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Okanagan grad leads SFU to soccer title

Red Leafs win NCAA conference championship
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Kaiden Carter was a key stalward at midfield for her SFU Red Leafs women香蕉视频直播檚 soccer team this season, culminating in the team winning the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship. (SFU photo)

An Okanagan-Mission alumnus was a key contributor to the Simon Fraser Red Leafs women香蕉视频直播檚 soccer team winning the Great Northwest Athletic Conference playoff championship.

It is the first time SFU has won this championship since it moved to the NCAA in 2010.

SFU entered the four-team tournament as the fourth seed.

In the team香蕉视频直播檚 first game, the Red Leafs beat the top-seed Seattle Pacific, which won the league香蕉视频直播檚 regular-season title and was ranked 16th in NCAA Division II coming into the weekend.

The score was 4-2.

In the championship final, SFU beat defending NCAA champion Western Washington 2-1.

Cartier, a junior midfielder, scored a goal in the semifinal against SFU and was named to an All-GNAC Honourable Mention team, having led the SFU team in several statistical categories during the regular season.

She was the leading scorer for the season with six goals and two assists for 14 points in 17 games played and led the team in shots with 38.

Cartier was a major component in the Red Leafs香蕉视频直播 strategy, winning countless battles against WWU香蕉视频直播檚 top attackers while playing the full 90 minutes of the championship game.

香蕉视频直播淚f you want to win these types of games, you have to be brave. You have to be courageous. And you have to find your moments to go at them and fortunately enough we were able to get one early again,香蕉视频直播 said SFU women香蕉视频直播檚 soccer team interim coach Carlo Basso.

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Barry Gerding

About the Author: Barry Gerding

Senior regional reporter for Black Press Media in the Okanagan. I have been a journalist in the B.C. community newspaper field for 37 years...
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