PREVIEW: #3 Women’s soccer to face Carleton in home-and-home rivalry

September 29 and October 2

• The Matchup: #3 Ottawa Gee-Gees (5-1-1, 2^nd in OUA East) versus Carleton Ravens (3-1-1, 4^th in OUA East)
• Location: Matt Anthony Field (Sept. 29) and TAAG Park (Oct. 2)
• Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. (Sept. 29) and 1:00 p.m. (Oct. 2)
• Tickets: tickets.geegees.ca (Sept. 29)
• All-time series: Ottawa leads 42-1-12
• Last meeting: Ottawa 1, Carleton 1 – Oct. 11, 2021 at TAAG Park
• Broadcast: OUA.tv

OTTAWA GAME NOTES 

• Major stat leaders
  • Goals: Cassandra Provost – 10
  • Assists: Soumaya Bouak – 3

• The Gee-Gees found their form last weekend, topping the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks 6-0 and the Trent Excalibur 4-1 on the road. Olivia Allen and Cassandra Provost both recorded hat tricks over the weekend.
• Provost now leads the entire country in goals this season. Two players from UBC (Danielle Steer and Katalin Tolnai) are second with eight goals apiece, despite playing more games than Provost.
• A 1-1 draw at Carleton was the lone time the Gee-Gees dropped points during the 2021 regular season. 

CARLETON GAME NOTES

• Major stat leaders
  • Goals: Raquel Costa-Correia and Salena Devellis – 2
  • Assists: Salena Devellis – 2

• The Ravens halved their Toronto road trip last weekend, winning 2-1 against TMU and falling by the same scoreline to the Varsity Blues.
• Their loss to the Varsity Blues snapped a four-match unbeaten streak to begin the regular season. Carleton started the year with a bang, drawing the nationally ranked Queen's Gaels at home.
• Carleton have twice managed results in matches in which they have recorded just one shot on goal – their season-opening draw against Queen's and a 1-0 home win against Nipissing.

Tickets for the Thursday evening match under the lights at Matt Anthony Field are on sale at tickets.geegees.ca. Both games will be streamed on OUA.tv.