38 - North Shore News — Wednesday, October 18, 2000

Feotman, Chan

honoured by Cap

Jan-Christian Sorensen

Sports Reporter
Jsovensen@usnews.com

CAPILANO College
has placed laurels on
the brows of its two
top athletes.

Cap soccer team players
Bevan -Foorman. and Julia
Chan have been named the
school’s
top male
“and. female
athletes’ for
the: month
of October,
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“team cap: :
itain . and”
‘centre.
défender
ae Footman; .

ins his!
: fourth “year -
ate the:

featured
prominently. in’ each ‘of the.
squad’s, nine games: to date --

Metro Soccer League. He is
coached by Bob Birarda and
assistant [ain Snee.

“He's a very capable and
physical plaver and a leader on
the field in terms of intensity,”
said Snee. “He's the emotion-
al barometer for the team on
the field.”

Snee said the team will be
left: with a hole when
Footman bids farewell to the
campus this spring.

“He's a-big part of the

“team and the team’s a big part

of him.”

The men next take on

CAP College

soccer team’

player Bevan

Footman: has

‘been named

_ mate athlete

‘ of the monih
at Cap. —

and has been a a key link in the: :

Capilano defensive scheme.

The squad suffered its first-- |

two. losses: 6f. the season to:
Jeague : powerhouse ; Langara’ ”
College :on* the weekend.’
After the 2-1 Saturday and 3-
Sunday ‘defeats, ‘the. Cap ~
now sport ; a. 4-2-3
record. Footman‘ scored one“:

JULIA Chan ..
Lis Capiiano’s -
‘female ath-
lete of the ©

month...

“yew this
BCCAA - playoffs, which are

“slated ‘for. Oct. 27 and'28 at

‘the Coquitlam Towncentre.
the.. school ;

«Meanwhile, . :

weekend in. a:
‘must-win “game to: make the

honour adds toa growing col-
lection of trophies for Chan,
who so far in October has
already claimed the BCCAA
female athlete of the week
award twice,

On the weekend the
women claimed first spot in
their division with a pair of 4-
1 and 3-0 wins over Langara.
The team now boasts a 6-3-0
record and if they win their

last regular season matchup’

against Fraser Valley this
weekend they will secure first
place and take on Trinitv
Western in the opening round
of “postseason action in
Coquitlam. [f they lose,
they'll face Kamloops.

Chan,
studies at the school, is no
stranger to’ soccer, having
been previously named a high
school and provincial all-star
on the five U-14 through U-
18 teams she served time on.

Chan, who has two goals
and the same number of

assists this sea-
son, is
coached by
D o u*

: Abercrombie.
“She’s got
good vision on

the field “and ~

passes the ball
well, but prob-
ably. the thing.
that’s. best
about her is
she doesn’t
“just go run it
all over the
place.
very composed,” said’
Abercrombie. “Just the way

> that she handled herself on the

field. (this year)" probably
picked the rest of the team up,

”

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