Saranac Lake- The North Country Saints Women's team cruised to the BEK1ND Memorial Cup Championship with a convincing 6-0 win over Middlesex in the secong leg of the tournament. The Saints won the tournament with a +9 aggregate total winning both games by a combined 10-1.
Mikenna Valentine opened the scoring for the third straight game on an assist from Chloe Flannaghan just 1:31 into the game.
Freshman Kate Kavanagh would then make it 2-0 just 1:25 later and would then add two more goals before the half to complete the hat trick and give the Saints a 4-0 lead at the half. Kavanagh would score just :45 seconds into the second half and then again with :45 seconds left to give her five goals on the day and the Saints a 6-0 victory.
Alison Van Schaik was very strong again in the Saints net turning aside all 8 shots she faced, and Carlijn van der Smeede came up big time and time again on defense.
Sydney VanNest also had a strong game with 2 assists, as did Flannaghan with 2 assists despite missing the entire second half due to an injury. Abby Hart, Imani Thorburne, and Valentine each added one helper.
Valentine and Kavanagh were both named to the all-tournament team with Flannaghan being named the Tournament MVP.
"I am very proud of the girls for the effort they put out this weekend." said Saints Coach Kent Egglefield. "We had people out, injuries, people playing new positions, and there was no quit. They pulled together and got the job done."
The Saints return to action Wednesday as they travel to Syracuse to take on Onondaga. Gametime is 4pm.
GOAT of the Game-
Our GOAT of the game today is Kate Kavanagh! The freshman forward from Ireland provided most of the offense with 5 goals today and was named to the All-Tournament team! Congrats to you Kate!
