Ottawa Fury News Release - www.ottawafury.com
Monday, April 11, 2011
OTTAWA, ON - The Ottawa Fury are pleased to announce that goalkeeper Jasmine Phillips and striker Christina Julien will be returning for the 2011 W-League season. Both local products that graduated from the Fury Youth Program were instrumental in helping the Fury earn their 7th consecutive division title in 2010. Returning under new head coach Dom Oliveri these two look to play a major factor in helping the Women’s team capture that elusive W-League Championship.
"We are extremely excited with the return of Jasmine and Christina," remarked W-League head coach Dom Oliveri. "Both are International caliber players who have graduated from our Fury youth program. They have had a tremendous impact with our team over the last couple of seasons and we look forward to that continuing in 2011.
Phillips has been the last line of defence for the Fury the past two season’s helping the Fury surrender the second fewest goals (5) in the entire W-League in 2010 that saw Phillips post a 7-1-3 record and 5 clean sheets in 12 starts putting her in the top five in goalkeeping categories across the league. While Phillips would seldom face many shots she always proved clutch when the call came. This season will mark Phillips’ fifth season in the W-League, her first two spent with the Boston Renegades, sporting a career record of 21-8-5 with 13 shutouts in 38 games. Phillips is also the proud owner of two NCAA records and countless records at the University of Maine where she amassed an all-time record of 34-19-12 with 35 clean sheets and a career GAA of 0.52 with the Black Bears.
Like Phillips, Christina ’Corky’ Julien is entering her fifth W-League season, her fourth with the Fury. In 2010 she was tied for second on the team with 4 goals on the season helping the Fury earn the league’s fifth-best offence. Corky’s four W-League seasons, that saw her spend 2009 with the Laval Comets, has seen her collect 19 goals and 2 assists in 42 games. Julien is also a graduate of James Madison University where she helped lead the Dukes to a sweet-16 run in the NCAA playoffs in 2008. Her successes at the NCAA and W-League ranks are a major part in her invitation to the Canadian Women’s National team back in 2009. She has appeared in 24 games, starting 12, for the Women’s senior side tallying 5 career goals, including a goal in her very first match on her very first shot. While Julien wil be representing Canada at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany, she will be joining the Fury upon the completion of the World Cup.
The Fury Women open the 2011 W-League campaign on the road May 28 and 29 at Rochester and Hamilton respectively before their home opener on June 3 where they are an impressive 17-1-2 lifetime at Algonquin College. In the teams modern era (2003) the are an impressive 8-0-0 in season openers.