the Spartans 22-5.
 
The Thunderbirds again dominated the shots, outshooting the Spartans 16-4 in the final frame. UBC's McDonald got the game-winner at 4:46 to put the Thunderbirds up 2-1. UBC's Wright got an empty net goal at 19:05 to seal the win for the Thunderbirds.
 
 
NOTABLE 

• The Thunderbirds outshot the Spartans 52-13.
• TWU was 0-2 on the power play, while UBC was 0-3.
• Three Stars: UBC Connor McDonald, Jake Wright, Carson Latimer.
• Last week the Spartans split with the Manitoba Bisons in Winnipeg, Man. Winning 6-3 and losing 7-2.
• Last week the No. 3 Thunderbirds split with the No. 7 Mount Royal Cougars losing 6-1, and winning 5-2 in Vancouver, B.C.
• TWU lost 7-1, and 5-2 to UBC in the first semester.
• TWU is currently 0-27 lifetime against the Thunderbirds.

 
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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