SPARTANS LIVE IN SPOKANE

MEN’S SOCCER (PRE-SEASON)
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SPARTANS LIVE IN SPOKANE

LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western University men’s soccer team will be taking on the Gonzaga University Bulldogs Tuesday, September 1 at 4 p.m. in Spokane, Wash.

If you cannot make it to the match in Spokane you can follow the match live from the Gonzaga Athletics website. The Bulldogs will be providing live statistics as well as a live video feed of the afternoon match-up.

Gonzaga University and Trinity Western University aren’t strangers, the two teams having played exhibition contests three times in recent years. The two clubs have also hooked up for spring matches. But this is the first time the result will count on the Gonzaga record. The Bulldogs have claimed all three exhibition matches – 3-1 in 2006, 4-0 in 2007 and 3-0 last season. All three were played at Gonzaga.

The Gonzaga Bulldogs site is: www.gozags.com.

Trinity Western finishes their pre-season matches on Friday night when they will return home to host Simon Fraser on Sept. 4. Match time is set for 7:15 p.m. The Spartans kick off the Canada West season on Fri., Sept. 12 and Sat. Sept. 13 when they will travel to the prairies to take on the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Alberta. TWU home opener is on Fri. Sept. 18 when they will host the University of Calgary followed by the University of Lethbridge on Sat. Sept. 19.

This fall Trinity Western will be the proud hosts of the 2009 CIS men's soccer championships. With their host position the Spartans’ men’s team will set a TWU school record with five straight CIS men's soccer championship appearances. The Spartans have won three national championship medals (silver in 2008 and 2006 and bronze in 2005, they were fifth in 2007), and have finished as Canada West regular season champions in 2003, 2004, and 2007. They also won three straight Canada West Championships in 2005, 2006, and 2007, before finishing with silver in 2008.

About TWU:
Trinity Western University, located in Langley, B.C., is a not-for-profit Christian liberal arts university enrolling over 4,000 students this year. With a broad based, liberal arts and sciences curriculum, the University offers undergraduate degrees in 41 major areas of study ranging from business, education and computer science to biology and nursing, and 17 other graduate degrees including counselling psychology, theology and administrative leadership. For more information, visit TWU's Official Athletics site at gospartans.ca.

About Canadian Interuniversity Sport:
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-two universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. The CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, and 32 World University Championships. For further information, visit www.universitysport.ca.

About CWUAA:
"Canada West is consistently the most decorated of the four conferences in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), winning at least 10 CIS national titles every year since 1997-98. Comprised of 14 schools, from Manitoba to B.C., the CWUAA produces numerous major award winners and Academic All-Canadian student-athletes each year, with many going on to athletic success around the globe in events such as the Olympics or Universiade Games."

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Last Updated: 2009-09-01
Author: Scott Stewart