LANGLEY, British Columbia – Fourth-year blueliner Ella Boon (Vanderhoof, B.C.) scored the lone shootout goal, and second-year goalie Olivia Davidson (Edmonton, Alta.) made three saves to go with her 21 in regulation saves to lead the Trinity Western Spartans to a 2-1 win over the No. 5 Mount Royal Cougars Friday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The win improves the Spartans to 8-4-1-0, while the SO loss drops the Cougars to 10-2-0-1.
 
Scoring in regulation for the Spartans was fifth-year forward Kyra McDonald (Inuvik, NT).
Scoring for the Cougars was Kiana McNinch.
 
Mount Royal's Scout Anderson made 18 saves in the Cougars' shootout loss.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans and Cougars will match up again tomorrow afternoon at the Langley Events Centre. Puck drop is set for 1 p.m. (PT) and can be seen live on Canada West TV.
 
QUOTABLE
Peter Hay, TWU Head Coach
"Two good teams playing hard, not surprised it went down to a shootout. I really liked how our girls didn't panic in the third period as we played consistently and together, playing the right way. We played confidently and supported pucks well. We didn't force anything and waited until we got an opportunity, which, in this case, was overtime, almost scoring twice, and finally ending it in a shoot-out. Huge victory for us over an excellent MRU team. Really proud of our goaltending again, as Davy was outstanding, especially in the shootout. Boon has really become our shootout specialist, scoring the game-winner again. Overall, a great team effort, but we have a quick turnaround tomorrow. We need to be ready and play the first period like we finished off the game in the third."
AS IT HAPPENED
All the scoring took place in the second period with McDonald opening the scoring at 10:52 to put TWU up 1-0. MRU's McNinch would then tie the game at 16:18.
 
NOTABLE

• The Cougars outshot the Spartans 22-20.
• TWU was 1-3 on the power play, while Mount Royal finished 0-3.
• The Spartans are currently 4-16 lifetime against the Mount Royal Cougars
• Last week, the Spartans lost 3-2 in overtime and 2-0 to the Calgary Dinos in Calgary, Alta. Last week, the Mount Royal Cougars swept the Regina Cougars 3-1 and 4-0 in Regina, Sask.
• Last season, the Spartans were 2-2 against the Cougars. Winning the final two games 1-0 SO, and 2-0 in Calgary on February 14-15.

 
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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