North Bay, Ontario – Nipissing Lakers Women's Soccer completed their 2026 regular season schedule with two important wins at home this past weekend.
On Saturday, October 17th, the Trent Excalibur were the opponents for a 12:00PM kick-off.
In the first half, it was Annika Nolte who scored in the 9th minute that gave the Lakers a 1-0 lead. Nolte would add another goal at the 12:46 mark to put the Lakers up 2-0.
Hannah Neville scored at 16:19, Avery Baker added a goal at 18:17, and Neville recorded two more goals to complete her hattrick prior to the 30th minute to secure a dominant 6-0 lead for Nipissing after the first half.
In the second, Hannah Neville scored at 61:03 for her fourth of the match. Neville would add her fifth of the contest at 70:00 before scoring her sixth at 79:29.
Annika Nolte would score the Lakers final goal at 81:11 as Women's Soccer completed an impressive 10-2 win.
Nipissing outshot Trent 25-7 in the match. Trent managed 11 saves, while Nipissing recorded 4.
Nipissing goalies Hayden Hanley and rookie Nyomi Paul both appeared in net in the match, with both recording two saves.
Then, on Sunday, October 18th, the Lakers took the field in their final regular season match of the 2026 campaign. The TMU Bold were the opponents.
In the first, it was Annika Nolte who got the Lakers going with a free kick goal at 17:13.
Tegan Pennington wouldn't wait long to double the Lakers' lead, scoring at 21:27, unassisted.
The 2-0 lead would hold through 45 minutes of play for the Lakers.
TMU began to press to get on the scoresheet in the early moments of the second half. However, it was Hannah Neville that scored Nipissing's third goal of the afternoon, and her eighth in two games, that would seal a 3-0 shutout win for Nipissing.
Lakers goalkeeper Hayden Hanley stopped all 5 TMU shots on goal during the match for the clean sheet.
Nipissing outshot TMU 14-5. TMU recorded 5 saves to Nipissing's 4.
With the two wins, Women's Soccer finishes their 2026 regular season with an 8-3-1 record in 12 games, good for second place in the OUA East division with 25 points.
Nipissing has qualified for the 2026 Playoffs as the #2 seed and will face the winner of the #3 U of T Varsity Blues vs. #6 TMU Bold matchup slated for Wednesday, October 21st.
The winner of that match will face the Lakers at Nipissing Turf Field on Saturday, October 24th at 1:00PM.
