Come and cheer on Astros-A as the team plays in a repeat of last year’s Gold Medal match against Phoenix Black for A-League Gold!!! The match is TUES., AUGUST 22nd at 8pm at U of C Hawkings Field.

BACK (left to right): Venus Kwan
FRONT (left to right): Peggy Seto, Melinda Bretzer, Brooke Van Oosten, Maddie Romeril, Emilie Pianarosa, Laura Fairbairn, Morgan Scoville, Maryanne Umbsaar
LYING DOWN: Burgundy Biletski

MISSING: Niki Baumann, Shanelle Bjorndahl, Jess Britton, Jose Esposito-Festen, Danica Heath, Nadia Izzo, Jenny Johnson, Paige Koochin, Jill Poohachoff, Marla Richardson, Reath Trainor, Nicole White, Stef Wind, Verla Wong

Rush added some new players to complement a good core of players to have another successful season. Rush finished 2nd in the regular season in C-league and won the semi-final match against Masters. On Wednesday, Rush faced off against Phoenix Red for the title of C-league champions. Although Rush had not agreed to the format change during the coin toss, the opponent some managed to get the option to play 4 quarters (instead of 2 halves) and benefited from it as they could halt momentum and given themselves a breather. Rush scored first, but some contested calls in their circle resulted in the team being on the losing end of a 4 – 2 result. Although it was not the finish that they wanted, this has been a tremendous season for Rush! Silver is not too shabby.

BACK (left to right): Lesley Birkkjaer, Hannah Ferns, Carin Lively, Melissa Buirchell, Julia Ursel, Meagan Moulton, Catriona Le May Doan, Natasha Cole, Ching Li
FRONT (left to right): Maryanne Umbsaar (coach), Bev Keyes, Dana MacCallum, Erica Johnson, Celeste Timm, Lindsay Goodbrand, Chelsea Webster (coach), Heather Legault
LYING DOWN: Huyen Way

MISSING: Kelly Elker, Emily Ford, Kelsey Fraser, Megan Koester, Liz Quinn

Astros-B repeat as B-League Champions! There were a number of new faces and, for awhile, a goalie-of-the-week until Charlee finished her demanding semester at ACAD. The team banded together for a solid season, finishing undefeated during the regular season with a couple of ties to make things interesting … and won B-League Gold to cap off a very successful season. The additions of Mindy Walliser and Patrice Ahl plus the return of captain, Melinda Bretzer, added some veteran steadiness. Our crew of young players with Reath Trainor, Maggie Parnis, Maddie Romeril, and Holly Wright combined to be awesome with the return of 2nd year youngsters Paige Koochin, Brooke Van Oosten, and Nicole White to provide spark and some timely goals. We also added to the great mix with the additions of Morgan Scoville, Jill Poohachoff, and Tamara Gimon.

Astros-B will look to defend once again in 2018, always a tough task, especially after now winning in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.

BACK (left to right): Janet Prime, Joanne White, Nicole White, Brooke Van Oosten, Maddie Romeril, Patrice Ahl, Tamara Gimon
FRONT (left to right): Verla Wong, Melinda Bretzer, Emilie Pianarosa, Reath Trainor, Maggie Parnis, Morgan Scoville, Anita Massey
LYING DOWN: Charlee Witschi

MISSING: Laura Gordon, Paige Koochin, Laura Mahe (Bevelander), Jill Poohachoff, Lisa Reimer, Peggy Seto, Laura Waller, Mindy Walliser, Holly Wright

Like many of our Astros Club teams this year, Titans underwent a dramatic team makeover from last year as well as from the Fall Seeding to the Fall/Winter Indoor season. Similar to the outdoor season, there were some very challenging moments early in the season when the team were playing shorthanded, but the team eventually established a stronger core of players. With this, Titans found the “silver” lining and while they were disappointed that they weren’t able to win Division IV and have the opportunity to challenge the last-place finisher in Division III, the team ended with a strong 2nd place finish in Division IV.

BACK: Megan Trosch, Kristen Murray, Erin Roberts, Laura Gillan, Sahar Khan, Andrea Zhuang
FRONT: Steph Tench (Coach), Keely Vanderwal, Maris Schneider

MISSING: Lisa Leffelaar (Fall Only), Hope Poole, Maddie Romeril (Designated Sub), Erin Scott

With a number of players graduating and with roster changes being the theme for most of our Astros Club teams, Fury had some new energetic and committed recruits joining the team for the 2016-17 indoor season. The team steadily progressed over the indoor season and surprised a few teams with their willingness to not give up and gradually building up wins and confidence. Fury earned a very convincing 7 – 0 win over Cubs in the semi-finals to earn a berth in their first Gold Medal final. In that final, the team had their opportunities and solid goalkeeping, but were unable to get any goals behind Spartans and lost 3 – 0 in the final. This will be something to build on for next fall as the team celebrates a best-ever strong silver finish.

BACK: Huyen Way (Coach), Jenny Wishart, Kioko Kawasaki, Sydney Snyder, Cindy Thai, Emily LeSage, Sandra Smith (Coach)
KNEELING: Kiya Gosselin, Claire Askey, Siri Olson
FRONT: Alana Madrid

MISSING: Kate Haig, Megan Haig, Fiona Sherrington, *Kim Scott (who plays in goal for Spartans)