MONTREAL – Alexandra Hughes-Goyette scored the winning tally and Chloe Renaud added her league-leading 11th goal as visiting McGill blanked Concordia 3-0 in women's soccer, Friday. To clinch a playoff berth in the RSEQ conference.
 
With one game remaining, the Martlets have clinched a playoff berth for the seventh consecutive season and could finish anywhere from second to fourth in the league standings. Their magic number to clinch second place and home-field advantage in the league semifinal is one point.
 
The result snapped McGill's two-game losing streak, gave the Martlets a two-game sweep over their cross-town rivals and extended their streak against Concordia to 3-0-1 and 7-1-2 in the last 10 confrontations.

Senior goalkeeper Sophie Guilmette returned from missing two games with an undisclosed injury and made two saves to register her fourth shutout of the season, improving her record to 6-1-2. In her three seasons since transferring from Vanderbilt University, the native Montrealer has racked up an 18-9-10 record with 16 shutouts.

"It was a good win for the team," said McGill head coach Jose-Luis Valdes. The first 20 minutes was very challenging as Concordia kept coming at us attack after attack until 'Allie' scored from a good distance. That relieved a bit of pressure and we started finding solutions to get into the attacking zone with consistency and better structure. We started building some rhythm and scoring opportunities."
 
Hughes-Goyette, a master's student from Squamish, B.C., was named as McGill's player of the game. The 5-foot-9 striker from Squamish, B.C., converted a pass from Renaud in the 26th minute of play. Then Renaud, the high-scoring midfielder from St. Hubert, Que., added an unassisted insurance marker in the 40th minute to give the Martlets a two-goal cushion into halftime. Stephanie Hill, a fifth-year defender from Montreal, rounded out the scoring in the 89th minute.
 
The Stingers, who haven't qualified for post-season play since 2005,  sit seventh in the eight-team Quebec conference with a 2-9-2 record. They will close out their campaign at UQAM, which sits fifth in the league with a 5-6-2 record.
 
McGill, which improved to 7-4-2, is tied with second-place Laval (6-3-5) but holds a game in hand over the Rouge et Or, who have concluded their season. The Martlets can clinch second with a win or tie at sixth-place UQTR (4-8-1) on Oct. 20 at 3:30 p.m. the Patriotes defeated McGill in their only other matchup this season, a 2-1 decision at Molson Stadium on Sept. 22.
 
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Earl Zukerman
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McGill University
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