The Hyack girls’ soccer team added a second win last week, defeating Burnaby Mountain 8-0 at home.
The New West girls dominated the field on Thursday after taking possession of the ball off the Lions’ opening kick.
Grade 11 student Juliet Davies opened scoring in the eighth minute of the first half, after a handful of shots on the Lions’ net were blocked.
Davies followed her goal with a left-footed cross into the box where teammate, and fellow Grade 11 student Simran Dhillon took possession and rammed the ball into the back of the net, making it 2-0 for the Hyacks.
At the 18-minute mark of the first half, Dhillon and Davies tag-teamed the Lions’ goalie once again. This time it was Dhillon who set Davies up for her second goal of the game, advancing the Hyacks lead to 3-0.
In the 29th minute of the first half, New West coach Wayne McCarthy told The Record senior Stefani Cruickshank “swooped in on a scrambled ball and put it past the Burnaby Mountain keeper.”
Leading 4-0 at the start of the second half, junior Naomi Noda pulled off a conversion to make it 5-0 for the New West Hyacks. Shortly after, Cruickshank had her second goal of the game off a pass from Davies in the ninth minute of the second half, extending the Hyack lead to 6-0.
Nearly halfway through the second half, Jennifer Tamondong, one of three Grade 10 students playing on the senior team, broke through Burnaby’s back line and kicked in a low shot past the Lions’ keeper, making it 7-0 for the Hyacks.
But the New West girls weren’t done yet.
In the final minutes of the game, Hyack centre-midfielder Celeste Bain rounded out the scoring with a heavy shot from the top of the 18-yard box.
New Westminster is now 2-0 in regular season play after defeating Byrne Creek on April 8. The Hyacks will take on Burnaby North at home on Tuesday afternoon, after Record deadlines.
North wins again
Burnaby North is 2-0 in regular season play after beating Burnaby Mountain 6-0 last week. North went on to defeat Moscrop 5-1 last Thursday, while Central continued its shutout streak with a 1-0 win over Alpha. Burnaby South, meanwhile, made up for its 2-0 loss to Central last Tuesday with a 3-1 win over Byrne Creek on Thursday.
