EDMONTON, Alta. – In their second meeting of the season with MacEwan, the Saskatchewan Huskies women's soccer team was unable to recreate their early season magic against the Griffins, falling 2-0 Sunday afternoon (Sept.29) in Edmonton.
The two teams came into the weekend tied for second in the division, but MacEwan has now opened up a five-point advantage at 6-1-1 to the Huskies' 4-2-2.
MacEwan's Alyx Henderson opened the scoring at the Edmonton Scottish Dome, beating Huskie goalkeeper Kalin Roberts after receiving a crossing pass from Anneke Odinga.
Less than 10 minutes later the Griffins would double their lead on a score from Sophie Lavallee.
Saskatchewan pressed hard for a goal in a strong second half and came close multiple times, including in an 86th minute flurry when Alyssa D'Agnone just missed a tip from in tight, and an 87th minute defensive save by Selynna Simao, who stopped Cheyenne Lehmann's point-blank blast on the line.
Ella Fownes also blocked a Georgina Gannitsos-Clark blast with her head minutes later.
Sabrina Alexander finished with eight saves for the fifth shutout of her career. Kalin Roberts finished with four saves for Saskatchewan.
Despite the late push, the Huskies were unable to break the clean sheet and would suffer just their third loss of the season.
UP NEXT
The Huskies return to their home pitch and will host the Calgary Dinos (Oct. 5) and Lethbridge Pronghorns (Oct. 6) next weekend in another crucial pair of divisional matches. Tickets are available for both matches at huskietickets.com.
