Women's soccer Broncos tame Lions at home

The Olds College Broncos took care of business on home field, defeating the Ambrose University Lions 6-0 at Richardson Pioneer Field in Olds on Saturday.

Reigning ACAC Female Athlete of the Week Tiona Paton paced the Broncos offense with four goals, while Mirtalem Vriend scored her first two ACAC goals to earn Broncos Player of the Game honours.

Kaia Galuska had a relatively quiet afternoon in earning her first ACAC clean sheet for the Broncos (2-1-1), while Joy Watson made seven saves for the Lions (0-5-0).

Vriend opened the scoring in the 17th minute for the Broncos, then doubled her tally in the 26th minute. A minute later, Paton got on the board to give Olds College a 3-0 lead heading into halftime.

Paton then supplied the entirety of the offense for the Broncos in the second half, scoring in the 52nd, 79th and 82nd minutes to put the match out of reach.

For the Lions, Shifra Hetherington earned Player of the Game honours.

The Broncos will meet the Red Deer Polytechnic Queens in Olds next Saturday at noon, while the Lions will back to Calgary to play the SAIT Trojans tomorrow at noon.