ouglas College will be the
D= for this year’s BCCAA

(British Columbia Colleges’
Athletic Association) provincial soccer
championships, and the Royals are poised to
do some damage.

The men’s soccer team is riding high
with a recent pair of back-to-back shutout
victories. Douglas dominated Kwantlen
University 9-0 and Capilano University
4-0. Those wins vaulted Douglas up eight
spots in the national CCAA rankings to the

   

By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor

second spot overall in the country, with only
the Humber Hawks in front of them.

The win over Capilano was
particularly meaningful as they are currently
just two points behind Douglas and in
second place in the BCCAA standings.

The Royals are by far the most offensively
powerful squad in the BCCAA, averaging
an incredible 3.6 goals per game while
giving up just 0.9. The only team even close
to that number is Capilano, who are ranked
third nationally, and they’re still miles back
at 2.3 goals for per game.

Things have been a bit tougher on the

women’s side, but the women’s Royals are,
as of this writing, on a four-game unbeaten
streak with two wins and two draws. This

is coming off a rough beginning to the year
where the Royals dropped eight of their first
nine games.

However, they now appear to have
righted the ship and are relying heavily on
star keeper Aja Aguirre, who last week won
the BCCAA Athlete of the Week award.

Last year’s provincial tournament
was won by Capilano, 3-1 over Thompson
Rivers University, in extra time on the
men’s side. Douglas finished third and won

 

    

bronze by downing Langara 4-1.

Langara took gold in the women’s
provincials last year with a 3-0 win over
Thompson Rivers while Kwantlen won
bronze with a 1-0 win against Capilano.
Douglas has plenty of ground to make
up this year with 11 points that ties them
in fourth place of Pool A with Kwantlen.
However, they are still just four points out
of second place in a relatively balanced
division.

The 2009 BCCAA men’s and women’s
soccer provincials take place October
23-25.