The Trinity Western Spartans remembered to pack their offence with them.
The women’s soccer team was in Kamloops and Kelowna, scoring a combined eight goals as they picked up another pair of victories in Canada West conference play.
The Spartans scored five times in the second half to rout the UBC Okanagan Heat 5-1 on Saturday. They beat the Thompson Rivers WolfPack 3-1 the previous day.
Seina Kashima and Jessica King scored twice apiece against the Heat while Leanne Verhoeff had the other.
King, who also scored the game before, has now notched the winner in all three Spartan victories as the team improved to 3-0-1. The victories also helped vault the Spartans to top spot in this week’s CIS rankings. They were previously ranked second.
TWU coach Graham Roxburgh was pleased his team put behind a lacklustre scoreless first half to play to their capabilities.
“In the second half, we challenged them to start fresh and I thought our response was excellent,” he said.
“Overall, I am pleased we came away from the weekend with two wins. Vanessa Kovacs continued to lead us in the midfield and Jess King continues on a roll.
“But there were some good contributions from a number of players who haven’t played as many minutes, so that was encouraging.”
The only goal to elude Christina Oliverio came off the foot of Courtney Hemmerling in the 78th minute, with the Spartans up 3-0. Oliverio finished with six saves.
Against the WolfPack, Kashima and King scored in the first half and after Marlie Rittinger made it 2-1 in the 68th minute, Jenna Di Nunzio added an insurance marker seven minutes later.
Oliverio made two saves.
