By UPEI sports information
CHARLOTTETOWN (CIS) – A complete team effort highlighted by
two overtime goals from All-Canadian Alyssa Lagonia carried the
Laurier Golden Hawks to a tense 2-0 victory over the
Montréal Carabins on Saturday evening in Charlottetown. The
win propels the Hawks into Sundays 2010 CIS Women’s
Soccer Final against fellow OUA conference contender Queens
Gaels.
The bronze medal match up will be the Motréal Carabins and
Fraser Valley Cascades at 10:00 am (AST)
Following a couple of quality chances by the Hawks in the early
going the teams battled until the 70th minute before Laurier began
to take control of the game. Not coincidently this was just after
All-Canadian midfielder Tania Pedron re-entered the game. Pedron
left the field with 8 minutes remaining in the 1st half with an
apparent hamstring injury.
In the last 15 minutes of regulation the Hawks had numerous
chances, sparked by several quality crosses from Heather Malizia.
Montreal defenders denied two apparent sure goals in the 85th
minute, one on a clearance by Claudiane Tremblay and a 2nd when a
Carabins defender made a save on the goal line as the Hawks exerted
pressure to the end.
Lagonia made no mistake staking the Hawks to a 1-0 lead early in
overtime burying a penalty shot to the keeper’s right.
Shortly thereafter Montreal dug themselves a deeper hole as they
had a player sent off with a red card.
Laurier continued to apply pressure with Lagonia sealing the
victory, hammering home a perfect setup from 2nd team All-Canadian
Ali McKee. “I’m ecstatic” beamed Lagonia.
“We played so well, now we get ready for the
final”.
Neither team has won a Gladys Bean Memorial Trophy in over fifteen
years. Tomorrow’s final will be a rematch of last
week’s OUA Championship which Laruier had won.
SCORING
SUMMARY
WLU 0, 0, 1, 1:2
MTR 0, 0, 0, 0: 0
First Half
None
Second Half
None
First Overtime
1. WLU, Alyssa Lagonia (1) 94th
Second Overtime
2. WLU, Alyssa Lagonia (2) 106th
Goalkeepers:
WLU: Mallory Woeller (W, 0-GA, 6 saves, 120:00, 2,0)
MTR: Sarah Therien (L, 2-GA, 4 saves, 120:00, 1-1)
Shots: WLU 17, MTR 12
Corners: WLU 9, MTR 10
Offsides: WLU 1, MTR 1
Fouls: WLU 15, MTR 10
Yellow Cards:
MTR: Claudiane Tremblay
MTR: Virgine Levesque
Red Cards:
MTR: Claire Robbins
Dismissal
MTR Kevin McDonnell
Players of the game:
WLU Jessica Carter
MTR Valérie Labelle
SCHEDULE &
RESULTS (All times LOCAL: Atlantic Time)
Thursday, Nov. 11
10:00 Quarter-final 1: Queen’s 1, Cape Breton 0
13:00 Quarter-final 2: Fraser Valley 2, Laval 0
16:00 Quarter-final 3: Wilfrid Laurier 1, UBC 0
19:30 Quarter-final 4: Montreal 2, UPEI 1 overtime
Friday, Nov. 12
13:00 Consolation 1: Laval 7, Cape Breton 1
16:00 Consolation 2: UBC 4 vs. UPEI 0
Saturday, Nov. 13
13:00 Semifinal 1: Queen’s 2, Fraser Valley 0
16:00 Semifinal 2: Wilfrid Laurier 2, Montréal 0
19:00 Consolation final: Laval vs. UBC(SSN Canada webcast)
Sunday, Nov. 14
10:00 Bronze medal UFV vs. Montréal
(SSN Canada webcast)
13:00 Championship final Queen’s vs. Laurier(SSN Canada
webcast)
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