(PHOTO BY ANDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)
MONTREAL - Jenna Holdham, a sophomore defender
from Ottawa, scored the game-winner as visiting McGill blanked UQAM
1-0 in Quebec university women's soccer at the Centre Claude
Robillard, Sunday.
The No.8-ranked Martlets improved to 2-0 after sweeping both
weekend games, including a 2-0 whitewash at Bishop's in the season
opener, Friday.
Holdham hit pay-dirt on a header in the 19th minute of play,
converting a free kick awarded to defender Kelsey Wilson of Pincourt, Que.
Victoria Muccilli, a 5-foot-9 sophomore
goalkeeper from Mississauga, Ont., made four saves to earn the
shutout.
The game wasn't as close as the final score indicated because
McGill failed to convert numerous scoring opportunities. They were
thwarted time and time again by UQAM 'keeper Constance
Laroche-Lefebvre and a solid defensive performance, led by
all-Canadian Justine
Labrecque.
"We had possession for most of the match and did not expose
ourselves to any scoring threats - for the second straight outing,"
said a head coach Marc Mounicot, who collected his
201st career victory behind the McGill bench.
The Martlets had a 9-5 territorial edge in shots toward net, a
19-1 advantage in crosses and a 9-1 margin in corner kicks.
"We looked well-organized and showed superior conditioning as
the game wore on," added Mounicot. "It was a good weekend for us,
two nice wins while keeping the opposition far away from our net.
Our back four defenders were solid and the team seems to have
adjusted very well to the new system of play that we have
implemented."
McGill will host Concordia in their home-opener on Sept. 16,
followed by a road game at Laval, Sept. 18.
MARTLET MURMURS: The Martlets played both games over the weekend
without six injured veterans, including Katherine
Green, Hannah Rivkin, Anna
Smith, Meghan Bourque and Carolyn
Bell, plus Bahar Sansar, a first-year
transfer from the University of South Florida. However, Coach
Mounicot indicated that he expects to have as many as three of them
back in the line-up next weekend.
SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 1, UQAM 0
(at Centre Claude Robillard)
FIRST HALF:
1.McGill: Jenna Holdham (Kelsey Wilson) 19
SECOND HALF:
(no scoring)
GOALKEEPERS:
McGill: Victoria Muccilli (W, 0 GA, 4 SVS, SHO;
90:00)
UQAM: Constance Laroche-Lefebvre (L, 1 GA, 5
SVS, 90:00)
SHOTS TOWARD NET:
McGill 6 on net, 3 off
UQAM 4 on net, 1 off
CROSSES:
UQAM 1
McGill 19
CORNERS:
McGill 9
UQAM 1
FOULS:
McGill 18
UQAM 8
OFFSIDES:
McGill 3
UQAM 0
PLAYERS OF THE GAME:
McGill: Julia Bahen
UQAM: Justine Labrecque
McGILL's STARTING LINEUP:
G: Muccilli
D: Holdham, Wilson, Bahen, Hooper
M: Nussbaum, Hoyt, Wakeling, Armstrong
F: R.Green, Morin-Boucher
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Colarossi for Armstrong (46:00)
Bland-Lasso for Hoyte (75:00)
Armstrong for Colarossi (85:00)
DRESSED BUT DID NOT PLAY:
Kirby, Slomowitz, Colvin, Avery, Bui
SCRATCHES (all injured):
K. Green, Sansar, Rivkin, Smith, Bourque, Bell
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
