Game Recap
Women’s Soccer (Pre-Season)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
TWU Spartans (1) vs. the Seattle Pacific University Falcons (0)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HAINES SCORES EARLY WINNER
LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western University rookie midfielder Caitlin Haines (New Westminster, B.C.) scored her first goal as a Spartan as TWU defeated Seattle Pacific University 1-0 in a friendly scrimmage Thursday afternoon at TWU’s Langley, B.C. campus.
Haines scored the lone goal in the 5th minute of the match. The goal began with TWU forward Nikki Wright (Cloverdale, B.C.) breaking up the left side of the park and going past the Falcons left back. Wright found forward Daniela Gerig (Langley, B.C.) in the centre of the box. Gerig’s shot was blocked by a Seattle defender then the rebound went straight towards the centre of the boxes where Haines took the ball and sent it past Seattle’s keeper and into the back of the net.
Keepers Kristen Funk (Calgary) and Veronika Rogina (Surrey, B.C) split the goal keeping duties to earn the shutout for the Spartans.
Coach Roxburgh played his entire bench for the remainder of the match as the Spartans limited the Falcons chances to earn the one goal victory.
The women will follow up today’s match with Simon Fraser University on Saturday at 2 p.m. before heading on the road to 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.
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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