TORONTO LADY LYNX GAME REPORT
 

PRESENTED BY CAW - THE CANADIAN AUTO WORKERS UNION 
 

Date: May 21, 2008

Venue: Varsity Centre, Toronto, ON

Kick Off Time: 11:00 AM EDT

Final Score:     Toronto 4 (2)     London 0 (0)

Match Summary: 

The Toronto Lady Lynx triumphantly marked the club’s return to Varsity Centre this afternoon with a 4-0 rout of the London Gryphons in W-League action.  The team raised their record to 2-0-0 on the young season, and improved to a stellar 4-0-0 all-time in home openers.  Stefania Morra, Kayla Afonso, Oni Bernard and Rosaly Petriello scored for the Lady Lynx in the win, while former Gryphon Krista Pace earned the clean sheet in her Lady Lynx debut.

Toronto struck quickly and took the lead shortly after the opening whistle.  Morra corralled a loose ball during a scramble in the London penalty area in the 2nd minute and headed it home to give the Lady Lynx the early lead.  The goal buoyed the large School Day crowd on hand at Varsity, and set the tone for the game.  Afonso doubled the Lady Lynx lead in the 28th minute when she fielded the ball on the right side of the field outside of the box and slammed home a long-distance strike. 
 

The Lady Lynx continued to press in the second half, and made the lead 3-0 on Bernard's first goal of her career in the 55th minute..  The rookie collided with Gryphon keeper Alex Tomascin on a fifty/fifty ball, and managed to control it after the collision and knock it into the open net.  Tomascin was injured on the play and had to leave the match.  St. Catharine's Petriello rounded out the scoring in the 89th minute when she chipped a ball from 40 yards out past replacement keeper Kelly Zinkiewicz, giving the Lady Lynx the 4-0 lead.    Pace made 2 saves to earn the shutout. 

The Lady Lynx travel to Vermont for a match against on Saturday evening, May 25 at 5:30 PM and return home on June 1 for the return match against the Lady Voltage in the home-and-home series at 1:00 PM at Centennial Stadium.  The June 1 match will be a doubleheader, with the Lady Lynx match being followed at 4:00 PM with a Lynx/West Michigan encounter. Tickets for the match may be purchased by calling the Lynx ticket hotline at 416-251-4625 x 31, or at the Centennial Park Stadium box office one hour prior to kickoff.