ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Guelph Gryphons women's soccer team improved to a perfect 11-0-0 on the season thanks to a 1-0 road win on Friday night (Oct. 16) in St. Catharines versus the Brock Badgers. Gryphons fourth-year midfielder,
Olivia Stavropoulos (Kitchener, ON) scored her first goal of the season with a powerful and perfectly placed shot from outside the 18-yard box in the 4th minute, lifting the Gryphons to an 11th straight victory. With the loss, the Brock Badgers fall to 6-3-3 (3rd in OUA West division). The OUA West-leading Gryphons, ranked No. 5 in the country in the latest U SPORTS Top 10 polls, will now look to complete the first perfect regular season in program history when they host the Laurier Golden Hawks (5-3-3) on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 18). With a win on Sunday afternoon versus Laurier, the Gryphons would secure homefield advantage throughout the OUA playoffs, with the Gryphons set to begin their playoff push on Saturday, Oct. 24 with a home game in the OUA quarterfinals. The regular season finale on Sunday, October 18 between the Gryphons and Golden Hawks kicks off at 1pm from the University of Guelph's Gryphon Soccer Complex.
