Sarnia Spirit U13
2008
 

Spirit Suffers Loss to Sault Ste. Marie Civics

It was a long way to travel for a league game in Soo territory on June 28, 2008.  In the opening minutes of the game, the Civics came out strong for their home crowd.  The Soo came fast with aggressive soccer and scored first off a crossbar rebound.  A nice defensive play by Danielle Quinn avoided a Civics breakaway and great defensive work from Carly Stamm in a 1:1 challenge kept Sarnia in the game.  Sarnia tried to respond but a brilliant save by the Soo’s keeper kept Sarnia shut out in the 1^st half.  At half time, Sarnia was down by two goals.  Sarnia was impressive in the 2^nd half eager to catch up by firing a volley of activity at the Soo’s net. Jessie Kozachuk, Sarnia’s keeper, delivered a beautiful save to keep the Soo at 2 goals and in the closing minutes of the game, a loose ball found Nicki Parkes to end the match 2-1 for Sault Ste. Marie.

Kitchener deflates Sarnia’s Spirit

On Saturday, July 5, 2008 Sarnia had its 1^st league match again Kitchener Spirit. Kitchener is currently ranked 8^th in Ontario play.  It was a flurry of activity from the Kitchener side with this high caliber team controlling the game.  Sarnia stayed strong in the first half holding Kitchener to a 2-0 lead.  Jessie Kozachuck, Sarnia’s keeper, definitely had a workout this game, but despite many shots by Kitchener this day, Jessie made numerous saves and played exceptionally well including a tough save from a hard line penalty shot.  Sarnia fell to Kitchener 6-0. 

Sarnia Spirit U13 has a league break until August 7, 2008 and will be recharged to face Waterloo Phoenix for the first time in league play.  The U13 girls’ next outing will be at the Ontario Cup preliminary rounds held in Sarnia at Veteran’s Fields on July 19^th and 20^th.