Women's Soccer | 9/29/2017 11:47:00 PM

MONTREAL -- Rookie Victoria Sturgess of Quakertown, Pa., scored the game-winner as McGill blanked Bishop's 2-0 in RSEQ women's soccer at Percival Molson Stadium on Friday.

The Martlets now hold a 20-game win streak over the Gaiters and improved to 51-0-1 overall against Bishop's since BU joined the Quebec league in 1992. 

McGill maintained 67 per cent of possession, outshot its guests 21-2 overall and had an 8-3 advantage in corner kicks. Despite a strong first half, two early second-half goals proved the difference.

"We were in very good control but Bishop's defends very well and we just had to wear them down a bit," explained Martlets head coach Jose-Luis Valdes. "Everything in the game plan was good, the intensity was good. Every player that went on the field, whether as a starter or as a player off the bench, everybody contributed. The intensity, the intelligence on the ball and the ball movement were maintained throughout the whole game so I was really, really happy."

The 46th-minute tally marked the first career goal for Sturgess, a 5-foot-10 forward in her first ever start. The bioengineering freshman received the ball and turned toward her right before putting a left foot shot into the low corner.
Defender Lisa Perrett of Vancouver capitalized on a Gaiters error to double the lead five minutes later. After a miscommunication between the Bishop's goalkeeper and a defender led to the ball popping free in the box, Perrett finished her run and had a clean shot straight into the net in the 51st minute.

McGill started three first-year players at forward: Sturgess, Noemie Briollais of Toronto and Ariane Ducharme of Notre Dame des Prairies, Que.

"(We went with all rookies) due to trying to rest a few players," said Valdes. "But it was a good match-up to put those three players against Bishop's because of the physicality. We put a couple of strong kids up front, which gave us a bit of an edge there."

Sophomore 'keeper Hannah Boshari of Toronto made two saves to earn the win in her first start of the season.

Her Bishop's counterpart, Mehana Heins, was called upon for a massive 14 saves in a losing cause and earned player of the match honours for the Gaiters.

Centre back Natasha Tcheki-Jamgotchian of Pierrefonds, Que., was named Game MVP for McGill.

The Martlets (2-3-2) visit Sherbrooke (2-3-2) on Sunday (Oct. 1) at 3:30 p.m. Bishop's (1-4-2) plays Concordia (1-3-3) that afternoon.

SoccerMeter for iPad Game Data

McGill	Game Total	Bishop's
2	Goals	0
10	Shots On Goal	2
15	Missed Shot Attempts	0
40	% Shot Attempts On Goal	100
8	% Shot Attempts Scored	0
60:28	Time of Possession	29:32
67%	Time of Possession %	33%
791	First Touches	436
10.1	Average Time of a Possession (sec)	5.0
509	Passes	155
64%	Pass Completion %	36%
40	Number of Pass Strings	4
7.1	Average Pass String Length	5.2
12	Longest Pass String	6
8	Corner Kicks	3
6	Fouls Committed	6
2	Goalkeeper Saves	10
100	Goalkeeper Save %	83

Scoring Summary
 

McGill 2	Bishop's 0
46' Victoria Sturgess (unassisted) 51' Lisa Perret (unassisted)	(None)

Cards

McGill	Bishop's
(None)	(None)

Goaltenders

McGill	Bishop's
Hannah Boshari (W, SHO, 2 SVS, 0GA, 90:00)	Mehara Heins (L, 10 SVS, 2GA, 90:00)

GAME MVPs

McGill	Bishop's
Natasha Tcheki Jamgotchian	Mehara Heins