Northville Mustangs

For Northville's second game of the day, they faced off against the Mercy Marlins at Suburban Training Center. The game got off to a slow start with no goals in the first period. The first goal came by Emily Doren and an assist by Andrea Soloko. Kristen Ruzylo scored next with a pass from Sam Pope. The third period consisted of two goals, one by Amy Cauzillo and the other by Sam Pope. The final score was Northville: 4 Mercy: 0. LeeCee Criswell got her first shutout of the regular season. Northville's next game is Wednesday against Ladywood. Rest up girls, be ready to play hard on Wednedsay!

Wow. Three games in 24 hours. The Mustangs began this with a game on Friday against the University of Liggett for the annual ULS tournament. Goals were scored by Andrea Soloko and Leslie Roumayah. The final score was 4-2 in Ligget's favor. The Mustangs fought hard but did not have their best game and Ligget came out on top. The previous night's preformance did not affect Saturday morning's game however. Northville played Grosse Pointe North for the consolation game at 12 noon. Grosse Pointe North struck first 5 minutes into the first sliding the puck right past the Northville goalie. It took awhile, but Northville finally got the game going in their favor. Meredith Ponder receieved a pass from Emily Doren and one timed it into the goal to tie the game. The Norsemen struck just 30 seconds later puting the lead back in their favor. Northville, however, was not about to give up. Anjali Saran received a penalty with 9 minutes left in the second period. One minute later Amy Cauzillo passed the puck to Sam Pope who put the puck in the back of the net, on her backhand upper corner shot. Not only was there one shorthanded goal, but two. Thirty seconds later Andrea Soloko took the puck down and put another goal on the scoreboard for the Mustangs. Anjali Saran was next to score with assists by Meredith Ponder and Emily Doren. The score was increased to 5-3 when Amy Cauzillo received a pass from Bridget Hughes and Rachel Reuter. The teams went into intermission with the score at 5-3. Grosse Pointe North managed to put one more goal past the Mustang goalie, but Kristen Ruzylo scored with 3 minutes left to go to secure the Northville win. It was one of the best games Northville has played all year. CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS!

Northville started out their season with a 5-1 victory over Ann Arbor Pioneer. The first goal came just 2 minutes in when Andrea Soloko put the puck between the goalie's legs for the first goal of the game. The Pioneers held on until the second period when Sam Pope received a pass from Amy Cauzillo and Bridget Hughes and put it into the back of the net. Just 5 minutes later Sam Pope was at it again with a pass from Andrea Soloko and increased the lead to 3-0. The Pioneers were the next to strike with a goal at 6:58 in the second period. The Mustangs, however, bounced back just 1 minute later when Megan Beger one timed it past the Pioneer goalie. The assists are acredited to Heather Cox and Kim Bagian. The final goal of the game was 2 minutes into the third period when Amy Cauzillo put one into the back of the net for the 5-1 win. Congradulations girls. Our next game is Friday at 6 at Ligget for the ULS tournament.

In a last minute decision, the Northville Mustangs will be participating in the ULS tournamnet this weekend along with Cranbrook, Grosse Pointe North and University of Liggett. Our first game will be Friday night at McCann Arena against Liggett at 6 o clock.

The Northville Mustangs played the Ladywood Blazers in the championship game on Saturday for the MGHSL tournement held at Suburban Ice Arena. The Blazers were first on the scoreboard with two quick goals. The Mustangs came back just 10 seconds after the second goal with a shot from teh top of the circle by Bridget Hughes. The Mustangs fell apart however, and allowed the Blazers to score two more goals making the score now 4-1. No goals were scored in the second period and in the third both teams managed to put one more goal in. The Mustang's goal was scored again by Bridget Hughes. Northville came in 2nd in the first annual MGHSL Tournement. We now take a break for Thanksgiving and allow our injuries to heal. Our next game is Dec. 1st at Ann Arbor.