UVic wins, UPEI and York draw on a windy, moist day in Charlottetown
Friday’s climate couldn’t have been extra completely different than the crisp sunny Thursday we had been handled to yesterday. There was howling wind and sheet rain on the subject web site at UPEI right now because the College Championship performed on.
UVic and Dalhousie College kicked issues off at Midday, battling the powerful situations all recreation lengthy. The format of the event has groups finishing pool play and heading straight into medal matches. After each drawing yesterday of their respective matches, there was added stress to get within the win column right now.
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UVic got here out because the stronger of the 2 sides, making use of early stress and barely giving up that benefit. Nonetheless the Tigers held quick till the tip of the primary half, when UVic’s Josie Dunham banged within the Vikes’ first objective of the event. It was simply what they wanted for momentum, as they added one other within the opening breaths of the second half off the stick of Jaden Dawson. Katie Bentley capped off the scoring tucking in a subject objective within the ultimate jiffy of the sport after nice work by Julia Boraston surging ahead.
UVic closed out the sport with a 3-0 win to take high spot within the group heading into the weekend. They end out group-stage with a recreation in opposition to UPEI tomorrow and Dalhousie finishes the spherical robin in opposition to York on Saturday.
The UVic Vikes play most of their Can-West matches on a water-based turf so getting used to the bounces and stream of the rubber-based subject turf right here at UPEI could be an adjustment. Vikes captain Libby Hogg stated the crew is okay tuning their recreation play and adapting to the situations. Total, she’s happy with the progress to date and looking out ahead to the upcoming matches.
“We’re getting used to the turf and figuring it out. Every recreation, we’re constructing and it’s wanting good. We’re enjoying to our strengths, enjoying our recreation, shifting the ball fast and discovering the open house,” she stated, including that shifting ahead, the crew is taking it one recreation at a time and having fun with their previous few matches of the season collectively.
UVic and Dalhousie battle within the rain on Friday, October 31, in Charlottetown. Pictures/Yan Huckendubler.
The climate was relentless on Friday in Charlottetown. When the York Lions and UPEI Panthers took to the sphere at 230pm native time, the sky was gray, the winds had been whipping by way of at over 35 km/h and the rain was exhibiting no signal of letting up. The York and UPEI athletes, together with followers and devoted, braved the climate and placed on an exhilarating, tightly contested nil-nil showdown within the second spherical of the College Championship.
The OUA champs, York, managed the tempo of play and stress all through the match. Robust runs by Elise Piper, Kathryn Carlow and the in-tight expertise of Juliet Redelaar and Gates McAllister put UPEI on the backfoot for a lot of the sport. On the UPEI facet, a standout efficiency by goalkeeper, Bria Matthews, and stout protecting protection by the Panthers as a complete, saved the Lions at bay till the bitter finish. UPEI standouts included Miah Lawlor, Kayla Batchilder and Katie-Grace Noye. When the Panthers did counter and make an offensive foray, it was these three that drove the tempo, linked with passes and put stress on the York protection.
The efficiency between the pipes by Matthews can not go overstated. She commonly got here up with strings of a number of saves in a row. She stood tall in opposition to a number of penalty nook efforts and appeared to realize extra confidence all through the sport. The house crowd rallied behind the protection as they fended off consecutive penalty corners within the final 20 seconds to safe the draw and the purpose. Matthews stated she was happy with the crew for battling and stated it was a whole crew effort.
“It was a extremely massive effort and we’re completely happy we got here out with a tie. I noticed the ball the entire time, I used to be in a position to speak to my D so I might see,” Matthews stated, including that she’s hoping and anticipating the crew to place all of it collectively in opposition to UVic tomorrow.
On the finish of day two, UVic has jumped to the highest of the desk and the remainder stay tightly packed, chasing down the western powerhouse. Catch all of the motion from the Area Hockey Canada College Championships on the CBC Sports activities YouTube Channel.
York and UPEI draw 0-0 within the rain and wind on Friday afternoon. Pictures/Yan Huckendubler.
