U18 Girls, U18, 2017 (St. Columban SC)

St Columban U18 girls hosted South Huron on Saturday August 12, 2017 and after a hard fought battle came home with a bronze medal. Midway through the first frame, after  Nicki Van Bakel sent the ball deep, Kiara Driscoll made a nice pass to Lorren Poland who opened the scoring for the home squad. Shortly thereafter, Emma Flanagan found the back of the net after a nice cross from Sam Reidy.

St Columban U18 girls' three game winning streak came to an abrupt halt as a strong Seaforth team handed them a 6 – 0 loss in the semi-final match on Aug 9, played in Seaforth.  Midfielders, Breanna McCarthy, Sarah Van Bakel, Mikaylie Klaver, Claire Horan, and Khloee Eisler battled hard and were effective at taking away the middle, but in the end the home team would prevail. Nicki Van Bakel was stellar in goal, coming through with plenty of spectacular saves. More action to come as St Columban plays for bronze at 9:30 on Saturday morning Aug 12 in St Columban.  

The St Columban U18 girls secured a spot in the semi-finals with 5-0 win over Blyth/Clinton on Wednesday night. The score however was not indicative of the quality of play. Under persistent rain it was a close game until well into the second half.

St Columban U18 girls squared off against Wingham, on July 19 in the opening game of post season play.  The game was played in St. Columban.  Mikaylee Klaver opened the scoring early on a nice feed from Emma Flanagan. Wingham answered right back with a goal a few minutes later. Khloee Eisler would score her first of two on a tic tac toe play from Maddie Hill and Lorren Poland. Khloee's second of the night came early in the second half on pass from Lorren Poland. Lorren added a goal of her own on a very nice individual effort to round out the score at 4-1 for the home squad. Exceptional effort ...

St Columban U18 girls traveled to Wingham on a humid July 12th. Sustained pressure early resulted in good chances but no marker. Midway through the half Lorren Poland found the back of the net on a nice feed from Kiara Whyte. Lorren scored again on a hard shot from outside the 18 yard line on a nice cross from Mikaylee Klaver. Impressive team work from from front to back secured the win with Lorren Poland rounded out the hat trick scoring on her own rebound midway through the second half. Solid play by call ups Sarah McCarthy, Samantha McCarthy and Kiara Whyte contributed to the win also.