Women's Soccer opens regular season with a pair of draws
By Josh Kolm
Sports Editor
September 7, 2010
 Coming off of impressive wins in exhibition play against a handful of U.S. schools, the Windsor Lancers Women’s Soccer team hoped to bring that momentum into the beginning of the regular season, opening the 2010 year with a pair of games on the road.
Starting the weekend was match against the Guelph Gryphons. The Lancers were arguably in control of the game, maintaining possession of the ball in the Guelph zone for much of the first half. However, impressive and aggressive play by Gryphon keeper Joelle Chartrain kept the Lancers off the board.
Equally impressive was the play by Lancer goaltender Rebecca Singer, who maintained her shutout through regular time. However, during two minutes of stoppage time, Gryphon striker Jennifer Dunn commanded the ball and managed to beat Singer on a breakaway.
What seemed to be the Lancers’ chance at a point in the standings slipping away turned into a chance at a breath-taking save of face. Almost immediately after the ball was placed at half, Lancer Candace Garrod was able to take it down the field and blast the ball past Chartrain to tie it up in the last seconds.
The following day, the Lancers traveled to Hamilton to take on the McMaster Marauders. The two teams had been nearly evenly matched in their last three meetings, and this game was no different. With Danielle St.Germaine taking the goaltending duties for the second half of the weekend, Windsor was once again in control. However, it only took one goal to sneak past Lancer keeper to match the one put in by forward Mereasa Brownlie for the Lancers to end the weekend with a pair of bittersweet draws.
The points gained from the ties place the Lancers in the middle of the OUA West Division standings.
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