LANGLEY, British Columbia –Trinity Western third-year keeper Yasmine Pahal (Surrey, B.C.) made a penalty kick save and two late stops to earn a shutout and help lead the No. 8 Spartans to a 1-0 victory over the visiting UBC Okanagan Heat Saturday night at Chase Office Field in Langley, B.C. The win improves the Spartans to 6-2-0, while the loss drops the Heat to 2-4-2.
 
With the win, the Spartans extend their winning streak to four games.
 
Scoring the lone goal for the Spartans was third-year forward Mansha Sidhu (Surrey, B.C.) with a penalty kick goal in the 10th minute.
 
Pahal made five saves in the Spartans' win. UBC Okanagan's Allyson Ford made one save in the Heat's loss.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now head on the road for a doubleheader at the UNBC Timberwolves on October 3 and October 5 in Prince George, B.C.  Game time is set for 6 p.m. (PT) and 12 p.m. (PT) kickoffs, and the game can be seen live on CanadaWest.TV.
 
QUOTABLE
Graham Roxburgh, TWU Head Coach
"I can't ever question the team's effort, although I think we got beat a lot to second balls, and I thought we were a little bit hesitant, and some of that's credit to them, the way they play. We didn't minimize their spaces, which is what we did in Kelowna. Really relieved, obviously, to come out with a win. Disappointed, Mansha's chance late in the first half, on a brilliant turn, wasn't rewarded. ?She scores there, it's 2-0, and it's a little bit different game. But Yazi kept us alive and ahead, and then, obviously, with the penalty saved, that's big. However, the bigger saves in the last minute, after our lack of communication and lack of decisiveness, almost cost us the three points."
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The Spartans' Sidhu opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Sidhu scored on a penalty kick after she was taken down in the box on a promising attack. The Heat were awarded a penalty kick in the 24th minute when Katie Scarth was fouled in the penalty area. The Heat's Annika Gross took the PK, but the Spartans' Pahal was up to the challenge to keep the Spartans up with a diving save. The half finished with TWU up 1-0 and outshooting the Heat 5-3.
 
Neither team was able to find the back of the net in the second half. TWU's Pahal was able to keep the clean sheet with two spectacular saves in the final minutes, including tipping the ball over the bar on a shot by UBC Okanagan's Haden Thomas in the 79th minute.  
 
NOTABLE

• The Heat outshot the Spartans 11-5 in total shots, and 5-2 in shots on goal.
• UBC O finished with a 7-3 edge in corners.
• Last night the Spartans defeated the Thompson Rivers WolfPack 2-1, while the Heat tied the Fraser Valley Cascades 0-0 in Abbotsford, B.C.
• The Spartans are currently 14-0-1 lifetime against the UBC Okanagan Heat. Earlier this year, TWU defeated UBC Okanagan 4-2 in Kelowna, 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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