The junior field hockey team travelled to Shawnigan Lake this weekend for the ISA Championships. The Cavs returned home with a 3-1 record and the bronze medal. Collingwood's only loss came in the semi-final to Crofton House in a shoot-out. However, the team re-grouped and finished the day with a 5-3 win over York House to finish third.
The Cavs opened the tournament Friday morning with a decisive 7-0 win over Shawnigan B. The Stags B squad was no match for Collingwood as they stormed out to an early lead and then began to work on moving the ball into space in the second half. Coco Mantel led the way with two goals. Also scoring were Olivia Okano, Bella Connell, Emily Abdel-Barr, Serena Zhu and Paige Venier. Kelly Layden recorded the shut-out.
In the afternoon, the Cavs defeated York House 3-0. All three goals came in the first half off short-corners. First, Emily set up Serena and then Serena scored again off a pass from Katie Connell. The third goal came off a scramble after the initial shot and Bella popped it into the net. Ally Lawlor recorded the shut-out in this game.
On Saturday morning, the Cavs faced Crofton in very rainy conditions. It was an excellent game with Collingwood controlling slightly more of the action. The Cavs had a number of good chances off their short-corners but could not finish them. Ally was once again in net and she made a number of good saves to keep the score 0-0.
After regulation time was up, the teams were put immediately into a penalty shoot-out. For most of the girls, this was their first time in such a situation. Sadly, it was Crofton who moved onto the final.
In the bronze medal game, the Cavs once again played York House. Collingwood quickly built a 3-0 lead with goals from Katie, Serena and Sam Waugh. York House rallied though and scored off a stroke-penalty to make it 3-1. Paige's second goal of the tournament increased the lead to three again. Josie Webb then got in on the action to make it 5-1. There was no quit in the Yorkies as they scored two late goals but it was not enough and the Cavs happily accepted their bronze medals.
2019 ISA Bronze Medalists
On Friday morning, the big blue jackets were in full use at rainy Shawnigan Lake.
On Saturday afternoon, the sun almost appeared as the Cavs were cruising to the bronze medal.