It’s been a very good start to the high school senior girls soccer season for the New Westminster Hyacks.
The squad picked up its third win of the year, blanking a short-staffed Alpha Aztecs 6-0 on Tuesday.
It came on the heels of a similar 6-1 dusting of the Cariboo Hill Chargers last week.
With Alpha starting the game with just eight players, a 1-0 halftime score appeared flattering if not for the stellar work by the Burnaby netminder. The first goal was tallied by Jamie Butts, who converted a rebound after Grade 10 Nisa Reehal’s shot riccocheted off the post.
In the second half it was all Hyacks, with goals by senior Jamie Lee, Grade 9 Christine Singh and two more by Reehal. Sharing the shutout were Ellery Hardy and Sophia Morris.
Against Cariboo Hill, New West held a similar advantage, firing more than 30 shots towards the Chargers’ net. Only a heroic performance from the Cariboo goalkeeper kept the score respectable.
New West’s Georgia Brydon, Abbey Flintoff, Grade 9 Sonia Sarai, Singh and Reehal, with two, rounded out the offence.
The Hyacks began the season with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the Burnaby North Vikings last week.
Although the Vikings struck first, New West responded quickly when Lee launched a forward rush right off the ensuing restart, threading the ball to Singh who fed Reehal.
The quick-footed teen beat one defender and sidestepped the Burnaby goalkeeper to tie the game.
With New West getting a pair of saves from netminder Emma Machuik, the offence pushed forward and got the game-winning goal when Brydon scored from the left side.
Supplying strong defence through the game were Ellery Hardy, Brianne Lowka, Alysia Moysiuk and Lee.
