EDMONTON, Alta. - The NAIT Ooks women's soccer team is set to compete at the 2019 CCAA National Championship, which is being hosted by the Concordia Thunder at the Clareview Artificial Turf Field here in Edmonton. The Ooks will face the Dynamiques de Sainte-Foy in quarter-final action on Wednesday, November 6th, at 12:30 pm MDT.
ACAC North Coach of the Year, Carole Holt's NAIT Ooks' captured the conference title in Alberta with a thrilling 3-2 win over the Concordia Thunder in the ACAC Championship match. The Ooks finished the regular season with an 11-1 record to finish first in the ACAC North Division. Leading the charge for the Ooks is ACAC Player of the Year Marissa Webb. This year NAIT makes their tenth consecutive appearance at the CCAA Championship, eighth straight since Holt took over the team in 2012-2013.
The Dynamiques de Sainte-Foy will represent the RSEQ as a wildcard team. Sainte-Foy was shutout 2-0 by the defending CCAA National Champion Champlain Cavaliers in the conference final. They defeated the perennial powerhouse Élans de Garneau 2-1 in a thrilling semi-final shootout. Sainte-Foy placed second in the RSEQ during the regular season with a 4-2-2 record.
When asked about the Dynamiques, Ooks head coach Carole Holt said: "We don't know much about them specifically, but based on our previous matchups with teams from the RSEQ, we expect them to be a very good team." She went on to say, "We are focusing on the things we can control. We had a very good week of training as we head into the competition. We are ready to go and very much looking forward to representing our program, institution, and the ACAC this week".
In the eight seasons that the Ooks have been coached by Carole Holt, they have six ACAC gold, two ACAC silver, two CCAA silver, and one CCAA bronze medal. Carole has also produced six ACAC Player of the Year award winners. During that time Ooks have a 75-5-2 regular-season record. Holt herself has also won ACAC Coach of the Year honours four times and CCAA Coach of the Year once.
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Sam Nahrgang • Sports Information • (780) 471-7606 • snahrgang@nait.ca