LANGLEY, British Columbia– Fifth-year goalie Kate Fawcett (Tottenham, Ont.) made 29 saves to earn a shutout and lead the Trinity Western Spartans to a solid 5-0 win over the visiting MacEwan Griffins Friday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The win improves the No. 10 Spartans to 5-2 on the season, while the loss drops the Griffins to 0-6-0-1.
 
Scoring for the Spartans were fifth-year forward Kyra McDonald (Inuvik, NT) with two, second-year blueliner Chayc Kullman (Bragg Creek, Alta.), rookie forward Keelyn Pisani (Sturgeon County, Alta.) and fifth-year forward Kailey Ledoux (Saskatoon, Sask.).
 
MacEwan's Taya Currie made 25 saves in the Griffins' loss.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish the double header tomorrow at 3 p.m. (PT) at the Langley Events Centre. The game can be seen on Canada West TV.
  
QUOTABLE
Peter Hay, TWU Head Coach
"Nice to see five goals for our team, as that's something that we've been focusing on and working on all week. We need to clean up, giving them some prime chances. Thankfully, we had great goaltending from Fawcett, who got the shutout. Tomorrow is another chance to take another step with more focus on the little things and good habits."

AS IT HAPPENED
The Spartans McDonald got the Spartans on the board after an evenly played opening period. Fifth-year forward Chloe Reid (Leduc, Alta.) won the offensive zone face-off straight to McDonald, who moved to the middle of the ice and beat MacEwan's Currie to put TWU up 1-0 at 17:04 of the opening period. TWU would finish the opening 20 minutes with an 11-10 edge in shots on goal.
 
McDonald got her second of the afternoon when fifth-year forward Jordyn Matthews (Okotoks, Alta.) stole the puck and went in on a two-on-none. Matthews fed McDonald, who went high stick side to put the Spartans up 2-0 at 6:31. Kullman got the Spartans' third goal on a TWU power play. From the right dot, Kullman sent a puck through traffic to put TWU up 3-0 at 13:51 of the second period. The Griffins ended the period with a 12-9 edge in shots.
 
The Spartans put the game away in the final period. TWU's Pisani scored on a deflection off a fourth-year defence Presleigh Giesbrecht (Gretna, Alta.) point shot at 1:28 to make it a four-goal lead for the Spartans. Trinity Western's forecheck resulted in the Spartans' final goal. Leier stole the puck along the left boards and was able to find an open Ledoux between the circles. Ledoux picked the top left corner to put TWU up 5-0 with 6:54 remaining in the game.
 
NOTABLE

• The Spartans outshot the Griffins 30-29.
• TWU was 1-4 on the power play, while MacEwan finished 0-4.
• The three stars were: 1 Kyra McDonald, 2 Chayce Kullman, 3 Kate Fawcett.
• TWU is currently 6-5 lifetime against MacEwan.
• Last season the Spartans swept the Griffins 2-0 on November 15-16, winning 4-1 and 3-0 on the road in Edmonton, Alta.
• Last week, the Spartans won two overtime games on the road, 2-1 and 4-3, against the Saskatchewan Huskies in Saskatoon, Sask.
• Last week the Griffins lost in regulation and a shootout, 2-0 and 3-2, in a home and home series with the Mount Royal Cougars.

 
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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