LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western third-year forward Mansha Sidhu (Surrey, B.C.) scored twice and fourth-year midfielder Sophie Crowther (New Westminster, B.C.) tied the Canada West record for assists in a season, with 13, to lead the Spartans to a 3-0 victory over the Fraser Valley Cascades Saturday night at Chase Office Field in Langley, B.C. The win improves the No. 7 Spartans to 10-3-1, while the loss drops the Cascades to 3-9-2.
 
Also scoring for the Spartans was second-year midfielder Caitlin Cooper (Abbotsford, B.C.).
 
Third-year keeper Yasmine Pahal (Surrey, B.C.) made one save in the Spartans' shutout win, while Fraser Valley's Alana Madec also made one save in the Cascades' loss.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans now host the Canada West quarterfinals on Friday, October 24. As the second-place Pacific Division team, the Spartans will host the third-place Prairie Division team. The team is yet to be determined between MacEwan and Mount Royal.
 
QUOTABLE
Graham Roxburgh, TWU Head Coach
"We obviously took care of business in a good way. ?We knew UFV would be feisty and scrappy, and they defended very well, so we had to be a little bit sharper than we were last night. Beautiful first goal for us, I thought Bryana Buttar's (Abbotsford, B.C.) ball into Lianna Holz's (Richmond, B.C.) overlapping run. and Mansha's clinicalness to finish was excellent. So that settled us down. But I still didn't think we were making the best passes, and maybe we were forcing things a little bit. ?So, I was really pleased that in the second half we were able to score twice more.
 
On Sophie Crowther's performance
"Super pleased for Sophie; she deserves it to tie that record. She's been so clinical in providing offence, good assists, timely goals, and so forth. So I'm really pleased because she deserves it. She's having a fantastic season."
 
AS IT HAPPENED
Sidhu opened the scoring in the 25th minute when Holz found her on the far side of the penalty area, where she put the ball into the open net to score the lone goal of the opening 45 minutes.
 
Sidhu got her second of the match and her eighth of the season in the 71st minute on a penalty kick. The Spartans' PK was awarded when Sidhu was knocked down from behind in the Cascades penalty area. TWU finished the scoring in added time when Cooper got on the end of Crowther's historic pass to make the final 3-0.
 
NOTABLE

• The Spartans outshot the Cascades 15-2 in total shots, and 4-1 in shots on goal
• TWU had a 5-3 edge in corner kicks
• With the assist on Cooper's goal, Crowther ties the CW single-season assist record with 13, which TWU's Seina Kashima set in 2018.
• Last night the Spartans defeated the Cascades 3-0 at Chase Office Field.
• The Spartans are currently 39-5-7 lifetime against the Cascades. Earlier this season the Spartans defeated the Cascades 2-1 at Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford, B.C. The last time TWU lost to UFV in CW conference or postseason play was a 3-2 SO loss in the CW semifinals in Edmonton, AB on November 6, 2010.

 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as in the NAIA in track and field and cross country and 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 33 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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