CALGARY – Sofia DiGiacomo's goal in the 54th minute gave the University of Calgary Dinos a 1-0 win over Mount Royal Friday night on a memorial 'Seniors' Night' from McMahon Stadium.

With the win, the Dinos incredible season continues as they not only remain undefeated and improve to 11-0-2 on the year, but they claim the Canada West Prairie Division title for the second consecutive season, ensuring a home Canada West quarterfinal contest on Friday, Oct. 24.

MRU - which entered the day as the only team still capible of catching the Dinos in the race for the division title - falls to 9-3-1 on the year.

"We talked pre-season about making this (McMahon Stadium) a fortress, it's our new home," Calgary head coach Diogo Raposo said. "Obviously, the opportunity to host at home and to have great feelings here in the first round of the playoffs is important."

The two city rivals - which ironically hadn't played each other in a league game since 2021 despite the two campuses being separated by a mere eight kilometres - battled to a scoreless first half. The Dinos held the majority of possession and out-shot the Cougars 9-1 in the opening frame.

But the difference maker wouldn't come until the second half. Kaleigh Major's corner kick eventually found the head of Brooke Batty, who sent the ball across the face of goal to a wide-open DiGiacomo and the senior made no mistake for her third goal of the year.

"It was a relief, honestly," said DiGiacomo about how she felt after scoring the goal. "We still had 30 minutes left to go, but I think it was a game where we were dominant. We were in their zone kind of a lot of the game. Their goalie made some crazy saves, so it was just a bit of relief and kind of a weight off the shoulders now that we're in a good spot and we just have to finish the game."

The Dinos continued to apply pressure but the game would finish with just the one goal, thanks in large part to a strong performance in net from Mount Royal's Ella Filek, who was credited with six saves in this one.

Anna Demarbre - who not only celebrated her final regular season home game, but also her birthday on Friday - made one save for her fifth shutout win of the season, improving her record to 7-0-1 on the year.

The Dinos and Cougars close out the season facing off one more time with a Sunday, Oct. 19 finale scheduled to kickoff at 1 p.m. from the MRU campus.

"We still have another game. We still have to play Mount Royal again," Raposo said. "Obviously, they're a great opponent and pushed us today. We have to play at their home, which will be a little bit different. It's grass, the pitch is smaller. But I think it's just riding that momentum. We still need to get better. I think we have to be humble enough to understand we're not a finished product. So we'll continue to pick out some pieces that we can get better at."

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