Concordia And Montreal Find Familiar Foes In U Sports National Championship Final

The Concordia Stingers and Montreal Carabins have found a familiar foe waiting for them in the U Sports national championship final. The two have faced each other 10 times this season already, and none of those will matter except for whoever wins the 11th game this weekend. At least that's what the University of Montreal Carabins hope as they've lost all 10 match ups with Concordia to date, including a sweep of the RSEQ best two-of-three finals only two weeks ago.

Montreal however, has proven every prediction wrong at this tournament already. The Carabins were given the 8th seed to enter the tournament, earning them an opening round match up with the top seed University of British Columbia. Montreal beat them 4-3 in a shootout to advance to the semifinals.

In the semis, they came up against the 4th ranked University of New Brunswick, and handed them a lopsided 5-1 defeat. Audrey-Anne Veillette had two goals while Juliette Rolland, Laurie-Anne Ethier, and Jade Picard also scored for Montreal, while Hailey Jackson had the lone UNB goal in the game. Regardless of their strong play to date, including consistent netminding from Maude Desroches, Montreal remains the underdog yet again against an experience Concordia Stingers roster.

Concordia had a scare in the semifinals against the University of Guelph. The Guelph Gryphons jumped out to a lead as Maeve Sutherland-Case scored off the rush. Concordia however, continued to get better throughout the game.