AROUND OUA: Ridgebacks cruise to their fifth straight win
NORTH BAY, Ont. – After entering the CIS national rankings as the No. 9 team on Tuesday, the UOIT women's soccer team proved that they belong with the country's best as they defeated the Nipissing Lakers 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.
SCOREBOARD
UOIT 3 @ Nipissing 0
Algoma 0 @ Brock 6
Trent 0 @ Laurentian 7
McMaster 0 @ York 2
Windsor 1 @ Laurier 1
Ridgebacks cruise to their fifth straight win
NORTH BAY, Ont. – After entering the CIS national rankings as the No. 9 team on Tuesday, the UOIT women's soccer team proved that they belong with the country's best as they defeated the Nipissing Lakers 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.
The win marks UOIT's fifth straight conference victory as they have outscored their opponents 19-0 over that span.
Saturday's win sets up a showdown in Sudbury with Laurentian on Sunday. Laurentian is trailing the Ridgebacks by four points and are coming off a 7-0 win over Trent. The Voyageurs swept the season series 2-0 over UOIT one year ago.
Athlete of the week Taijah Henderson (Ajax, Ont.) factored in on all three UOIT goals as she scored twice and added an assist.
The Ridgebacks jumped out in front at the 15-minute mark as Henderson scored with Katherine Koehler-Grassau (Greely, Ont.) picking up an assist.
Rhiannon Kissel (Peterborough, Ont.) scored her seventh goal of the year in the 29th minute, with Henderson setting up the freshman striker. Kissel is second in OUA scoring having notched at least one goal in four games.
Henderson capped off a strong first half with her second goal of the game coming in the 40th minute. The second year forward has scored two goals in her last two games giving her four this season.
Helen Frampton (Toronto, Ont.) and Victoria Savage (Woodbrige, Ont.) split time in goal for the cleansheet. UOIT has not allowed a goal in 460 minutes of play with their last goal against coming vs. Carleton on Aug. 28 in the 80th minute.
The Ridgebacks will return home next Saturday when they host the Trent Excalibur. Game time at the Oshawa Civic will be 1 p.m.
Source: UOIT Ridgebacks
Badgers blank Thunderbirds
ST.CATHARINES, ON – The Brock University women's soccer team delivered a crowd-pleasing 6-0 homecoming victory over the Algoma Thunderbirds Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field.
Brock rookie Melanie Schouten (Newmarket, ON) had a career game scoring the Badgers first three goals on her first three shots. She scored goals in the 18th, 25th and 30th minutes as Brock held a 3-0 lead at the half.
Brooke Boekestyn (Jordan Station, ON) added back-to-back goals in the 52nd and 63rd to put the Badgers up 5-0. Olivia Schramowsky (London, ON) added an insurance marker in 83rd minute to round out the scoring.
In goal, Brock rookie Marilena Spagnolo (St. Catharines, ON) and Lauren MacCullouch (Welland, ON) combined for the shutout. Algoma starter Alexis Trigiani-Kirkwood recorded 16 saves in the loss.
The Badgers next action is Sunday at 12 noon when they host the Algoma Thunderbirds at Alumni Field.
Source: Brock Badgers
Laurentian dominates Trent in the rain
The Voyageurs opened up this weekend's play in impressive fashion against Trent Excalibur (0-5), to the tune of a 7-0 victory.
From kickoff it was clear that Laurentian was the day's better squad, evident by their rate of possession and the fact that the match was largely played in Trent's defensive end. The Vee's showed their strength and tenacity by winning what seemed like every 50/50 ball, often leading to lapses on defense from Trent.
The Voyageurs' dominant play paid off with five first half goals, highlighted by a beautiful curling strike by Sarah Sanford from just inside the box. LU notched an additional two scores in the second half to sure up their 7-0 victory over Trent.
Of the Voyageurs' 7 goals, Sanford and Sarah Fitzgerald each nothced two goals, with Fitzgerald grabbing an assist in the second half.
The Voyageurs (4-2) look to sweep the weekend's matches tomorrow against a tough UOIT Ridgebacks squad, who took care of the Nipissing Lakers earlier today to improve their record to 5-1-1.
Source: Laurentian Voyageurs
Lions defeat Marauders to remain unbeaten
The No. 4 nationally-ranked York University Lions women's soccer team picked up its sixth straight win to start the season with a 2-0 victory over the McMaster Marauders at Alumni Field on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 17).
The Lions improved to 6-0-0 with the win and are one of four teams in the OUA West without a loss this season, but remain the only squad in the division with an unblemished record. The Marauders are still winless on the year at 0-5-2.
The Lions wasted little time getting the upper hand in this contest as Marilyn Grammenopoulos (Whitby, Ont.) scored her first of the season less than six minutes in on a pass from Christina Morelli (Markham, Ont.) for a 1-0 lead.
The Lions maintained that advantage into the halftime break and finally got an insurance goal in the 63rd minute off the foot of Kiyani Johnson (Markham, Ont.), her fourth of the season.
That was all goalkeeper Taylor Grant (Brampton, Ont.) would need as she made three saves in the game to earn the clean sheet. Her counterpart, Christina Abbatangelo made five saves in the loss.
Overall, the Lions outshot the Marauders 11-8 and also had five corner kicks, compared to just five for McMaster.
The Lions will now head out on the road for their next six contests, beginning with a trip to Guelph, Ont., on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 18) for a 1pm kick-off. The Gryphons have also yet to record a loss this season at 3-0-2.
Source: York Lions