LANGLEY, British Columbia – In a key Coastal Cup match-up, the Trinity Western Spartans fell to the Victoria Vikes 57-19 Saturday afternoon at Yorkson Community Park in Langley, B.C.  With the loss, TWU is now 2-3 on the season and 0-3 in Coastal Cup play.
 
Scoring for the Spartans were fifth-year prop Ethan Jurgeneit (Bracebridge, Ont.), second-year winger Beckham Dickie (Surrey, B.C.), and third-year hooker Liam Olafsen (Abbotsford, B.C.) with five points each, and first-year Bernabé Sosa Rey (Yerba Buena, Tucumán) with four points.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans' next Coastal Cup match will be at home on October 11 when they will host the UBC Thunderbirds. Match time at Yorkson Community Park is set for 2:30 p.m. (PT)
 
QUOTABLE
Andrew Evans, TWU Head Coach
"So far this season it seems like we take two steps forward and one step back. There were many positives today, but we lacked the ability to sustain pressure or absorb pressure. We had some brilliant passages on both sides of the ball, but UVic were more poised than us today, and the Scotland shows."
"We had some very good energy from Beckham Dickie, Joseph Goroza (third-year, Coquitlem, B.C.) , and John Paterson (second-year, Georgetown, Ont.) and Liam Olafsen finished a great try that sparked a bit of life."
 
"Thankfully, we can play much better rugby than we did today and I'm confident the team will take another two steps forward very soon."
 
SCORING SUMMARY
6' – VIC Try - # 11 Dylan Cleaver (#15 Michael Oughtred convert missed) 5-0 VIC
8' – TWU Try - #1 Ethan Jurgeneit (#10 Bernabé Sosa Rey convert made) 7-5 TWU
11' – VIC Try - #6 Sully Curran (#15 Michael Oughtred convert  made) 12-7 VIC
16' – VIC Try - #3 Nic Willey (#15 Michael Oughtred convert made) 19-7 VIC
24' – TWU Try - #14 Beckham Dickie ((#10 Bernabé Sosa Rey convert made) 19-14 VIC
35' – VIC Try - #1 Phoneix Moller (#15 Michael Oughtred convert made) 26-14 VIC
40' – VIC Try - #5 Brendan Kim (#15 Michael Oughtred convert made) 33-14 VIC
HALF
43' – VIC Try - #2 Jordy Auger (#15 Michael Oughtred convert made) 40-14 VIC
45' – TWU Try - #23 Liam Olafsen (#15 Matt Willemse convert missed) 40-19 VIC
53' – VIC Try - #1 Phoneix Moller (#15 Michael Oughtred convert made) 47-19 VIC
72' – VIC Try - #15 Michael Oughtred (#15 Michael Oughtred convert made) 54-19 VIC
90' – VIC PK - #10 Cooper Coats 57-19 VIC
 
NOTABLE

• This is the first meeting of the season between the Vikes and the Spartans. TWU is currently 2-7 lifetime against the Vikes
• In their last meeting, the Spartans defeated the Vikes 34-27 in Victoria, B.C. on October 26, 2024.

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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