SAULT STE. MARIE - Saturday afternoon in Sault Ste. Marie, the Gryphons women's soccer team picked up a 3-0 win over the Algoma Thunderbirds. With the result, the Gryphons improve to 4-2-1 on the season and sit in 2nd place in the OUA West Division, just two points back of Western.

Playing the first of two weekend matches versus Algoma, the Gryphons were able to open the scoring in the 26th minute after fourth year midfielder Jacqueline Goulart showed off a nice first touch before slotting home near side to give the Gryphs a 1-0 lead.

It would stay that way until the 47th minute when Gryphon rookie Alana MacLean (Markham, ON) sent a beautiful, left-footed shot into the top corner for the first goal of her Gryphon career. Fellow rookie Venessa Mazur would cap the scoring in the 88th with her second goal of the season. After some nice build-up play along the left wing, MacLean would send in a perfectly weighted cross to Mazur, who rose up and headed home to put the Gryphons up 3-0.

For Gryphons head coach Shayne Campbell, Saturday's offensive outburst was the result of some focused training during the week, "We worked all week to try to increase our scoring chances. We were really pleased with the opportunities we were able to create today, and we were close to converting several other chances if not for some incredible saves from the Algoma keeper today."

Algoma keeper Alexis Trigiani-Kirkwood made a total of 9 saves on the day in the losing effort.

The Gryphons and Thunderbirds will wrap up their weekend doubleheader Sunday afternoon at 1pm.
 

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