Intramural soccer comes to a close

by Ken Colby
Staff Writer

Intramural soccer came to an exciting end with a victory by Chet’s team over Chi Delta Omicron to take home the Intramural Soccer Championship with a 7-6 victory April 15 in the Old Gym.

While the offense of Chet’s team was in possession of the ball most of the game, Chi Delta Omicron made the most of its possessions but could not take the win.

The stifling defense of Chet’s team, led by junior Chet Jusakul, bent but never broke. Chi Delta Omicron’s best opportunity to tie was a diving kick that went off the goal post.

On the first real offensive possession for Chet’s team, the players set up a well-executed give-and-go, which gave the team the first goal of the game.

That was the first of many goals by Chet’s team; however, Chi Delta Omicron would not sit back and take this, down 7-1 they went on a five-goal scoring run to bring the game within one.

Unfortunately for them, the run was too little too late, they lost the game 7-6, and took second place overall.

“It felt good winning the championship in my first year playing,” said freshmen Steven Lane, player on Chet’s team. “We had this game won easily; got too relaxed and let them back in.”

The same night, a consolation game was played between team Sigma Alpha Epsilon and team Phi Delta Theta.

SAE was determined not to lose two games in a row, and after a hard fought battle, team SAE was victorious.

Intramural sports this winter have been a huge success, with a large number of students participating and watching.

Jay Aguila, who is in charge of the intramural program, was very happy with the outcome of the soccer season, which underwent a change in rules from last year.

“The season went great, it was a little shorter than I would have liked, but it went really well and the players enjoyed it,” Aguila said.

However, some students did have a few issues of how it was organized and run.

“Intramurals were horribly organized, players weren’t sure when games were and to top it off the referees sucked,” sophomore Ben De Ayora said.

But for the most part, students enjoyed intramurals and found that it gives them an organized way to relive their high school athletic glory days, albeit with a little less seriousness.

“The intramural program allows me to play in a competitive game without the pressure of being on a college team,” graduate student Alex La said.

An awards banquet will be held in Davenport Dining Hall April 26 for all participants to come and have one last hurrah with their team before the chapter of indoor soccer is closed and the one of basketball opens May 3.

Watch the Student Center desk for intramural basketball sign ups starting soon.