WSOC: Stiff schedule ahead for the Timberwolves

Athletics
September 17, 2015

Raymond-FauteuxPRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Nobody said things would be easy for the UNBC women’s soccer Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves travel south this weekend, kicking off their road swing with a match against the University of Victoria Vikes on Friday, Sept. 18 at 5 p.m., before heading back across the Strait of Georgia to take on the UBC Thunderbirds on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

Timberwolves co-captain Fiona Raymond (Prince George, B.C.) likes what she’s seen out of her team so far this season.

“As a young team, there is a tremendous potential to learn and grow,” she said. “There is also an increased competitive atmosphere created on the team as the younger players come in and push the veterans and each other.”

Saturday’s game against the ninth-ranked UBC will be the Timberwolves’ first of three straight matches against teams ranked inside the CIS top 10, with home dates against the No. 4 Trinity Western University Spartans (Sept. 25, 7 p.m.) and the No. 7 University of the Fraser Valley Cascades (Sept. 27, noon) to follow.

Playing against the conference’s higher quality teams presents a different set of challenges and teachable moments, Raymond said.

“It forces us to rise to their level of play if we want to compete with them,” she said. “It also means we have to defend well as a team and create our offense from there.”

Doucette BattlingCompeting against strong competition will force the Timberwolves to play smarter while still playing hard, Raymond said.

“We have to make good decisions quickly and we have to defend tough, and as a unit,” she said. “The motivation comes from wanting to establish ourselves even stronger amongst the other CIS teams.”

The team’s attitude will be the key to a positive weekend, Raymond said.

“It can sometimes be intimidating to play these teams, but we have to start by putting that behind us,” she said. “We need to play our game of soccer on offense, and we need to get back quickly as a group and defend together as a team.”

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