PK proves costly as Carabins give Martlets the Blues

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SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. -- Catherine Delmas-Frenette converted a penalty kick in the 61st minute as Montreal blanked McGill 1-0 in women's indoor soccer at the Saint Eustache soccer centre, Sunday. The penalty was called after Katherine Green was ruled to have fouled all-star Veronique Laverdiere. Delmas-Frenette fired her shot to the right, past McGill rookie 'keeper Parent-Houde.

It was the first loss of the indoor season for the second-place Martlets (4-1-1) and clinched first-place for the Carabins, who own a 5-0-1 record with one game remaining before playoffs.

"We dressed a depleted lineup due to key starters being away during "reading week" but we still managed to offer a strong performance," said McGill head coach Marc Mounicot. "We had the best chance of the game when (Alexandra) Morin-Boucher had a breakaway but the UdeM 'keeper was strong on both the initial shot and on the rebound."

Among the missing players was team captain Katherine Green, who is recovering from a mild concussion and is expected to be back after the first round of the playoffs.

McGill closes out the rgular season at the new Concordia StingerDome on Feb 28 at 1 p.m.  The Martlets are tentatively slated to play seventh-place UQTR in a quarterfinal on March 14.

SCORING SUMMARY

Montreal 1,McGill 0

1. MTL: Catherine Delmas-Frenette (PK), 61:00

SHOTS TOWARD NET

McGill 5 (3 on net)

UDM 5 (3 on net)

CROSSES

McGill 8

UDM 1

CORNERS

McGill 3

UDM 4

FOULS

McGill 13

UDM 8

CARDS

McGill Green 60

UDM Levesque 28

PLAYERS OF THE GAME

McGill Gibson

UDM Beliveau

McGILL STARTING LINEUP:

G: Parent-Houde

D: Green, Kipp, Hooper, Armstrong

M: Bendouah, Gibson, Bland-Lasso, Smith, Horricks

F: Morin-Boucher

McGILL SUBSTITUTIONS:

Saunders for Horricks 55

Henri for Green 61

Jefferries for Gibson 65

Miller for Bland Lasso 70

McGILL SCRATCHES:

Nelson (injd)

Sienko (injd)

Tsinevrakis (injd)

Wakeling

Bahen

Slomowitz

Bell

Keating