Lethbridge – Coming off a split in their first home games of the season, the Lethbridge Pronghorn women's soccer team heads to Saskatchewan to face the Prairie Division leading Saskatchewan Huskies and winless Regina Cougars.
 
The Pronghorns will face the Huskies in Saskatoon on Saturday and then move on to Regina for a Sunday match-up with the Cougars. Kick-off both days is set for noon.
 
Last weekend, during the team's home opener, the Pronghorns exploded for five goals in a convincing win over the Fraser Valley Cascades, 5-0 before dropping a 2-0 decision to the always tough Trinity Western Spartans.
 
The trio of Kayla Blacquiere, Nikki Furukawa and Lindsay Amatto have each scored twice this season to lead the Pronghorns attack. Following a two goal and one assist performance last Saturday, Blacquiere was named the Canada West female third star of the week.
 
After missing last season due to injury, Micaela Stone has been a welcome addition to the Pronghorns net this season. Through four games she sits seventh in Canada West in saves with 17 and ninth in save percentage at 0.810%.
 
On Saturday, the Pronghorns will face one of the highest scoring teams in all of Canada West in the Huskies (3-1-0). Through four games, the Huskies have scored 13 goals, including two convincing wins a week ago, beating the TRU WolfPack 3-0 and UBCO Heat 5-0.
 
Individually, Megan Ripplinger leads the Huskie attack with four goals and three assists. She sits tied for the conference lead in points and second in goals scored. Taneil Gay sits one goal back with three and Leesa Eggum has scored twice.
 
Last season, the Huskies beat the Pronghorns 3-0, also in Saskatoon.
 
Sunday's opponent, the Regina Cougars (0-1-3) are winless this far but have earned points in three of their four games and have only allowed four goals in four games. In their last action, the Cougars tied UBCO 2-2 before losing 1-0 to Thompson Rivers.
 
While the Cougars have been stingy defensively, they have only scored three goals for, including being shutout in two of their four games.
 
A year ago, the Cougars beat the Pronghorns 1-0 in Regina.
 
The Pronghorns return home next weekend to the Winnipeg Wesmen and Manitoba Bisons. Both games kick-off at Noon Saturday and Sunday.
 
 
 
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