(L-R) Eduardo Crespo and Amy Szymanek (RDP Athletics)

By rdnewsNOW Staff

Amy Szymanek & Eduardo Crespo

Red Deer Polytechnic Athletes of the Week

Oct 25, 2022 | 2:24 PM

Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics is proud to announce the Fas Gas RDP Athletes of the Week:

1. Amy Szymanek Hometown – Stauffer, Alberta – Bachelor of Education Middle School (4th year)

After finishing off with double-doubles in the opening weekend of basketball in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference, fourth-year guard Amy Szymanek is named the Queens Player of the Week.

In the home opener on Friday, October 21, Szymanek came off the bench and dropped 11 points and picked up 11 rebounds. Also, she would grab two assists and two steals. Szymanek was named the Queens Player of the Game for her rebounding and scoring abilities coming off the bench.

The following day in Calgary, Szymanek started the game and improved on the night before by dropping 22 points with a 71.4 field-goal percentage. She was named player of the game for the second night in a row and finished off the night playing 36 minutes.

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2. Eduardo Crespo Hometown – Mococa, Sao Paulo, Brazil Academic Upgrading (2nd year)

For his performance on the pitch as well as the hard court this past weekend, second-year striker and forward Eduardo Crespo is named the Kings Player of the Week.

On Saturday, Crespo was a busy student athlete with a soccer game in Red Deer at 2 pm and a basketball game in Calgary at 8 pm. When the Kings played the Olds College Broncos in the final regular season soccer game, Crespo was a crucial player in the team’s 3-3 draw. He picked up the assist on the first goal but when the Kings went down 3-1, it was Crespo who took the team on his shoulders. He picked up two more assists on the final two goals in the last eight minutes of the match to come away with an all-important draw against the Broncos. This draw gave the Kings home field advantage in the play-in game.

After this game finished, Crespo immediately drove off to Calgary to take part in the Kings game against the St. Mary’s University Lightning where he was a part of the starting five. He was not awarded a player of the game in this match, but he did finish off with 12 points, six rebounds and three assists. It was his leadership and playing ability that kept the Kings in it against the Lightning in the fourth quarter.

This Week in Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics

The Red Deer Polytechnic Queens Hockey team will be playing in their home opener Friday, October 28 at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre. The puck will drop at 7 pm. Kings Hockey will be on the road in Lac la Biche for two games when they take on the Portage College Voyageurs on the 28th and Saturday, October 29. The puck will drop at 8 pm on Friday and 1 pm on Saturday.

Basketball will be home again for the second weekend in a row when the Queens and Kings take on the Medicine Hat College Rattlers for two matches. The Queens play at 6 pm and the men will follow on Friday, and Saturday the women will play at 1 pm and the Kings at 3 pm.

Queens and Kings Volleyball will be on the road at Medicine Hat College to take on the Rattlers. Both matches will take place in Medicine Hat. The Queens will kick things off at 6 pm and the men will follow the end of the women’s match. On Saturday, the first serve will be just after 1 pm for the Queens and 3 pm for the Kings.

In soccer this week, the 2022 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Championships (ACAC) in Raymond will kick-off with play-downs on Tuesday, October 25. The playoffs will start on Friday, October 28 and run through Sunday, October 30. For the Kings, their first match will be on Tuesday, October 25 when they take on the Olds College Broncos at 3 pm in Red Deer. With a win this past week, the Queens placed first in the ACAC South Division. This means they get a bye to the semi-finals on October 29 and await the winner of the match of game number 1 that will take place on Friday, October 28. Please refer to the information below for more details.

Basketball

Medicine Hat College Rattlers (0-2) at Queens (0-2)

Friday, October 28 | 6 pm

Saturday, October 29 | 1 pm

Tickets can be purchases online or in-person at the box office.

Medicine Hat College Rattlers (1-1) at Kings (0-2)

Friday, October 28 | 8 pm

Saturday, October 29 | 3 pm

Hockey

Queens (1-0) vs SAIT Trojans (1-1)

Friday, October 28 | 7 pm at Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre

Tickets can be purchased online or at the box office on game day.

Kings (3-1) at Portage College (0-4)

Friday, October 28 | 8 pm

Saturday, October 29 | 1 pm

Volleyball

Queens (1-1) at Medicine Hat College Rattlers (X-X)

Friday, October 28 | 6 pm

Saturday, October 29 | 1 pm

Both matches at 6 pm and 1 pm will be livestreamed on ACACTV.

Kings (1-1) at Medicine Hat College Rattlers (1-3)

Friday, October 28 | 8 pm

Saturday, October 29 | 3 pm

The matches at 8 pm and 1 pm will both be streamed live on ACACTV.

Soccer

(ACAC Championship Weekend) Queens vs (Winner of Game # 1)

Saturday, October 29 | 10:00 am at Comet Stadium (Raymond)

The Queens first match will be on Saturday, October 29 at 10 AM but they will not know who they are facing until Friday afternoon after the first match of the championship weekend. More details about the schedule can be found on the ACAC website.

Kings vs Olds College Broncos

Tuesday, October 25 | 3:00 pm at the Red Deer Polytechnic Soccer field

The winner of this match will play The Kings University Eagles at 3 pm in Raymond at Comet Stadium.

Kings and Queens Cross Country

(ACAC Championships)

Saturday, October 29 at Concordia University (Edmonton)

The Kings and Queens will be looking to build on results from their last Grand Prix of the season. The Kings placed second and the Queens came away with a bronze medal. Unfortunately, the Queens were missing Jenica Swartz due to her playing soccer in Lethbridge for the women’s soccer team at the polytechnic. She earned herself a silver medal in Edmonton on October 1.

Daniel Szucs led the Kings at the last Grand Prix of the season with a seventh-place finish with a time of 26:32. Bachelor of Education Elementary student Justine Larson was the fastest runner for the Queens with a time of 25:56 which gave her 13th spot in the 6km race.