October 30, 2001
Contact: Bob Warick,
Phone (604) 864-4611
Fax: (604) 859-6653
E-mail: warick@ucfv.ca
UCFV Cascades third at soccer provincials
It was bronze all around as the UCFV men’s and women’s teams brought home medals from the
British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association (BCCAA) provincial championship tournaments this past weekend.
On Saturday, October 27, UCFV women lost their semi-final match to UC Cariboo by a score of 3-0.
The men were defeated 1-0 in their match with Langara.On Sunday, October 28, the women earned a bronze medal by beating Langara 2-1 in golden goal overtime. Cascade Laurie Blakeway scored the first goal, and also crossed the ball to Jamie Zarin who scored the winning goal in sudden-death overtime.
Zarin, Blakeway, and Andrea Northcott were all named to the second team on the provincial allstar team.
The women placed third in league play.
The men duplicated the 2-1 result, first on a tying goal by Tyler Willard and then by beating UC Cariboo 2-1 in overtime on a goal by Yassir Abdalla.
Abdalla was named a first team allstar. Fellow Cascades Sean Hayes and Gord Dickson were second team allstars.
The men placed fourth in league play.
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