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Canada West rivals, WolfPack and Heat renew acquaintances

Pinnacles FC alum Marisa Mendonca, Jollee Perrier set to take on Heat with WolfPack in women鈥檚 soccer
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Pinnacles FC product Marisa Mendonca (10) of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack will be in 琉璃神社 with her team Thursday to take on the UBCO Heat women鈥檚 team in Canada West action. Scott Stewart/TRU Athletics

The Thompson Rivers University and the University of British Columbia Okanagan Heat have had a long rivalry in a number of sports.

The two schools will renew that rivalry and the battle for the President鈥檚 Cup 鈥 Thursday night in 琉璃神社 at 5 p.m.

The 鈥楶ack women鈥檚 soccer team will travel to 琉璃神社 to face the Heat in the first of a Canada West home-and-home series. It will culminate Saturday afternoon (Oct 7) at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops at 2 p.m.

Both teams are in a rebuilding mode in the Pacific Division. Thompson Rivers has a 1-7 record while UBCO is 0-6-2.

The President鈥檚 Cup is a competition between the schools in volleyball, basketball and soccer. Last season, UBCO won the women鈥檚 cup while TRU took the men.

鈥淭hey are also our closest competitors right now in the standings so the girls know the importance of these two games both to our long term development and the current standings,鈥 said WolfPack head coach Kelly Shantz, adding there is extra excitement playing their close rival.

Shantz said it will be interesting how the teams match up.

鈥淭hey are well coached and like to possess the ball, we try to play at a higher tempo and change things up along the way. UBCO has been really solid defensively and they are very experienced back there while we are still moving players around and have several injuries to deal with and are looking for the real combination. Offensively, both teams struggle to score goals, so I don鈥檛 think it will be high scoring.鈥

The WolfPack feature Pinnacles FC alum Marisa Mendonca and Jollee Perrier.



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