Sarnia Spirit (3) vs. NorWest Fury (0)

July 22, 2009

Sarnia travelled to London to meet with NorWest for their 2^nd meeting this season.  Sarnia would strike first early in the 1^st half but would come up short.  NorWest goalkeeper would deny Sarnia any chance of making it on the scoreboard, at least in the 1^st half.

Going into the 2^nd half, the game remained scoreless until Sarnia would find the back of the net with some beautiful passing by Sarnia’s defenders and midfielders.  Katrina Fairbairn would catch the ball from her midfielder, Allison Deery who then passed up to her forward, Melissa Blair who would find Alicia DaSilva charging towards the net.  On an attempted scoring opportunity by DaSilva, Lauren Holman was there to tap in the rebound at the 9-minute mark.  After 23 minutes of 2^nd half play, Kristi Pugsley would fire the ball up through the NorWest defenders and the ball would connect with Alicia DaSilva who would sail one into the far left side of the net.  Responding only 6 minutes later, Alicia DaSilva would strike again off of a free kick off of a NorWest foul sailing it over the head of the opposing goalie.  Sarnia would pt this one away by a score of 3-0.  Danielle Graham would earn her 2^nd shutout of the season making some very nice saves for Sarnia. 

Sarnia Spirit (3) vs. Woodstock Spurs (0)

July 25, 2009

Sarnia hosted Woodstock on their home field Saturday afternoon.  Sarnia would strike first late in the 1^st half with only a minute left of play.  Sarnia’s stopper, Amy Elliott, would carry the ball up to the halfway line and kicked it up through the centre of the field to find Shae Colman out front of the opposition’s net putting away her first goal of the season.  Sydney Authier, Sarnia’s goalkeeper, brought up for the U12 team did an awesome job in net making many saves and handling the ball quite well. 

In the 2^nd half of play, around 17 minutes, Lilia Pasqual strategically placed the ball just behind the Spurs’ defenders allowing Alicia DaSilva to capitalize on a kick from the corner putting the score at 2-0.  Responding only 2 minutes later, DaSilva crossed the ball out front to Allison Deery who was able to tip a nice ball in the back of the net.  Sydney Authier would continue with her secure ball handling skills to earn herself the shutout.