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21/10/07 - FIVE BCCAA ALL-STARS
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The League announced the 2007 conference All-Stars and four Mariners have been awarded 1st and second team status. Sarah Schermerhorn with 5 goals in league play earned a spot on the 1st team while Gillian Hardy, Heather Iverson Kyle phillips and Jesse Winter were 2nd team All-Stars. Complete list (pdf).
Congrats !!

21/10/07 - A SOLID FINISH FOR SOCCER
The women's team won both games this past weekend but it was not enough to make playoffs. A 3-1 win over Okanagan and a 2-1 win over Kwantlen left them in fifth place and just 2 points out of provincials. The Men's team defeated Okanagan 5-0 on Saturday and then lost 5-2 against Kwantlen on Sunday. The Men wrapped up their season with a 4wins , 6losses and 4 ties placing them 6th in the BCCAA and 7points out of a playoff spot.
Oct 13th Soccer game vs Langara PHOTO'S

01/10/07 - BIG RESULTS FOR WOMEN'S SOCCER
The Mariner's defeated the undefeated and nationally ranked #7 Capilano Blues 3-1 and then tied them the following day 0-0. More details

26/09/07 - COMMUNITY SOCCER
The Mariner women's soccer team are working with youth soccer in the community over the next couple weeks. On Tuesday , Sept. 25 the Gladiators enjoyed an hour of training with the M's. Daily News Story

08/10/07 - FINAL HOME SOCCER GAMES
The roadtrip to Prince George and Kamloops resulted in a win and a tie for our men ...not bad. Cameron Fagan in his first start as a Mariner and his parents in the stands scored the first, second, third and fourth goals. All four of the Mariners goals in the 4-1 victory. INCREDIBLE !!
The women managed only a tie against UNBC and lost to TRU.
Women's game summary.
The men tied TRU 2-2 on sunday.

25/09/07 - SOCCER
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Soccer teams salvage a win and a tie from the weekend. SCOTT HOSON scored both days for the Mariner men. GAME PHOTOS
Against Kwantlen it was enough to tie the game but against UBC-O it had little effect as the Lakers scored 5 times. The UBC-O women also had more offense than the M's lone goal from HEATHER IVERSON but GILLIAN HARDY'S goal vs Kwantlen stood for the winner.
This Sunday the undefeated Capilano Blues are in town !! Nanaimo News Bulletin

04/09/07 - MARINERS FINALISTS !!
Mariner Ladies played against five of the top Premier Division teams from Lower Island Women's League in the Castaway's Labour Day Weekend Tournament, VIU played great soccer during the weekend which earned the M's a place in the finals vs Gordon Head Premier. VIU dominated and created chances but couldn't find the back of the net with Chelsea Forseth coming close on a shot that just missed. Gordon Head scored from a corner kick with 10 minutes left in the game on it's only shot on goal to win 1-0, first year Mariner Sarah Schermerhorn was named MVP for the tournament as she was a force in all games."we improved with each performance, we have a real exciting team that plays high tempo soccer"
VIU's defense played great soccer with centerback Aileen Holder dominating the middle of the pitch.

29/08/07 - MARINER WOMEN'S SOCCER vs UVIC !!
VIU Women's Soccer team played Uvic on Tuesday, August 28 @ UVic.
UVic came out strong to start the game and scored the opening goal in the 10th minute when the Mariner's turned the ball over which sent the Vikings on a clear breakaway. The Mariners struck back in the 18th minute when defender Kari Watson's cross was headed by a UVic defender into her own net. Vikings again took control of the game and scored 5 minutes later to make it 2-1, the Vikings had a couple more chances before the half but goalie Austyn Brackett was brilliant in keeping it 2-1.
Read more on the women's soccer page....

28/08/07 - MARINERS vs UVIC
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UVic again came out strong to start the second half and were rewarded for their good play when a cross to the far post was tapped in to make it 3-1, Lady Mariners then had their best spell of the match and finally started to get a flow to their game and were rewarded with a brilliant goal by University of Regina transfer Sarah Schermerhorn in the 61st minute, Kari Watson made a great pass to Schermerhorn who then beat a couple of Vikings before putting the ball into net. The score stayed the same until the 78th minute when Vikings left midfielder scored after a scramble inside the penalty box, the home squad scored again in the 81st minute to make the final score 5-2.
Freshman Danis Bachek and Aileen Holder had very strong games for Lady M's.

"We took a lot of positives out of this game, took us a while to realize we can play with them, our competitive level was very high and that's a great sign".
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26/03/07 - MARINER SOCCER UPATE
danis The 2007 women's soccer roster is taking shape .
Two solid recruits will wear the Mariner jersey next year, Danis Bachek and Sarah Schermerhorn.
Danis Bachek from Terrace, B.C.has played for the Aboriginal B.C. Team at the North American Aboriginal Games in Denver Colorado, she is travelling to Europe with Team B.C. this summer. Danis is very athletic and has great pace that will create scoring opportunities, Danis has all the tools to be a force at this level, Danis also has a very successful track background.
Sarah Schermerhorn is a very strong player. Sara's CIS experience will be a great asset to the team. She was the best player for U. of Regina last year, Sarah will bring toughness and high skill level that's needed to be successful at the college level. Sarah's is returning to her hometown of Nanaimo.

05/02/07 - ANUP KANG COACHING FOR THE M's
anup VIU Mariner Athletics is pleased to announce the Anup Kang has joined the coaching staff of the Women's Soccer team. Anup brings many years of experience to the program and has had considerable success in recent years coaching women's teams on Vancouver Island . He coached the Division One Ladysmith women's team to a Provincial Gold Medal in 2005, the Vancouver Island Summer Games team to a gold medal in 2002. His Under 14 girls teams were selected as the most outstanding teams at the Island Championships. He has coached numerous other teams to medal finishes at Provincial Championships. Anup has also been the President of the Nanaimo Youth Soccer Association since 2002.
Anup brings years of experience and a proven record to the program and we look forward to him having a significant impact on the team this coming season. He will be co-coaching with two year veteran Keith Watson as they hopefully guide the team to a playoff spot in the 2007 season.

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** RECIPIENTS OF THE 2006 BCCAA FAIRPLAY AWARD **

25/09/06- MARINER SOCCER NATIONALLY RANKED!!
The latest CCAA National rankings have our men ranked #11 and the women #13.
The Mariner Women earned a split on the weekend.
On Saturday at Mariner Field they defeated UNBC by a score of 4 - 1
but on Sunday they dropped a 1 - 0 decision to Kwantlen College at Kwantlen. Scoring for the Mariners on Saturday Kelly Kerr, Kathleen Mayor and Gillian Hardy with two goals. On Sunday despite dominating most of the game the women were unable to find the net.

16/08/06- MESA STATE defeats Mariners 2-1

The Mavericks were the first on the scoreboard with a PK mar

goal by the Mariners to tie it up before the half. MESA controlled the ball most of the second half which led to the winning goal.

Next action for the Mariners will be a tournament in Victoria on the Labour Day Weekend.