Lady Lakers defeat rival Voyageurs

							     Lady Lakers defeat rival Voyageurs
NORTH BAY, ON – October 21, 2009 – It was a miserable night weather wise as cold winds and
blowing rain peppered the Education Centre Field however the Nipissing Lady Lakers
left the field feeling mighty fine after a hard fought 1-0 victory over their Northern rivals
the Laurentian Voyageurs.

The victory allowed the Lakers to surpass the Voyageurs in the OUA East division
standings. The playoff picture seems much brighter for the Lady Lakers as they have
climbed two positions in the last week to stand in 5th place.

Second year midfielder Amy Laidlaw wasted little time as she converted a lovely pass
from Leesa Church in the fourth minute of the game. The Lady Lakers were dominant for
most of the first half maintaining most of the possession allowing the Voyageurs very
little in terms of quality scoring opportunities. The first half ended with the Lakers up 1-
0.

Laurentian seemed to be a different team in the second half as they in turn pressed early
for the equalizer putting pressure on the Lakers defence however to no avail. Another
surge by Laurentian with 15 minutes left in the game provided some tense moments as
keeper Samantha Behm was called upon to make some timely saves.

Alexandra Instance had chance to increase the Lakers lead as her low shot beat
Laurentian keeper Megan Hoffberg however the shot sailed a few feet past the far post.
The score would remain 1-0 and the Lakers walked away with the important victory.

“We were able to score early and play great defence,” said head coach Vito Castiglione.
“This was a great team win which gives us the opportunity to finish in 4th place with a
win against Trent combined with Carleton loss.”

Behm recorded 5 saves for the shutout victory while Hoffberg made 7 saves in the loss.

The Riley Gallow cup (named in memory of Laurentian women’s coach Rob Gallow’s
son) was awarded to Laurentian who won by an aggregate score of 2.
The Lady Lakers will finish off the regular season schedule October 25 as they travel to
Peterborough to face the Trent Excalibur.