Another game and another win for the Douglas College Royals and now the club is heading into the championship weekend on a six-game winning streak.
The latest team to fall to the Royals is Capilano, which came up on the short end of a 4-3 decision at Coquitlam Town Centre Park last weekend. Samantha Frketich had a hattrick in the match, while her teammate Madison Hendry picked up a single.
That game was a follow up of a 3-2 victory the week before and a three-game shutout streak in the trio of matches earlier this month.
Douglas College will kick off its championship schedule with a semifinal match against Capilano today (Friday) at 12:30 p.m. with the gold-medal game Saturday.
On Thursday, the Pacific Western Athletic Association named Royals athlete Andrea Perrotta player of the year for her conference-high eight goals this season.
She was named to the women’s 2016 all-star squad along with teammates Mikayla Hamilton and Michelle Wessa and goalkeeper Alexa Gazzola.
The PacWest conference also named Race Williams, who has five goals this season, rookie of the year in the men’s league. He was selected for the all-star team along with Matteo Serka, who scored four goals for the men’s club this season.
The Royals’ men’s soccer team will begin their championship weekend with a match against Vancouver Island University today (Friday) at 3 p.m. The gold medal game will be held at 8 p.m.
UNITED WINS
Port Moody United bounced back from its first loss of the season last week with a 3-0 shutout win over PoCo FC Fire on Sunday in MWSL Div. 2 women’s soccer.
Striker Delanea Clark scored two goals in the victory, improving her season total to nine goals in six games, while midfielder Cianna Vit scored her first of the season.
Meanwhile, keeper Elyse Mervin earned her third shutout in five games with the help of a solid defensive performance from Chloe Hander.
Port Moody now tops its division with a 5-0-1 record and has outscored the competition with a goal differential of 14.
TNT
Natasha Calis scored two goals to help her Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC TNT squad defeat Richmond 5-1 last weekend in under-18 women’s soccer.
Calis capitalized on a passes from Cooper Miller and Cristina Danieli to give the team a 2-0 lead early in the first half.
But Coquitlam wasn’t finished scoring yet.
After Richmond netted one before the first intermission, Nicole Chursinoff buried the ball to make it 3-1 as Coquitlam continued to find ways of getting past the opposing defence.
Later on, Danieli worked her way up the middle of the field to pass the ball to Ariana Ansari, who put the game out of reach for the visitors at 4-1. Hayley Morrin finished off the scoring barrage when she was fed the ball during a play that started with Kaitlyn Travis passing to Risako Kazemi.
The TNT remain in the top of their division in the B.C Coastal Girls Soccer League.
