PANTHER’
      SPI
      PULL
      OFF
      SATURDAY
      SPLIT
      &
      SUNDAY
      SWEEP
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Memo-
     
     
      rial
      Seahawks
      of
     
     
      Newfoundland
      came
     
     
      to
      town
      last
      Saturday
     
     
      to
      take
      on
      the
      Pan-
     
     
      thers.
     
    

    
     
      The
      women’s
     
     
      team
      played
      first.
     
     
      The
      game
      was
      enter-
     
     
      taining,
      as
      it
      was
      a
     
     
      low
      scoring
      contest
     
     
      with
      plenty
      of
      action.
     
     
      Despite
      several
     
     
      chances,
      neither
      team
     
     
      scored
      in
      the
      first
      half
     
     
      or
      for
      most
      of
      the
     
     
      second.
     
    

    
     
      The
      game’s
     
    
   
   
    
     
      lone
      goal
      occurred
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      because
      of
      a
      Panther
     
     
      defensive
      breakdown
     
     
      at
      the
      90"
      minute.
     
     
      Memorial’s
      Meihan
     
     
      Roberts
      put
      the
      ball
     
     
      in
      the
      back
      of
      the
     
     
      net.
     
    

    
     
      Saturday’s
     
     
      second
      game
      was
     
     
      played
      by
      the
      men’s
     
     
      team
      during
      heavy
     
     
      rain,
      thunder
      and
     
     
      lightning.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Panther’s
     
     
      first
      goal
      came
      from
     
     
      Ryan
      O’Connell
     
     
      early
      in
      the
      game.
     
     
      After
      being
      roughly
     
     
      knocked
      down,
     
     
      O’Connell
      got
      up
     
    
   
   
    
     
      score
      d
      a
      brilliant
     
     
      goal.
      O’Connell
      was
     
     
      named
      player
      of
      the
     
     
      game.
     
    

    
     
      Kris
     
     
      McKinnon
      scored
     
     
      in
      the
      second
      half
      to
     
     
      give
      the
      Panthers
      a
      2-
     
     
      0
      victory
      over
      the
     
     
      Seahawks.
     
    

    
     
      Sunday
      the
      Pan-
     
     
      ther
      teams
      took
      on
     
     
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      New
      Brunswick
     
     
      Varsity
      Reds.
      Both
     
     
      men’s
      and
      women’s
     
     
      teams
      won
      their
     
     
      respective
      matches.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      women
      took
      to
      the
     
     
      field
      first.
      Captain
     
     
      Lana
      Birch
      was
      able
     
     
      to
      score
      in
      the
      first
     
     
      half
      to
      give
      UPEI
      the
     
     
      lead.
     
    

    
     
      UNB
      came
     
     
      close
      to
      evening
      up
     
     
      the
      score
      on
      several
     
     
      occasions
      in
      the
     
     
      second
      half,
      but
      the
     
     
      Panthers
      held
      their
     
     
      ground,
      Panther
     
     
      Kinza
      Baker
      scored
     
     
      UPEI’s
      second
      goal
     
     
      when
      she
      shot
      from
     
     
      about
      25
      yards
      out
     
     
      and
      netted
      it
      in
      the
     
     
      corner.
     
    

    
     
      Marianne
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      McKinnon
      scored
     
     
      the
      third
      and
      final
     
     
      goal
      for
      UPEI.
     
    

    
     
      The
      week-
     
     
      end’s
      last
      game
      was
     
     
      the
      men’s
      match.
     
     
      Ryan
      O’Connell
     
     
      scored
      twice
      to
      give
     
     
      the
      Panthers
      the
      win.
     
     
      O’Connell
      scored
      his
     
     
      second
      goal
      after
     
     
      John
      Vos
      set
      up
      a
     
     
      pass
      in
      front
      of
      the
     
     
      net.
     
    

    
     
      Although
      O’Connell
     
     
      commanded
      the
     
     
      scoreboard
      the
     
     
      Panthers
      also
      had
     
     
      outstanding
      play
     
     
      from
      Tommy
      Craig,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Brodie
      McMurrer
     
     
      and
      keeper
      John
     
     
      Andrew
      Rousseau.
     
     
      Craig
      provided
     
     
      exciting
      play
      that
     
     
      resulted
      in
      numerous
     
     
      scoring
      chances.
     
     
      McMurrer,
      playing
     
     
      sweeper,
      led
      the
     
     
      defence
      and
      made
     
     
      several
      runs
     
    

    
     
      up
      field.
      Keeper
     
     
      John
      Andrew
     
     
      Rousseau,
      w
      ho
      is
     
     
      playing
      his
      first
     
     
      year
      with
      the
      Pan-
     
     
      thers,
      provided
     
     
      vocal
      and
      aggressive
     
     
      play
      in
      net.