McGill offence stifled in road loss to Montreal

MONTREAL — Gabrielle Côté and Rafaelle Robitaille-Bourgeois each scored as the Montreal Carabins blanked McGill 2-0 in U SPORTS women's soccer play Friday at Stade CEPSUM.

Côté opened the scoring in the 17th minute with an unassisted marker, her first of the season. Robitaille-Bourgeois doubled the lead in the 67th, also unassisted, for her second of the campaign.

"The Carabins have a really nice team and were quick to respond on transitions, which makes them very dangerous," said McGill bench boss Jose-Luis Valdes. "They scored both goals on different throw-ins and we weren't as alert as we should have been on those plays."

The Carabins outshot McGill 10-4 in attempted shots and held a 5-0 advantage on target. Montreal also led 7-2 in corner kicks and committed 10 fouls compared to six for the Martlets. No yellow or red cards were issued.

McGill goalkeeper Ann-Stephanie Fortin made one save on three shots faced while conceding both goals in a full 90 minutes of action. Her counterpart, Anna Bianca Stevens-Cardin, was not tested and earned the clean sheet without recording a save.

Among the positives for McGill were two freshmen — Camille Berg,  from North Vancouver, B.C,, and Georgia Baldwin, a midfielder from Toronto — both of whom played the full 90 minutes.

With the result, Montreal improved to 2-0 while McGill dropped to 1-1.

Next up, McGill hosts Laval in their first annual "Women in Sport" game on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Percival Molson Stadium. Montreal visits UQTR the same afternoon.