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Ben Whitburn notched his second-straight shutout as International Travel Services blanked Manitou 3-0 in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action last night.
Nico Veldhuisen, Max Williams, and Jesse Fuhrer all scored for ITS (5-6-1), which moved one point ahead of Manitou (5-7) for second place while snapping its four-game winless slide.
James Pavier took the loss in goal for Manitou, which now has dropped three-straight.
On Tuesday, cellar-dwelling Pharmasave (4-7) used goals by Olaf Ruppenstein and Jeff Campbell to edge Manitou 2-1.
Kamil Niemczyk earned his first win between the pipes as Pharmasave won back-to-back games for the first time this season.
Chris Sinclair had Manitou’s lone goal while Pavier again was the losing keeper.
In women’s play Tuesday, the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs looked like their old selves again—routing Taggs 8-0 to clinch top spot in the standings.
With that, the Vous earned a bye to the league final Aug. 11.
Erin Tomalty, meanwhile, took over the league scoring lead with a four-goal effort to give her 14 on the season.
Abby Sanders, who was ahead of Tomalty going into the game, netted a pair to now sit one back with 13.
Claire Hyatt had the other two markers for the Voyageurs to join the double-digit club herself (10).
Bryanna Dustin notched the shutout for the Vous.
Jess Badiuk took the loss in goal for last-place Taggs (3-8), which remains three points behind second-place Al’s Racquet Stringing (4-7).
Both divisions hit the field tonight at 7 p.m.
Taggs will look for a share of second place when it faces Al’s in women’s play.
Meanwhile, the first-place Voyageurs (7-2-1) will square off against Pharmasave in men’s play.
