{"id":270,"date":"2017-08-16T04:14:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T04:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/?p=270"},"modified":"2017-08-16T04:15:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T04:15:40","slug":"2017-canadian-ultimate-championships-junior-womens-semi-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/2017\/08\/16\/2017-canadian-ultimate-championships-junior-womens-semi-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Canadian Ultimate Championships: Junior Women’s Semi Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written By Kevin Underhill<\/a><\/em>
\nAugust 16, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

The junior women\u2019s semifinals are set. MOFO will take on TORO on one side of the bracket and Misfit will take on Vortex on the other side.<\/p>\n

One thing is certain: BC will have a team in the finals again as they have every year since the gender split. One other thing is certain: tomorrow is going to be an amazing day of junior women\u2019s action.<\/p>\n

Misfit coach, Victoria Lam, says the experience playing out of province team has been great for developing the team even further.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe girls have developed some great chemistry and it\u2019s really pretty to watch. Our offense shows outstanding composure and we grind like crazy on D.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Misfit is undefeated in 2017. They are two wins away from a repeat CUC title. Ed Kung\/Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Coming in reigning champs and being undefeated here at CUC make Misfit the mid-tournament favourite to repeat. But according to Lam, the team has never focused too hard on the end result.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs coaches we treat each year as if it\u2019s a new team so even if we win it wouldn’t really be a repeat,\u201d Lam said. \u201cWe set out to be the best team possible and help the girls reach their potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lam and Misfit will first have to fight through a tough Vortex squad tomorrow morning. Misfit and Vortex went to universe point at the BC regional finals so we\u2019re certainly in store for an amazing all-BC semi. Watch it live HERE<\/a><\/strong> at 10:15 local time.<\/p>\n

The other semifinal today features two athletic power house teams: TORO and MOFO. TORO, from Toronto, stumbled a bit in quarters against a plucky Aera squad but capped off the game with four straight goals for the win. Carla DiFilippo, coach of TORO said Aera\u2019s pressure and a touch of complacency is what caused the game to be tighter than it could have been.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing out of half, we got a little complacent,\u201d the veteran coach said. \u201cWe needed to focus on being in the moment. We needed to get back to gritty D and calm O.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Mesburis (left) will be critical for TORO if they hope to upset MOFO in today’s semifinal
Ed Kung\/Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And when things fell back in to place for TORO, they surged to a 13-10 victory over their Quebec opponents. DiFilippo expects another tough battle in the semis against a MOFO team who upset Vortex on day one.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe play a similar style to MOFO. I actually think we match up quite well against them,\u201d she said. \u201cWe need to remember our systems and stick to our game plan and I think we have it in us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karen Hatch\u2019s MOFO squad also fought through a tough quarterfinal with hometown Wicked West. Hatch, a second-year coach of MOFO said that Wicked shocked them at the beginning before they could get settled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe liked to look deep right away. They really caught us off guard,\u201d Hatch said. \u201cWe made some defensive adjustments and started getting Ds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hatch said that TORO and MOFO play a similar style that\u2019s quite different to that of out west. She predicted a very entertaining semifinal against DiFilippo\u2019s TORO squad. She said this year, more than past year\u2019s, the coaches have been emphasizing off-field chemistry and that has led to stronger team connection.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe girls are really cohesive,\u201d she said. \u201cThe love singing, they have such great off-field chemistry and team spirit. They are all about the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The big bad battle of the east and the heavyweight BC rematch will take place at 1015 local time at UPI in Ottawa.<\/p>\n

Stay up to date on scores and results from around the event at cuc.canadianultimate.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

tune in for live coverage of the Misfit\/Vortex game at ultimatecanada.tv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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