EDMONTON, Alberta – The Trinity Western Spartans made it three straight wins over the No. 7 Alberta Pandas this season with a 4-2 win Friday night at the Clare Drake Arena in Edmonton, Alberta. The win improves the Spartans to 6-3-1-0 in Canada West play, while the loss drops the Pandas to 3-4-1-1.
 
Scoring for the Spartans were fifth-year forward Chloe Reid (Leduc, Alta.) with her fifth of the season, third-year forward Kyra Anderson (Regina, Sask.) with her first of the season, fourth-year forward Kara Yackel (West St. Paul, Man.), and first-year forward Kadence Dansereau (Birch Hills, Sask.)with her first of the year. Scoring for the Pandas were Abby Soyko with her third of the season and Ryann Perrett with her second of the season.
 
Trinity Western's fifth-year goalie Kate Fawcett (Tottenham, Ont.) made 22 saves in the Spartans' win. Alberta's Mackenzie Dojahn made 27 saves in the Pandas' loss.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will look for the weekend sweep tomorrow at 5 p.m. (MT) at the Clare Drake Arena. Catch the game live on Canada West TV.
 
QUOTABLE
Peter Hay, TWU Head Coach
"A huge win for us, so proud of our team. Tonight we played with our true identity. We were relentless. Every line was going. Our special teams were excellent. I'm very proud of how we found a way to score inside the blue paint by going to the tough areas. Taps was outstanding in net again. This was a big win for us to fight for second-place playoff positioning. We need the sweep tomorrow to really separate ourselves from Alberta."
AS IT HAPPENED
Reid opened the scoring with the lone goal of the first period at 18:12 to give TWU the 1-0 lead after 20 minutes. Anderson quickly made it a 2-0 lead at 1:05 of the second period. Albera's Soyko cut the lead to one goal at 3:47. Yackel then got a power play goal at 8:32 to put TWU up two again before the Pandas Perrett made it a 3-2 TWU lead at 16:02. The Spartans' Dansereau got the insurance goal at 15:07 of the final period to make the final 4-2 for Trinity Western.
 
NOTABLE

• The Spartans outshot the Pandas 31-24.
• TWU was 1-6 on the power play, while Alberta finished 1-7.
• TWU is currently 5-10 lifetime against Alberta.
• In their last conference meeting in October, the Spartans defeated Alberta 3-2 in a shootout and 3-2 in overtime at home at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C.
• Last week, the Spartans split with the MacEwan Griffins, winning 5-0 and losing 2-1 at home in Langley, B.C.
• Last week the Pandas split with the Calgary Dinos, losing 2-1 on the road in Calgary, and winning 3-0 at home in Edmonton, Alta.

 
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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