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Monday, 14 November 2005 |
Canadian Christine Sinclair scores at women's soccer championship
Canadian Christine Sinclair scored twice, gaining the Division I record
for goals in a season with 37 and propelling the top-ranked University
of Portland to a 3-2 win on Sunday over Nebraska in the second round of
the NCAA women's soccer championship.
The Pilots (20-0-1) will face Arizona in a third-round match
up next weekend. Portland beat the Wildcats 3-0 in their only
regular-season meeting.
Christine Sinclair, a native of Burnaby, B.C., who won her third West
Coast Conference Player of the Year award this week, also assisted on
the third Portland goal, giving her five goals and two assists in two
games. The two goals extended her NCAA record for career playoff goals
to 23, and moved her to within 10 goals of the all-time NCAA career
record of 118 held by Danielle Fotopoulos.
Nebraska (18-8-1) became the first team this year to score two
goals against the Pilots, but the Cornhuskers could not contain the
nation's leading scorer. With the score tied 1-1 midway through the
first half, Christine Sinclair outraced the Cornhuskers' net minder to
a loose ball and scored into the open net.
Late in the half, Christine Sinclair raced down the right
sideline and sent a cross to Natalie Budge, who tapped it in for a 3-1
lead.
"It was huge," Christine Sinclair said of Portland's third and
final goal. "I think that goal deflated them and gave us some room
heading into the second half."
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