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Royals Soccer Teams Victorious

over Malaspina

| Douglas 2 | Malaspina 1

Women

| Douglas 5 | Malaspina 1

 

 

 

 

Jordan Cripps ~
Sports Editor

On Saturday, the Douglas soccer teams played their
home games vs. Malaspina at Hampton Park in
Coquitlam while Town Centre underwent repairs.
The women’s team took the field at 12:15, and got
off to a quick start, netting three quick goals. For the
second time in three weeks, a Royal pocketed four
goals to lead the team to victory. This time it was
Ally Hamilton’s turn as she netted four consecutive
goals as her team dominated from the early stages.

At the beginning of the game, though, it was
Malaspina that threatened to score first as they built
pressure around the Royals’ net. Goalkeeper Katrina
Tesar kept the game scoreless in the early stages with
a couple of saves. Hamilton's first goal came against
the flow of the play and turned the tide. For the rest
of the first half, the Royals dominated as Hamilton
added two more goals leading up to halftime.

In the second half, the Royals seemed content to
defend strongly and didn’t go on the offensive too
often. They did get their chances, though, and
Hamilton continued her impressive play, pocketing
her fourth goal of the contest. Liana Racanelli
rounded out the scoring for the Royals. Tesar main-

tained her shutout until the very late stages of the
game when a ball bounced high over her head.
Coach John Judd was impressed with his team’s
performance, saying that the Royals had eliminated
the mistakes from their game and followed the game
strategies well, remaining focused even as the score
began to build. The team gave a “total team effort”
in earning the victory, Judd said, following the
game. He also said that the players “knew the job
they had to do” and went about their business well.
While the women’s game was an offensive exhibi-
tion emphasizing skill and finesse, the men’s game
was a defensive battle, punctuated by physical play
and occasional dirty tactics. From the initial stages
of the game, it was obvious that the Royals and the
Mariners just didn’t like each other. The Royals, in
particular, took exception to some of the tactics
from the Mariners as they jockeyed for ball control.
At times in the first half, it appeared that the game
might get out of control as confrontations and fouls
dominated much of the first half. Finally, in the last
minute of the half, Stedman Espinoza, who had
been involved in some of the earlier altercations, got

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Scores and Standings from BCCAA and CSRW
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retribution as he netted the first goal of the game.

Early in the second half, the rough play continued,
leading to Malaspina tying the game. The tie was
shortlived, though, as Matthew Ormerod put the
Royals ahead once again on a penalty kick.

After this goal, the game began to degenerate once
again into rough play, culminating with a Mariner
player throwing an elbow at one of the Royals. This
saw the Royals come off the bench in support of
their teammate. The skirmish led to the ejection of
two Royals players. Thankfully, this was the final
incident of the game, and it came to a quiet conclu-
sion with the Royals coming out victorious.

After the game, Coach Joe Ormerod said that the
game was a “hard fought” victory on a “tight field”.
He felt that his team “carried 70 percent of the
game” and “moved the ball well” to earn the three
points. He gave credit to goalkeeper Jon Frampton,
playing in his first match of the season, saying that
he had no chance on the Mariners’ lone goal. He felt
that Frampton’s performance would give him confi-
dence for the rest of the season.

Rugby BCCAA soccer standings Upcoming Events:

Women ' Women’s Soccer Oct. 16 Baseball: Exhibition vs. Capilano College.
October 5 | Douglas Premier 29 | James Bay 5 Team Games] Wins |Losses]Ties| Points Mundy Park, Coquitlam at 3p.m.
October 6_| Douglas 2nd Div_22 | Kamloops z2 Played Oct. Men’s Basketball: Exhibition Tournament
Men Capilano 8 a ee ee 17-19 at UCC, Kamloops.

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September 29 | Douglas U-18 __20 | Surrey 14 Douglas 9 4 3 Oe A Oct. 18 | UCFYV, Abbotsford at 6:30p.m.

ges Fraser Valley] 10 3 4 4241 33 Men’s Volleyball: Exhibition vs. Langara
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