The Durham Lords Women’s Soccer Team won the OCAA Women’s Soccer title with a dominant 4-1 victory over the Algonquin Thunder on Saturday October 28 in Mississauga as Sheridan College hosted the two-day Championship.

The East Region champion, Durham Lords (9-0-1) entered the Championship as the number one ranked team in Ontario and number three nationally and reclaimed the title they won in 2003 and 2004. This season Durham won their fifth consecutive East Region title and fourth OCAA Championship title, tying Fanshawe for the most OCAA Championships.

The Lords now take aim at the national crown as Langara College hosts the CCAA National Soccer Championships from November 7-11 in Vancouver BC.

The undefeated Lords led the first half of the gold medal game with OCAA League Scoring Champion Brittany Micucci opening the scoring 15 minutes into the game; ten minutes later Kirsten Bodashefsky curled a blast shot, that the Algonquin keeper couldn’t touch giving the Lords the 2-0 lead.

The second half both teams exchanged scoring chances and Algonquin was able to sneak a goal past Morgan Kelly (3rd Year – Computer & Animation) making it 2-1. Katie Szeghalmi (1st Year – Paramedics) scored at the 80th minute and six minutes later she scored again giving the Lords the 4-1 victory.

Durham, finished the season including playoffs and Championships scoring an impressive 56 goals and allowing only 6 in net.

The loss handed the Thunder the silver medal, while the Humber Hawks took bronze with a 2-0 decision over the defending champion Fanshawe Falcons.

There were a few individual all-star awards handed out to the Lords this past weekend. Jennifer Michalicka was named the OCAA Tournament MVP, Kirsten Bodashefsky was the game MVP, Morgan Kelly was awarded Keeper of the Tournament and Kelly and Michalicka were also named to the OCAA All-Star team.

CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-STAR TEAM
Goalie - Durham - #00 Morgan Kelly
Defence - Humber - #16 Joanna Alexopulos
Midfield - Algonquin - #6 SaraMacDonald
Striker - Algonquin - # 11 Grace Harju
Tournament MVP - Durham # 8 Jennifer Michalicka

Championship Results:
Friday October 27
Semi Final #1 - Algonquin Defeats Humber 2-1
Semi Final #2 - Durham Defeats Fanshawe 3-1
Saturday October 28
Bronze Medal - Humber Defeats Fanshawe 2-0
Gold Medal - Durham Defeats Algonquin 4-1