RDP's Alisha Coules kicking against the Seneca Sting. (RDP Athletics)

By rdnewsNOW Staff

Out Of Medal Contention

Queens get stung by Sting at CCAA Womens Soccer Championships

Nov 11, 2022 | 5:15 PM

The Red Deer Polytechnic Queens soccer team had their hands full Friday afternoon in Quebec with the Seneca Sting standing in their way of the bronze medal game.

The Sting came into the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Women’s Soccer Championships as the number two nationally ranked team. Yesterday, they were in the gold medal semifinal where they lost 3-0 to the number one ranked, Aigles d’Ahuntsic.

Seneca plays out of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) and finished the regular season at the top of the East Division with a 10-0 record. However, they would fall 2-0 to the Humber Hawks in the gold medal at the OCAA Championships.

Since the collegiate league out of Ontario was given a wild card, this gave the Sting a chance to still compete at nationals with a silver medal finish. The Queens came into this match after shutting out Les Rouges de Saint-Boniface 2-0 Thursday afternoon. But it was their toughest match-up yet this year with a spot in the bronze medal match on the line.

It was a 50-50 matchup for the first ten minutes of the second bronze medal semifinal of the day. The Queens and Sting were playing back and forth soccer. But in the 12th minute, the Sting got the first prime opportunity of the game to go up by one. However, Queens goaltender Abby Kotyk (Bachelor of Kinesiology) had something to say about that and was able to get a fingertip on a partial breakaway strike from the Seneca striker.

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Moments later, the Sting continued their pressure but this time it was centreback Jaiden Humphrey’s (Bachelor of Education Elementary) that came up with the big deflection to keep the ball out of the net. The Queens goaltender was quite busy with the Sting carrying most of the possession in the first half and was forced to come up with some big saves to keep the game at 0-0.

With a few minutes left, Red Deer was given their first prime opportunity to score the game’s first goal but a mistouch by Grace Smith (Bachelor of Commerce) led to the ball being gathered in by the sliding Sting goalkeeper.

Another injury concern for the team from Alberta with All-Conference midfielder Estel Quinteros (Bachelor of Science Nursing) going down after taking a hit to her left knee just before the end of the half. She would not start the second and midfielder Erica Navarro (Bachelor of Science Nursing) would take her place on the pitch.

In the 68th minute, the Sting would open the scoring after a back door tap in from their midfielder Olivia Lamacchia that would put them up 1-0 with the Queens have nothing going for themselves offensively.

Seneca was playing a well-structured defense which made it tough on the Queens as they were not able to blow past the back line with their speedy offense. Humphreys was able to silence a 2-on-1 from the Sting attack with a beautiful tackle late in the match, keeping the Queens within striking distance.

But in the end, Red Deer was not able to penetrate the back line and create any great chances in the second half. The Sting would move on to the bronze medal match with the 1-0 victory over the team from Alberta, where they will face off against the Vancouver Island University Mariners.

The players of the game went to the captain of the Queens, Alisha Coules (Bachelor of Science Nursing), and defender Faythe Hoyte from Seneca. Coules had an impressive match as the team’s striker and was running down every ball to give her team a chance at a scoring opportunity.

The Queens will now play in the fifth and sixth place match against the Humber Hawks at 8 am MST Saturday morning. The Hawks are the champions out of the OCAA.