On to the Finals

An exciting match for the Women's Club Soccer team took place Tuesday night against Collis Roofing. The semi-final game started off strong for the Knights, with several shots on goal in the first few minutes. However a breakdown allowed an apposing player to breakaway on the side and scored putting the Knights down 0-1. Towards the end of the second half Roofing had a corner kick, which went through the fingers of guest goalie Emily Simpson to go down another goal, 0-2. With only 5 minutes left in the first half, Kimmy Westmoreland was able to cross a long ball from the right hand side to connect with graduating Senior, Vikki Richardson, with a hard shot that sped past the goalie right into the side netting, putting the Knights on the board 1-2.

The second half faired better for the Knights, and out shot Roofing for the entire half. With about 20 minutes left to go, Kimmy Westmoreland took a long throw which deflected off a Roofing player behind the goalkeeper where Tracy DiSevo could secure the goal, to tie it up 2-2. The rest of the game remained scoreless forcing the game to be decided by Penalty kicks.

The Knights won the toss to kick first and Mary Harasyn buried her first shot. Goalkeeper Emily Simpson was able to save the first shot from Roofing to put the Knights ahead 1-0. Vikki Richardson hooked her shot wide, but so did the next shooter for Roofing, so the Knights retained the lead. Tracy DiSevo capitalized on her shot, but so did Roofing after that, for a score of 2-1. Shana Weldon put away her ball as the 4th shooter, securing a lead. Collis Roofing would have to make their 4th shot in order to stay alive, but goalkeeper Emily Simpson would pull out another huge save to give the Knights the win, 3-1 in PKs.

The Knights will go on the the CFSL Tournament Finals against Whiskers, a team they beat earlier in the season, but has not been able to beat to win the CFSL final in years past. The game will be Tuesday, 8pm at Central Winds Soccer Complex.