MONTREAL -- Amelie Tremblay, a senior defender from Montreal snapped a 3-3 draw in the 73rd minute to give visiting Sherbrooke a 4-3 victory over the McGill University women's soccer team in wet, humid conditions at Molson Stadium, Friday.

The lead changed hands four times in the regular season-opener, which started 20 minutes late due to an early evening thunderstorm in the Montreal area.  Sherbrooke finished second in the eight-team RSEQ conference with a 10-3-1 record, four points ahead of the fourth-place Martlets (8-3-3).

A wild first half featured five goals, with the Vert & Or taking a 3-2 lead into halftime. McGill tied it up at 3-3 in the 60th minute when junior Daphnee Morency-Roussin of Boulder, Co., converted a nice crossing pass from Rebecca Green, a senior from Green's harbour, Nfld.

Less than 10 minutes later, Sherbrooke's Audrey Lagarde was awarded a penalty-kick after a McGill defender was called for a hand-ball. But Martlets goalkeeper Cassandra Fafalios, a sophomore from Richmond Hill, Ont., made a spectacular diving save to her right.

A few minutes later, Marie-Eve Jacques deposited a nice pass which split two McGill defenders, setting up the game-winning tally by Tremblay.

McGill had a 9-8 edge in shots on goal and a 15-14 advanbtage in attemped shots.

"It was not the typical soccer game and was packed with a lot of scoring chances," said Jose-Luis Valdes, in his second season as McGill head coach. "Sherbrooke has a very strong lineup, packed with imposing players up front. But we are also strong offensively and every time they scored to take the lead, there was no let down on our side and we battled back. So I have to be happy with that aspect of our game... We appeared very nervous in the first half but we settled down at halftime, made a few adjustments and regained possession of the game. The chances were there but we just didn't put them away, unfortunately."

In the first half, Laura Veilleux gave the Vert & Or a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute of play but three minutes later, Rebecca Green evened the count at 1-1. Sherbrooke regained the upper-hand when Audrey Lagarde tallied in the 29th minute but McGill rallied again when Audrey-Ann Coughlan struck paydirt in the 40th minute. Jacques replied two minutes later to give Sherbrooke the lead heading into intermission.

Coughlan left the contest in the 57th minute with what appeared to be an ankle injury. She will be re-evaluated on Saturday and her status for McGill's road game at Concordia on Sunday (1 pm) is not yet known.
 

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SHERBROOKE 4, McGILL 3
 

McGill	Game Totals	Sherbrooke
3	Goals	4
9	Shots On Goal	8
6	Missed Shot Attempts	6
60	% Shot Attempts On Goal	57
20	% Shot Attempts Scored	29
35:55	Time of Possession	33:52
51%	Time of Possession %	49%
526	First Touches	458
9.7	Average Time of a Possession (sec)	9.1
303	Passes	236
58%	Pass Completion %	52%
47	Number of Pass Strings	41
4.9	Average Pass String Length	4.2
12	Longest Pass String	11
6	Corner Kicks	2
9	Fouls Committed	7
4	Goalkeeper Saves	6
50	Goalkeeper Save %	67

Scoring Summary

McGill 3	Sherbrooke 4
20' Rebecca Green (Margaux Sleckman) 40' Audrey-Ann Coughlan (Rebecca Green) 60' Daphnee Morency-Roussin (Rebecca Green)	17' Laura Veilleux (Christina Ares-St.Onge) 29' Audrey Lagarde (Amelie Tremblay) 42' Marie-Eve Jacques (Laura Veilleux) 73' Amelie Tremblay (Audrey Lagarde)

GOALKEEPERS:
Sherbrooke: Elena Waldispuehl (W, 3 GA, 6 saves, 90:00)
McGill: Cassandra Fafalios (L, 4 GA, 4 saves, 90:00)

ATTENDANCE: 281

Cards

McGill	Sherbrooke
61' Julia Vetere (Yellow) 76' Alexandra Tinfow (Yellow)	None

McGILL STARTERS:
McGILL STARTING LINE-UP

G: Cassandra Fafalios
D: Hannah Kirby
D: Alexandra Tinfow
D: Zoe Fasoulakis
D: Anais Robert
M: Stefania Folino*
M: Meghan Bourque
M: Claudia Agozzini*
F: Audrey-Ann Coughlan*
F: Rebecca Green
F: Margaux Sleckman
 
*freshman

McGILL SUBSTITUTIONS:
46' Sarah Bourque (replaced Sleckman)
46' Julia Vetere* (replaced Folino)
57' Daphnee Morency-Roussin [replaced Coughlan (injd)]
80' Elisabeth Perrett (replaced Meghan Bourque)

LINEUP SCRATCHES:
G Elissa McCarron (dressed but DNP)
G Sarah Dubois
D: Judith Schmitz*
D: Justine Enns*
D: Alyssa Crichton
D: Selwynne Hawkins*
F: Taylor Anderson
F: Amanda Gonzalez


 

McGill 1st Half Sherbrooke 2 Goals 3 6 Shots On Goal 4 2 Missed Shot Attempts 2 75 % Shot Attempts On Goal 67 25 % Shot Attempts Scored 50 17:42 Time of Possession 18:22 49% Time of Possession % 51% 268 First Touches 246 11.0 Average Time of a Possession (sec) 11.2 171 Passes 149 64% Pass Completion % 61% 28 Number of Pass Strings 28 5.1 Average Pass String Length 4.5 12 Longest Pass String 11 1 Corner Kicks 1 6 Fouls Committed 3 1 Goalkeeper Saves 4 25 Goalkeeper Save % 67

McGill 2nd Half Sherbrooke 1 Goals 1 3 Shots On Goal 4 4 Missed Shot Attempts 4 43 % Shot Attempts On Goal 50 14 % Shot Attempts Scored 12 18:12 Time of Possession 15:30 54% Time of Possession % 46% 258 First Touches 212 8.7 Average Time of a Possession (sec) 7.4 132 Passes 87 51% Pass Completion % 41% 19 Number of Pass Strings 13 4.6 Average Pass String Length 3.7 9 Longest Pass String 6 5 Corner Kicks 1 3 Fouls Committed 4 3 Goalkeeper Saves 2 75 Goalkeeper Save % 67

 

McGill Lineup # G A PTS Y-1 Y-2 R MVP Agozzino, Claudia 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bourque, Meghan 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bourque, Sarah 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coughlan, Audrey-ann 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Enns, Justine 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fafalios, Cassandra 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fasoulakis, Zoe 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Folino, Stefania 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez, Amanda 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Green, Rebecca 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 Kirby, Hannah 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morency-roussin, Daphnée 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Perrett, Elisabeth 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert, Anaïs 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sleckman, Margaux 23 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Tinfow, Alexandra 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Vetere, Julia 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

McGill Goalkeeper # W L T SHO Mins. GA SAVES GAA Fafalios, Cassandra 22 0 1 0 0 90 4 4 4.00

Sherbrooke Lineup # MJ Buts Passes PTS CJ 2CJ CR MVP Arès st-onge, Christina 19 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Brien-roch, Laurence 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Desrosiers, Anne 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Desrosiers, Laurence 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gauthier-dussureault, Anne 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Genesse, Paméla 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jacques, Marie-eve 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Lagarde, Audrey 10 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 Lamothe, Stéphanie 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lantier, Geneviève 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marcoux, Audrey 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morin, Pascale 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surprenant, Frédérique 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tremblay, Amélie 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Veilleux, Laura 23 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Waldispuehl, Elena 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GARDIE DE BUT # G P N BL Min. joués BC Arrêts Moyenne Waldispuehl, Elena 22 1 0 0 0 90 4 5 4.00