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The Lakers welcomed the Queen’s Gaels to town for the lone game of the weekend after Nipissing’s matchup with RMC was rescheduled.
It was the Gaels, unfortunately, who came away with the win and three points, as they topped the Lakers by a final of 5-1.
The Gaels opened the scoring in the 19th minute, finding the back of the net on a cross in the crease.
Queen’s went up 2-0 just over 10 minutes later with a goal off of transition rattling off the post and into the net.
The Gaels took their two-goal lead into the halftime break.
The Lakers climbed within one early in the second half, with Cassidy Brooks continuing her strong season, burying a header into the back of the net.
Jen Milligan sent a perfect cross off of a corner which was met by Brooks who got the Lakers on the board.
Unfortunately, the Gaels would answer that goal with three of their own.
Within 10 minutes, Queen’s tallied three times to go up 5-1 by the 70-minute mark.
Nipissing had a number of chances late in the half, but the Gaels’ goalkeeper stood tall, making three excellent saves to keep the score in favour of the Gaels.
The Gaels held on late and picked up the victory.
Up next, the Lakers head to Peterborough to take on the Trent Excalibur next Saturday afternoon before facing RMC in a makeup game Sunday at noon in North Bay.
Entering the weekend with a 3-1-0 record, the Nipissing Lakers men’s soccer team looked for a big win against their rivals, the Queen’s Gaels Sunday afternoon.
It was another intense contest, with the Lakers coming up with a thrilling last second goal to come out on top, by a final of 3-2.
After leading 2-0 for much of the contest, the Gaels climbed back into the game with two second-half tallies, but that setup the heroics from a pair of Nipissing veterans.
Jack Collins was brought down in the box, setting up a penalty kick where captain Tyrell Chambers stepped up and made no mistake, burying the winner.
To kick things off, it didn’t take long for the Lakers to get on board, as they found the back of the net just a minute into the game.
Salim Taha finished off a bouncing ball, heading it into the corner of the net to give Nipissing the 1-0 lead.
The lead stood as the teams entered the halftime break.
In the second half, the Lakers went up 2-0 on a goal by Cedric Devos.
While they still controlled much of the play, the Lakers saw their lead disappear as Queen’s fought back with a pair of late goals to tie things up 2-2.
Queens scored at the 63-minute mark and tied the game seconds before injury time.
Then, Chambers took care of the rest.
Confidently stepping up to the ball, Chambers hammered home the shot to the bottom corner to give Nipissing the win and full three points, moving them to 4-1-0 on the season.
The Lakers hit the road for a pair of games next weekend, taking on the Trent Excalibur Saturday and the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks Sunday.
