September 2, 2008
LADY VEES BATTLE TO 1-1 DRAW WITH LAKERS
SUDBURY, Ont. - In their OUA opener, the Laurentian Lady Vees played to a 1-1 draw against their Northern rivals from North Bay, the Nipissing Lakers. Samantha Falcioni scored the lone goal for the Lady Vees while Didi Chollet tallied Nipissing's only mark. Meghan Hoffberg backstopped the Lady Vees in their season opener making 12 saves.
Following a strong rush by Jenna Roach (Sudbury, Ont.) and quick shot that was punched neatly over the bar by Lakers' goalie Sam Behm (Winchester, Ont.) the Lady Vees were awarded a corner kick. It was Roach who crossed the ball into the box perfectly to the head of Falcioni (Sudbury). Falcioni made no mistake putting Laurentian up by one in the 21st minute. Twenty minutes later Nipissing responded on a powerful free kick from just outside Laurentian's 18 yard box, off the foot of Chollet (Alexandria,Ont), knotting the game up at one.
The second half saw each team have chances; however both goalies came up big. The Lady Vee's Lisa Watson (Newmarket, Ont) was sent in on a break away in the 79th minute, only to be turned away by Behm. Laurentian managed to get the ball past Nipissing's keeper minutes later, only to have the goal called back because players were offside.
The Lady Vees head coach Rob Gallo felt that Nipissing was the better of the two teams on the day. "Plain and simple I felt for the most part we were out played," said Gallo. "We had opportunities but we couldn't finish."
Gallo did mention that he was very impressed with the enthusiastic crowd. "I was so impressed with the crowd we had out today."
The Lady Vees will now prepare to face the seventh ranked team in the CIS, the Ottawa Gee Gees. The two teams will battle on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Laurentian Soccer Field.
Source: Voyageurs Athletics
Following a strong rush by Jenna Roach (Sudbury, Ont.) and quick shot that was punched neatly over the bar by Lakers' goalie Sam Behm (Winchester, Ont.) the Lady Vees were awarded a corner kick. It was Roach who crossed the ball into the box perfectly to the head of Falcioni (Sudbury). Falcioni made no mistake putting Laurentian up by one in the 21st minute. Twenty minutes later Nipissing responded on a powerful free kick from just outside Laurentian's 18 yard box, off the foot of Chollet (Alexandria,Ont), knotting the game up at one.
The second half saw each team have chances; however both goalies came up big. The Lady Vee's Lisa Watson (Newmarket, Ont) was sent in on a break away in the 79th minute, only to be turned away by Behm. Laurentian managed to get the ball past Nipissing's keeper minutes later, only to have the goal called back because players were offside.
The Lady Vees head coach Rob Gallo felt that Nipissing was the better of the two teams on the day. "Plain and simple I felt for the most part we were out played," said Gallo. "We had opportunities but we couldn't finish."
Gallo did mention that he was very impressed with the enthusiastic crowd. "I was so impressed with the crowd we had out today."
The Lady Vees will now prepare to face the seventh ranked team in the CIS, the Ottawa Gee Gees. The two teams will battle on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Laurentian Soccer Field.
Source: Voyageurs Athletics
