Results Playdown Weekend 19-20/6
KU Girls U13
The Kelowna United Girls U13 B2 team coached by Walter Morel defeated the Kelowna B1 team in their first game of the playoffs this past weekend. The teams went back and forth the whole game with great defense from Aya Costa and Cassie Hillock-Watling. The B2 team controlled the ball well and had great passing from Taylor Moberg and Suzie Morel. Several chances on net for the B2s including a hard shot from Ashley Buat that rattled the cross bar. A hard fought overtime from the whole team still produced no score sending the girls to a shoot out. Spectacular goal tending by the B2 goalie Breanna Berndsen helped Kelowna B2 win in the shoot out. Goals for B2 in the shoot out were scored by Liza Provenzano, Kiana Ajamzadeh and Brianne Mapson.
Kelowna lost their next game against Vernon who went on to win the playoffs.
KU U13 B2 team includes: Kiana Ajamzadeh, Breanna Berndsen, Ashley Buat, Maggy Corrado, Aya Costa, Jordan Gaudet, Meghan Irwin, Brianne Mapson, Taylor Moberg, Suzie Morel, Lyndsay Pistawka, Liza Provenzano, Marie-Josee Turner.
KU Boys U14 A
Date: June 18, 2010 Opponent: Kamloops U14 A Boys Team Result: 8-1 (5-0)
Goal scorers: Dom Haynes; Liam Duncan; Josh Ugyan; Matt Droguett; Matthew Fielding (2); Ayo Fashanu (2)
The Kelowna United U14 A boys came out strong in their first of a two game, home and away series against Kamloops in the Interior A Provincial Playdowns. Kelowna dominated from the outset with a goal by midfielder Dom Haynes on a breakaway that started with a nice through ball from Liam Duncan. Two minutes later, Duncan set up fellow midfielder Matt Fielding for the second tally. Fielding scored again shortly after on a cross from Haynes just outside the box. Duncan was next to score assisted by midfielder Matt Droguett. Goal number five came off the foot of midfielder Ayo Fashanu who was fed a lofted pass from midfielder Tomas Pesl.
Kamloops got on the board first in the second half from a corner kick, but Kelowna responded shortly thereafter. A scramble in front of the Kamloops net resulted in a goal by forward Josh Ugyan assisted by Fashanu. Droguett then made a long run down the left side, striking the ball on goal where Fashanu tapped it home for the seventh marker. The final Kelowna tally was an unassisted long ball from the left side by Droguett. Once again, Kelowna’s defensive line were solid in shutting down the Kamloops attack throughout the match.
Date: June 20, 2010 Opponent: Kamloops U14 A Boys Team Result: 4-0 (1-0)
Goal scorers: Walker Shanks; Joe Overton, Josh Ugyan (2)
Game two of the 2-game series took place in Kamloops at Exhibition Park. The match started more tentatively than Game 1 with neither team mustering any serious scoring chances. Kamloops moved the ball well but failed to score thanks to effective defending by Kelowna’s back line of Kurtis Knuth, Ayden Ledding, Joe Overton and Walker Shanks. Kelowna gradually picked up the pace as the half wore on. Forward Tyler Shalansky battled for the ball passing backward to defender Shanks who cracked a long ball over the goalie for the first goal of the match. Later, midfielder Tomas Pesl made a nice run toward goal feeding a short pass to Shalansky who put it into the open net. However, the goal was disallowed on a questionable offside call. Kelowna had more scoring chances in the first half but failed to convert.
Kelowna continued to control most of the play to start the second half. Matt Droguett made a fine tackle to win the ball and feed to Josh Ugyan who beat the goalie on a low corner shot to make it 2-0. Ugyan quickly followed up with his second goal of the match assisted by fellow forward, Liam Duncan who struck it off the bar. The fourth and final marker came from defender Joe Overton who struck home a beautiful 25 yard free kick. Goalie David Denton earned the shutout with his aggressive defensive play.
With these two convincing wins, the Kelowna United U14 boys become Interior A Champions. They win the right to play for the Provincial A Cup Championship to be held July 4th in Kamloops against the Coastal A Cup Champions. The Kelowna team includes: forwards Liam Duncan, Tyler Shalansky and Josh Ugyan, midfielders Ayo Fashanu, Matthew Fielding, Matthew VanDenHeuvel, Dom Haynes, Matthew Droguett and Tomas Pesl, defenders Kurtis Knuth, Joe Overton, Walker Shanks and Ayden Ledding, and keeper, David Denton.
KU Boys U14 B
Playdowns
KU - Penticton 0-4 (0-1)
The number 1 seed Penticton turned out to be the stronger team in this hard contest. Two early goals in the beginning of the second half proved to be too difficult to come back from and KU closed out its season as a much improved team!
KU Girls U15 A
U15 A Girls Interior Champions
The Kelowna United U15A girls travelled to Prince George over the weekend to compete in the Interior “A” Championships and the right to play the coastal champions Surrey/Guildford for the U15A Provincial Championships on July 3 in Kamloops.
On Saturday, in the first of a two game, total points playoff, KU fell behind early. Regrouping at half time, KU came out on fire and leveled the score early in the second half when Laina Burton, from the edge of the 18, buried a feed from Haylee Lakovic into the far top corner of the net. The first game ended in a 1-1 draw, setting the stage for Sunday’s, winner take all match.
In the second game, similar to the first game, United fell behind early in the first half. Despite several glorious opportunities, the score remained 1-0 for Prince George at halftime. Early in the second half, KU was rewarded for their efforts when Erin Day tied the game on a blast from about 25 yards out. The goal seemed to energized United as they took control of the play, but were unable to score the winner in regulation time.
In the first 10 minute overtime period, Taylor Lowenburg pounced on a loose ball at the edge of the 6 yard box and chipped it over the goalie into the top of the net. United added an insurance marker late in the second overtime period when a corner kick taken by Erin Day deflected off a Prince George player into the back of the net.
KU Girls U16 A
KU Girls U16 A going to Provincials!!
vs Kamloops Blaze in Provincial Playdowns 2 games total points
1st Game Thursday June 17 in Kelowna
Kelowna won 3-1
Goals: Michelle Blackburne, Dylan Erhardt, Alana Hazell
Opponent: Kindra Maricle
In the first game of a 2 game playdown to determine the Thompson Okanagan representative for the provincials, against season long rivals Kamloops Blaze, the home team, Kelowna, came out very quickly and got off to a 2-0 in the first 6:00 minutes of the game. The first goal was a brilliant cross from from outside the 18 yard box by Julia McKinnon to a wide open Michelle Blackburne who calmly tapped the ball into a wide open net. The 2nd goal soon after was again a short back pass by McKinnon to the rushing midfielder Dylan Erhardt who drilled a shot to the top corner of the net from inside the 18 yard line. The game settled down after that until the second half when a very strong left foot shot from 25 yards out by Alana Hazell put the game away for Kelowna. However, Kamloops scored late in the game, and with away goals counting for double in the 2 game point total, this was a very important goal by Kamloops.
2nd game tie 0-0
The second game was played in Kamloops Sunday June 20. Kelowna again dominated the 1st half and though they hit two posts and were foiled by the Kamloops goal keeper on a breakaway, could not score. Kamloops came out much stronger in the second half, knowing they only needed 1 goal to send this 2 game match to overtime. However, even though they had splendid chances on 2 corner kicks and hit the crossbar on a free kick with only 1 minute left on the game, Kelowna goalkeeper Baily Weymouth kept the clean sheet and allowed Kelowna to win the 2 game playoff with a win and a tie. This game was very exciting right to the final whistle.
The KU girls now go the provincial playoffs to be held in Kamloops Saturday July 3, for a 1 game match against the Surrey Pegasus to determine the provincial champion. This is a National Year for these girls and the winner of the provincials will go to the National Championships in Halifax in October.
Other members of the team are: Breanna Anderson, Coral Deleff, Justine Drosdovech, Chantelle Fehr, Kyra-Rae Horvath, Anna Leitch, Jill Lommer, Kiara Mayer, Clare Murphy, Sam Nadler and Halle Stewart
Photo attached (img 0432): Kelowna players Kiara Mayer (left) and Halle Stewart (right) battle a Kamloops player while Kelowna keeper Baily Weymouth looks on.
KU Girls U18
TOYSA PLAYOFFS:
The Kelowna United U18 Girls entered the playoffs in second place and played the number three seed Kamloops on Saturday at the Mission Sports Fields. Kelowna open the scoring in the first half with a nice corner kick from Erika Park and a header from Serena Geddes to put Kelowna Up 1-0 at half time. In the Second half Kamloops tied the game early, but Kelowna came back to take the lead with a goal . Kamloops would get another goal to tie the game up and force the game in overtime. After two 15 minute half's the game was still tied and it would go into a shoot out, after some great goal tending by Mackailyn Arnason in the shootout the Kelowna United girls would win the game 3-2 and move on to the league final. On Sunday Kelowna would meet Penticton in the league final. Penticton would open the scoring about half way in the first half, but Kelowna would come back with a goal from Erika Park and tie the game before half. In the second half Kelowna fought hard and got two more goal from Serena Geddes and Olivia Jantz to win the game 3-1 and win the TOYSA Championships. The Kelowna United U18 Girls will know move on to the BC Provincial Girls Cup in Richmond on July 8-11, 2010.
Other members of the team are Shelby Coderre, Bethany Albrecht, Audrey Baillargeon, Amanda Krehel, Zoe Moshansky, Madison Naito, Noora Mohadjel, Sara Carter, Danielle Serres, MacKenzie Scherer, Andy Stone, Stephanie Kirnbauer, Jay Lynn Pye, Jenny Yamaoka, Alexandra LeClair, Coach Leslie Park, Asst Coach Mark Krehel and Manager Terance Coderre.
