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Kirsten Koellmel
Don Voaklander
4
Winner Regina REG (1-0-0, 1-0-0)
3
Alberta ALB (0-1-0, 0-1-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Regina REG 3 1 4
Alberta ALB 1 2 3

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Cougars advance to Canada West quarterfinals with 4-3 win over Alberta

QUICKLY
Peyton Enns scored the first postseason hat trick in school history and Kirsten Koellmel set a school single-match assists record as the University of Regina's women's soccer team took a 4-3 road victory over Alberta on Saturday afternoon in a Canada West play-in game in Edmonton.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Enns got things started early for the Cougars, settling a nice cross from the right courtesy of Kirsten Koellmel and fending off an Alberta defender while slipping it past Pandas keeper Autumn Wynn to put the Cougars up in the ninth minute.
  • But Regina's lead didn't last long as just six minutes later, Alberta's Emily Duxbury headed in a cross from the right to tie it up at 1-1.
  • The torrid scoring pace continued just two minutes after Duxbury's goal. Koellmel sent in a cross that Wynn couldn't handle, and Enns was there to tap in an easy one.
  • Nicole Klassen got into the act in the 31st minute. Koellmel sent in yet another dangerous cross which was partially dealt with by Alberta's back line, but Klassen ended up with the ball at the top of the box and fired it into the left corner to put Regina up 3-1.
  • Abbie Sheflo drew Alberta closer in the 66th minute with a laser from distance, but Enns was next up 10 minutes later. She completed the hat trick when Makenna Sackman led her with a great ball and though her initial shot was saved, Enns was there to collect the rebound and restore the two-goal lead.
  • Alberta scored in injury time to draw back to within one goal, but the Pandas weren't able to find the equalizer.

NOTES
  • Koellmel's helpers on the first three Regina goals gave her the first three-assist performance in school history.
  • Starting keeper Kareena Andersen made seven saves for the Cougars.

PLAYOFFS
The win sends the Cougars into the Canada West quarterfinals and for the third consecutive year, they'll fly to the West Coast to square off with UBC. This year's Thunderbirds were 13-1-0 in conference play, finished first in Canada West's Pacific Division, and are the No. 1-ranked team in U SPORTS.

NEXT UP
The quarterfinal between the Cougars and UBC will be played next Saturday in Vancouver. Kickoff is set for 4:30 PM (PDT).

 
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