As It Happened: Mount Saint Vincent Mystics (W) v. University of Kings' College Blue Devils (W)---ACAA

As if they needed more scoring, the Mount have added further rookie strikers, who, if the scorelines last week are anything to go by, know how to get the ball in the net. They have a very young back line, though, which won't be much comfort to Kings' if they play like they did on Sunday, that is, badly. Holland College didn't need a back line on Sunday.

I don't need much build-up--it's the Mount against Kings'. Expect at least a few "mistimed" challenges and a few goal, especially from MSVU's Sarah Parker, who nobody can figure out how to stop. Parker has also taken on captaincy duties tonight, a duty which she takes over from, I believe, Deirdre Gormley, who has departed.

And Gormley's an interesting case, too. She wasn't very fast and she didn't look like a soccer player--until she made a pass. The best vision in the ACAA hands-down, a good shot, great touch, and an excellent passer. She'll be missed for MSV, that's for sure.

Teams: UKC: Bishop, Spessot, Kraus, Skinner, McKenzie, Trueland, Cousens, Yang, Crothers, Flatley, Smith.

MSVU: Church (and not MacDermid, which is either very bold or Church is a better keeper, which is hard to believe given how good MacDermid is), LeBlanc, O'Neil, Pettipas, Melanson, Dockrill, Edwards, Westerhaver, Parker.

1min: MSVU kick-off. Kings' immediately concede a chance on goal.

3min: Now Kings' with a chance of their own. Church claims it well. Maybe she is better than MacDermid.

5min: Smith with a volley. Church misjudges it and fumbles it out for a corner. Maybe not.

7min: LeBlanc dribbles adventurously past her own goalkeeper and out of play for another Kings' corner.

9min: Skinner passes to Parker in her box. Kraus bails her out. That all started because Trueland lost Edwards on the wing. Trueland's not the fastest and she'll have difficulty out wide today. MSVU are quick all over.

11min: A very nice long pass from Smith allows Flatley to speed past Pettipas like Tom Cruise in "Top Gun." She wins a corner, from which Kings' go offside on the initial delivery--somehow.

13min: McKenzie makes a great challenge and Yang sends a pass in diagonally for Flatley. Flatley wins yet another corner from which Kings' get very little.

16min: GOAL! Flatley takes the goal off another beautiful through pass from Smith. Clinical finish, too, low into the far corner where Church had little chance of getting down to it.

18min: Skinner and Spessot combine for some queasy defending at the back. Giving the ball away all a little too easily here.

20min: GOAL! And with the kind of skill that befits the Mount, Edwards equalises for the Mount. She finds a pass from Parker at the top of the box and loops a scintillating curler into the top corner. that looked like a free kick on a first touch shot. She even dummied slightly before shooting an unstoppable shot. Man, even when they look bad the Mount look good.

24min: GOAL! Oh dear! Kraus looks to have made a great defensive play by holding the ball in when it might have gone out for a corner. But she's a bit hesitant on the ball and Dockrill slide passes and Chrissy Henneberry puts home from 20 yards. Bishop kinda.... Well, "missed" is the gentlest word. She should've had that.

26min: So, Kings' are 2-1 down after a very promising start. Bishop's last major flub was int he playoffs last year. She's often very solid, but her bad games tend to show up especially brightly.

28min: Corner to MSVU. Bishop comes, misses, and Melanson gets the ball at neck height for a tap in. It's too tricky for her to handle and Kings' clear, and Bishop gets away with a miss, there, too.

29min: Kings' counter nicely through Smith, but Flatley puts her cross behind. There wasn't anyone in front anyway

32min: Flatley gets a fortuitous pass from Smith and rolls to Church. Kings' look a bit like a team with an identity problem. They are at their best on the counter, but when under any sort of duress, they tend to resort to long ball. Trueland comes off for Miesner, which is a bit of a pace upgrade on the right.

36min: Miesner gets into a conversation with a toddler on the touchline as she goes to take throw--discussing tactics, I presume. MSVU withdraw Melanson, who looked great going forward and rather suspect coming backward, for Jessica Lilly.

37min: Lilly, initially confused as to which team she plays for, sets up Allison Smith for a shot, which she sends wide.

38min: Spessot with a silly mistake as she lets the ball bounce over her and straight to Sarah Parker. Parker can't elude Kraus and Spessot recovers well. She concedes a free kick in doing so, and Dockrill hammers it just wide.

43min: A bit of a lull, but it's broken by a fantastic cross from Westerhaver. Parker misses, but Dockrill gets space and has a go. It deflects to Bishop and the Kings' keeper deals with it fairly easily.

Half-time: Kings' have recovered quite nicely from the 2-goal shock. And they look fairly tight, especially up front. It's worth remembering MSVU have been playing with the wind, which gave Bishop some trouble and accelerates their shots. Kings' will have that advantage in the second half.

45min: Subs are up, with Courtney McMaster replacing Westerhaver for MSVU. No changs for Kings'.

47min: Kings' continue their habit of yielding possession very easily. Parker takes advantage and gets in alone, but Bishop charges out and Parker panics a bit by shooting wide.

49min: A clash out on the wing sees Kings' win a free kick. The delivery is not one of Spessot's best and it goes out for a goal kick.

51min: Kings' work some possession, from which Smith tries a last hope shot. It doesn't work out.

53min: MSVU work a forward move with great flair and beauty, until McMaster bottles it by trying a one-touch cross, tripping over her own feet, and falling flat on her face.

55min: Yang's been swearing a lot tonight, which isn't a great sign. Generally, whenever the ball comes near her and she flubs a touch. She still looks a bit tentative out there.

59min: GOAL! Smith gets a lucky bounce after a tremendous run from Flatley along the by-line. Smith's poise would have looked better with a clinical sort of finish, but as it stands it's deflected awkwardly off of O'Neil in front of Church and it loops in.

61min: Now Smith puts in a great run of her won, winning a corner. Smith wins another corner.

62min: From which Dockrill clears off the line! Smith deflects the cross onto goal and Dockrill heads clear. McKenzie follows up with a dangerous strike, it's over the goal.

65min: Kings' are holding Parker pretty well, a job which has been done mostly by Kraus.

68min: Yang with a good touch around Dockrill, but she follows it up with a poor pass. The game as nodded off right now.

72min: Kings' are winning the midfield. MSVU are really missing Gormley.

76min: Flatley is levelled by LeBlanc, but it's a fair tackle and the ref lets play continue.

78min: Lilly whiffs on a goal kick. Smith intercepts and has her shot blocked. Crothers now gets it and elects to shoot from the kind of distance from which very few goals are scored. Smith gets one last chance, but her shot is blown wide by the wind.

79min: Both sets of strikers are having difficulty getting the ball, despite Flatley's "Top Gun" pace and the continual whiffed goal kicks from Mount players.

80min: McMaster, whose main accomplishment tonight has been a display of one-touch crossing comedy (53min), now runs into Dockrill and loses possession. This game may be pretty much locked down, but at least we've got some entertainment.

84min: Flatley in alone! She gets by Lilly with Millennium Falcon type speed (sorry), but Church looms large and saves it.

86min: Yang, who's shown signs of cramp all night, finally goes down with some obvious cramp. Dowler's ready to come on, but Yang elects to keep on playing. She doesn't do a lot of flat-out running, anyway.

89min: Looking like a draw here--except Flatley puts on a turn of pace more reminiscent of...something really fast that I can't think of right now...and gets in again. Her shot is good, but Church preserves a point.

Full-time: That's it, and a much better show than Sunday for Kings'.

As It Happened: UKC (M) v. Holland College (M)---ACAA

Teams:

UKC: Pyne, Wallingford, Bathe, Poulton, Reid, MacIntyre, Boudreau, Curci, Peacock, Karkilins, Burleton.

HC: Tanner, Kacsmarik, Gallant, O'Donnell, Vessey, #15, #16, DesRoches, 12, 21, 22. Sorry, their rosters are, as the women's coach told me, inaccurate.

1min: Just finished an interview with the women's coach. Kings' kick off with MacIntyre on the attack.

3min: Corner to Kings' which MacIntyre will put in. It's played to Curci, who whiffs an easy chance.

8min: Lots of attacking from Kings', who have scored on average 4.3 goals per game this year, including 3 against Holland last weekend.

9min: Peacock gest in alone, but he can't manage a chance. Gallant does well to stop him.

11min: Pyne is tested by a low cross which would have gone in had he not pushed it away.

12min: O'Donnell wastes an otherwise decent free kick by going for goal from 35 yards. He misses.

15min: GOAL! Kings' open it up after a poorly cleared free kick falls to Anders Peacock. he does well to keep his shot low and Tanner can't get enough behind it to save.

18min: Peacock trots down the left. Holland decide he isn't worth worrying about. He isn't, either--at least, not this time, as his shot goes wide.

19min: Reid wafts in a free kick, but Tanner collects it. Holland don't look very interested in this game right now.

21min: Great build-up by Kings', as Curci finds a streaking MacIntyre. His cross picks out Peacock with all kinds of time, but he dinks it straight at tanner from 5 yards out. How did he miss that?

23min: Kings' free kick into the wall froma dangerous position.

25min: Holland win a corner, which doesn't make it past the first defender.

27min: Kings' are running circles around HC at the moment. They're faster and they're more technically skilled, too.

29min: This could very well get ugly. Kings' could even get better in the second half.

33min: O'Donnell wastes another free kick by driving a "pass" out over the byline from 53 yards.

36min: Wallingford--who had been walking a disciplinary tight-rope for assisting MacIntyre in some skullduggery--is booked for an otherwise innocuous challenge on 21.

38min: Peacock again evades 9 and wastes a shot.

42min: GOAL! And that's probably it for Justin Pyne's streak of consecutive starts (2). Goodness, what a howler. 12 falters on his chance and mishits his shot straight towards Pyne with all the momentum of a stalled car. Pyne not only spills it but manages to fall over and push it behind himself at the same time. 12 jumps up, scampers around Pyne, and pokes the gift-wrapped ball home. Oh well, at least Josh Viner's confidence will be through the roof right now. I'd say Kings' have a goalkeeping controversy alright. Viner starts and blows the Holland and NSAC games, so Pyne comes in and isn't tested against St. Thomas and gives Holland College a life-line. That's a game-changing goal, too, late and it puts Kings' dominance in a completely new light.

45+min: MacIntyre nearly gets to the ball before Tanner does and gets booked for doing his job as a striker. C.J. Young and Matt Fegan both holler about it and are both told to sit down by the assistant referee. Young's probably pretty close to getting sent off here, this isn't the first round of shouting tonight. That will likely be his final warninng. MacIntyre's now been booked in two straight games.

45+min: Half-time is called and Fegan goes to the ref to exchange views.

45min: Well, Pyne's still in, though I noticed he got a private pep talk with Matt fegan at half-time. And a short catching lesson. Parsley is replacing MacIntyre for Kings', which is probably protecting MacIntyre from a card-happy ref. Mullet and 16 are in for Holland College, with 21 and someone I couldn't see coming out.

47min: Boudreau misses, after controlling well in the box off a free kick.

48min: DesRoches with a cross which Pyne catches. Those lessons at half-time are paying off already.

50min: I've just managed a spectacular evasion of a fresh barrage of pigeon dropping and nesting materials from the rafters. I'm now hiding under the press box again.

55min: Free kick to HC, wide left. It's sent in low and Pyne catches it.

56min: Kings' swap Sam Burleton for Rylan Palmer-Dixon.

60min: 22 misses a glorious chance. Pyne had collided with O'Donnell on a challenge, but the ball fell to 22 with an open goal. He hesitated, though, and Pyne managed to recover, forcing him to fire well wide.

61min: A phantom free kick to Kings'. Karkilins gets his head on the delivery but can only direct it wide.

67min: Kings' will make another change, with Boudreau replaced by Mark Higgins. An attacking sub by C.J. Young there. He's going with three real attacking-style players in Higgins, Karkilins, and Peacock.

71min: Wallingford makes a dreadful pass straight to 22, but the Kings' defender somehow escapes punishment as 22 lacks the pace to open up the rest of the Blue Devils' defense.

72min: Higgins slides a nice pass to Peacock, who blazes over the bar. I don't think he realised how much time he had.

76min: Kings' maybe shouldn't have taken MacIntyre off. They've lacked his pace and energy in the second half. Karkilins is booked for very little, as far as I can tell, though he did go in a bit hard on 14.

81min: DesRoches cuts down Higgins, who stays down. DesRoches gets booked. The free kick is cleared by Tanner, who is fouled.

83min: Two changes, with DesRoches off for 10 and Higgins off for Straatof.

85min: Another change for HC. 22 comes off for 15.

86min: Free kick to Holland on the right, top of the box. And it's a very nearly a goal from the substitute! 15 loops it over the wall and Pyne. It hits the bar, hits Pyne's back, a few different players whack at it and it somehow comes clear and we stay 1-1.

88min: Dangerous corner opportunity for Holland as a free kick is cleared.

90min: GOAL! Oh dear for Holland! A great ball through finds Peacock. Tanner makes a beautiful save but Karkilins is first to the rebound and Tanner in no position to save it. O'Donnell argues something with the ref and is booked for it.

Full-time: The ref blows for time right off the kick-off, sending O'Donnell into further conniptions, for which he is sent off. He'll now miss the MSVU game. Kings' may not ahve deserved this one, but they'll take it, I'm sure.

As It Happened: UKC (W) v. Holland College (W)---ACAA

Due to a series of inexplicable bus delays and road construction, I'm a bit late. Pre-kick-off but post-warm-up. So you're spared my pre-game musings.

Teams:

UKC: Bishop, Spessot, Kraus, Skinner, Anderso, McKenze, Crothers, Miesner, Cousens, Flatley, Smith.

HC (note: online roster is incorrect, Holland College website is outdated, so these may be incorrect): Wheatley, MacEachern, Younker, #22, MacKay, Bernard, MacPhee, McKenna, Robinson, Jewell, MacLeod.

1min: Nothing happening off the kick-off. Holland College with the early pressure.

4min: Pretty even game so far, though Holland have looked a lot sharper than STUdid yesterday. HC put Kings' out of the playoffs last year,and drew hem 1-1 in the season opener.

6min: Cousens controls a spilled clearance and should have a go from the top of the box, but she hesitates and loses out to MacPhee.

8min: Kraus gets rid of a dangerous pass before Robinson could get a touch. Solid from Kraus.

10in: Interesting 3-4-3 formation from Holland College. it's a rather attacking approach compared to Kings' defensive 3-5-2.

11min: MacLeod gets around Spessot wth a craftystep but her cross meets only Kraus' head.

13min: Flatley collides with Robinson and comes up limping. Kings' have no substitutes today, as Dowler, Trueland, Yang, Cutler, Bowen, and possibly the water carrier are nursng injuries.

15min: Anderson makes way early for Cutler, who appears healthy enough to play. Infurther injury news, Trisha MacKay s down and not putting weight on her right leg. She's getting treatment on the near sideline now and it looks like she might be done for the day.

19min: Holland bring MacKay off for Stephanie LeBlanc. MacKay looks a bit better now--she walked off--but she probably won't return.

23min: Half a chance for Kings' as Wheatley and Flatley go for the same ball and both lose out. Nothing comes of the confusion, though.

25min: Free kick 34 yards out for Holland College. It's wafted into Bishop's waiting arms.

31min: Holland College have a definite technical advantage over Kings'. They're fast and skilled on the counter. Yet to really test Bishop, but they look capable.

35min: Holland settling into a spell of pressure. They win a corner. It's put in very well by Robinson but Kraus beats Jewell to the ball and then MacLeod can't finish the follow-up shot.

38min: The through ball tactics for Holland College are pretty, but they ahve yet to solve Kraus, who is breaking up every forward move at the moment.

39min: Holland College win a corner and Robinson sends a dangerous header well wide. Kraus,a gain, was the boss in that challenge, spillign Robinson before she could get much on the ball.

44min: Feisty tackle from McKenzie, who takes out Jewell hard, but fairly. Holland College retaliate and concede a free kick.

45min: Half-time called with few true scoring opportunities. Kings' have conceded quite a few corners, which may worry them a bit.

It's obvious Kings' are missing Yang. She holds the ball in the midfield so well, and she can find players going forward, which allows Smith and Flatley to run off of defenders instead of having to run around defenders.

Down behind the Kings' goal, Stacey Stocco is grilling her team loudly enough that I can hear her over the wind way up hear in the stands. Expect a small singed patch to be left on the turf after she's done down there.

45min: Second half icks off with Holland swapping McKenna for MacKay. And Hye-Yeon Yang makes an appearance after all, replacing Smith. Robinson comes off for McEwen, too. Yang will really help Kings' through the middle, assuming she can bring her best game coming off an injury.

47min: A corner comes in from MacEachern, which everyone misses in the box. Kings' have dropped to more of a 4-5-1 with Yang in, although she's quite high in the midfield behind Flatley.

49min: Bishop hurt! She'll keep playing, though, so Kings' still have a goalkeeper.

50min: Kings' give away two more corners, struggling to clear both. It's a dangerous game to play. It's too easy to lose a mark or give away a penalty.

51min: Holland free kick, 29 yards out. MacEachern hits it with authority and it's out of Bishop's reach, but just over the bar, too.

54min: Kraus saves Kings' again, breaking up a 3 on 1 as Skinner whiffed on a clearance. They repay her by conceding a needless free kick, 20 yards out.

55min: Fantastic double save off the free kick! First Bishop palms away MacEachern's low shot and then she denies MacLeod's rebound try at close range. This game would be over without Kraus and Bishop. Kings' can't seem to get over half way at the moment, and it's constant pressure from Holland College.

59min: This is an ugly 0-0, at least for Kings'. It'll be ugly for Holland College if they fail to score, too.

61min: Yang's been a bit invisible so far. She's probably not 100% at the moment, but I also suspect she's not quite clicking with Flatley. there have been a couple misplaced passes, some miscommunication and some lack of positional understanding, too.

63min: There really does seem to be a goal in the cards for Holland. Kings' are playing desperate. Stocco might want to consider more than 3 at the back right now--Kings' are looking overwhelmed.

64min: Yang makes a decent run, but receives no support. It eventually goes out for a goal kick.

67min: Flatley tests Wheatley from 25 yards out. It was never going in, but Wheatley was careful with it. In the spirit of trying hopelessly to score, Cousens goes for goal from 35 yards. It's wide.

73min: Miesner is brought off and replaced by Smith as Stocco looks for offense. Yang drops back into a deeper role, which she tends to do better in.

74min: Good defending from Spessot, who holds MacLeod off on the break.

75min: Again Spessot denies MacLeod, this time on the turn. Kings' may be inept in the final two thrids of the field, but they've defended very, very well today.

80min: Smith rolls a shot to Wheatley for fun.

82min: Spessot gets beaten by MacLeod this time, but LeBlanc can't get on the end of her cross, which was pretty good.

84min: MacEwen sends LeBlanc in alone, but she takes way too many touches and Bishops strips her. At this point, Holland can only blame themselves for not scoring.

85min: Kings' give away a mystery foul 24 yards out. MacEachern can score from here.

86min: MacEachern beast the wall but puts it three feet over the net. Not her best free kick.

90min: Smith goes down on the wing, but McKenzie floats a cross in. Cousens gets her head on it and Wheatley does very well to save it.

90+min: The resulting corner is whipped in and Wheatley gets only her palms on it. Yang has an open goal from two yards out but somehow contrives to hit the post. As Holland clear the ref calls time.

Kings' can count themselves quite lucky to come out 0-0, though they defended well and nearly snatched a goal at the death. Not a game they'll take much encouragement from, but they can rally for the game against MSVU.

Holland must be ruing that they didn't score today. 3 points were their's to take.

Match Report: UKC (M) 5 - 0 STU(M)---Round 3 ACAA

The men's Blue Devils rolled to another easy victory on Saturday, scoring 5 goals for the second time in four days against St. Thomas.

This time, they didn't give up a goal, though, after conceding an own goal against NSAC on Wednesday in a 5-2 win.

It was the second half which again gave Kings' their win, as they scored 4 of their 5 in the second frame.

Sam Karkilins started the scoring off in the 30th with a brilliant stepover to fool Tommies' 'keeper Aaron Ahier, before rolling his shot home as Brendan Wile tried to block it.

Then Neil MacIntyre entered the game in the second half, taking up a wing position.

The usually defensive player made an immediate impact in the 52nd minute, taking down a long diagonal pass with a deft first touch and striking a curler into the bottom corner with his second.

In the 54th minute, he did it again. Again a masterful touch set his shot and this time he fooled Ahier by pulling across the net and finding the side netting, to put Kings' 3-0 up.

The game began to get chippy and four yellow cards were handed out in the last 30 minutes and a few more might have been given by a stricter referee.

Mark Higgins scored a header in the 80th minute, off a MacIntyre cross. Then Michael Curci scored another header in the 90th to make it 5-0.

"The STU team, if we were to face them in the semi-final or the final, they wouldn't play like they did tonight," said coach C.J. Young. "They'd play more gritty. They're not really trying to show themselves. A lot of teams do that. Where in the league they won't show their strengths, they'll just sort of coast through and hope they make the playoffs and surprise other teams."

Unofficial Stats

Goals: UKC-5; STU-0
Shots on Targert: UKC-6; STU-1
Attempts: UKC-12; STU-5
Fouls: UKC-22; STU-13
Cautions: UKC-3; STU-2 (15' Brendan Parsley; 76' Brandon Wile; 78' Andreas Straatof; 79' Neil MacIntyre; 90' Daniel Steeves)
Ejections: UKC-0; STU-0
Corners: UKC-6; STU-3
Offsides: UKC-2; STU-2

Match Report: UKC (W) 1 - 0 STU (W)---Round 3 ACAA

The Kings' Blue Devils got a win on Saturday, but they missed a number of easy chances against St. Thomas.

Irene Flatley, though, managed to snag a winner in the 71st minute.

"The scoreline should have been four or five-nil," said Blue Devil's coach Stacey Stocco. "But you don't finish your chances you're given, you end up with a 1-0 result, which, you know, I'm not complaining. It's a win."

Flatley was at the heart of a lot of chances, using her pace to get onto long passes. She struggled at times to finish, though, and had difficulty getting it by Tommies' 'keeper Sarah Wardell.

She also won a number of free kicks, giving Kelly Cousens a chance to test Wardell in the 23rd minute. Cousens sent her shot over Wardell and off the bar, though.

After 71 minutes, Flatley managed to score, rounding Jessica Bruce and rolling her shot low past Wardell for a 1-0 lead.

Cousens then hit the bar again in the 77th minute, with a wonderful curling shot that deserved a goal.

Stocco employed a 3-5-2 formation all game, using Sarah Kraus as the lone true centre-back, and moving Cousens higher, into an attacking midfield role. It marks a change from Gillian Costelo's 4-1-4-1 system last year.

St. Thomas had almost no offensive pressure and Krista Bishop had a quiet night for Kings'. Although she commanded her box well and gathered several crosses, she was never tested with a shot.

Unofficial Stats

Goals: UKC-1; STU-0
Shots on Target: UKC-9; STU-0
Total Attempts: UKC-19; STU-0
Fouls: UKC-2; STU-7
Cautions: UKC-0; STU-1 (30' Samantha Silver)
Ejections: UKC-0; STU-0
Corners: UKC-6; STU-0
Offsides: UKC-1; STU-0

As it Happened: University of Kings' College Blue Devils v. St. Thomas Tommies---Round 3 (ACAA)

Hi, here are the teams. Don't you hate interviews that take too long?

UKC: Pyne, Straatof, Poulton, possibly Downes, Wallingford, Peacock, Kovacevic, Burleton, Boudreau, Parsley, Karkilins.

STU: Ahier, Higgins, Wile, Noel, Blizzard, Gregory, LaBrech, Olaya, Greer, Steeves. That's only 10, but I can't find the last guy.

1min: Parsley fires inches wide as I try to figure the teams out.

5min: Kings' get a corner and Parsley puts it off the bar. STU struggle to clear, but do.

9min: Karkilins streaks in and rounds Ahier, but Wile slides and clears off the line.

14min: Parsley gets bookedfor arguing a nothing foul.

15min: Parsley is dropped in the box with a really hard--and firmly illegal--challenge. No penalty. Maybe the ref remembered Parsley? Maybe?

20min: Karkilins gets on the end of a long throw and puts his cross out of play.

21min: Karkilins gets in behind but he's whistled for a shoulder barge initiated by the defender. How strange.

24min: A STU free kick floats past three waiting heads, none of whom can put it in. Kings' were lucky and Pyne might want to advise his back line next time.

28min: Wallingford with some good defending down the right, with Higgins pounding towards him. Excellent poise from the rookie.

30min: GOAL! More pace from Karkilins, who runs onto a long ball, pulls a brilliant step-over to fool Ahier and rolls in, this time before Wile can slide it clear, although he tried and nearly made it.

32min: Kovacevic with a some excellent control, but it's deflected wide.

37min: Kings' begin to take this game over with marc Boudreau forcing Ahier into a solid save.

41min: Karkilins drill a cross past Ahier but by the time Parsley gets to it his angle is horrible and he misses the goal with the shot.

44min: Great chance for Steeves, but Poulton clears, narrowly missing his own net. The corner comes to nothing.

45min: Olaya finds space in the box test Pyne but it doesn't matter because he'd been ruled offside.

Half-time: Solid showing from Kings' so far, who are slowly taking this over. STU had a good last 10 minutes, though, which tends to be a pivotal time. We'll see.

45min: Kings' start the second half with an enthralling back pass.

47min: Kings' win a corner with a shot Ahier tipped over. It pings around the box and Karkilins nearly breaks free, but he can't quite get away.

51min: STU free kick, 30 yards out. Kings' clear it.

52min: GOAL! MacIntyre scores, after coming on at half-time. He streaks onto a ball down the right and strikes a lovely low curler on his second touch. Great goal and a great finish.

54min: GOAL! MacIntyre again! Another ball down the right, and another superb second touch strike, hard across the net and into the side. 3-0. STU bring off Cedric Noel and replace him with Donald Peters.

63min: STU aren't showing much now, and this game is basically over.

69min: Kings' make a change, with Poulton coming off for Downes, who may have come out at half-time. Curci, who came in at half-time for Kovacevic, gets the armband.

71min: Karkilins and Peacock off for Mark Higgins and Boudreau.

75min: MacIntyre drills his hat trick attempt miles wide and high. That was never, ever going in.

76min: Wile is booked for a niggly foul in midfield. Nothing comes of the free kick.

77min: Straatof gest booked for pulling down Olaya, who's not very happy wish the challenge. This is getting a little chippy.

78min: Free kick to STU on the left. La Brech sends it into the wall. The follow-up is unspeakably bad.

79min: MacIntyre pulls through by getting himself booked for a challenge on Olaya that can only be described as senseless. 65 ayrds from goal, near the touchline, and two-footed.

80min: GOAL! Kings' make it 4 with a nice cross from MacIntyre which Higgins heads in.

82min: Olaya lunges into Curci with both feet and from behind. That was pretty malicious, butthe ref shows no card.

86min: Corner to Kings'. It's bananaed in, but Pyne catches it.

90min: GOAL! Steeves is booked for something or other and the resulting free kick finds the head of Curci, who nods it into the top shelf. 5-0.

Full-time: Solid showing from Kings', including from Pyne. Two five goal games in a row and this time, they don't concede. They look like they could take anybody right now.

University of Kings' College Blue Devils (W) 1 - 0 St. Thomas University Tommies

This is the first game I've covered in the rain, so this could be tricky, especially in Dal Physics' official wind tunnel otherwise known as Wickwire Field.

The ACAA rosters came out this morning, so most of the names should be right. Aside from elite midfielder Allie Akers, Kings' is mostly intact from last year. STU have a massive women's team this year. The men are sitting in front of me complaining about the large women's roster. Apparently it's caused them to have to downgrade thier bus for the trip. It does look a little more like a Metro Transit bus than most teams would like. One guy termed it a "prison bus," which is a pretty accurate description.

Kings' still only has one goalkeeper. Krista Bishop is very skilled (with the notable exception of during last year's playoffs, which I think she'd like to forget), but if she gets hurt we could be watching Sarah Kraus play goal.

Kings' also have a new coach, in Stacey Stocco, who hailed from Adelaide, Australia. She replaces Gillian Costelo for Kings'.

And last year's striker of choice, Neesha Madhvani has also departed. Irene Flatley scored against NSAC mid-week. Yang can score, as can Cutler, but both of them are hurt today. Look for Allison Smith to start with Flatley. For the record, defender Jamie Trueland is also hurt.

Teams are coming out, looking quite proper. No clock, so all times are estimates.

UKC (3-5-2): Bishop, Spessot, Kraus, Skinner, Miesner, Cousens, McKenzie, Anderson, Crothers, Flatley, Smith.

STU (4-4-2): Wardell, McCulloch, Gallie, Bruce, Alisah Benedict, Del Frate, McKinnon, Waddell, Cross, Firlotte, Silver.

1min: Kick-off. Kings' have initial possession. They loop one to Wardell, but it's an easy save.

5min: Lots of midfield battling and little forward movement so far.

6min: Free kick to UKC out wide right. Miesner puts it in short. Flatley nearly getys space, but her attemp to win a corner results in a goal kick.

7min: Flatley breaks in and slides to shoot. It beats the keeper but rolls wide.

9min: STU have brought maybe 35 fans and a banner! Yes, a banner. This sets new levels for a Kings' home game. It's actually a terrible banner, but that's not the point. It reads "Go Team Go." There might be 4 Kings' fans here. They're either press (me) or they work for the program.

11min: Corner to Kings' after a good foray by Cousens. They work some box play and there's a whiff of handball, but the STU defense holds.

14min: Kings' are missing Yang's creativity in midfield. The link-up is still quite smooth, but not as deadly.

15min: Kings' are also playing into a considerable wind. They've been putting long balls in to get their strikers running onto as the wind holds them up. Wardell is also struggling with the wind and she miscommits before scampering back to recover.

18min: Kings' win a corner. It's initially cleared, then sent back in, but Flatley was ruled offside. That might be a bit of a harsh call--she looked on to me, although I don't have the best angle.

19min: Flatley dashes in again. Wardell wins the race to the ball but Flatley makes sure to kick her in the gut on her way by.

21min: Smith cuts inside after Flatley is cut down. Flatley gets up and looks for a return pass, but Smith elects to shoot, and misses.

22min: STU concede a free kick very near the box as Flatley is dropped again. Her pace is causing real problems for STU. And Kings' hit the bar as Cousens loops the wide free kick in with Wardell looking rather helpless.

26min: STU are getting nothing past the monster otherwise known as Sarah Kraus. She pops up wherever STU have space and devours it.

29min: Flatley in again and she shoots low into Wardell's arms. There's a good chance that if she doesn't score, she'll win a penalty with her pace.

30min: STU get a chance in the box. Bishop claims the ball and Samantha Silver clatters her in competition for it. The ref shows her a yellow, but that play was fair game for Silver. Tough decision, there.

34min: Flatley in again, trying this time to poke it past Wardell. She doesn't get anywhere near enough on it and Wardell holds on.

36min: Flatley bangs her way past Gallie and goes down in the area, but the ref waves her up.

38min: Smith gets between the two centrebacks and goes for goal. Wardell stops the shot with her face and STU find a way to clear it.

45min: Smith finagles down the left, gets on her right foot, and fires over from twelve yards.

Half-time comes scoreless, but Kings' should really be winning this game. Chance after chance hasn't quite gone in. It'll interesting to see if (fairly) new coach (she's three games in) Stacey Stocco can motivate them to perform better.

45min: Kings' kick-off. Anderson on for Crothers.

48min: Kings' win a corner off of a STU defensive mistake. It's underhit and wasted.

51min: Flatley gets in behind Wardell, but the ref calls her for a foul on the Tommies' 'keeper. Probably the right call.

59min: King's are bossing this, but still not finishing well.

66min: A boring game livens up a bit as Kings' win a free kick wide right. It's straight to Wardell, who catches easily.

69min: Kings' are looking a bit tired. They played mid-week against NSAC and the pace is beginning to edge away. Yang would help here.

71min: GOAL! Flatley finally finishes! She dances (pardon the bad Riverdance pun) around Bruce, takes a moment to size it up, edges around Wardell and slots home very nicely.

73min: Kings' will almost definitely sit back now, they have the resources in Cousens and Kraus to lock this game down.

75min: Kings' nearly get caught on the counter, though. There are only three at the back which seems a tad risky, given the score.

77min: Kings' win a debatable free kick, which Cousens loops over Wardell and off the bar again. She's unlucky today. Two stunning free kicks and two crossbars.

79min: Flatley evades Bruce again andtries to pick out Smith, but she overhits the pass and Wardell claims.

85min: Kings' should go 2-0 up, but Flatley misses two great opportunities. She managed to find a rebound inches from goal and succeeded only in wafting it over the bar.

88min: No subs in this game, which is odd, though understandable. Kings' onlyhave 12 healthy players. Keeping 11 on the pitch has been hard enough.

90min: Haley Anderson goes down inured. Kings' lack a sub option at this point, so Sarah Dowler--who's also hurt--comes on.

Full-time: Kings' locked it down alright, and they take 3 points as a result. They play again tomorrow.

ACAA run-down

--Dylan Matthias

Source Material: www.acaa.ca

Men:

HC 1 - 1 MSVU
UNBSJ 1 - 1 NSAC
STU 1 - 1 NSAC
HC 2 - 3 UKC
NSAC 2 - 5 UKC (Kings' scored 5 unanswered goals in the second half after going down 2-0)

Women:

STU 1 - 2 ABU
UNBSJ 3 - 1 NSAC
HC 1 - 2 MSVU (Sarah Parker with both Mount goals)
STU 0 - 2 NSAC
ABU 1 - 6 UNBSJ (three goals by Jennifer Bergeron for SJ)
HC 1 - 1 UKC
NSAC 0 - 2 UKC (Flatley and Jang scored for UKC)


Men's Standings:

(from www.acaa.ca)

Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	PF	PA	Points	Rank
UKC	2	2	0	0	8	4	6	1
NSAC	3	0	2	1	4	7	2	2
MSVU	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	3
UNBSJ	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	4
STU	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	5
HC	2	0	1	1	3	4	1	6

Women's Standings

(from www. acaa.ca)

Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	PF	PA	Points	Rank
UNBSJ	2	2	0	0	9	2	6	1
UKC	2	1	1	0	3	1	4	2
MSVU	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	3
ABU	2	1	0	1	3	7	3	4
NSAC	3	1	0	2	3	5	3	5
HC	2	0	1	1	2	3	1	6
STU	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	7

Weekend Scores (Men)

--Dylan Matthias

St. FX 2 - 0 Acadia: Despite the win on goals by Michael Marousek, the team's own website declared St. FX's play as "shaky" and published a quote from their coach expressing his disappointment with his team. X prevail along with journalistic objectivity.

UPEI 2 - 1 Moncton: UPEI overcame a one-goal deficit to win 2-1. Jimmy Mayaleh scored a free kick goal to erase Maxime Furlotte's early second half goal. Nathan Snowie then won the game for UPEI in stoppage time.

MTA 2 - 1 MUN: Mount Allison countered Steven DeLong's goal for MUN with goals from Femi Adehidi and Iain MacLeod. MUN also lost starting goalkeeper Luke Olmstead to an "arm injury," according to www.mun.ca.

DAL 1 - 0 CBU: Cape Breton lost on a 69th minute Kerry Weymann header.

UPEI 0 - 1: UNB: UPEI dropped three points at home, giving up a goal to UNB's Kenny Morrison in the 63rd minute.

Moncton 1 - 2 MUN: Steven DeLong notched his second and Zach Wade also scored for MUN. Matt Breen played goalkeeper for MUN.

SMU 0 - 0 CBU: Neither team could find a goal as CBU failed to score on their road trip to Halifax.

MTA 1 - 1 UNB: Each team scored a goal in the only game we can't find a summary of. Sorry.

Source Material: AUS, stfx.ca, upei.ca, mun.ca, The Chronicle-Herald,

Capers win Sunday at SMU (and other scores) (Women)

--Dylan Matthias

St. FX 1 - 0 Acadia: Amy McKinnon scored the only goal the St. FX women would need to defeat Acadia 1-0 in Antigonish.

UPEI 1 - 0 Moncton: A goal from Kinza Baker gave UPEI three points last Friday, as they took on Moncton in PEI.

UPEI 2 - 0 UNB: Saturday's game followed Friday's for UPEI, who managed to take six points from the weekend with goals from Kinza Baker (her second on the season) and Rachel Graham.

MTA 3 - 2 MUN: Kailey Bower twice countered MUN goals from Heather Williams before Sara Laking scored in stoppage time to secure a 3-2 win for Mount A.

MTA 5 - 1 UNB: The Mounties took apart the Varsity Reds 5-1 with four goals from Sara Laking, taking her total to 5 on the season after only two games.

DAL 0 - 0 CBU: Dalhousie wasted numerous opportunities to win and Jessica MacDermid made several key saves to preserve a 0-0 draw for both teams.

Moncton 1 - 0 MUN: Moncton sent Memorial home with zero of six points from the weekend with Stephanie Leahy's goal.

SMU 0 - 3 CBU: The Cape Breton Capers women put a positive spin on the end of their weekend road trip, putting three goals past Saint Mary's to win 3-0. The Capers have yet to allow a goal this year, while the Huskies have yet to score, even in preseason. Alyssa Kavanaugh, Alyssa Budhoo, and veteran midfielder Hannah Abenheimer scored for CBU.





--Source Material: AUS, The Chronicle-Herald, stfx.ca, mun.ca, upei.ca