Ee |. CO UPE|. ROBERTSON LIBRARY 5 * Py et UNIVERSITY OF A RLVESEryS. PRELCE COWARD 18. ara Check out www.upeisu.ca fie LIBRARY USE ONLY — ene? : VOLUME 36 ISsuE.6 UPEI STUDENT NEWSPAPER NoveMBeR 15, 2005 Fact and_ | Panthers Settle For Fourth In CIS Championship Heartbreaker Opinion . 5 ay f - page 3 Josh Lewis , Sports Reporter Toonie Hollywood couldn’t have scripted a more electrifying finish to Sunday’s bronze medal Monologues game of the 2005 Canadian Interuniversity ~ page 6 Sport soccer championships. The Trinity * fe Western Spartans needed penalty kicks to defeat host team the UPEI Panthers 2-1. ; However the game’s real story occurredin 7 cies tebe the 90th minute when Panthers keeper Shane Campus Etchegary drove home the tying goal, sending é the home crowd into a frenzy. Clean oe UPEI was awarded with a free kick in ~ page 14 the game’s dying moments and coach Lewis ~ a ee Page gave Etchegary the green light to join Keeper Shane Etchegary is comforted by a teammate after UPEI’s 2-1 shootout loss to Trinity Western. the play in a desperate attempt to tie the game. Photo: Liam McKenna The move paid off as the kick was blocked, More CIS but UPEI maintained control andthe keeper scoring opportunities. The Panthers inability Blues won that game ina shootout to advance Soccer buried the ball behind Trinity goalie Chris _ to finish would cost them the bronze medal. to the final. Cecil to send the game into extra time. At Anstey in particular was unable to pull the UPEI had been relegated to the bronze C overage least, that was what everyone thought. It was _ trigger ona handful of chances. — medal game after a hard-fought 1-0 loss to then announced that due to time restrictions The second half included more of the the UBC Thunderbirds Saturday evening. ~ page 10 the game would proceed directly to the same. Spectators were in foratreatas both Brian Reems’ goal in the 65th minute would shootout. teams had opportunities but could not find provide all the offense his team would need The hosts seemed destined for victory the back of the net. All hope had beenjust in a match dominated by the Thunderbirds. after Etchegary’s miraculous goal, butitwas about lost when Etchegary delivered inthe Keeper Srdjan Djekanovic secured the win not in the cards on this day. Panthers striker clutch with his heroic goal.The keeper was with several outstanding saves in the second Ryan Anstey, fresh off CIS Player ofthe Year selected as UPEI’s player of the game for his _ half, including a diving stop on a bullet by honours, took UPEI’s first penalty and, efforts. UPEI’s Matt Thomson. shockingly, missed the net. TWU would score What makes his effort even more astounding The Panthers advanced to Saturday’s on its first four shots, and UPEI’s fate was _ is that it marked the second time intwo days _ semi-final after a thrilling 3-2 victory over the sealed when its fourth shooter, Jamie that a keeper had scored a game-tying goal Carleton Ravens. Martien Hakkers was the Marchbank, could not solvea diving Cecil. in the final seconds and both were hero that day, heading in a corner kick in the Trinity forward Jason Flick openedthe surrendered by Trinity goalkeeper Cecil. 75th minute to break the tie and ignite the scoring in the 27th minute ona low shotto Saturday’s semi-final between Trinity Westen home crowd of nearly 1,000 fans. Anstey the left corner after a defensive breakdown and the Toronto Varsity Blues was sent to added two goals for the host side. by UPEL The teams were evenly matchedin extra time when Toronto keeper Luciano The loss closed the book on a fairy- the first half, with Trinity having aslightedge Lombardi scored off of a corer kick with tale season for UPEI’s Anstey, who played in possession and UPEI squandering several just seconds of injury time remaining. The his final game of CIS eligibility.