The No. 2 nationally-ranked York University Lions women's soccer team cleaned up at York Stadium with a 10-0 victory over the Algoma Thunderbirds on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 24).
 
The match-up of the OUA West first-place Lions and last-place Thunderbirds saw plenty of goals for York and improved many individual records on the year. Even before the lopsided win, the Lions had already ensured themselves of first place in the OUA West and a guaranteed home quarter-final game next weekend.
 
Adding to the score line early in the game was Sydney Hoareau (Brampton, Ont.), who finished off a wide crossed ball from Charlene D'Mello (Brampton, Ont.) in the second minute to start the game off strong.
 
Nour Ghoneim (Aurora, Ont.) followed shortly after with two goals of her own. The first came off of a reverse pass from Hoareau and the second off of a threatening cross-pass from Sarah Wong (Scarborough, Ont.). Ghoneim also closed the first half with a hat trick from a goal off of a penalty shot, instigated by Christina Morelli (Markham, Ont.).
 
Starting off the second half with a 4-0 lead, the Lions headed into the next 45 minutes hungry to add more goals to the board. Colleen Beesley (Richmond Hill, Ont.) put two goals past the hands of Thunderbirds goalkeeper Enya Farlley with a hammered ball into the left corner, and a second off of a headed goal in the 57^th minute.
 
Half-time substitute Jessica Tavernese (Richmond Hill, Ont.) also got on the scoreboard in the 49^th minute after exploiting the left corner of the Thunderbirds' net. It was her first goal of the year that added a seventh goal to the Lions' lead.
 
In the 62^nd minute Ghoneim was back at it again, grabbing her fourth goal of the game off of a one-on-one situation with the Thunderbirds' goalie. Then a few minutes later, rookie Kiyani Johnson (Markham, Ont.) grabbed the ninth goal of the game off of a scramble in the box.
 
Right before the final whistle, Beesley was able to squeeze in a hat trick, running through the ball off of a wide delivery from Morelli and bodying the ball into the net to finalize the 10-0 Lion win.
 
Overall, the Lions outshout the Thunderbirds 44-4 and York keeper Courtney Davis (Cambridge, Ont.) was able to grab her first individual shutout on the year.
 
The Lions will play the Thunderbirds again at home on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 25) to close off the season. Kick-off will be at 1pm.