Game Recap
Women’s Soccer (Scrimmage)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
TWU Spartans (0) vs. Western Washington University (3)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SPARTANS HOST VIKINGS IN SCRIMMAGE FRIENDLY
LANGLEY, British Columbia – the Trinity Western University women’s soccer team fell 3-0 to the visiting NCAA Div. II Western Washington University Vikings on a beautiful summer evening Tuesday in Langley, B.C.
The Spartans coach Graham Roxburgh used his entire bench as he got a good look at his young team against quality competition.
TWU matched WWU 0-0 in the first half, but were a few defensive miscues in the second half gave the Vikings the 3-0 win.
The Spartans have a training day tomorrow and then on Thursday they will take on Seattle Pacific University at 12 p.m. at TWU.
The women will follow up the Seattle Pacific University match with Simon Fraser University on Saturday at 2 p.m. before heading on the road to California for a three match swing against Hope International on Aug. 24, Westmont College on Aug. 27 and University of the Redlands on Aug. 30.
Since entering the CIS in 2002 the Spartans women's soccer program has rapidly become one of the premier programs in the CIS. They have won two national championships, in 2008 and 2004, and two Canada West championships, in 2006 and 2004, and have been in the national championship three of the last five years where they have accumulated a 7-1-1 record.
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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