REDS Extend Win Streak
(FREDERICTON, NB) The UNB REDS beat the Saint Mary's Huskies 3-0 Saturday afternoon in Atlantic University Sport women's soccer action at UNB's BMO Centre.
The REDS got goals from three different players on route to their fourth consecutive win.
"I've been here five years with Covid and have not had a four-game win streak," said REDS' striker Sophia Maillet (Fredericton, NB), named Tim Horton's Player of the Game. "I think it's those four years of no success, no results, the results weren't there that we wanted, so I guess it's that grittiness and relentlessness that's been building up in us."
The home team wasted little time in opening the scoring.
Off a great run, Heidi Lauwerijssen (Kensignton, PE) drove a ball onto the Huskies net that keeper Katie Alley (Milton, ON) dove to stop, but the rebound was quickly corralled by Aurora Hughes-Goyette (Garibaldi Highlands, BC) who fired it past a helpless Alley giving the REDS a 1-0 lead.
With time winding down in the opening half, Carolina Gzesniak (Oshawa, ON) lofted a ball into the Huskies box that first-year RED Evana Eyubeh (Mississauga, ON) managed to get a head on, but directed if off the crossbar and the two teams went to the half-time break with UNB leading 1-0.
UNB doubled their lead in the 69th minute when Jillian Curtis (Corpus Christi, TX) fed a ball to Maillet who hammered a left-footed strike past Alley.
"I always know what she's going to do, she's always looking for me," said Maillet of Curtis. "The ball slipped through to me, and it was nothing but trying to get the corner there and I found it."
Lauwerijssen added a goal in extra time to make the final 3-0.
With the win, the REDS are now 4-1-0 (W-L-T) and sit second in the AUS standings while the Huskies are now 2-3-1 and tied for fourth.
Up next for the Huskies, a Thursday evening game on home turf against Acadia. Kick-off is scheduled for 5:00pm.
UNB returns to action Sunday when they host Moncton. Game time is 1:00pm.
"We're riding high here and we're just going to keep it going tomorrow," said Maillet.
RECAP BY: Andy Campbell/UNB Athletics
PHOTOS BY: Fran Harris/for UNB Athletics