Oct. 11 Comeback Falls Short

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

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Comeback Falls Short
Two 2nd half goals not enough as UBC tops TWU 3-2.

LANGLEY, British Columbia - For the second match in five days the Trinity Western University women's soccer team spotted their opponents three early goals only to see their comeback efforts fall just shy. On Friday the Spartans fell 3-2 to Victoria and tonight at TWU's Langley, BC campus the Spartans (3-4-2) lost by the same 3-2 margin to the number three ranked University of British Columbia Thunderbirds (5-1-3).

"We played very well at the start and at the end, but the early goals rattled us and we went away of playing smart and just started knocking the ball forward and hoping," said TWU Head Coach Graham Roxburgh. "You can’t keep spotting teams of this quality and expect to come back."

UBC's Steph Shwetz (Vancouver, BC) was the star for the Thunderbirds as the 3rd yr midfielder scored all three of the UBC goals. Shwertz scored in the 9th, 16th and 24th minute to give the Thunderbirds the early 3-0 lead.

The Spartans started strong and put the Thunderbird keeper Hannah Shoichet (4th yr, Victoria, BC) made the early stops to keep TWU off of the scoreboard.

The Spartans had the wind knocked out of them after the three UBC markers and it took TWU until the ten minute mark of the second half before they were able to put the Thunderbirds under pressure.

TWU's first goal came in the 55th minute on a PK by Alexis Heinz (5th yr, forward, Surrey, BC) after Spartan forward Carlee O'Brien (3rd yr, Nanaimo, BC) was taken down on the left hand side of the UBC box.

The goal gave the Spartans a bit of a spark, but they were unable to get the second marker until the 86th minute. O'Brien got the goal after she was sent in alone on a through ball by TWU midfielder Lindsay Rohla (3rd yr, Langley, BC). O’Brien took the ball and slid the ball under a charging Shoichet.

The second goal got TWU going and the maintained possession in the UBC end of the field for much of the final ten minutes.

It looked like the Spartans were going to tie the match in extra time. After a scramble inside the UBC box, TWU put a ball off of the right post. The rebound came back to Carlee O'Brien who looked like she had the ball going into the bottom left corner, but Shoichet was able to deflect the ball wide and out of touch.

TWU had two consecutive corners, before UBC was able to send the ball to centre field as the refree signaled the end of the match.

Next up for the Spartans is against the University of Manitoba. Match time on Thursday, October 13 at TWU is set for 5 pm.

Match notes: UBC out-shot TWU 18-15... Ali Penner (1st yr, Abbotsford, BC) made six saves for the Spartans, while Shoichet made seven stops for UBC... In this year's previous meeting TWU and UBC tied 2-2 as they opened Canada West play at UBC...

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Last Updated: 2009-09-03
Author: Scott Stewart
Email: ssstew@twu.ca