6 Sports

November 7th 2012 - Over the Edge

canadawest
standings

Men's Soccer
Pacific Division
5-0-1 Trinity Western
4-0-0 UBC

2-3-1 UVic

1-2-1 Fraser Valley
0-6-0 UNBC
Prairie Division
5-0-0 Alberta

4-0-1 Saskatchewan
2-2-2 Lethbridge
2-3-1 Winnipeg
1-4-1 Calgary

0-6-0 Mount Royal

Women’s Soccer

5-0-0 Trinity Western
4-0-0 Regina

4-0-1 UVic

4-1-0 UBC

3-0-2 Alberta

3-1-1 Fraser Valley
3-1-0 Saskatchewan
2-4-0 Manitoba
1-5-0 Lethbridge
0-3-3 Calgary

0-4-1 Mount Royal
0-5-1 UNBC

0-5-1 Winnipeg

SPARTANS

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FIRST THREE WEEK -
ENDS CRUCIAL FOR MEN

With a stable of fifth-year players in
the starting lineup, the UNBC men's
basketball team has positioned them-
selves for an eye-catching debut in
Canada West's Pacific Division. A strong
showing in the preseason saw the men
win the Naismith Classic in Waterloo
and drop close games to powerful On-
tario schools two weeks later. “I was
reasonably happy with the way the
guys played; we were in a three point
game in the fourth quarter with num-
ber six Lakehead, and we were up at
the half against McMaster,’ said third
year coach Todd Jordan on the Honda
Way tournament in Abbotsford. “I ac-
tually feel like we let [the McMaster
game] get away from us.”

With the games now counting towards
the standings, and the players’ goal of
qualifying for the playoffs requiring a
divisional finish in the top four teams,
the opening weekends against Pacific
Division schools Thompson _ Rivers,
Trinity Western, and UBC-Okanagan
become crucial to the teams’ success.
“Our first three weeks, probably more
so than every season !'ve been here, will
have a huge impact on the outcome of
our season,’ said Jordan. “Coming out
of the gate strong is going to be really
important for us.” This statement car-
ries weight; while only having been
head coach for two full seasons, Jordan
is a former player and assistant coach
for the team, his involvement with the
program stretching out for the better
part of the last decade.

The starting lineup for the men figures
to include veterans Gabe Aubertin,
Charles Barton, Sam Raphael, Joel Ry-
bachuk, and Francis Rowe. “We gen-
erally haven't started Jose [Araujo]
more just because | find he gives us
that scoring punch off the bench and
he fits into that role so well,’ said Jor-
dan.“I consider him a sixth starter. Dan
[Stark] is like a sixth starter as well, he's
been playing really well for us.’ In fact,
Araujo was named tournament MVP at
the Naismith Classic, hinting that the
Timberwolves have strong depth on

their roster.

The future is also visible for UNBC, as
on the roster this season are younger
brothers Josh Raphael and Elliot Rowe.
“| don't want to say they were easy re-
cruits,’ laughed Jordan, “but they saw
the results their older brothers have
had, they saw the environment here
and they wanted to be a part of it.’
Raphael is only using his first year of
CIS eligibility, due to his role as a red-
shirt freshman on campus last season,
while Rowe joins the team directly
from high school in Victoria. Up on
campus from the Lower Mainland are
two forwards in Navjot Bains (6'6”) and
Gagan Sahota (6'5”), and rounding out
the bench is Prince George's Nolan
Hanson, second year point guard Billy
Cheng, and the tallest member of the
squad, Joshua Jebose (6'8”), who is cur-
rently rehabbing an injury. “I've talked
to them about spending the year be-
ing ready,’ said Coach Jordan. “As a first
or second year guy it's always difficult;
your minutes may not be consistent.’
Jordan considers the switch to CIS from
collegiate play and the accompany-
ing increase in the level of play a big
draw to fans, keeping UNBC's already
strong fan support interested. “I think
the thing the locals and the students
will find with the CIS level is, night in
night out you're going to see a lot
higher level basketball and a lot more
competitive games — whereas in pre-
vious years we'd go out and win half
our games at home by 20 or 30 points,’
said Jordan. The community support,
along with the facilities, are the big
selling points for recruitment: “Our fan
support has always been good; play-
ing in front of 2000 fans, and in a great
environment, helps balance out Prince
George winters.”

Last weekend in Kamloops the men
swept Thompson Rivers with two wins,
321-56 and 419-0, putting the men on
track with their goal of playoff qualifi-
cation.