LANGLEY, B.C. – With optimism abound for an up-and-coming Spartans team, TWU will start the 2025-26 season with an exciting opening weekend, travelling to play Victoria Oct. 24 before coming back to the Langley Events Centre for a home-opening date with last year's Canada West silver medal-winning UBC Thunderbirds Oct. 25. The Spartans 20-game largely B.C.-based slate has Lethbridge as the lone crossover opposition from the Prairie Division. 

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SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
•    The 2025-26 schedule has TWU playing three games each against their Pacific Division foes, including UBC, Victoria, Fraser Valley, UNBC, UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers. 
•    TWU finished with a 10-10 record last season and a 9-9 record within the Pacific Division.
•    The only cross-over weekend in 2025-26 is against the Pronghorns (Nov. 28-29), who finished sixth in the Prairie Division last year with a 10-10 record.
•    After the Christmas break, TWU resumes its regular season schedule with similar opposition to how the season will have begun, with games against UBC (Jan. 9-10 at War Memorial Gym) and Victoria (Jan. 16-17 at the LEC). 
•    TWU has finished with a .500 record or better in six of their last seven seasons.
•    TWU has a bye on the final weekend of the regular season.

KEY DATES
Canada West Play-In – Single Elimination Games – Feb. 13-14
Day 1
12 vs 5 @ 4 / 11 vs 6 @ 3 / 10 vs 7 @ 2 / 9 vs 8 @ 1
Day 2
Winners vs 1-4

Canada West Semifinals – Single Elimination Games – Feb. 20-21
Re-seed: 4 @ 1 / 3 @ 2

Canada West Finals – Single Elimination Games – Feb. 27-28
Bronze (if needed) / Gold

U SPORTS Championship – March 5-8 (Hosted by the Université Laval in Quebec City)  

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 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 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 CIS 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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