The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack finished the home portion of their 2019-20 Canada West women's soccer season with a draw.
The Pack and the University of British Columbia Okanagan Heat played to a 1-1 draw on the Warner Rentals Court at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, BC.
After a scoreless first half, the teams exchanged goals in the second half. TRU was threatening to get the winning goal as time ran out.
Chantal Gammie and Yvonne Manwaring were the respective goal scorers. Thompson Rivers moves to 2-6-4 while UBCO is 1-10-1.
SYNOPSIS
The WolfPack dominated the first 16 minutes as they peppered UBCO keeper Emma Terrillion (2
nd, North Vancouver, BC). Terrillion was injured following a scramble off a TRU corner kick. She was replaced by Iona Lawson (2
nd year, Calgary, AB). After the change, it was the Heat who started to take momentum. The Pack had t0 shots in the first half compared to only one for UBCO. That one shot though, was on goal and TRU keeper
Danielle Robertson (3
rd year, Courtenay, BC).
Thompson Rivers got on the board at 48:57 as
Natalie Verdiel (5
th year, defender, Powell River, BC) took a free kick and knocked it deep on the left side of the field where
Chantal Gammie (2
nd year, forward, Smithers, BC) received it and shot a low ball which skirted the post and went in. Gammie's second goal of the year.
The Heat get the equalizer in the 76
th minute as Kamloops native Yvonne Manwaring (1
st year, forward) got a through ball form Erica Lampert and got a breakaway. She went high left side on Robertson for her first ever Canada West goal.
.The WolfPack outshot UBCO 17-5 with 7 shots in the second half compared to four for the Heat. Poack had four shots in the second half to wind up with seven in match compared to five shots for UBCO (four of them in the second 45 minutes). TRU had eight corner kicks (3 in the second half) to UBCO's four second half corners.
HIGHLIGHTS
https://youtu.be/uu6y0vPzKhc
COMMENTS BY COACH MARK PENNINGTON (first year):
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1183191612869840896
COMMENTS BY WOLFPACK DEFENDER NATALIE VERDIEL (5 th year Powell River, BC):
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1183191741731524608
COMMENTS BY WOLFPACK MIDFIELDER TAYLOR MILLER (5th year Kamloops, BC):
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1183191824225095681
COMMENTS BY WOLFPACK MIDFIELDER MARISA MENDONCA (5th year, Penticton, BC):
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1183191692683251712
COMMENTS BY UBCO HEAD COACH CRAIG SMITH (4TH SEASON):
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1183191417729900545
UP NEXT:
The "Leader of the Pack" Players of the match were the three fifth year players:
Taylor Miller (Kamloops, BC),
Marisa Mendonca (Penticton, BC) and Verdiel (Powell River, BC). The WolfPack will close out the Canada West regular season---with a playoff spot still possible—next Friday and Saturday (Oct 18-19)at UFV and Trinity Western respectively. The Heat will meet those same two teams starting with Trinity Western on the Saturday.
All of the above games can been seen on a pay per view basis on Canada West TV presented by Co-op by accessing:
https://cw.yaretv.com/
