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2009 CIS women’s soccer championship: Brackets and schedule announced
OTTAWA (CIS) – The Trinity Western Spartans will go for a
second straight Gladys Bean Memorial trophy later this week when
the University of Toronto hosts the 2009 CIS women’s soccer
championship, from Nov. 12-15.
The national tournament will be held at the U of T for the first
time since women’s soccer was added to the CIS program in
1987 and returns to the province of Ontario for the first time
since 2001, when Carleton hosted the competition in the
nation’s capital.
The eight-team, single-elimination championship gets under way
Thursday with the quarterfinal round. The semi-finals follow on
Saturday, while the bronze-medal game and national final are set
for Sunday at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.
SSN Canada will have live webcasts of all main-bracket duels (www.ssncanada.ca or www.cis-sic.ca ).
The Canada West champion Spartans, who claimed the second CIS
banner in team history a year ago with a 1-0 gold-medal win over
Brock, are one of only two teams to return from the 2008
tournament, along with the QSSF champion Montreal Carabins.
Joining the two returnees in Toronto will be the AUS champion St.
Francis Xavier X-Women, OUA champion York Lions, Canada West
finalist UBC Thunderbirds, AUS finalist UPEI Panthers, OUA finalist
Queen’s Gaels, as well as the championship host Varsity
Blues.
Besides Trinity Western, only UBC and Queen’s have hoisted
the Gladys Bean trophy in the past. The T-Birds hold the all-time
record of five CIS titles - their most recent coming in 2006, while
the Gaels were the second recipients in history back in 1988.
The Spartans begin their title defence against UPEI Thursday at
1:30 p.m., in the second quarterfinal. The other first-round
match-ups will see Queen’s face StFX at 11 a.m., York battle
UBC at 3:30 p.m., and Montreal square off against host Toronto at
6:30 p.m.
For all the info on the 2009 CIS women’s soccer championship,
visit: www.cis-sic.ca
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Note: a complete championship preview will follow on Tuesday.
PARTICIPATING
TEAMS
- Trinity Western Spartans (CWUAA champions / 11-2-1 regular
season, 2-0 playoffs)
- York Lions (OUA champions / 11-2-1 regular season, 3-0
playoffs)
- Montreal Carabins (QSSF champions / 12-1-1 regular season, 2-0
playoffs)
- StFX X-Women (AUS champions / 8-4-1 regular season, 3-0
playoffs)
- UBC Thunderbirds (CWUAA finalists / 8-2-4 regular season, 1-1
playoffs)
- Queen’s Gaels (OUA finalists / 13-1-2 regular season, 2-1
playoffs)
- UPEI Panthers (AUS finalists / 9-3-1 regular season, 1-1
playoffs)
- Toronto Varsity Blues (Championship hosts / 11-1-4 regular
season, 0-1 playoffs)
CHAMPIONSHIP
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Nov. 11
18:00 All-Canadian Awards Banquet
Thursday, Nov. 12
11:00 Quarterfinal 2: Queen’s vs. StFX (SSN Canada
webcast)
13:30 Quarterfinal 1: Trinity Western vs. UPEI (SSN Canada
webcast)
15:30 Quarterfinal 3: York vs. UBC (SSN Canada webcast)
18:30 Quarterfinal 4: Montreal vs. Toronto (SSN Canada webcast)
Friday, Nov. 13
13:30 Consolation 1: Loser QF 1 vs. Loser QF 2
15:30 Consolation 2: Loser QF 3 vs. Loser QF 4
Saturday, Nov. 14
13:30 Semi-final 1: Winner QF 1 vs. Winner QF 2 (SSN Canada
webcast)
15:30 Semi-final 2: Winner QF 3 vs. Winner QF 4 (SSN Canada
webcast)
18:30 Consolation final (5th-place match)
Sunday, Nov. 15
14:00 Bronze medal (SSN Canada webcast)
17:00 Championship final (SSN Canada webcast)
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