Women's Soccer Sept 26-27
Oshawa/Kingston, Ontario – Lakers Women's Soccer wrapped up a busy weekend on the road and collected two important wins at Ontario Tech and Royal Military College.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, the Lakers visited Vaso's Field in Oshawa, Ontario, for a matchup with the Ridgebacks.
It was Bella Nolte that got the Lakers on the board at 2:48 of the first half, unassisted. The Laker lead lasted until Tech tied things at 8:17.
Hannah Neville recorded the Lakers second goal of the match at 12:04 and it was 2-1 for Nipissing. Just over a minute later, Tech once again tied the match, this time at two apiece.
Tech broke the deadlock at 27:53, taking a 3-2 lead. However, it was Neville again who scored, this time assisted by Annika Nolte.
3-3 was the score after the first half.
Early in the second half, it was Annika Nolte who scored one of her own, which ended up being the game's winning goal, at 52:12. The Lakers took a 4-3 lead and held on to grba their fourth win of the season.
Nipissing and Tech each recorded 10 shots in the match. Nipissing's Hayden Hanley recorded 4 saves in the victory.
Building on a big win, the Lakers rolled into Kingston for a match with the RMC Paladins on Sunday, Sept. 27.
In the first half, it was Tegan Pennington who got Nipissing on the board at 14:00. The goal was assisted by Avery Baker, and the Lakers led 1-0.
The lead would be doubled by Bella Nolte at 45:00 and the Lakers took a 2-0 lead to the lockerroom after 45 minutes.
In the second half, RMC scored at 56:00 to cut the Nipissing lead to just one goal.
The Lakers bounced back and limited the damage before Bella Nolte struck for her second goal of the match, and third of the weekend, to put the Lakers up 3-1. The Lakers held onto the two-goal margin and collected their second win in as many days.
Nipissing outshot RMC 15-7 in the win. RMC recorded 9 saves to Nipissing's 4. Hayden Hanley stopped 4 of 5 Paladins shots on net in the win.
The two victories move Women's Soccer to a 5-2 record this season, good for 15 points and third place in the OUA East.
WSoc is back in action on Saturday, October 3rd at 12PM at home when the Queen's Gaels are the opponents. Then, on Sunday, October 4th at 12PM, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues will be the opponents, also at home. Catch both games live at Nipissing's Turf Field or stream online at OUA.tv.
