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Jordie Arthur / UFV Cascades
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Winner Trinity Western TWU (4-2-0, 4-2-0)
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UFV UFV (2-5-1, 2-5-1)
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Trinity Western TWU
(4-2-0, 4-2-0)
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UFV UFV
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Trinity Western TWU 1 1 2
UFV UFV 1 0 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

SPARTANS RALLY FOR WIN OVER FRASER VALLEY CASCADES

LANGLEY, British Columbia –The Trinity Western Spartans fell behind midway through the opening half, but rallied with two goals to earn a 2-1 victory over the Fraser Valley Cascades Friday night at Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford, B.C. The win improves the No. 10 Spartans to 4-2-0, while the loss drops the Cascades to 2-5-1.
 
Scoring for the Spartans were fourth-year midfielder Sophie Crowther (New Westminster, B.C.) with her fourth of the season and third-year forward Mansha Sidhu (Surrey, B.C.) with her third of the season.
Scoring for the Cascades was Kiana Langston with her third goal of the season.
 
TWU third-year keeper Yasmine Pahal (Surrey, B.C.) made three saves in the Spartans' win. Fraser Valley's Alana Madec made five saves in the Cascades' loss.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now return home to host the Thompson Rivers WolfPack and the UBC Okanagan Heat on Friday, September 26, and Saturday, September 26.  Both games have a 6 p.m. (PT) kickoff and can be seen live on CanadaWest.TV.
 
QUOTABLE
Graham Roxburgh, TWU Head Coach
"Obviously, I'm relieved that after going behind on a bit of a fluky goal, we were able to settle ourselves and start playing. We scored two nice goals. Sophie's finish was superb, and our game-winning goal for Mansha was really well set up by Erin. I thought our second half had more compete and poise, but we're going to have to be better than that corporately in phases of the game."
 
"I thought Holly (Holland Stiel, fourth-year forward, Okotoks, Alta.) tonight was super intelligent and allowed our front runners to really get going."

AS IT HAPPENED
The Cascades opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Jaidyan Jackson made a cross to an open Langston on the deep left side of the TWU final third. From the right top of the box, Langston looped the ball over Pahal and just under the crossbar to put the Cascades up 1-0.
 
At the end of the opening half, a wide-open Crowther tied the match in added time. From the left side of the box, Crowther took a pass from fourth-year midfielder Kylie Hendricks (Maple Ridge, B.C.), who was on the right side of the UFV penalty area. Crowther took the pass and looped the ball into the top right corner of the Cascades' net to make it a 1-1 tie at the half.
 
Sidhu put the Spartans up 2-1 in the 72nd minute. After a corner kick, TWU fifth-year midfielder Erin Stewart (Winnipeg, Man.) got a loose clearing ball and found Sidhu open on the left side of the box. Sidhu took a touch and then put the ball past UFV's Madec to give the visitors a one-goal lead with 18 minutes remaining.
 
NOTABLE
  • The Spartans outshot the Cascades 8-6 in total shots and 7-4 in shots on goal.
  • TWU finished with an 11-0 edge in corner kicks.
  • Last week, the Spartans defeated the Victoria Vikes 3-2 at Chase Office Field on Friday evening. Last Sunday, the Cascades tied the Vikes 0-0 in Victoria at Centennial Stadium.
  • TWU is currently 37-5-7 lifetime against Fraser Valley.
  • The last time the Spartans lost to the Cascades was 15 years ago. TWU lost  3-2 in a shootout in the Canada West semi-final in Edmonton, Alta. on November 6, 2010.
 
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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