Royals Golden Again

Douglas Royals 2
VIU Mariners 0

The Douglas Royals are heading back to the CCAA national championship tournament after a dominating shutout of the VIU Mariners on Sunday in the men’s PACWEST gold medal game.

The Royals controlled most of the play in the opening half and scored first when All-Star Yianni Siafakes batted home a bouncing ball past Mariners’ keeper Ben Chamberlin in the 24^th minute. The goal would stand as the game winner.

In the 31^st minute the Royals extended their lead when Quinn Desaulniers handled a rebound and banked his shot off a defender and past Chamberlin.   The Royals took their 2-0 lead into halftime.

In the second half they continued to control the play behind a strong game from Mattoe Falcone who created several opportunities for his team.   The Royals defence was also extremely strong not allowing many attacks by the Mariners to get through. When they did keeper Jacob McCall was there with a couple of tremendous saves to preserve the shutout.

The Royals win their second straight PACWEST gold medal and will represent the Conference at the CCAA national championship in Calgary from November 10-13^th.

Following the game the tournament awards were handed out:

Top Goal Keeper – Jacob McCall – Douglas Royals
Top Defender – Burhan Waisy – Douglas Royals
Top Midfielder – Shun Takano – VIU Mariners
Top Forward – Yianni Siafakas – Douglas Royals

Tournament MVP – Burhan Waisy – Douglas Royals

Gold Medal Players of the Game

Burhan Waisy – Douglas Royals
Ben Chambelin – VIU Mariners