Senior Soccer Finishes Eighth in BC

Our Senior Soccer Angels capped a wonderful season with another trip to the Provincial Championship Tournament this season.
The senior soccer team travelled to Nelson for the AA Provincial Tournament. After winning the dance competition at the banquet (no doubt inspired by coach Mrs. Bryde and travel sponsor extraordinaire Mr. Coady), the girls quickly returned to their hotel and settled in as they had their first game against league rivals STM at 8:00am the next morning in Castlegar.

A hard fought game saw the Angels down 2-0, but Olivia Yee scored a beautiful goal to make it 2-1. With minutes remaining and a scramble in front of the net, the Angels were pressing but the final whistle blew. Next the Angels played Frances Kelsey. After a weather delay, Kathleen Aitchison started the scoring 35 seconds into the game and the girls finished with a 3-0 win. An even record might not have reflected how well the girls played on the day, but left an opportunity open to play for a top 8 position going forward.

In Friday’s opening game, they squared off against South Kamloops, and started the scoring with a crafty heel pass from Eleanor Morrison to Isabel Jalandoon who finished off with a clinical goal. South Kamloops tied the game in the second half taking the game to a penalty shoot out. Amber Monteiro made key saves and the Angels won 4-3 on penalty kicks, leaving the Angels 2nd in pool play. 

In the first playoff game, LFA played SMU. With a strong performance in net by Emily Silva-Pinto, regulation play didn’t declare a winner and overtime was needed.  In the second half of overtime, SMU scored, leaving the Angels to face yet another cross-town rival, Notre Dame. What looked like another game going into overtime, Notre Dame was awarded a penalty kick in the dying minutes of the game and LFA finishing in 8th place.

Congratulations on a very hard fought and well-played tournament which saw 5 of our local Catholic Schools in the top 8 spots in the province (STM 1st, Carney 4th, STA 6th, ND 7th, and LFA 8th). Well done, Angels!
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