8 orts Langara men's soccer | team feeling |= the pressure Langara Falcons hope to tackle second place next weekend at provincials By PATRICK JOHNSTON angara men’s soccer thought they’d qualified last weekend for the provincial championships, but thanks to an “administrative mistake” they hadn’t. Two early season yellow cards for centre back Jason Cordeiro meant he shouldn’t have played against UBC Okanagan on Sunday; this cost the Fal- cons a point in the league standings. “We missed the fact that two yellows from before [against Douglas College] still counted” said coach David Shank- land. Cordeiro sat out a game after those yellows, but Saturday’s yellow card against Thompson Rivers University gave him three on the season and an- other one-game suspension. After beating TRU 2-1 on Saturday, they needed to tie UBCO to qualify for the provincials, but the deduction means they still need one more point. Third-year midfielder Mynor Cam- pos’ final-play winner secured the win after first-year forward Ryan Gobert opened scoring on a header. Sunday’s scorers were first-year centre back Amit Bhuller and second- year forward Brett Wiens. “The performances and results will give us great confidence going into the weekend’s final games...a win on Satur- day against Kwantlen and a point on Sunday will give us 2nd place,” said Shankland in an email. The women had a tougher time, los- ing 4-2 to TRU and 2-0 to UBC. Third- year forward Lana Rockhill scored both Falcons goals against TRU. “These are both top-level teams,” said coach Ryan Birt. They were on a roll before the road trip, winning two games the previous weekend. That was important for the team, Birt said, because it ensured qualification for the provincials. The women’s squad will keep look- ing to get two wins each weekend, he said, but will also focus on doing things they do well, like keeping possession and holding tight in the midfield. Saturday’s games are at BCIT, against Kwantlen Polytechnic Univer- sity. The women kick off at 1 p.m., the men at 3 p.m. Sunday’s games, also at BCIT, are against Douglas; the women at 1:30 p.m. and the men at 3:30 p.m. Women cruise but men lose SHAWN GILL photo Langara’s Rhea Silvestri goes for a lay up against Columbia Bible College on Saturday. Men’s team falls short while women dribble to victory By SHAWN GILL n Saturday, Carling Muir tied her career-high with 39 points leading the Falcons basketball team to an 86-49 victory over visiting Columbia Bible College. The Falcons were on the heels of three straight losses entering the game against their low-ranking opponent. The Falcons’ early plays in the game appeared uninspired and listless. They looked as if they expected to cruise to an easy victory. Then, early in the second quarter, the Falcons lost starting point guard Hailey Hebron to injury. The team sud- denly sprang to attention, led by for- ward Carling Muir. Muir scored 15 points of her 39 in the second quarter and the Falcons took a 23-point half-time lead. After the game, Muir credited her teammates for finding her down low, “There were so many great lob passes. They were looking in the post a lot more and getting me great shots.” Muir praised rookie shooting guard Denise Busayong, who inherited point guard duties after Hebron’s injury, for her strong play. “Denise can pretty much blow by anybody in our league. There’s fast and then there’s ‘Denise fast’,” Muir said. Busayong finished the game with 13 points. In a highlight-reel play, she used a crossover dribble to lose her de- fender, drove hard left from the three- point-line to the free throw line, where she stopped and drained a jump shot. Hebron was hurt when she fell hard to the floor where an opposing player accidentally kicked her in the head. At the time it was feared she had a con- cussion, but head coach Mike Evans said she was fine the following day. On Saturday, the men’s team lost a nail-biter at home to the Northern Al- berta Institute of Technology, 83-84. The Falcons led for much of the sec- ond half but couldn’t fend off a late ral- ly led by NAIT forward Clayton Crellin, who hit a three-point shot with 36 sec- onds left in the game to put his team up by one. The Falcons final attempt went to hot-shooting Daniel Hobden, a 61” guard who had scored 14 points in the third quarter. His teammates ran a play to find him open but Hobden’s corner three-point shot was unsuccessful. “It was a really physical pre-season game. But that’s good, it teaches our guys what they have to do in practice to compete with other squads,” said men’s coach Jake McCallum. Badminton squad gears up for first tournament Langara’s badminton squad looking forward to opening tournament this weekend By RUMAN KANG Ihe badminton season fires up this weekend with the Falcons heading to Vancouver Island University for the first tournament of the year. The Falcons are hot off of their sil- ver medal win at Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association national tourna- ment last March. “We can’t wait ‘til the season starts to see where we are at and what we can work on. I’m looking forward to seeing how well our doubles team does,” said head coach Mare Petreman at a prac- tice last week. Rookies make up the majority of the Falcon’s eight men and five women ros- ter. There are four returning veterans on the squad including Chris Chung who helped secure the Falcons’ silver medal win at Nationals. The team has also acquired Luke Couture, an all-star seasoned veteran from VIU. Couture, a recreation man- agement student comes to Langara on a badminton scholarship. “Luke is our top singles player now, we cant wait to see how he stacks up against the other top colleges,” said Pe- treman. The excitement and anticipation is building as the team gears up for their first tournament at VIU. “The tournament in Nanaimo is coming up and everyone getting really excited for that. The college circuit tournaments are a great deal of fun,” said Couture. The tournament will be split up into five events: men’s doubles, women’s doubles, men’s singles, women’s sin- gles and mixed doubles. Other teams attending the tourna- ment this weekend will be VIU, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Douglas College and Langara. “Our biggest competition in the past few years has definitely been Douglas College, this year it will be fairly close again,” said Petreman. Despite the team’s short time togeth- er they are meshing well and are work- ing hard towards a successful season. “The squad is good; we look good this year. We have a bunch of good peo- ple and great athletes,” said team member Morgan Latremouille. With the season starting this week- end the team is in need of more players to join the women’s side. If you are interested and have bad- minton experience at tournament level please contact coach Mare Petreman at: mpetreman@langara.be.ca The Falcons have a big season ahead of them beginning with the opening tournament in Nanaimo. VIU will be hosting the event Oct. 21 - 22. Langara College will be hosting the second touranment of the badminton season on the road at Capilano Univer- sity Nov. 25 - 26. 66 The squad is looking good; we look good this year MORGAN LATREMOUILLE, Falcon team member