Host Queen Margaret’s School finished fourth and Duncan Christian School placed sixth at the single-A girls soccer Island championships, held at the Sherman Road soccer fields on May 9 and 10.
QMS was placed in a pool with Glenlyon Norfolk and St. Margaret’s. GNS won the first game on Monday 2-0 over QMS, but the Royals bounced back to beat St. Margaret’s 7-2. GNS clinched top spot in the pool with an 8-0 win over St. Margaret’s.
The other pool featured DCS, École Victor Brodeur and North Island Secondary. Brodeur beat DCS 5-0 and NISS 1-0, and NISS defeated DCS 5-1.
The semifinals on Tuesday saw Brodeur get past QMS 1-0 in overtime, while GNS beat NISS 3-0. GNS then defeated Brodeur 4-0 in the gold-medal game, while NISS topped QMS 3-0 for bronze, and St. Margaret’s edged DCS 4-3 for fifth place.
“I was super proud of our QMS girls and how they played,” Royals head coach Nick Zuback said. “To go to overtime in the semifinals was pretty impressive for such a young team.”