After a scoreless draw at full time, the Baha Juniors women's team won a penalty shootout, 3-1, over United FC, to secure the Bahamas Football Association's (BFA) Hummel Cup at the BFA Training Center at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.

Throughout the tournament, the Baha Juniors were known for an ability to find the back of the net easily, coming off a 5-2 drubbing of Dynamos FC in the semifinals. United FC did a good job of slowing them down, but be that as it may, Baha Juniors Coach Julian Smith was confident in his ladies coming through in the penalty shootout.

"The whole point of the game was to contain them because they are good at making passes," Smith said. "We had to keep holding on. I wanted us to score, and we had some good breakthrough opportunities, but the draw at the end was good for us because I knew we were going to win on penalties. We have some good spot kick takers."

Scoring for the Baha Juniors in the penalty shootout were Annisa Albury, Alyssa Franklin and Sydney Hector. Scoring the lone goal for United FC was Hadassah Knowles. Coming away with two key saves for the Baha Juniors in the penalty shootout was goalkeeper Ellianne Higgs.

"I was glad I got those saves because I know how much my team wanted this Cup," Higgs said. "I worked as hard as I could to save them and I wanted to save those goals and I wanted to win as well. I wanted this win from the tournament started."

Both teams had their chances at finding the back of the net, but could not finish in regulation.

Smith was excited for the win and likes that the BFA is putting on tournaments for women.

"It was a good win, especially with these ladies. They worked hard after falling short in the regular season and they deserve this win because of that. It is a very good tournament," Smith said. "I applaud the BFA for it, but we also need to start with the younger ones. They are doing a good job with the older ones, but there still a lot more work to be done."

Placing third was Cavalier FC, which got two second half goals from Janeka Edy to take down the Dynamos, 2-0, in the third/fourth place game.

"This game was a rough one because we had two games prior to this, so we were tired. We had to push through," Edy said. "I liked the second goal the most because I was by myself. Our coach told us to calm down and stick to the formation."

The Cavalier's Rachel Rolle said she was happy that her team placed third, although they missed out on playing Baha Juniors in the final.

"It was rocky at the start of the game, but we were able to connect our passes as the game went on," Rolle said. "We played well and played as our sister's keeper."

The all-star games as well as the awards ceremony for the Hummel Cup will take place on Saturday, June 24.

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