LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans and the Mount Royal Cougars battled for ninety minutes, with neither team being able to find the back of the net as the game ended 0-0 Friday night at Chase Office Field in Langley, B.C. The draw moves the Spartans to 2-3-2, and the Cougars to 4-0-2.
 
TWU second-year keeper Peter Rogenthien (Austin, Texas) made one save in the draw, while MRU's Sjard Strause made three saves for the Cougars.
 
UP NEXT
TWU will now host the Grant MacEwan Griffins tomorrow night at Chase Office Field. Match time is set for 7:15 p.m. (PT) and can be seen live on Canadawest.tv.
 
QUOTABLE
Mike Shearon, TWU Head Coach
"I'm happy with tonight. I thought the players did what we asked them to do. MRU is a good quality side. ?And it was a fun game. Their coach and I chatted afterwards, and it was a good game. It was good to be a part of and just really happy with the way that we performed tonight. I thought we probably could have nicked something, especially in the first half. We probably should have had at least one goal. But one of the goals today was to keep a clean sheet, which we did Pete did a good job. Adam and Jace are growing a good partnership, and Grant and the midfield crew worked really hard. Overall, like I said, I'm happy with the performance; we do need to start to pull out some of these ties and make them victories because Nils will come back and haunt us in the end."?

NOTABLE

• The Spartans outshot the Cougars 13-10 in total shots, and 3-1 in shots on goal.
• Both teams had five corner kicks.
• The Spartans entered this weekend after a four-point weekend in last week's two home games. Tying the UBC Okanagan Heat 1-1 on Friday and winning 3-0 against the Thompson Rivers WolfPack on Saturday at Chase Office Field in Langley, B.C.  
• The Cougars enter this weekend after winning their lone match last weekend, defeating the Calgary Dinos 4-0 on Saturday, September 6, at Calgary.
• The Spartans are now 4-2-2 lifetime against Mount Royal, winning 3-1 last season at home in Langley, B.C.

 
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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