The Durham Lords won their opening match 3-0 against the Atlantic College Champion Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) Mystics on Thursday morning and now sit one win away from clinching a spot in national title game.

The Lords carried the play throughout the first half and opened the scoring at the 29 minute mark as 2007 CCAA Player of the Year Katie Szeghalmi drilled a shot at net that was stopped by the MSVU keeper but Kirsten Bodashefsky followed it up by burying the rebound to score the game's opening goal, giving the Lords a 1-0 lead going into the locker rooms at half.

After the two teams played even for the opening minutes of the second half, Durham turned on offensive pressure when at the 62 minute mark, Jodi Den Bok scored from the 18 yard box on a low drive that managed to find the back of the net.

Thirteen minutes later, Katie Szeghalmi headed in a beautiful goal from 15 yards out, taking an excellent cross from Krista Metcalf. The goal extends Szeghalmi's scoring streak to seven games where she has racked up twelve goals.

The Durham Lords are now one win away from securing a spot in the national title match as they face the FX-Garneau Elans on Friday at 10:30am AST/ 9:30am EST in a rematch of last years bronze medal game.

Durham will look to flip last year’s results as FX Garneau defeated Durham 3-1 at the Nationals last season, preventing the Lords from winning their first women’s soccer national medal.

Durham also extended their 2007 shutout streak to twelve games as Ashley Visser picked up another clean sheet. Szeghalmi picked up some more hardware as she was named the Adidas Player of the Game.


CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Pool A
Capilano (1-0)
Mount Royal (0-0)
UKC (0-1)

Pool B
FX Garneau (1-0)
Durham (1-0)
MSVU (0-2)


CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Wednesday, November 7
10:30 am - F.X. Garneau defeated MSVU 4-0
1:00 pm - Capilano defeated UKC 6-0

Thursday, November 8
10:30 am - Durham vs. MSVU (Host)
1:00 pm - Mount Royal vs. UKC

Friday, November 9
10:30 am - F.X. Garneau vs. Durham
1:00 pm – Capilano vs. Mount Royal

Saturday, November 10
9:00 am - 5th place vs. 6th place
11:00 am - Bronze Medal Game
1:30 pm - Gold Medal Game

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

Capilano College – North Vancouver, BC
Collège François-Xavier-Garneau (F.X. Garneau) – Québec, PQ
Durham College – Oshawa, ON
Mount Royal College – Calgary, AB
Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) – Halifax, NS
University of King’s College (UKC) – Halifax, NS

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