LANGLEY, B.C. –Forward Sophie Crowther got the 4-3 penalty kick winner to lead the No. 6 Trinity Western Spartans to a win over the Calgary Dinos Friday night at Chase Office Field on the TWU campus. The win gives the Spartans one of the four spots in next weekend's Canada West Final Four.

TWU fifth-year keeper Hannah Miller made two saves in regulation and three saves in the shootout to earn the win, while Calgary's Anna Demarbre made nine saves in regulation and two saves in the shootout.

The Spartans opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Crowther beat the outside back up the right side and then sent a low pass across the six to the far post to a waiting Laren Spiller. Spiller took a touch to gain control and then put the ball into the open left side of the Dinos net to give TWU a 1-0 lead.

The Spartans had much of the play in the Dinos end of the park for nearly the entire 45 minutes of the opening period. But TWU only went into the break with a one-goal lead.

Out of halftime, the Dinos were immediately awarded a free kick just inside of their half. The kick went high to the top of the TWU box, where Calgary's Jayden Berg flicked the ball onto Grace Moore. Moore went in alone at the centre of the TWU penalty area and beat Miller to tie the match at 1-1 in the 46th minute.

From there and through the overtime it was a physical game with each team looking to take advantage of a mistake. But none came as the game went to penalty kicks.

The loss concludes another strong season by the Dinos, who close the year with a 10-3-5 overall record (8-2-4 in conference play). 

Graduating from the Dinos team this season are Rachel Barlow and Alison Pedersen.

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