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A roller coaster regular season ended at its peak on Sunday as the 9I制作厂免费 Martlets defeated the Concordia Stingers 4-0 at Concordia Stadium. The Martlets' win was their fifth in a row-their longest winning streak of the season-and vaulted them into the Quebec conference playoffs, where they'll face the top-ranked University of Montreal Carabins. The victory improved the Martlets' record to 9-4-1 and secured them a fourth-place finish in the Quebec conference. Concordia finished in seventh place at 1-11-2.

"With the game being the last game of the season, that gave us some motivation," said Martlets Captain Tania Giannone. "We came together and made sure that we played a good game in preparation for the upcoming playoffs."

A dominant victory

The Stingers managed very few quality scoring opportunities, and only once did the ball have a real chance of hitting the back of the net. Midway through the first half, with the score at 0-0, Stinger defender Andrea Davidson took a free kick from just outside the 9I制作厂免费 box which sent Martlet goalkeeper Anne-Catherine Huot diving to her left. Huot barely got her fingertips on the ball, which sailed wide of the goal. The Martlets took over from that point on, squashing the Stingers' hopes for an upset.

Rookie forward Alexandra Morin-Boucher was the star for the Martlets. She came off the bench soon after the free kick and immediately put her stamp on the game. With 13 minutes left in the first half, Morin-Boucher took a centering pass in the Stingers' box, and forced a Stinger to pull her to the ground while dribbling towards free space. Midfielder Vanessa Salasky converted the ensuing penalty kick to open the scoring for 9I制作厂免费.

Morin-Boucher struck again three minutes later, taking a beautiful long pass on the left side field, just outside the Stingers' box. As defenders rushed at her from the side, Concordia goalkeeper Fanny Berthiaume made the mistake of charging at Morin-Boucher, who calmly lofted the ball over the netminder's head. Berthiaume changed direction, but to no avail, as the ball bounced four times before crossing the goal line.

"With her speed, she offers us a lot more options," said 9I制作厂免费 Head Coach Marc Mounicot of the prized rookie forward, who could not play for the full 90 minutes all season due to an Achilles injury. "She had a good season, but she should have a better one next year."

With six goals this season, Morin-Boucher is tied for the lead among rookies, and sits fourth overall in the Quebec conference scoring race. The freshman sniper also helped set up the Martlets' other two goals against Concordia. She was fouled in the box 15 minutes into the second half, which led to a Magalie Kolker penalty goal-her eighth of the season. With 20 minutes remaining, Morin-Boucher dribbled through the defence, charged at Berthiaume, and fired a shot that the keeper couldn't handle. The rebound came right to forward Christina Di Caprio, who made no mistake in blasting the ball past Berthiaume's outstretched arms.

Picking up steam

The Martlets have underachieved for much of the season, and at one point seemed in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in team history. But the squad is coming together at the right time, and is on a roll heading into the playoffs. The Martlets have won seven of their last eight games, including a 2-0 home victory over the University of Montreal on October 17-the Carabins' lone loss this season.

"In the past five or six games, we've really picked it up," said Salasky. "We've finally gotten some momentum and started clicking."

Though they will be underdogs against Montreal, the Martlets are confident that holding a victory in the last meeting between the two teams will help give them the upper hand.

"We're expecting a pretty rough game," said Giannone of the upcoming semifinal, to be played this Friday at 6:30 p.m. at CEPSUM sports complex. "But we're going to go in with the same spirit, the same mental strength, and the same tactical strategy [as we did in our last game]."