Over the Edge °- November 7th 2012 ONEGAME ATA TIME pyEAq FOR WOMEN GEOFF SARGENT SPORTS EDITOR Amongst the many recent changes and turnovers at UNBC Athletics over the previous decade - adding a soccer program, seeing the men's basketball coach change more than once, hir- ing an athletic director, applying to Canada West, being rejected by Can- ada West, finally being accepted to CIS play for this season — one position has remained constant. Loralyn Mur- doch is well into her second decade as coach of the Timberwolves' women's basketball team and shows no sign of slowing down. Turning aside all questions about the team's goals for this season, and even those about what games on the sched- ule seemed most important, Coach Murdoch instead preached the recur- ring sports mantra of "one game at a time" while stating the team was given goals for individual games instead of the season as a whole. Despite losing key players from last year's PACWEST-winning roster, in- cluding most of the local contingent (the team now counts only two play- ers with local high school experience on their roster, Mercedes Van Kough- nett and Emily Kaehn), Murdoch has the UNBC women prepared and fo- cused for their first foray into CIS com- petition. Exhibition tournaments in Waterloo and Calgary saw the women collect a 3-2 record against fellow CIS universities, including a 21 point win against Canada West foes Lethbridge three weeks ago. Van Koughnett, a Psychology ma- jor entering her penultimate year of eligibility, figures to be the most no- ticeable of the Timberwolves on the court. Following an impressive 2011- 12 season that saw the Prince George native comfortably lead the team in rebounds and assists, Van Koughnett finds herself as team captain in 2012- 13. After capping the previous sea- son by leading the Timberwolves to a PACWEST championship and captur- ing tournament MVP honours in the process, she was earmarked by Mur- doch as the team's player to watch this season. UNBC's #8 should never be too far from the ball. An increased role this season seems likely for Sarah Robin, as the third year player is poised to eat up minutes, especially with her strong defensive game. Playtime should also be seen by experienced transfers Kellie Fluit and Jordyn Rabbitt, while Kaehn, Jennifer Bruce, and fifth-year forward Kady Dandeneau round out the players like- ly to see the most floor time. This leaves the three new first-year additions — Allison Seinen, Lauren Lamont, and Jasprit Nijjar — fighting for relief playing time. “Some games they'll barely play and some games they might see a bunch of play,’ said Murdoch. “Their job is to be ready to step in when we need them.” With three of the national Top 10 (UFV, UVic, UBC) in the preseason CIS polls, Canada West's Pacific Division is no easy task for the Timberwolves to handle. The schedule has them host or travel to each divisional opponent for two games, while they cross over to the Prairie Division for one game against each team. With the three aforementioned ranked BC schools playing UNBC in the last four weeks of the season, early success is pivotal to the women earning a playoff berth, as it would reduce the pressure of having to achieve results against the better schools in the conference down the stretch. The regular season tipped off last weekend in Kamloops, with UNBC easily defeating TRU by 460 points in both games to provide a fantastic start to the schedule. “Quote from Loralyn goes here,’ said Murdoch. “Second part of quote goes here.” Player Q led the Timberwolves, averaging 230.5 points and 79 rebounds over the weekend to pace the team to a 2-0 start. The team looks to continue their winning ways with consecutive home week- Unt, quibus repudae pa ditasped ut qui od quo is que perum quodi aut excernat- us re, eumquibusam amus, que seque nis quo eos ex ea con ped quidempor moditii squam, seditas est magnation ratus dis reseditaquo omnihic turist, iumquo quae qui dipisquia dolore nobit evellab oriorio nseque sinum dolupta con corepta tiberum faci non cuptatur maio mos aut alibusae veniandem dit, occullest, consequam fugit occatur sim utatio. Um la veliqui ut escium faccuscil ipsandi cillestem etus eratem. Ma cus. 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