BOX SCORE CALGARY – The Dinos wrapped up their 2011 Canada West women's soccer seaton Sunday with an impressive effort in a 2-1 loss to the first-place Trinity Western Spartans at the West Varsity Soccer Pitch.
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The talented Spartans were too much for the Dinos to handle, as the Dinos were not able to overcome the one-goal deficit that plagued them for the majority of the game. The visiting Spartans maintained control of the ball for the majority of the game and outshot the Dinos 6-2.
The Dinos got off to a quick lead in the match when forward
Tessa Miller was able to beat Spartan 'keeper Kristen Funk right side. The goal was Miller 's sixth of the year, with
Robyn Dutton grabbing the assist.
Seventeen minutes after the Miller goal Trinity Western tied it up with a Nikki Wright goal, assisted by Alexa Forester. The goal was Wright's third on the 2011 campaign. From that point on in the game it was all Spartans, with the Spartans adding another goal at the 29th minute. The goal was scored when Colleen Webber connected on a corner kick pass from Jennifer Castillo, and snuck the ball Dinos goalie
Kristen Barton.
The Spartans dominated the second half of action, with four shots on goal in comparison to zero by the Dinos, and much of the ball possession in the half was in the Spartans' favor. The Spartans could not manage to pad their lead however as Barton stymied Trinity Western's offensive attack.
With the final whistle the Dinos season came to end, having been eliminated by virtue of their loss to UBC Saturday. The team finished off the season with a 6-5-3 record, three points out of a playoff spot. The game was the final game in the CIS careers of
Caitlin Milne,
Saaraa Premji,
Katrina Strauss and
Deanna Fidler, with all four completing their five years of CIS eligibility.
The Trinity Western Spartans will move onto playoffs with a Canada West-best record of 12-1-1. The nationally second-ranked Spartans won the right to host the Canada West Final Four championship next weekend, with the hopes of moving onto the CIS national championship Nov. 10-13 at McGill University.
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