Field hockey team rallies to salvage trip to Toronto
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TORONTO -- McGill rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits to settle for a 2-2 draw against the Western Ontario Mustangs in women's field hockey at Lamport Stadium in Toronto, Sunday, to salvage a 1-1-1 road trip in southern Ontario.
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Shannon Sibold, a freshman from Calgary, scored in the 34th minute to tie the game at 1-1 but Western regained the lead 16 mnutes later. Rookie Sarah Main of North Vancouver, B.C., saved the day for McGill, netting the equalizer in the 67th minute.
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Earlier in the day, McGill rebounding from Friday's 6-0 loss on Friday to division-leading Toronto by rallying with three unanswered goals in a nine-minute span to edge Waterloo 3-2.
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Main notched the winning tally in the 68th minute.
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Trailing 2-0, Camille St-Cyr of Richmond, B.C., put McGill on the scoreboard in the 59th minute and teammate Maria Oswald of Vancouver, B.C.,Ìý tied the score at 2-2 five minutes later.
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Goalkeeper Jaqueline Riddle, a sophomore from Guelph, Ont., was in nets for all McGill games.
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The Martlets improved to third in the seven-team Ontario conference with a 3-1 record, two points in arrears of second-place Guelph (4-1).
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McGill heads to Kingson next weekend, for key games against Guelph, Toronto and Queen's.
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics
514-398-7012
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| OUA Field Hockey Standings (updated through
Sept. 30/11) |
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Toronto | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 18 |
| Guelph | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 12 |
| McGill | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Waterloo | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| York | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3 |
| Western | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| Queen's | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 |