ֱ

News

INDOOR SOCCER: Mental lapse causes collapse against Carabins

Published: 29 March 2009

TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. – Forward Veronique Laverdiere exploded for three goals in a seven-minute span as the Montreal Carabins defeated ֱ 3-1 in the Quebec women’s indoor soccer league championship game on Sunday.

The Carabins became the first team to complete a sweep of the outdoor and indoor seasons since ֱ accomplished the feat in 2003.

Laverdiere tallied in the 34th, 37th and 44th minutes of play.

Hannah Simmons tallied the lone ֱ marker in the 57th minute of play.

“We had a very good start and played well throughout first 30 minutes,” said head coach Marc Mounicot. “However we suffered a mental lapse for 10 minutes Laverdiere made the difference.”

The Martlets had to rework their lineup in the wake of injuries to midfielders Simmons, Laura Gibson and Maggie Keating last week against Laval. To compound matters, they lost the services of Carolyn Pelletier after the first goal.

“Our team was a bit disorganized after her injury and Montreal merited the win because they were simply more opportunistic,” added Mounicot. “It was a high quality game between two good teams and we are pleased with our development over the last eight months. We were able to respond to the challenge in a much better way than we did four months ago when we lost in the playoffs last fall. We gave them a game and overall, we had more ball possession but they have a very solid defence.

Forward Magalie Kolker, who played the entire contest in the midfield, was named as ֱ’s player of the game. It was the final game for Kolker, as well as fellow seniors Vanessa Salasky and Catherine Boulay, all of whom are expected to graduation.

The Martlets will get a week off before preparing for a tour of France in May.

SCORING SUMMARY

Montreal 3, ֱ 1

FIRST HALF:
1. MTL: Laverdiere, 34:00
2. MTL: Laverdiere, 41:00
3. MTL: Laverdiere, 44:00

SECOND HALF:
4. McG: Simmons 57:00

CARDS:
Montreal: Laverdiere (yellow)
ֱ: Joyal (yellow)

SHOTS:
Montreal- on net: 10 off net: 5
ֱ- on net 5 off net: 6

CORNER KICKS:
Montreal: 6
ֱ: 3

PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Montreal: Laverdiere
ֱ: Kolker

McGILL LINEUP:
GOAL: Slomowitz
DEF: Joyal-Green-Pelletier-Hooper
MID: Wakeling-Dhaliwal-Kolker-Smith-Salasky
FOR: Di Caprio

SUBSTITUTIONS
Henri for Pelletier 33:00
Simmons for Dhaliwal 46:00
Morin-Boucher for Hooper 46:00
Desjardins for Smith 46:00
Dhaliwal for Desjardins 80:00
Albellan for Simmons 70:00

McGILL LINEUP SCRATCHES:
Gibson (injd)
Keating (injd)
Huot (injd)
Floyd (injd)
Lemer
Frank
Boulay

Back to top