Capers top Sea-Hawks 1-0 to advance to Subway AUS Women’s Soccer Championship final
(MONCTON, N.B.) – In a hard fought battle for a place in Sunday’s championship game, the Cape Breton Capers topped the Memorial Sea-Hawks 1-0 in the semi-final round of the 2015 Subway AUS Women’s Soccer Championship being hosted by Université de Moncton.
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Team Stats
| Game Statistics | Memorial | Cape Breton |
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| Shots (on goal) | 8 (6) | 12 (5) |
| Saves | 4 | 6 |
| Fouls | 3 | 1 |
| Corner Kicks | 4 | 9 |
| Offsides | 0 | 1 |
(MONCTON, N.B.) – In a hard fought battle for a place in Sunday's championship game, the Cape Breton Capers topped the Memorial Sea-Hawks 1-0 in the semi-final round of the 2015 Subway AUS Women's Soccer Championship being hosted by Université de Moncton.
The No.2-seeded Capers will now face off Sunday at 2 p.m. at Stade Moncton Stadium against the top-seeded Acadia Axewomen. The Axewomen earned their spot in the championship final in the first semi-final matchup, topping the No. 5-seeded StFX X-Women 3-0.
After a scoreless first half, fourth-year Capers defender Kara MacKinnon (Sydney, N.S.) notched the game's lone goal in the 51st minute of play to give Cape Breton the win.
Third-year Capers keeper Lysianne Trottier (Barrie, Ont.) recorded the shutout, stopping six shots on goal from the defending champion Sea-Hawks.
The Capers and the Axewomen will battle it out Sunday for the AUS championship banner and the lone AUS berth at the CIS championship being hosted Nov. 12-15 by the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C.
All games of the AUS championship are being broadcast on Bell Aliant's FibreOP TV1 and are also available via webcast at www.AUStv.ca.