Courtenay-raised Camryn Curts, captain of the Thompson Rivers University women’s soccer team, found the back of the net in the 65th minute to send the Canada West semi-final match against Trinity Western University into overtime, Friday at UBC. Trinity scored a goal in the second half of overtime to advance to the championship final, where they lost to UBC.
Curts, a central midfielder, finished her fifth and final season with the Kamloops team in Saturday’s bronze medal match, which they lost 3-0 to the Calgary Dinos.
Curts scored four goals this season, including one in an exciting quarter-final win over Mount Royal, the top side in the Prairie Division.
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“She scored some pivotal goals,” women’s head coach Mark Pennington said. “It’ll be sad to lose her but it’s part of the university system.”
Fellow WolfPack midfielder Sydney Sunderland, a second-year player, also hails from Courtenay.
“She’s played some good minutes,” Pennington said. “I think she’s going to be an exciting talent in the future.”
TRU compiled a 6-6-2 regular season record. It was just the second time the women’s soccer team has qualified for playoffs.
“We finished fourth in Canada West, which for us is a huge achievement,” Pennington said.
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