A Few Things Clarified and Dal Women's Roster

As you may know if you've been following our reports, we've been working without rosters for the last few days. Good news is, they're out now. Here are a few of the more glaring corrections:

• Using last year's rosters as best we could, we incorrectly identified Ashley Donald as a SMU player. She has since transferred to Dal and is wearing number 14 this year, which means she was labelled as Sarah Lye--who is not returning--in previosu posts.
  
• Alannah MacLean has switched to #12 which means she's been listed as Emily Cox for a few posts.
• Katelyn Grechuck is in fact Brianna Ford.
• Taryn McKenna was incorrectly idnetified as Hanna Bebb.
• The mysterious #8 is Beth O'Reilly.
• #7 is Stephanie Crewe.
• #4 is Teresa Morrison, formerly of St. FX.
• Joanna Blodgett's name is not spelled Boldgett.
  

Apologies for any inconvenience. We now have AUS rosters, so such issues should be avoided in the future.

Dalhousie Tigers Womens Roster (from Dal Atheltics website):

#	Name	Position	Hometown	Major
-1	Louise Yeon	Keeper	Ottawa, ON	Science
0	Rebecca Holm	Keeper	Calgary, AB	Science
1	Taryn McKenna	Keeper	Calgary, AB	Arts
2	Haley MacDonald	Striker	Tsawwassen, BC	Science
3	Lesley d'Apollonia	Striker	Dartmouth, NS	Kinesiology
4	Teresa Morrison	Midfield	Halifax, NS	Dentistry
5	Colleen MacDonald	Defence	Elmsdale, NS	Arts
6	Katie Richard	Striker	Halifax, NS	Arts
7	Stephanie Crewe	Defence	Dartmouth, NS	Science
8	Beth O'Reilly	Striker	Dartmouth, NS	Science
9	Kate MacDonald	Striker	Elmsdale, NS	Kinesiology
10	Jeanette Huck	Defence	Hatchet Lake, NS	Commerce
11	Laura Johnstone	Defence	Dartmouth, NS	MREM
12	Alannah MacLean	Defence	Vancouver, BC	Arts
13	Joanna Blodgett	Midfield	Ottawa, ON	Science
14	Ashley Donald	Midfield	Hamilton, ON	Law
16	Kim Hardy	Defence	Dartmouth, NS	Science
17	Kyla Gunderson	Midfield	Vancouver, BC	Arts
18	Anna McKilligan	Midfield	Vancouver, BC	English
19	Reika Santilli	Midfield	Halifax, NS	Commerce
20	Emma Landry	Midfield	Ottawa, ON	Science
21	Gillian Clarke	Defence	Calgary, AB	Arts
22	Brianna Ford	Striker	Halifax, NS	Arts
23	Amanda Henry	Midfield	Winnipeg, MB	Science
24	Heather Armstrong	Keeper	Ottawa, ON	Engineering

Some thoughts on this team:

It looks a good team, from what we've seen on the field. 12 new players coming in by my count.

It is perhaps a group that will score a few more goals than last year. Both Emma Landry and Beth O'Reilly look promising and have seen some considerable preseason playing time from coach Jack Hutchison.

Stephanie Crewe has looked poised at left back and may give Alannah MacLean a little bit of a fight for her spot. Ashely Donald will give tremendous depth to a back line that was already very, very good last year. The loss of Stephanie Collins will hurt, but Donald is a more than adequate replacement.

Dal were second only to CBU in the least goals conceded in AUS last year. That was due in large part to the Capers Jessica MacDermid.

The biggest weakness, though it is probably a small one, is the central midfield. Reika Santilli was playing with Donald, who more often played defense for SMU last year. It remains to be seen if that combination works out.

The Tigers lack a striker over 5'8, and most of their regulars are shorter than that, which means balls will need to come on from the midfield on the ground more so than in the air from the defense. Look for a lot of wing play from Huck, MacLean, Crewe, and Richard to make-up for the lack of depth at central midfield.

-Dylan Matthias