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2010 CIS championship: Brackets and schedule announced
OTTAWA (CIS) – The schedule and quarter-final matchups were announced Sunday evening for the 2010 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s soccer championship set to kick off on Thursday at the University of Prince Edward Island, in Charlottetown.
OTTAWA (CIS) – The schedule and quarter-final matchups
were announced Sunday evening for the 2010 Canadian Interuniversity
Sport women’s soccer championship set to kick off on Thursday
at the University of Prince Edward Island, in Charlottetown.
The eight-team, single-elimination tournament culminates next
Sunday with the national final scheduled for 1 p.m. Atlantic time.
All 11 games from the event will be webcast by SSN Canada (www.ssncanada.ca ).
New champions will be crowned next weekend as the Trinity Western
Spartans, who captured the Gladys Bean Memorial trophy in both 2009
and 2008, were eliminated in the semifinal round at the Canada West
Final Four.
Joining the championship host and AUS finalist UPEI Panthers this
week in Charlottetown will be the conference champion Cape Breton
Capers (AUS), Montreal Carabins (RSEQ), Wilfrid Laurier Golden
Hawks (OUA) and Fraser Valley Cascades (Canada West), as well as
the conference finalist Laval Rouge et Or (RSEQ), Queen’s
Gaels (OUA) and UBC Thunderbirds (Canada West).
In the regional finals, all played earlier on Sunday, Cape Breton
blanked UPEI 1-0, Montreal shut out Laval 2-0, Laurier edged
Queen’s 1-0, and Fraser Valley downed UBC 2-0.
Cape Breton and Queen’s kick off the CIS championship
Thursday at 10 a.m. Atlantic. The other quarter-finals will see
Fraser Valley square off against Laval at 1 p.m., Laurier battle
UBC at 4 p.m., and Montreal face off versus host UPEI at 7:30
p.m.
The winners on opening day move on to Saturday’s semifinals,
while the losers resume play Friday on the consolation side of the
bracket.
Half of the eight participating teams have hoisted the Gladys Bean
trophy in the past. The Thunderbirds have claimed a record five
national titles since the inaugural CIS championship was held in
1987, while the Golden Hawks have won two and the Capers and Gaels
one apiece.
The Carabins lost a heartbreaking 1-0 decision on penalty kicks to
Trinity Western in last year’s CIS final.
NOTE: A complete championship preview will follow on Tuesday.
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Cape Breton Capers (AUS champions: 8-3-2 regular season / 3-0
playoffs)
Montreal Carabins (RSEQ champions: 10-1-3 regular season / 2-0
playoffs)
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (OUA champions: 11-1-2 regular season
/ 3-0 playoffs)
Fraser Valley Cascades (CWUAA champions: 8-5-1 regular season / 2-0
playoffs)
UPEI Panthers (AUS finalists: 10-0-3 regular season / 1-1
playoffs)
Laval Rouge et Or (RSEQ finalists: 8-2-4 regular season / 1-1
playoffs)
Queen’s Gaels (OUA finalists: 14-2-0 regular season / 2-1
playoffs)
UBC Thunderbirds (CWUAA finalists: 8-5-1 regular season / 1-1
playoffs)
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE (All times LOCAL: Atlantic Time)
Wednesday, Nov. 10
18:00 All-Canadian Awards Banquet
Thursday, Nov. 11
10:00 Quarter-final 1: Cape Breton vs. Queen’s (SSN
Canada webcast)
13:00 Quarter-final 2: Fraser Valley vs. Laval (SSN Canada
webcast)
16:00 Quarter-final 3: Wilfrid Laurier vs. UBC (SSN Canada
webcast)
19:30 Quarter-final 4: Montreal vs. UPEI (SSN Canada webcast)
Friday, Nov. 12
13:00 Consolation 1: Loser QF 1 vs. Loser QF 2 (SSN Canada
webcast)
16:00 Consolation 2: Loser QF 3 vs. Loser QF 4 (SSN Canada
webcast)
Saturday, Nov. 13
13:00 Semifinal 1: Winner QF 1 vs. Winner QF 2 (SSN Canada
webcast)
16:00 Semifinal 2: Winner QF 3 vs. Winner QF 4 (SSN Canada
webcast)
19:00 Consolation final (SSN Canada webcast)
Sunday, Nov. 14
10:00 Bronze medal (SSN Canada webcast)
13:00 Championship final (SSN Canada webcast)
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