TORONTO --  Lisa Perrett, a senior defender from Vancouver, B.C., converted a corner kick made by Audrey-Ann Coughlan in the 68th minute of play as the McGill University women's soccer team blanked Toronto Varsity Blues 1-0 on  Sunday to capture the Old Four soccer tournament at U of T's Varsity Centre.

It improved McGill's record to 3-0 in preseason play and was the first tourney title for the Martlets since 2012.

"I'm very happy with the way we're playing," said Jose-Luis Valdes, in his fourth season as head coach of the Martlets. "We're already implementing the style of play that we want to utilize for the season. When you win, it's easier to convince them that this is how we want to play. We've been able to maintain a higher ball-possession time in almost every half that we've played this past week, so that's a very positive sign. Offensively, we have more scoring depth than in recent years."

McGill goalkeeper Cassandra Fafalios, a political science senior from Richmond Hill, Ont., made four saves to earn the shutout. U of T rookie Vanna Staggiolis registered five saves in a losing cause.

Both teams had chances to score early in the contest. Staggiolis was put to the test when McGill's Daphnee Morency found herself with an open lane in the 19^th minute, but Staggiolis came up with the stop.
 
Minutes later, Blues veteran midfielder Nicki Parkes broke into the box and hammered a shot off the crossbar. Morency-Roussin followed that up with a booming shot into U of T's post just over a minute later.
 
Two more exhibition contests remain on the Martlets schedule before regular season play begins. McGill will put their modest three-game win streak on the line when they play host to St. Michael's College, an NCAA team from Colchester, Vt., on Aug. 24. Kickoff is 6 p.m. at Percival Molson Stadium.

 
OLD FOUR SOCCER TOURNAMENT

WOMEN'S RESULTS
Saturday, August 20
Toronto 2, Western 1
McGill 3, Queen's 1
 
Sunday, August 21
Consolation: Western 1, Queen's 0
Championship: McGill 1, Toronto 0 

SoccerMeter for iPad Game Data

Toronto	Game Totals	McGill
0	Goals	1
4	Shots On Goal	7
1	Missed Shot Attempts	10
80	% Shot Attempts On Goal	41
0	% Shot Attempts Scored	6
42:18	Time of Possession	47:42
47%	Time of Possession %	53%
488	First Touches	569
8.4	Average Time of a Possession (sec)	9.4
250	Passes	331
51%	Pass Completion %	58%
35	Number of Pass Strings	48
4.2	Average Pass String Length	4.4
8	Longest Pass String	8
2	Corner Kicks	4
5	Fouls Committed	6
6	Goalkeeper Saves	4
86	Goalkeeper Save %	100

Scoring Summary

Toronto 0	McGill 1
None	68' Lisa Perrett (Coughlan)

Cards

Toronto	McGill
None	None

Goalkeepers

Toronto	McGill
Vanna Staggiolis (L, 5 SVS, 1GA; 90:00)	Cassandra Fafalios (W; 4 SVS, 0GA, SHO; 90:00)

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Sports Info Office
(514) 398-7012
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca