SPARTANS SOCCER PLAYERS EARN GOLD AT GAMES

Women’s Soccer (Canada Games)
Monday, August 24, 2009
Announcement

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SPARTANS SOCCER PLAYERS EARN GOLD AT GAMES

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – Trinity Western University women’s soccer players Tessa Meyer (Surrey, B.C.),Natalie Boyd (Surrey, B.C.) and Alicia Tesan (Vancouver) helped Team BC earn a gold medal this past weekend at the Canada Summer Games in Summerville, P.E.I.

Team BC earned the gold medal with a 1-0 win over Quebec Saturday afternoon at the Eric Johnston Field at Credit Union Place in Summerside, P.E.I. BC earned their way to the final with a 3-2 win over Ontario.  In the quarter finals BC defeated Manitoba 2-0.

Team BC advanced out of pool play with a 4-1 win over New Brunswick and a 1-0 win over Nova Scotia.

Meyer is a returning midfielder who was a member of the Spartans 2008 CIS Championship team, while Boyd and Tesan are rookies who will suit up for the Spartans this next week when they rejoin the team after TWU’s California tour.

The Spartans are on the road in California for a three match swing against Hope International on Aug. 25, Westmont College on Aug. 27 and University of the Redlands on Aug. 30.

Trinity Western opens their Canada West conference play with three straight road games. They play Saskatchewan on Sept. 12, Alberta on Sept. 13 and British Columbia on Sept. 19. TWU’s home opener will be on Sept. 26 against British Columbia.

Since entering the CIS in 2002 the Spartans women's soccer program has rapidly become one of the premier programs in the CIS. They have won two national championships, in 2008 and 2004, and two Canada West championships, in 2006 and 2004, and have been in the national championship three of the last five years where they have accumulated a 7-1-1 record.

About TWU:
Trinity Western University, located in Langley, B.C., is a not-for-profit Christian liberal arts university enrolling over 4,000 students this year. With a broad based, liberal arts and sciences curriculum, the University offers undergraduate degrees in 41 major areas of study ranging from business, education and computer science to biology and nursing, and 17 other graduate degrees including counselling psychology, theology and administrative leadership. For more information, visit TWU's Official Athletics site at gospartans.ca.

About Canadian Interuniversity Sport:
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-two universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. The CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, and 32 World University Championships. For further information, visit www.universitysport.ca.

About CWUAA:
"Canada West is consistently the most decorated of the four conferences in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), winning at least 10 CIS national titles every year since 1997-98. Comprised of 14 schools, from Manitoba to B.C., the CWUAA produces numerous major award winners and Academic All-Canadian student-athletes each year, with many going on to athletic success around the globe in events such as the Olympics or Universiade Games."

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Last Updated: 2009-09-03
Author: Scott Stewart