McMath Wildcats senior girls soccer team capped off a stellar season with a silver medal at the recent provincial high school championships.
The girls made it to the gold-medal game in the AAA B.C. Girls Provincial Soccer Tournament held last week in Cloverdale.
The Wildcats, coached by Nav Badyal and student teacher Dallin Akune, started off the tournament by beating Sea-to-Sky Champions Handsworth High School 2-0, with goals coming from Grade 10’s Brook Viccars and senior Teagan Ng.
In their second game of the day, McMath faced G.W. Graham of Chilliwack, and beat them 5-2, with Ng scoring four no less and senior Andreas Chan adding another, which set up a showdown match on Thursday morning for first place in their pool against Dr. Charles Best High School, of Coquitlam.
A 4-3 win was completed, thanks to “spectacular saves” from senior goaltender Makayla Kusch and goals from Kiayara Hohlweg and a hat-trick from Ng.
In the semi-final, the Wildcats met Centennial High School, of Coquitlam, and brushed them aside with goals from Viccars and another from Ng.
South Delta Secondary awaited the girls in the final and the Wildcats took the early lead, thanks to a well-placed free kick by Viccars before South Delta equalized just before half.
McMath would again take the lead at 2-1 with an excellent individual effort by Ng, but South Delta levelled yet again, forcing extra-time.
And it was South Delta who would bag the only goal of the added time, leading to a 3-2 final score.
The Wildcats can take pride from their season, however, knowing that their second place finish is the school’s highest ever at the AAA provincial championships.
Ng, who will be attending the University of Arizona next year on a full scholarship to play lacrosse, took the tournament’s Golden Boot Award with an incredible 10 goals.
