Sea-Hawks Drop First Game of the Season

Sea-Hawks Drop First Game of the Season

Sydney, NS- Ciera DiSipio (Ottawa, ON), Rachel Leck (Pickering, ON) & Alyssa Armstrong (St.John's, NL) each scored singles for the Capers and senior Keona Simmonds(Brampton, ON) scored a pair of goals in the Capers surprising 5-0 win over the Memorial Sea-Hawks. Keeper Rachel Yerxa (Mississauga, ON) turned aside 4 shots on the way to a clean sheet.

Turning point

Rachel Leck scored while falling down in the 8th minute which put the Capers up 2-0 early on against the 1st place Sea-Hawks. From that point on CBU kept attacking in waves and keep the usual potent Memorial offense at bay.

Individual Leaders

  • 3rd-year Capers Simmonds and 5th year Armstrong led the way with 2 points apiece
  • Simmonds led all scorers with 2 goals
  • Armstrong and a pair of CBU rookies, Amelia Carlini (Ottawa, ON) & MacKenna King (Barrie, ON) each had assist
  • Simmonds & DiSipio led the game with 3 shots on a goal each with 2 shots
  • Sea-Hawk keeper Sydney Walsh led in saves with 7 

News & Notes

The Capers moved to 5-0-0

Memorial falls to  4-1-0

CBU has moved into 1st place in the AUS standings

Capers goalie Yerxa recorded her 2 shutouts of the season

Capers received 5 fouls

Sea-Hawks received 3 fouls