GUELPH, Ont. - The Guelph Gryphons women's soccer team continued their flawless start to the 2026 season, defeating the Brock Badgers, 3-1, on Sunday afternoon from the Gryphon Soccer Complex to extend their win streak to seven straight matches to start the season.
Brooklyn McLaughlin, a human health and nutritional sciences major from Cambridge, extended her goal scoring streak to three as she opened the scoring in the 12th minute to give her side the early 1-0 lead. After Brock scored in the 20th minute level the match at 1-1, the Gryphons would restore their one-goal advantage in the 34th minute thanks to their captain,
Olivia Rizakos. Rizakos would win the race to the loose ball and beat the Badger keeper while holding off a Brock defender. For Rizakos, the reigning U SPORTS Player of the Year in women's soccer, it marked her team-leading 6th goal of the season and gave Guelph a 2-1 lead.
Isabella Trepanier would seal the victory and all three points for the Gryphons in the 55th minute as the Guelph corner took a deflection right into her the path in tight, as she tucked it inside the right post for her 2nd goal of the season giving her side the 3-1 lead en route to a seventh straight win. With the win, the Gryphons improve to a perfect 7-0-0 on the season, and remain the only team in the OUA to have taken all three points in every match played this season. The Gryphons are set to take on the York Lions on Friday night (Oct. 2) from Toronto in a showdown between the top two teams in the OUA West division. The Lions are two points behind the Gryphons in 2nd-place in the OUA West with a 6-1-1 record (win-loss-draw).
