Simmons sizzles, stakes Martlets to success over Citadins
MONTREAL - Midfielder Hannah Simmons of West Vancouver, B.C., came off the bench to score the game-winner as visiting McGill blanked the Université du Quebec a Montreal Citadins 1-0 in women's university soccer at Parc Jeanne Mance, Sunday.
On the men's side, McGill (2-1-1) and UQAM (1-0-2) battled to a 1-1 draw.
Simmons, an environmental science sophomore who subbed in at halftime, converted a pass from freshman Sophia Horricks in the 52nd minute of play to give the fourth-place Martlets (2-2) their second straight road win after starting out the season at 0-2.
Horricks, who also hails from Vancouver, was named as McGill's player of the game by the Carabins coaching staff.
McGill had a large territorial advantage, directing 25 shots towards the UQAM net, compared to the seventh-place Citadins (0-3-1), who had only two shots. The official tally on net was 14-2 in McGill's favour and rookie goalkeeper Vicky Duplessis was picked as UQAM's player of the game in the wake of a stellar 13-save performance.
McGill 'keeper Anne-Catherine Huot, a 5-foot-8 management junior from Quebec City who has been hobbled with minor injuries since training camp, earned her first start of the season and registered two saves for the shutout.
"Winning 1-0 is perhaps not as gratifying as it should be when you have more than 20 shots in a game," said McGill head coach Marc Mounicot. "Nonetheless, our goal this weekend was to get two wins on the road and move up in the standings and we accomplished that. We played with more intensity in the last 45 minutes and got an important goal from Simmons."
The Martlets will now return to the friendly confines of Molson Stadium for the next two games. They will host sixth-place Bishop's (1-2-1) on Sept. 25 and fifth-place UQTR (2-2) on Sept. 27.
SCORING SUMMARY:
McGill 1, UQAM 0
(Sept. 20, 2009 @ Parc Jeanne Mance)
FIRST HALF:
(no scoring)
SECOND HALF:
1. MCG: Hannah Simmons (Sophia Horricks), 52:00
GOALTENDING:
MCG: Anne-Catherine Huot (W, 90:00, 0GA, 2 SAVES, SHO)
UQAM: Vicky Duplessis (L, 90:00, 1GA, 13 SAVES)
PLAYERS OF THE GAME:
McGill: Sophia Horricks
UQAM: Vicky Duplessis
Attendance: 100
SHOTS (on net / attempted):
McGill: 14/25
UQAM: 2/2
CROSSES:
McGill: 16
UQAM: 2
OFFSIDES:
McGill: 2
UQAM: 0
CORNER KICKS:
McGill: 7
UQAM: 1
FOULS:
McGill: 8
UQAM: 11
CARDS:
McGill: 0
UQAM: 0
McGILL'S STARTING LINEUP
G: Anne-Catherine Huot
D: Katherine Green
D: *Carolyn Bell (out at 77:00)
D: Claire Hooper (out at 36:00; back in at 46:00)
D: Elizabeth Williams (C) (out at 46:00; back in at 77:00)
M: *Ginger Jefferies (out at 46:00)
M: *Julia Bahen (out at 63:00)
M: Kathleen Wakeling (out at 46:00; back in at 82:00)
M: *Alexandra Armstrong (out at 2:00; back in at 46:00)
F: Alexandra Morin-Boucher (out at 75:00)
F: Cristina Di Caprio (out at 46:00, back in at 75:00)
SUBSTITUTIONS:
M: Anna Smith (in at 2:00; out at 46:00)
D: *Lauren Kipp (in at 36:00)
F: *Sophia Horricks (in at 46:00)
M: Maggie Keating (in at 46:00)
M: *Hannah Simmons (in at 46:00)
M: Laura Gibson (in at 63:00)
DID NOT PLAY:
G: Shimone Slomowitz (dressed but DNP)
D: *Juliana Just-Costa
M: *Joanna Sienko (injd)
F: *Laura Bland-Lasso
F: *Zohra Bendouah
F: *Courtney Nelson
*freshman
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-398-7012 (Tel.)