Amrit Berar couldn’t have picked a better spot for her first two goals of the season.
The fourth-year forward with the UBC Thunderbirds women’s soccer team supplied all the offence in a 2-0 upset win over No. 2 nationally ranked Trinity Western on Friday night in Langley.
Playing in front of over 600 TWU supporters, the McNair graduate struck in the sixth minute of play, then added an insurance tally in the 59th minute.
The loss snapped the Spartans’ 15-game home-winning streak, dating back two years.
TWU owned much of the possession, reflective in the 6-1 advantage in corner kicks. However, Berar made the most of her opportunities.
She capitalized on a turnover deep in the Spartans end and fired home a shot to the bottom left corner from the middle of the penalty area.
She then got on the end of a perfect back post cross from Taylor Shannik to volley it home.
The Thunderbirds currently sit at 2-1-0 in conference play and will host Alberta and UNBC next Friday and Saturday respectively at 7 p.m.
Berar came through Richmond Girls Soccer playing for the highly successful Red Hot Selects, coached by Clive Clarke.
Meanwhile, Clarke’s daughter is continuing her strong start to the NCAA season at Louisiana State University.
Summer Clarke had two goals and one assist in the Tigers 4-1 win over Indiana last week. The junior forward now has four goals and two assists in eight matches for the 5-1-2 Tigers.
Clarke’s tallies came with the game not even 10 minutes old. She opened the scoring in the seventh minute and struck again two minutes later. Indiana had entered the match with four consecutive shutouts.
“We had watched some film on them and noticed in other games they played that they had given the forwards a lot of time to turn,” said Clarke.
“Our coaches just told us to go out and take advantage of that, so that’s what I tried to do as best I could.”
LSU also defeated No. 15 Duke 1-0 on Sunday for its first win over a nationally ranked opponent since 2013.
