Sydney, NS – It was a golden moment on Sunday afternoon for the MacEwan Griffins.
MacEwan captured the 2021 U SPORTS Women's Soccer Championships with a thrilling victory in penalty kicks over the Trinity Western Spartans after being tied 2-2 in regular time.
Third-year goalkeeper Bianca Castillo – who came off the bench late in extra time to replace injured starter Breanna Truscott – dove to her right to make the game-winning stop on senior forward Kathryn Harvey of the Spartans.
In the penalty-kick round, the Griffins edged the Spartans 3-2.
In the program's first appearance at a national championship tournament since making the jump to the U SPORTS level in 2014, MacEwan garnered gold, while the Spartans, looking for their sixth Canadian university title, had to settle for silver.
NIKE Players of the Game
- TWU: Kathryn Harvey
- GMU: Kaylin Hermanutz
Tournament MVP
- Samantha Gouveia: MacEwan Griffins
Tournament All-Stars
- Samantha Gouveia: MacEwan Griffins
- Breanna Truscott: MacEwan Griffins
- Kaylin Hermanutz: MacEwan Griffins
- Grace Mwasalla: MacEwan Griffins
- Meagan Lemoine: MacEwan Griffins
- Elizabeth Hicks: Trinity Western Spartans
- Anna Dunn: Trinity Western Spartans
- Kathryn Harvey: Trinity Western Spartans
- Jacqueline Tyrer: UBC Thunderbirds
- Mathilde Rousseau: Laval Rouge et Or
- Arielle Roy-Petitclerc: Laval Rouge et Or
R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award
- Queen's University Gaels
Summary
TWU: 1-1-0-0-0-(2)
MAC: 2-0-0-0-0-(3)
First half
TWU: Kathryn Harvey 15' TWU-1 – MAC-0
GMU: Salma Karnel 36' TWU-1 – MAC-1
GMU: Raeghan McCarthy 45' MAC-2 – TWU-1
Second Half
TWU: Kathryn Harvey 62' TWU-2 – MAC-2
Extra time
No scoring
Penalty kicks
TWU: Anna Dunn – goal
GMU: Raeghan McCarthy – save
TWU: Tilly James – save
GMU: Erin Van Dolder – goal
TWU: Maddie Melnychuk – miss
GMU: Hannah Supina – goal
TWU: Olivia Kranjcec – goal
GMU: Grace Mwasalla – goal
TWU: Kathryn Harvey – save
Digital coverage can be accessed on cbcsport.ca the free CBC Gem streaming service and the CBC Sports app, while French-language broadcasts are available at https://video.isilive.ca/play/usports/w-soccer-french