MONTREAL -- A costly own goal paved the way for the visiting Western Mustangs to force penalty kicks and come away with a 3-2 victory over McGill in the women's final of the Old Four soccer tournament at Percival Molson Stadium, Sunday. The teams finished regulation time at 2-2 but Western claimed the shootout session 5-3.
 
McGill opened the scoring when freshman Tia Lore of Richmond, B.C., connected in the final minute of the first half but Western evened the count in the 83^rd minute when third-year defender Anais Robert accidently redirected a clearing attempt into her own net.
 
However, the Martlets appeared to overcome that miscue just four minutes later when sophomore striker Audrey-Ann Coughlin of Longueuil, Que., tallied what appeared to be the game-winner. But the Mustangs forced penalty-kicks when veteran Paige Howard of Waterloo, Ont., struck pay-dirt two minutes into injury time.
 
In the shootout, all five Western shooters connected, including Stephanie Di Tella, goalkeeper Tori Edgar, Grace Grafham, Paige Howard and Amanda Boyle.  
 
McGill was successful on three of their four shots, with goals coming from the feet of Sarah-Maude Bouchard-Canuel, Margaux Sleckman and Anais Robert. Rookie midfielder Sophie Barlos was stopped on the third McGill attempt.
 
Edgar, a senior from Oakville, Ont., was credited with two saves and collected the win between the pipes for Western. At the other end of the pitch, Sarah Dubois, a junior from Edmonton, started and saved both shots against before being replaced by senior Cassandra Fafalios in the 60th minute.  Fafalios was beaten twice on seven shots and was saddled with the loss for the Martlets.
 
The Mustangs, which improved to 2-1 against CIS teams, open the regular season campaign at Brock on Aug. 29.
 
McGill, which owns a 1-1 record in preseason play, will now head across the border for a pair of scrimmages against NCAA teams. The Martlets play the Yale University Bulldogs in New Haven, Conn., on Aug. 25 at 7 p.m., followed by a morning game in Worcester, Mass., on Aug. 28 against the Assumption College Greyhounds.


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Western	Game Totals	McGill
2	Goals	2
9	Shots On Goal	4
5	Missed Shot Attempts	2
74	% Shot Attempts On Goal	80
37	% Shot Attempts Scored	60
47:50	Time of Possession	42:10
53%	Time of Possession %	47%
583	First Touches	510
9.4	Average Time of a Possession (sec)	8.4
347	Passes	275
60%	Pass Completion %	54%
23	Number of Pass Strings	10
6.8	Average Pass String Length	6.5
11	Longest Pass String	10
2	Corner Kicks	3
10	Fouls Committed	6
2	Goalkeeper Saves	7
50	Goalkeeper Save %	77.8

Scoring Summary

Western 3 (PK 5-3)	McGill 2
83' Team (own goal by Anais Robert) 92' Paige Howard PENALTY KICKS (5): 1. Stephanie Di Tella (goal) 2. Tori Edgar (goal) 3. Grace Grafham (goal) 4. Paige Howard (goal) 5. Amanda Boyle (goal)	45' Tia Lore 87' Audrey-Ann Coughlin PENALTY KICKS (3): 1. Sarah Bouchard-Canuel (goal) 2. Margeaux Sleckman (goal) 3. Sophie Barlos (missed) 4. Anais Robert (goal)

Cards

Western	McGill
None	None

Goalkeepers

Western	McGill
Tori Edgar (W; 2GA, 2 Saves; 90:00)	Sarah Dubois (start; ND; 0GA, 2 Saves, 60:00), Cassandra Fafalios (L; 2GA, 7 Saves, 30:00)

2015 OLD FOUR TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE & RESULTS
(at Molson Stadium, McGill University)

Saturday, Aug. 22

GAME 1 (WOMEN): Western 3, Queen's 2 (PK 3-0)

SCORING:
UWO: Paige Howard, Lauren Winquist
QNS: Brittany Almeida, Sarah Nixon
(PK: UWO: Tianna Deluzio, Tori Edgar, Grace Grafham)

GOALKEEPERS:
UWO: Tori Edgar (W; 90:00; 2GA)
QNS: Madison Tyrell (L; 90:00, 3GA)

GAME 2 (MEN): Western 2, Queen's 0

SCORING:
UWO: Jacob Peplinski & Lucas Ventura
QNS: (none)

GOALKEEPERS:
UWO: Ben Cowman (W; 90:00, 0GA, SHO)
QNS: Taylor Reynolds (L; 90:00, 2GA)

GAME 3 (WOMEN): McGill 1, Toronto 0

SCORING:
McG: Daphnee Morency-Roussin
TOR: (none)

GOALKEEPERS:
McG: Cassandra Fafalios (start; W; 60:00; 0GA) & Kristin Hackett (ND; 30:00, 0GA)
TOR: Sara Petrucci (L; 90:00, 1GA)

GAME 4 (MEN):  McGill 1, Toronto 0

SCORING:
McG: Alexandre De Santis
TOR: (none)

GOALKEEPERS:
McG: Thomas Daechsel (W; 90:00, 0GA, SHO)
TOR: Rab Bruce-Lockhart (L; 90:00, 1GA)


Sunday, Aug. 23

GAME 5 (WOMEN'S CONSOLATION): Toronto 4, Queen's 3

SCORING:
TOR: Julia Gonsalves (2), Nicki Parkes Emma Ostermeier
QNS: Brittany Almeida, Jessie de Boer, Sarah Nixon

GOALKEEPERS:
TOR: Sara Petrucci (W; 90:00, 3GA)
QNS: Michaila Frawley (L; 90:00, 4GA)


GAME 6 (MEN'S CONSOLATION): Queen's 1, Toronto 0
SCORING:
QNS: Rory McParland
TOR: (none)

GOALKEEPERS:
QNS: Taylor Reynolds (W; 90:00, 0GA; SHO)
TOR: Mark Rogal (L; 90:00, 1GA)

GAME 7 (WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP): Western 3, McGill 2 (PK 5-3)
SCORING:
UWO: Paige Howard (1), UWO Team (own goal by Anais Robert)
McG: Audrey-Anne Coughlin, Tia Lore

PENALTY KICK GOALS:
UWO: Steph Ditella, Tori Edgar, Grace Grafham, Paige Howard, Amanda Boyle
McG: Sarah-Maude Bouchard, Margaux Sleckman, Anais Robert

GOALKEEPERS:
UWO: Tori Edgar (W; 90:00; 2GA)
McG: Sarah Dubois (L; 90:00; 2GA)


GAME 8 (MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP): Western 2, McGill 1

SCORING:
UWO: Mark Serjeant (1:00), Owen Huntington (84:00)
McG: Thomas Bissett (74:00)

GOALKEEPERS:
UWO: Kody Thomson (W; 90:00, 1GA)
McG: Max Leblond (L; 90:00, 2GA)


SOURCE:
 
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