No. 1 Spartans settle for a 0-0 draw against Cascades

LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western University men’s soccer team did everything they need to do in Saturday night’s match with the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades. Everything but score, as Spartans settled for a 0-0 draw. The draw keeps the No. 1 Spartans unbeaten at 6-0-3, while improving the Cascades to 2-7-1.

The Spartans dominated the play as they outshot the Cascades 17 to five and if not for the outstanding play of rookie keeper Mark Village (Abbotsford, B.C.), who made nine saves, TWU would have walked away with the match. Villages, who was making his first career start, made numerous saves on dangerous shots from the TWU forwards, and often came charging out at the Spartan forwards, who were often in alone, to neutralize the potential scoring opportunity.

Nathan Pogue’s (Seaside, Ore.) seven shots led the Spartans, who buzzed around the Cascades net all night lone but just couldn’t get the final touch that they needed to secure the win. While Ryan Lang led the Cascades with two shots, one of which was on target.

The match could have really gone south for TWU if not for the fine play by TWU keeper Andrew Fink (Burnaby, B.C.), who made two saves, in the final minutes of play. The Spartans keeper kept control of the box as the Cascades looked to get some momentum late, but Fink was able to corral some dangerous crosses in the final five minutes, which would have given the Cascades the potential winning goal.

Players of the Game were Village for the Cascades and Jordan Whitehead (Surrey, B.C.) for the Spartans.

Next up for the Spartans is at the University of British Columbia on Fri. Oct. 16.

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TWU Sports Info