TORONTO - Esther Okoronkwo’s goal of making it to the Northern Super League inaugural championship game has been achieved.

The 28-year-old attacker scored three times in the first 26 minutes of Monday’s semifinal match at snow-covered York Lions Stadium and the regular-season champion AFC Toronto defeated the visiting Montreal Roses 4-1, taking the two-leg aggregate 6-1.

Lauren Rowe added a fourth goal for Toronto in the 84th minute.

Tanya Boychuk scored for the Roses in the 74th minute.

Toronto will face the Vancouver Rise in Saturday’s NSL Final at BMO Field. Vancouver defeated Ottawa 5-4 on penalties after their two-leg semifinal series ended tied 3-3 on aggregate.

The second game of the Toronto-Montreal series was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon but had to be delayed a d

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