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One Spirit. One Strength. One Goal. 2013 TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM Front Row: Kristen Santema, Alicia Tesan, Natalie Boyd, Neil Turner, Graham Roxburgh, Erin VanDyck, Colleen Webber, Caitlin Haines, Nikki Wright Second Row: Rachel Wiebe, Vanessa Kovacs, Sarah-Kim Bergeron, Jennifer Castilo, Megan Theroux, Joanna Geck, Krista Gommeringer, Jolayne Whitmarsh, Jenna Di Nunzio, Third Row: Katelyn Star, Sarqah Hannigan, Alessandra Oliverio, Madison HIgginbotham, Vanessa Wiebe, Rachel Bedek, Bailey Williams-Kapels, Christina Oliverio, Isabella Di Trocchio, Cindy-Leigh Meyer, Lindsey Pulice, Stephanie Chin, Sarah Van Noort. NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS HT ELIG COURSE HOMETOWN LAST TEAM (HIGH SCHOOL) PRONUCIATION 00 Christina Oliverio GK 5-8 2 GENR Calgary, AB SWU Alliance (Bearspaw Christian) AW-liv-air-ee-O 1 Rachel Bedek GK 5-7 5 MBA London Ont Canada FISU//Carleton (St. Joseph’s) BED-ik 3 Stephanie Chin MID 5-5 2 BIOL Calgary, AB Calgary Blizzard (St. Francis) Chin 5 Lindsey Pulice DEF 5-4 2 COMM Burnaby, BC Cliff Ave. Synergy (Burnaby North) PUH-loo-chee 6 Alessandra Oliverio MID 5-4 3 PSYC Calgary, AB Team Alberta (Bearspaw Christian) AW-liv-air-ee-O 7 Alicia Tesan FOR 5-3 5 HKIN Vancouver, BC BC Summer Games (Notre Dame) tuh-SAN 8 Colleen Webber DEF 5-6 5 PSYC Calgary, AB Foothills Colts (Western Canada) WEB-er 9 Natalie Boyd MID 5-4 5 SLMG Surrey, BC Canada FISU (Sullivan Heights) Boyd 10 Jenna Di Nunzio MID 5-4 4 BBA North Delta, BC Whitecaps Prospects (Burnsview) Duh-NUN-zee-O 11 Jessica King MID 5-7 4 PSYC Liverpool, ENG Liverpool FC (Bellerive FCJ) King 13 Vanessa Kovacs M/D 5-5 3 BUSI North Delta, BC Canada U20 (Burnsview) CO-vaks 14 Krista Gommeringer FOR 5-6 2 GENR Calgary, AB Calgary Alliance (Lord Beaverbrook) GOMM-ring-er 15 Sarah-Kim Bergeron FOR 5-3 2 BIOL Calgary, AB Team Alberta (Bishop Carroll) BUR-zher-on 16 Kristen Santema DEF 5-9 4 HKIN Coquitlam, BC Cliff Avenue Metro (Centenial) SAN-tuh-ma 17 Caitlin Haines MID 5-4 5 EDU New Westminster, BC Surrey Breakers (Fraser Valley Christian) Hanes 18 Vanessa Wiebe DEF 5-9 2 HKIN Surrey, BC TSS Elite (Surrey Christian) Weeb 19 Nikki Wright FOR 5-7 5 HKIN Cloverdale, BC Canada FISU (Langley) RITE 20 Megan Theroux FOR 5-3 1 EDU Hamilton,ON Toronto Lynx (Georges-P-Vanier) THER-o 21 Jennifer Castillo DEF 5-6 4 PSYC Surrey, BC Whitecaps Prospects CAS-tee-O 22 Bailey Williams-Kapels GK 5-6 5 FINE Puyallup, WA Idaho State (Rogers) WILL-ee-ums-KA-puls 23 Madison Higginbotham MID 5-4 1 UNDC Langley, BC Fraser Valley (Langley Fundamental) HIGG-in-both-am 24 Cindy-Leigh Meyer D/M 5-3 2 BBA Strandfontein,S. Africa South Africa (Amatuks) MAY-er 25 Isabella Di Trocchio FOR 5-9 2 BIOL Burnaby, BC Coquitlam Metro (Burnaby North) Duh-TROCH-ee-O 26 Sarah Hannigan MID 5-5 4 BHK Anmore, BC Coquitlam Silence (Archbishop Carney) HAN-ih-gun 28 Jolayne Whitmarsh DEF 5-7 3 BHK Langley, BC Semiahmoo Metro (White Rock) WIT-marsh 29 Joanna Geck MID 5-6 2 NATS Calgary, AB VIU (Centennial) Gek STAFF Head Coach: Graham Roxburgh (15), Associate Coach: Erin VanDyck (O’Driscoll) (9), Assistant Coaches: Neil Turner (6), Tom Kristensen (9), Therapists: Natalie Ghobrial, Philippe Saucier, Student Therapists: Sarah VanNoort, Rachel Wiebe, Katelyn Star, Sport Psych: Dr. Blair Whitmarsh, SID: Scott Stewart, Assistant SID: Mark Janzen. 2013 TWU Women’s Soccer Media Guide Pg 1 2013 Championship Preview his year, the defending CIS champion winning effort and having lost just once over ished the season with team-high 10 goals in Trinity Western Spartans will be looking their last 13 games, the Spartans are on a roll 12 games and nine of those came in the final Tto make history. that has TWU fans dreaming of yet another seven games. “boom” effort. With a second straight national crown, the Beyond Gommeringer’s offensive contribu- Spartans would not only tie UBC’s record of However, for this year’s Spartans, the path to tions, the Spartans were buoyed by the play five Gladys Bean Memorial Trophies, but they the national tournament certainly came with its of Canada West All-Star defenders Jennifer would also become the first women’s soccer fair share of adversity. Castillo and Colleen Webber and midfield- program ever to win back-to-back CIS titles ers Vanessa Kovacs and Natalie Boyd. Cas- twice, having previously done so in 2008 and A tough start to the season in which TWU won tillo, Kovacs and Boyd joined Gommeringer as 2009. A fourth CIS gold medal in six years just one of its first five games saw the Spar- conference First Teamers while Webber was would also mark the most dominant run of titles tans fall out of the CIS Top 10 for the first time named to the Second Team. Between the five in Canadian university women’s soccer history. since 2010. The alarm bells could be heard in of them and with fifth-year goalie Rachel Be- the distance as TWU tallied just four goals over dek controlling the back end, the Spartans are And beyond just the numbers, a fifth national that five-game span and, having averaged as strong as any team in the country down the championship would also give Trinity Western 3.67 goals per game in 2012, the Spartans middle. a legitimate claim to being the best women’s looked a far cry from their national champion- soccer program in CIS history. ship-winning form. As a team, TWU finished the regular season with 2.25 goals for per game (5th in Canada This will be the Spartans seventh appearance But in the Spartans sixth game of the season, West) and 0.50 goals against per game (tied at the CIS championship and the only medal TWU finally started to gain traction. A 4-0 road for 2nd in CW). Bedek, who transferred from they’ve ever won is gold. In their previous six win over Northern British Columbia sparked Carleton, finished the year with a 0.52 goals national tournaments, TWU won it all in 2004, the Spartans and, with that, it seemed TWU against average and helped TWU earn seven 2008, 2009 and, most recently with a win over had once again found its winning formula. Less clean sheets. Queen’s on penalty kicks, in 2012. When they than a month later, TWU entered the post-sea- didn’t win gold, in 2006 the Spartans finished son riding a seven-game winning streak and While the Spartans as a team will no doubt fifth and in 2011 they finished sixth. as hot as any team in the conference. having nothing but gold on their collective minds, for seven graduating seniors, this will History tells us that for TWU, the national Finding their offence, scoring 23 goals over the be their last chance at national glory. For Boyd, championship tournament is simply boom or seven wins, and their defence, allowing just Webber, Tesan and Caitlin Haines, they’ll be bust. two over that same span, the Spartans looked aiming for their third CIS title. For back-up like the national championship contending goalie Bailey Kapels, she’ll be gunning for her And having earned a spot in this year’s tour- team TWU fans have come to expect. A pair of second. For Bedek, she’ll be shooting for her nament thanks to a Canada West silver-medal playoff wins over Saskatchewan in the quarter- first. And for Wright, who was an injury redshirt finals, and then Victoria in the semifinals, kept last year, she’ll be going for a CIS women’s TWU’s winning streak alive before it was finally soccer record fourth gold medal. snapped after an overtime loss to Alberta in the conference final. All told, the Spartans streak After losing in this year’s conference final, the lasted nine straight games and along the way, Spartans enter this tournament as hungry as they outscored the opposition 27-3. ever. The Spartans offensive resurgence not sur- History is on the line and with a veteran-laden prisingly came thanks in large part of the play roster, the Spartans, who won CIS gold the last two-time Canada West First Team All-Star and time Toronto hosted the national tournament in last year’s Canada West Rookie of the Year 2009, are gearing up for yet another “boom” Krista Gommeringer. The Calgarian striker fin- year. 2012 CANADA WEST CHAMPIONS 2013 TWU SPARTANS Head Coach: Graham Roxburgh (15th season) WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE Regular season record: 8-1-3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Regular season standing: 4th Canada West Team Roster Page 1 Playoff record: 2-1 CIS Preview Page 2 Playoff finish: Canada West Silver Medal (championships 2012, 2011, 2009, 2006, 2004) Table of Contents Page 2 Final Top 10 ranking (Oct. 29): No. 8 Quick Facts Page 3 Best Top 10 ranking (9 weeks): No. 1 (2 weeks) All-Time CIS Record Page 4 Number of weeks in Top 10 (9 weeks): 7 Combined Statistics Page 5 Conference 1st team all-stars (4): Vanessa Kovacs, Jennifer Castillo, Natalie Boyd, CW & CIS Awards Page 6 Krista Gommeringer. Statistical Records Page 7 Conference 2nd team all-stars (1): Colleen Webber About TWU Page 8 CIS championship appearances (including 2013): 7 Spartan Logo History Page 9 CIS championship all-time record: 14-3-1 Coaching Staff Page 10 CIS championship best result: 4-time champion (2012, 2009, 2008, 2004) Player Profiles Page 14 CIS championship last appearance: 2012 - finish: 1st Match Results Page 28 CIS championship sequence: 3rd in a row, 5th in 7 years, 7th in 10 years.