Match 9: *SAIT Trojans 2, Capilano Blues 2 (*SAIT wins PKs 7-6)

In the first bronze medal semifinal match of the day, the SAIT Trojans made a wild comeback to edge out the Capilano Blues in a penalty shooutout, 7-6.

In the 27th minute, Catarina Olstrom for the Blues was clipped and fouled in the box giving the Blues a penalty. Captain Adrianna Babinski steps up to the mark and converts the penalty with ease with SAIT keeper Erin Mergen guessing the wrong way and giving the Blues a 1-0 lead.

In the last minute of the first half, Capilano was granted a free kick in their end and blasted it down the pitch to Olstrom who beat Mergen one-on-one and added another tally for the Blues. 

Meaghan Weibe put SAIT on the board in the 58th minute with a poor clearance from Olstrom in the Blues box and Weibe took advantage and scored a screamer from just outside the area.

The Trojans tied it up in the 66th minute with an astonishing shot from Kenzie Georgsen who turned and shot from dead centre outside the box and managed to hook it over Blues keeper Sabrina Lam.

The match went to penalties and SAIT beat Capilano 7-6 in penalties after eight rounds with Alyssa Macpherson nailing the last penalty for the Trojans.

The 4imprint Players of the Match were Erin Mergen for SAIT and Lauren Grey for the Blues.

Match 10: *Fanshawe Falcons 2, Humber Hawks 2 (*Fanshawe wins PKs 5-4)

In the second bronze medal semi-final, it was an all Ontario match between OCAA gold medalists Fanshawe Falcons and bronze medalists Humber Hawks.

The Falcons opened up the match with a goal from rookie Aysia King who got a cross from Kayla McQueen and pinned it past Humbers keeper Vanessa Fiore. McQueen took a hit from Hawks defender Dominika Philip right after crossing the ball to King and was subbed off due to injury.

The Hawks leveled it out in the 39th minute with Humber’s top scorer Kaitlynn Russell picking up a deflection from a fumbled ball off of the Falcons defence and finding the back of the net.

Just before the halftime whistle, the Falcons had a breakaway from a Hawks corner with a 2v1 against defender Philip and Lauryn Soares capitalizing and striking it past Fiore.

In the 86th minute Humber equalized with senior Giulia Zanardi finding a deflected ball from keeper Breanne Carreiro and floating a header into the net.

This bronze semi-final match also went into penalties with Fanshawe beating Humber 5-4 after seven rounds of penalties.

The 4imprint Players of the Game were Vanessa Reda for Humber and Aysia King for Fanshawe.