The Burnaby Mountain girls’ soccer team fell 8-0 on Thursday against rivals New Westminster.
The New West girls dominated the field on Thursday after taking possession of the ball off the Lions’ opening kick.
Hyack Grade 11 student Juliet Davies opened scoring against the Lions in the eighth minute of the first half, after the Mountain keeper managed to block a handful of shots.
Davies followed her goal with a left-footed cross into the box where teammate and fellow Grade 11 student Simran Dhillon took possession and rammed the ball into the back of the net, making it 2-0 for the Hyacks.
At the 18-minute mark of the first half, Dhillon and Davies tag-teamed the Lions’ goalie once again. This time it was Dhillon who set Davies up for her second goal of the game, advancing the Hyacks’ lead to 3-0.
In the 29th minute of the first half, New West senior Stefani Cruickshank picked up a scrambled ball and snuck it past Burnaby Mountain’s keeper.
With the Hyacks leading 4-0 at the start of the second half, New West junior Naomi Noda pulled off a conversion to make it 5-0 for the Hyacks. Shortly after, Cruickshank had her second goal of the game off a pass from Davies in the ninth minute of the second half extending the Hyack lead to 6-0.
Nearly halfway through the second half, Jennifer Tamondong, one of three Grade 10 students playing on the senior New West team, broke through Burnaby’s back line and kicked in a low shot past the Lions’ keeper, making it 7-0 for the Hyacks.
But the New West girls weren’t done yet.
In the final minutes of the game, Hyack centre-midfielder Celeste Bain rounded out the scoring with a heavy shot from the top of the 18-yard box.
Burnaby Mountain is now 0-2 in regular season play after losing 6-0 against Burnaby North last week. North went on to defeat Moscrop 5-1 last Thursday, while Central continued its shutout streak with a 1-0 win over Alpha. Burnaby South, meanwhile, made up for its 2-0 loss to Central last Tuesday with a 3-1 win over Byrne Creek on Thursday.
Burnaby Mountain is taking on Central at home at Cariboo Hill park on Tuesday afternoon, after NOW deadlines.
