VANCOUVER– The No. 1 UBC Thunderbirds shutout the Trinity Western Spartans 4-0 to earn a weekend sweep of the Spartans Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The loss drops the Spartans to 11-12-1-0 in Canada West play, while the win improves the first-place Thunderbirds to 22-2-0-0. TWU is currently in third place in the Canada West west division with 23 points, while UBC is in first with 42 points. The Spartans trail second place Alberta by two points.
 
Scoring for the Thunderbirds were Jaylyn Morris with her eighth and ninth of the season, Ilona Markova with her first of the season, and Hanna Perrier with her fifth of the season.
 
Trinity Western fifth-year goalie Kate Fawcett (Tottenham, Ont.) made 36 saves in the Spartans' loss. UBC's Mya Lucifora made 13 saves to earn the shutout win for the Thunderbirds.
 
UP NEXT
After a bye week the Spartans will now head to Edmonton, Alta. to take on the MacEwan Griffins on February 6-7 at the Downtown Community Arena. Game times are set for 7 p.m. (MT) and 3 p.m. (MT) and can be seen live on Canada West TV.
 
QUOTABLE
Peter Hay, TWU Head Coach
"UBC came out very fast and competitive and made it very hard on us to get things going. We had a couple good looks on the power-play but didn't finish when we needed to and UBC took over the game after that. I'm proud we never gave up and maintained a good attitude on the bench, but we definitely saw another level and we need to find a way to be able to match that if we want to have success in playoffs. This is a good learning opportunity for us."
AS IT HAPPENED
The Thunderbirds had a sizable advantage in offensive zone possession outshooting the Spartans 15-3, but were only able to beat Fawcett one time. Morris got the eventual game winner with her power play goal at 7:39 to give UBC the 1-0 lead after the first 20 minutes.
The Spartans started the second period with a 5-3 power play, but were unable to get the puck past Lucifora. The Thunderbirds would have their own 5-3 power play midway through the period, but the TWU PK was able to keep UBC off the board. The Thunderbirds' Markova got the lone goal of the period with her first of the season at 15:33 to give the Thunderbirds a 2-0 lead. UBC would outshoot TWU 13-8 and take a 2-0 lead into the final period.
UBC outshot TWU 12-2 in the final period and put the game away with goals from Perrier at 6:13 and a power play goal by Morris at 8:31 to make the final 4-0 for the Thunderbirds.
NOTABLE

• The Thunderbirds outshot the Spartans 40-13.
• TWU was 0-5 on the power play, while UBC finished 2-7.
• The Spartans are currently 2-29 lifetime against the UBC Thunderbirds.
• The Spartans are 0-6 against the Thunderbirds this season.
• Last night the Spartans lost 4-2 to the Thunderbirds at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, 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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