Saint Mary's Huskies (W) 0 - 4 Dalhousie Tigers (W) ---Preseason---

4pm, September 6th, 2009: Husky Stadium

The Tigers women's soccer team answered any questions raised by a disappointing 0-0 draw last Friday by thumping the Huskies in the return leg of the home and home series tonight (Sunday).

"We played well, better than the last game," said Tigers 'keeper Heather MacDonald, echoing what her coach had asked of them.

[I'm] "really pleased that every half of the two games got better each half," said Tigers head coach Jack Hutchison, who had been quite upset by his team's lacklustre start on Friday.

New acquisition Teresa Morrison--the former captain of the X-Women soccer team who transferred to Dalhousie for its dentistry program--opened the scoring after considerable pressure from the visiting Tigers.

After a corner was cleared Morrison was on hand to finish into the bottom corner past Saint Mary's goalkeeper Justine Caldwell.

The goal failed to spur either team on to greater things and the first half petered away.

Dalhousie controlled the second half, though, and scored three goals in ten minutes to seal a win.

In the 51st minute, Emily Cox beat substitute goalkeeper Ashleigh Bellefontaine to a loose ball and found Jeanette Huck who sidefooted into an empty goal.

Two minutes later, Ottawa native and rookie Emma Landry floated a shot over Bellefontaine for her first goal.

Dalhousie completed the barrage when last year's team-leading scorer (with nine goals) Kate MacDonald chipped a long-range shot over Bellefontaine. Although it looked as though the 'keeper had saved it, the referee awarded a goal after Bellefontaine fumbled the ball and it crossed the line.

"It's never good when you lose 4-0," said Huskies head coach Mark Sweetapple. "Over the two games that we played, there were still quite a few positives to take from it.... Dal has been one of the top two teams the past two years, so I look at it as a good thing that we've played them twice."

Sweetapple will have to build on those positives quickly. Reigning two-time champions Cape Breton come to Halifax on the weekend and the Huskies will be tested by striker Erika Lannon and goalkeeper Jessica MacDermid.


Match Stats (Strictly Unofficial)

Goals: SMU-0; DAL-4
Shots (On Target): SMU-1; DAL-7
Attempts: SMU-1; DAL-9
Fouls: SMU-9; DAL-5
Cautions: SMU-0; DAL-0
Ejections: SMU-0; DAL-0
Corners: SMU-2; DAL-4
Offsides: SMU-1; DAL-2
Injuries: SMU-0; DAL-0