After a tough loss to start the weekend, the Nipissing Lakers women’s soccer team managed to earn a split on the road in Kingston.
Nipissing came up short Saturday, falling 2-1 to the Queens Gaels, before bouncing back and doubling up the RMC Paladins 4-2 Sunday afternoon.
In the weekend’s opening game, Madison Logan scored less than half an hour into the game, putting the Lakers up 1-0 on the Gaels.
Ashley Mlinaric earned the assist on the games’ opening goal.
Less than 10 minutes later, the Gaels tied things up and just after the clock hit the hour mark, Queens scored again to take the lead.
They would hold on for the remaining 30 minutes and come away with the victory and three points.
Lakers goalie Mykaela Volpe finished with three saves, while Nipissing converted on their only official shot on goal.
The second game of the weekend saw much more offence and a better result for the Lakers.
Once again, Logan opened up the scoring, this time just four minutes into the game giving Nipissing an early lead.
Cassidy Korhonen scored at the 16-minute mark and Sabrina Chabot added goals in the first half to put Nipissing up 3-0.
RMC replied with one of their own, sending the two teams to the halftime break with the Lakers lead 3-1.
Nipissing went up 4-1 when Lauren de Jong scored at the 50-minute mark.
RMC found the back of the net in the final minutes of the game, but it wasn’t enough, as Nipissing picked up a 4-2 win.
Volpe was in net once again, earning the victory in the contest.
The Lakers now return home for two games in North Bay.
They’ll host Ryerson Saturday and Toronto Sunday – both games starting at noon at Nipissing Field.
The Nipissing Lakers men’s soccer team was involved in a pair of one-goal games on the weekend, finishing the road trip with a split.
On Saturday, the Lakers came up short, losing 2-1 to the Queens Gaels, while on Sunday, they edged the RMC Paladins by the same score.
In the opening game of the weekend, the Gaels opened up the scored at the 30-minute mark and remained in the lead until late in the game.
The Gaels added a goal to go up 2-0 at the 70-minute before Nipissing replied.
Ryan Roy scored just 12 minutes before the final whistle, but it wasn’t enough as the Lakers fell by a goal.
Andrew Johnstone got the start but was replaced by Gabriel Pastore.
On Sunday, Nipissing jumped out to a 2-0 lead and held on for the victory over RMC.
Jack Collins scored the game’s opening goal early in the second half.
The teams then traded goals in the dying minutes as Will Tsilkas gave Nipissing a 2-0 lead just seconds before RMC found the back of the net.
The goal by Tsilkas turned out to be the game-winner as the contest had some late dramatics.
Pastore picked up his first career win in goal.
The Lakers now return home for two games in North Bay.
They’ll host Ryerson Saturday and Toronto Sunday – both games starting at 2:15 p.m. at Nipissing Field.
Great weekend for Lakers Lacrosse
What a weekend for the Nipissing Lakers lacrosse team.
The Lakers came up with two huge road wings, edging the Ottawa Gee-Gees 11-10 in overtime Saturday before slipping past the Queens Gaels 5-4 Sunday afternoon in Kingston.
On Saturday, a hot start and a late push gave Nipissing the victory, as they eliminated a sluggish second quarter to earn the win.
The Lakers went up 4-1 after the first but found themselves down 6-4 at halftime as the Gee-Gees had a monster second quarter.
Nipissing outscored Ottawa 3-2 in the third and fourth quarters, sending the game to overtime.
In the extra frame, Bo Peltier potted the winner to give Nipissing the two points.
Tanner Poole had a goal and four assists, Peltier finished with four goals, including the game-winner, Scott Dominey had a hat-trick, along with an assist, Will Craig scored twice and Riley Sloan scored as well.
A low scoring affair saw Nipissing pull out the victory Sunday against Queens thanks to two late goals.
Nipissing led 3-2 at halftime, but the Gaels took the lead after three quarters.
Down one in the final frame, Nipissing scored twice to come away with a second straight road win and have now won four of their last five games.
Peltier continued his great weekend, scoring twice, while Sloan, Craig and Quinn Harding added singles.
Up next, Nipissing hosts Ottawa Saturday at 5 p.m. at Nipissing Field before finishing the season with three straight road games the following week.
