AMHERSTBURG, Ont. - Algonquin College (Ottawa) put through a dominating effort to claim its second consecutive gold medal with a 3-1 victory over Humber College (Etobicoke) Saturday afternoon at the belairdirect OCAA Women's Soccer Championship hosted by St. Clair College on Amherstburg's Libro Centre field.

Algonquin's Vanessa Macmillan (Ottawa, Ont.) scored a natural hat trick in the first half and struck quickly just two minutes into the match for her first goal. Macmillan was set up by eventual OCAA Championship Most Valuable Player Melissa Harrison (Burlington, Ont.) on her second goal at the 19 minute mark and completed Algonquin's scoring with a long run in the 34th minute for her final tally.

Humber tried to make the game interesting with a goal from Giulia Zanardi (Tottenham, Ont.) in the second half's 76th minute but the Thunder were not to be stopped.

For her efforts Macmillan was named Algonquin's Player of the Game with Mikaela Zeballos (Brampton, Ont.) earning that honour for the Hawks.

Algonquin now advances to the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association National Championship being hosted by Collège Ahuntsic at Montreal's Soccer Stadium Nov. 9-12.

Championship All-Star Team
MVP - Melissa Harrison (Algonquin)
All-Star - Sylvie Avedessian (Algonquin)
All-Star -Vanessa Fiore (Humber)
All-Star -Hayley Mackie (Humber)
All-Star -Clarissa McArthur (Cambrian)

Final Placing
Gold Medal: Algonquin College (Ottawa)
Silver Medal: Humber College (Etobicoke)
Bronze Medal: Cambrian College (Sudbury)
4th Place: Seneca College (North York)
Consolation Champion: Fanshawe College (London)
6th Place: St. Clair College (Windsor)
7th/8th Place: Mohawk College (Hamilton)
7th/8th Place: St. Lawrence College (Kingston)

Source: St. Clair College