After drawing in yesterday's season opener 0-0, the Huskie's came out firing on the way to a 4-0 victory over the Winnipeg Wesmen.
 
Taneil Gay scored two first-half goals and the Saskatchewan Huskies defeated the Wesmen women's soccer team in Canada West conference action Sunday at the Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex.
The Wesmen, who earned a draw in their opener on Saturday, were under siege early and the Huskies found their finishing touch.
 
Gay took advantage of a back-row turnover and sprinted in alone on keeper Taryn Raabe to score the first goal of the weekend in the 14th minute. Twenty-five minutes later, she converted again to make it 2-0. Jade Houmphanh scored her first goal in her Canada West career, adding to the tally with a goal one minute after that.
 
Marie Kilcher rounded out the scoring for the Huskies with a goal in the 66th.
 
Jadyn Steinhauer made two saves in the Saskatchewan net.
 
After struggling to score in yesterday's game, the Huskies were more clinical in finishing off their opportunities and looked the part of a side picked to be the highest-ranked of the East Division.
 
"I think the girls were just a lot more settled in," U of S head coach Jerson Barandica-Hamilton said. "We switched up a little bit of formation. You've gotta give credit to Winnipeg. We wanted to try something new as yesterday they got a result and I thought it worked well. It was fun to watch the girls score some goals and just play with the confidence they did."
 
Wesmen head coach Amy Anderson said her team's fatigue from its first back-to-back since 2019 was evident.
 
"We for sure were tanked today and I think it's to be expected considering the obvious that we haven't played in a couple of years," Anderson said. "The girls came out blaring (Saturday). Credit to Saskatchewan, they came out with quality and that's going to happen. We're going to learn from this game. We're going to be better in the next few weeks as a result of this game."
 
The Huskies now turn their attention to their home opener happening this Friday at 7 PM at Griffiths Stadium. Admission to this game is free for all patrons attending. Tickets can now be selected by visiting https://usask.universitytickets.com/.