LONDON, Ont. - Six separate Mustangs contributed goals on Sunday afternoon to secure the women's soccer team a big 7-0 win against the Brock Badgers at Mustang Field.
"I thought today our energy was better, our determination was better," said head coach Martin Painter when comparing the win to the 2-2 tie that happened the day before. "We played with a little chip on our shoulder. Just harder working, more physical, louder, just brought a different mentality to the game."
The game marks the team's sixth win of the season and keeps the Mustangs at the top of the OUA West rankings. The Badgers now have a record of 0-7-1 and are sitting in eighth place.
The game was a true team effort for the purple and white. The mustangs continuously found the back of the net with six different goal scorers'.
Lauren Winquist,
Amanda Boyle,
Jenna White,
Paige Howard, and
Julia Crnjac each earned one goal, and striker
Sarah Deakin scored two.
Goal scoring started early for the home team, with just two minutes into the game, Boyle fed the ball to Winquist who put the ball past Brock keeper Larissa Aiken. The duo of Boyle and Winquist struck again just seven minutes later, resulting in Boyle finding the back of the net.
Following the initial two goals, multiple accounts of rough play for Brock's Natasha Susman led to two yellow cards, equaling a red card and game ejection. The red card also resulted in a penalty shot for Western, which was taken by White. The shot was placed smoothly into the bottom left corner of the net.
With a three goal lead heading into the second half, Coach Painter decided to make a few substitutions.
"We have a very strong bench and we've got some girls who've been training very well, and we wanted to give them the opportunity. So in the second half they came in and showed what the can do which is good."
The new line up kept the goals coming, racking up four more in the final 45 minutes. Deakin scored the first and last goals of the half, and commented on the experience, "I haven't had a chance to play yet, so I knew that it was my opportunity to show what I could do on the field. I just did what I had to do and made the right plays and got it done."
The Mustangs hope to continue their winning streak in a few days when they hit Mustangs Field again on Wednesday, September 23 to face the Windsor Lancers at 6PM.
