LANGLEY, British Columbia – Alberta Panda Raegan Yewdall scored the lone goal with less than two minutes remaining to give the No. 3 Pandas a 1-0 win over the Trinity Western Spartans Friday night at Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The loss drops the Spartans to 12-12-1-0, while the win moves the Pandas to 21-3-0-1.
 
Fourth-year goalie Kate Fawcett (Tottenham, Ont.) made 27 saves in the TWU loss, while Grace Glover made 26 saves in the Pandas shutout win.
 
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The Spartans will now look for a split tomorrow night at the Aldergrove Community Centre. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. (PT) and can be seen live on Canada West TV.

NOTABLE 

• The Pandas outshot the Spartans 28-26.
• TWU was 0-1 on the power play, while Alberta was 0-3.
• Last week the Spartans swept the Calgary Dinos 6-1, and 4-1 in Calgary, Alta.
• Last week the Pandas swept the Saskatchewan Huskies with two 3-0 wins at home in Edmonton, Alta.
• The Spartan magic number to clinch a postseason spot remains at one. A TWU overtime loss or win, or a Calgary overtime loss or regulation loss give TWU the final playoff spot in the West division.
• TWU is currently nine points up on the Dinos with TWU having three remaining games and Calgary having five.
• Calgary defeated Mount Royal 2-1 in overtime Friday night.
• TWU is currently 2-9 lifetime against the Pandas.
• The Spartans swept the Pandas 3-1, and 4-1 on October 14-15, 2022 for their only wins against the Pandas.
• TWU has lost seven straight games to Alberta.
• Kyra McDonald (Inuvik, NT) currently leads the Spartans in scoring with 10 goals. McDonald recorded the Spartans program's first-ever hat trick in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Dinos.
• McDonald is currently tied for third spot in CW goal scoring trailing second place Mackenzie Kordic's 11 goals.