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Wildcats Thump Sudbury for 12th
Straight
Second Pichon Hat Trick in Two Days Boosts New Jersey
SUDBURY, ON
- Marinette Pichon recorded her second hat trick in two days as the
New Jersey Wildcats rolled past the Sudbury Canadians 9-0 at Cambrian
College for their 12th straight win to open the season. Kate Sands
scored the first two goals of the game and Anne Makinen contributed a
goal and three assists for the Wildcats, who also got a hat trick from
Pichon on Friday night in a 6-0 victory over the Toronto Inferno.
Becky Wachsberger had two saves to post the shutout for
the Wildcats, who have not allowed a goal in six games on the road this
season. Kim Francis, Bonnie Young, and Tasha St Louis also scored
for New Jersey. The win puts the Wildcats in a commanding position to
claim the W-League's Northeast Division and capture their first title
ever in nine seasons.
Sands opened the scoring with goals in the 15th and 19th
minutes with the second coming off a nice long ball from Beth McNamara. In
the 22nd minute, Pichon hit for her first goal when she headed in a
cross from Makinen and Makinen added to the lead three minutes later on
a penalty kick after St Louis was taken down in the box.
Makinen and Pichon combined for the next two goals as
well. Pichon brought down a free kick from Makinen and buried a shot in
the 38th minute for a 5-0 halftime lead. The French star boosted the lead to
6-0 when she received a pass from Makinen and turned and finished from
10 yards out in the 53rd minute.
In the 58th minute, Alli D'Amico fed Francis in the
center of the field and she fooled the keeper on a swerving long range
blast from 25 yards out. Janine Willis put Bonnie Young in for a
breakaway goal five minutes later before St Louis closed out the scoring
in the 79th minute by dribbling the keeper and rolling the ball into the
empty net after a nifty through ball from Francis.
The Wildcats can clinch the Northeast Division title
with a victory this Thursday when they travel to face the New Jersey
Lady Stallions at DePaul High School in Wayne. The Wildcats enter the
game with a 12-0 mark while the Lady Stallions currently stand at 10-2
with one additional game remaining for both teams. The Wildcats topped
the Lady Stallions by a 4-1 score on June16th.
LINEUPS:
NEW JERSEY WILDCATS: Becky Wachsberger, Janine
Willis, Beth McNamara, Kim Brandao (Cara Hammond 45), Rochelle Willis
(Maura Gallagher 45), Kim Francis, Anne Makinen, Tasha St Louis, Kaley Guthrie
(Bonnie Young 54),
Kate Sands (Alli D'Amico 21), Marinette Pichon (Marieke
van Tienhoven 57).
SUDBURY CANADIANS: Katie McNamarra, Sally Parent, Melynda Roach,
Diane Landry, Lauren Duhaime, Karla Winters, Bernadette Dee, Janine
Olthuis, Aniela Pulice, Megan Schutt, Lauren Podolski.
GOALS:
NJW – Sands (Pichon) 15th minute
NJW – Sands (McNamara) 19th minute
NJW – Pichon (Makinen) 22nd minute
NJW – Makinen 25th minute
NJW – Pichon (Makinen) 38th minute
NJW – Pichon (Makinen) 53rd minute
NJW – Francis (D'Amico) 58th minute
NJW – Young (J. Willis) 63rd minute
NJW – St Louis (Francis) 79th minute
SAVES:
NJW – Wachsberger 2
SC – McNamarra 12
SHOTS:
NJW – 39, SC – 3 |
