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October 29, 2007
Kwantlen hosts BCCAA Soccer Provincials:
Capilano women and Thompson Rivers men take home soccer gold
(LANGLEY, B.C.) The 2007 British Columbia Colleges Athletics Association (BCCAA) Provincial Soccer Championships women’s and men’s gold medal matches left spectators at the edge of their seats with two surprise upsets on Sunday, October 28 at McLeod Athletic Park in Langley, B.C.
In the women's game, the biggest upset was seen as the third-seed Capilano Blues held the two-time Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national champions, Langara Falcons, scoreless and won with a final score of 2-0.
In the men’s game, second-seed Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Wolfpack and first-seed Capilano Blues battled it out through two overtime periods before TRU secured their win in penalty kicks (4-3) to win the game 3-2.
"With three out of eight games going to overtime, I couldn’t have asked for a more exciting weekend of provincial varsity soccer," said Elise Le Brun, Kwantlen director of athletics. "I would like to congratulate Capilano and TRU for their gold medal wins and to the other teams for their outstanding efforts."
The bronze medal women's game was won by second-seed TRU Wolfpack who went into double overtime to secure their win in penalty kicks (4-3) defeating the fourth-seed Douglas Royals 3-2.
The bronze medal men’s game was won by the host team, Kwantlen Eagles, who celebrated a convincing 3-0 win over the Douglas Royals.
For more information and results, visit: kwantlen.ca/bccaa or http://www.bccaa.ca/
The 2007 BCCAA Provincial Soccer Championships were hosted by Kwantlen Polytechnic University and sponsored by the Surrey Now Newspaper, Langley Advance Newspaper and Coca-Cola Ltd.
