Boxscore and Stats

BURNABY, B.C. - The Simon Fraser University women's soccer team defeated Northwest Nazarene 2-1 on Thursday night in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference match in Burnaby, British Columbia.

 

The Clan (8-4-2, 7-3-2 GNAC) scored the opening tally with just eight seconds to play in the first half when Aly Benes converted a Natalie Fabbro assist at 44:53.

 

SFU's Lia Marining netted the game-winner in the 67th minute off a Sarah Fitzmaurice assist as the Crusaders scored in the final minute of play when Julianne Steele's corner kick offering deflected off a Clan defender and into the goal at the 89:25 mark.

 

Steele joins four other Crusaders with three goals on the season as 12 NNU players have scored the Crusaders 24 goals thus far this year.

 

NNU goalkeeper Tanya Zickefoose made six saves and SFU's Amelia Ng had two.  The Clan out-shot the Crusaders 14-4 and held a 5-2 corner kick advantage.

 

The Crusaders (5-10-0, 3-8-0 GNAC) will now face Western Washington on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in a GNAC counter at Orca Field in Bellingham.