Women's Soccer | 9/21/2018 11:57:00 PM

MONTREAL -- Defender Nathalie Brunelle of Montreal scored once and added a helper as the McGill women's soccer team tripled visiting Bishop's 3-1 on a rain-drenched pitch at Percival Molson Stadium, Friday. The game was played under monsoon-like conditions -- remnants of a tornado warning that hit the Ottawa valley, west of Montreal -- in the second half.

The victory extended McGill's undefeated streak to 3-0-1 in the RSEQ conference.The Martlets sit third in the seven-team league, just one point in arrears of UQTR (4-0-2) and three back of division-leading Montreal (5-0-1).

"With the wet pitch, it was a bit more challenging to make it look pretty out there," said head coach Jose-Luis Valdes. "But we found a way to move the ball around and create a few scoring opportunities. The goal that we gave up was a miscommunication that led to a mistake. But that happens in wet conditions like we had tonight. We made some adjustments at halftime and told the team to keep it simple to minimize risk."

Brunelle, a psychology junior, opened the scoring for McGill before the game was six minutes old and added a helper on the the insurance marker by Ariane Ducharme of Notre Dame des Prairies, Que., in the 64th minute of play.

"Brunelle received the ball out on the wing, overlapped on a player, then headed down to the goal-line and beat the 'keeper on the short side," explained Valdes.

Gaiters striker Kayla Kyle knotted the score at 1-1 with an unassisted tally in the 14th minute but any hopes for an upset were dashed 13 minutes later when Tia Lore of Richmond, B.C., regained the lead for the home side with what proved to be the game-winner. Stefania Folina drew an assist on the play, which set the stage for Ducharme's goal.

The Martlets dominated with a 15-4 advantage in shots attempted and a 5-2 margin on net. Goalkeeper Sarah Dubois, a fifth-year engineering senior from Edmonton, was credited with making just one save to earn the victory. Bishop's 'keeper Mehanna Heins made two saves and took the loss.

McGill (4-1-1) plays next at Concordia (1-4-1) on Sunday, Sept. 23, at 3 p.m.

 

2018 RSEQ Women's Soccer Standings • Classement de la saison régulière du RSEQ 2018

Pos	Team / Équipe	GP/MJ	W/V	L/D	T/N	GF/BP	GA/BC	PTS
1	Montréal	6	5	0	1	16	0	16
2	UQTR	6	4	0	2	8	4	14
3	McGill	6	4	1	1	11	8	13
4	Laval	6	3	1	2	16	7	11
5	UQAM	6	1	4	1	3	10	4
6	Sherbrooke	6	1	4	1	9	12	4
7	Concordia	6	1	4	1	6	18	4
8	Bishop's	6	0	5	1	2	12	1

GAME STATS AT A GLANCE
 

McGill	Game Total	Bishop's
3	Goals	1
5	Shots On Goal	2
10	Missed Shot Attempts	2
33	% Shot Attempts On Goal	50
20	% Shot Attempts Scored	25
55:48	Time of Possession	34:12
62%	Time of Possession %	38%
577	First Touches	355
14.4	Average Time of a Possession (sec)	8.8
413	Passes	191
72%	Pass Completion %	54%
38	Number of Pass Strings	6
7.1	Average Pass String Length	6.7
13	Longest Pass String	8
3	Corner Kicks	0
6	Fouls Committed	7
1	Goalkeeper Saves	2
50	Goalkeeper Save %	40

Scoring Summary

McGill 3	Bishop's 1
6' Nathalie Brunelle (Claudia Agozzino) 17' Tia Lore (Stafania Folino) 64' Ariane Ducharme (Nathalie Brunelle)	11' Kayla Kyle (unassisted)

GOALKEEPERS

McGill	Bishop's
Sarah Dubois (W, 1GA, 1 SV, 90:00)	Mehanna Heins (L, 3GA, 2 SVS, 90:00 )

CARDS

McGill	Bishop's
None	85' Frederique Rivard (Yellow) 90+ Arden Parker (Yellow)

PLAYERS OF THE GAME

McGill	Bishop's
Ariane Ducharme	Kayla Kyle

DRESS-LISTS FOR BOTH TEAMS
 

Pr.	No	McGill	B	P	PTS	CJ	2CJ	CR	MVP
		Agozzino, Claudia		1	1
		Barlos, Sophie
		Bouchard-Canuel, Sarah-Maude
		Briollais, Noemie
		Brunelle, Nathalie	1	1	2				1
		Dubois, Sarah
		Ducharme, Ariane	1		1
		Folino, Stefania		1	1
		Lore, Tia	1		1
		Lusterio-Adler, Olivia
		Parker, Arden
		Simon, Leah
		Sturgess, Victoria
		Tcheki-Jamgotchian, Natasha
		Tiberio, Giovanna
		Trotter, Olivia
		Zamfir, Ioana Ruxandra

No	GK	MG	MP	MN	BL	Min.j.	BC	Arrêts	Moyenne
	Dubois, Sarah	1				90	1	1	1.00

 

Pr.	No	Bishop's	B	P	PTS	CJ	2CJ	CR	MVP
		Binta Kone, Sabrina
		Calitri, Chloe				1
		Carroll, Janna
		Dodig, Jessica
		Fredericks, Abby
		Fredriksen, Kaitlyn
		Heins, Mehana
		Jacobs, Alanna
		Kyle, Kayla	1		1				1
		Mcgillis, Aidan
		Merovitz, Malou
		Moore, Lindsay
		O'Brien, Kalin
		Rivard, Frédérique				1
		Tavares, Cristina

No	GK	MG	MP	MN	BL	Min.j.	BC	Arrêts	Moyenne
	Heins, Mehana		1			90	3	2	3.00