OUA Women's Soccer: UOIT defeated Carleton 3-1 OTTAWA – The No. 4 ranked UOIT women's soccer team ended a two-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Carleton Ravens in their regular season finale.
The Ridgebacks finish the season in second place in the OUA eastern conference with a 12-2-2 record, setting program records for most wins and points in a season. The team also earned a bye into the OUA quarterfinals, in which they will host next Sunday at Oshawa Civic Fields.
The Ridgebacks opened the scoring against Carleton quickly off a brilliant effort from
Kayla De Souza (Toronto, Ont.), who put the ball past Ravens goalkeeper Rada Mintchev in the just the second minute of the match.
The Ravens got the equalizer in the 27th minute, when second-year forward Vanessa Germano found herself alone behind the defenders and made no mistake putting the ball past the diving goalkeeper,
Melissa Linton (Cobourg, Ont.), for her second goal of the season.
In the second half, De Souza regained the Ridgebacks advantage as she chipped the ball from the edge of the six-yard box that trickled past everyone just inside the right post. The two goals were De Souza's first two since the season opener on August 30
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UOIT midfielder
Shynice Williams extended the lead in the 60th minute when Mintchev misplayed a ball and it landed right at Williams' feet for an easy tap in finish. Williams has five goals this season, all coming within the past seven games.
Linton would end up making three saves in her 12
th win, as she has played every minute in goal for UOIT this season.
The No. 2 ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees and Ridgebacks will await the opening round results to find out who their quarterfinal opponent will be. Queen's (fourth) will take on Carleton (fifth) and Toronto (third) will match up against Laurentian (sixth).
UOIT's playoff match on Sunday is set to kick-off at 3:30 p.m. at the Oshawa Civic.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE RIDGEBACKSOverall Record: 16-3-2
Conference Record: 12-2-2
Next Game: Sun. Oct. 26 vs. TBD (3:30 p.m.)
