BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW
The Laurentian University women's soccer team
wants the top spot in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA)
North Division and they are pulling out all the stops to
achieve it.
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Marissa Izma and her team want to
win this weekend. |
With the last two regular season home games
this weekend, the Lady Vees need to play hard to have any hope
of earning first place.
The Lady Vees host Ryerson University on
Saturday and Guelph University on Sunday. Both games are at the
Laurentian field and start at 1 pm.
"It's a very critical weekend if we have any
aspirations of finishing first," said head coach Rob Gallo. "We
need to win both games and get six points to keep pace."
The Lady Vees currently sit in third spot in
the North Division with a record of 1-1-3.
Injuries to key players have put a strain on
the squad.
"We have put a lot of demands on players who
are playing out of their normal positions due to injuries,"
said Gallo. "We have been rotating players off and on the field
to give them breaks due to injuries and this has hurt the flow
of the game."
The team needs goals, and is counting on
youngsters to come up big.
"We need to score more goals and this weight
will be put on two rookies, Krista Pantin and Jenna Roach,"
said Gallo
Like last year, the Lady Vees soccer squad
resonated with hard line defence.
"Our defence has proven again to be strong
with our back four of Samantha Falcioni, Sarah Little, Melynda
Roach and Erica Duczeminski," said Gallo.
