September 29, 2008
OUA W-SOCCER ROUNDUP: VARSITY BLUES TRUMP TRENT
TORONTO, Ont. - The University of Toronto Varsity Blues soccer teams defeated the Trent Excalibur on Saturday at Varsity Centre. The No. 8 women dominated with a 5-1 win.
Nav Deol (Mississauga, Ont.) started things off early for the Blues and headed a Jennifer Siu (London, Ont.) pass past Trent goalkeeper Melissa Waresa (Tecumseh, Ont.) in the eighth minute of the game.
Erica Basso (Richmond Hill, Ont.) notched the next two goals for the Blues while Briony DeMott (Victoria, B.C.) added one in the 44th minute of the game to put the Blues up 4-0 at the end of the first half.
Trent recorded what would be their only goal of the game in the 58th minute when Kali Fitzsimmons (Peterborough, Ont.) headed the ball past Blues goalkeeper Leslie Kennedy (Albert Bridge, N.S.) off a corner kick.
Basso recorded a hat trick, scoring her third goal of the game in the 85th minute, securing the Blues 5-1 victory.
Source: Varsity Blues Athletics
OTTAWA 2, LAURENTIAN 1
OTTAWA, Ont. - Fourth-year midfielder Catherine Scott scored twice in a physical free-for-all Saturday as the Ottawa Gee-Gees defeated Laurentian 2-1 at the Sports Complex.
"We sometimes get pushed over but today that wasn't the case," said Scott, a Kirkland, Que., native and law school student who scored off two of her three shots in the 44th and 64th. "We wanted it, and it shows in the score."
There were several stoppages throughout the game as the larger Lady Vees asserted a noticeable size advantage. The Gee-Gees out-shot Laurentian 8-5 and had five corners to none. Sam Falcioni (Sudbury, Ont.) replied for the Lady Vees in the 65th.
"Lots of fouls on both teams," said injured Ottawa third-year striker Trinidad Ruiz (Stittsville, Ont.), who hopped off in the 88th favouring her left ankle after stepping on a player. "Nothing is broken – I'll be fine."
Source: Gee-Gees Athletics
RYERSON 3, RMC 1
TORONTO, Ont. - Tessa Dimitrakopoulos scored her sixth and seventh goal of the season to lead the Ryerson Rams women's soccer team to a 3-1 win over the RMC Paladins Saturday afternoon at Lamport Stadium. Andrea Raso added the third goal for the Rams.
Dimitrakopoulos (Richmond Hill, Ont.), who sits second in OUA and CIS scoring, had more than a handful of chances over the course of the game. She scored her first goal early in the first half when she found the ball in the Paladins crease off a Ryerson free kick.
Dimitrakopoulos added her second goal shortly after when she fired a shot past the RMC goalkeeper off of a feed from Ryerson midfielder Caroline Forsyth (Vancouver, B.C.).
The Rams controlled the pace of the game in the first half and had a couple of chances to increase their lead. Along with Dimitrakopoulos' several chances, Suzanne Briggs (Keswick, Ont.) had two chances that were stopped by Erica Pessotto (Milton, Ont.) for the Paladins.
RMC came out with a little second half pressure and had a couple chances early that were stopped by Rams keeper Michelle Smiciklas (Oakville, Ont.), who took over for Misha Maric who played the first half.
Ryerson used an excellent passing game to retake the momentum back from the Paladins. Raso (Toronto, Ont.) scored Ryerson's third goal after collecting the ball in the Paladins penalty box and finding the back of the net.
The Rams had a number of other chances to increase the lead but Pessotto came up big with a number of good saves, including a highlight reel punch save off a Dimitrakopoulos free kick.
RMC had a couple of chances late including a Samantha Beckett (Coquitlam, B.C.) free kick that rang off the crossbar.
Smiciklas came up with a couple more saves before Victoria Clouthier (Arnprior, Ont.) finally found the back of the net for the Paladins late in the game. The RMC goal was too little too late as Ryerson controlled the rest of the game for the 3-1 win.
Source: Rams Athletics
YORK 2, WINDSOR 0
TORONTO, Ont. - The Lions scored one goal in each half to give goalkeeper Stephanie Bagnarol (Maple, Ont.) her fourth shutout of the year.
The Lions opened scoring in the 39th minute when a corner taken by Kelsey Desjarlais (Oakville, Ont.) missed everyone and went into the net as Lancers goalkeeper Rebecca Singer (Amherstburg, Ont.) looking on helpless.
The Lancers were effectively out of the game when Nicole Markowitz (Toronto, Ont.) was nicely assisted by Stephanie Junkin (Brampton, Ont.) to score with ease. Bagnarol had her only save in the game in the 66th minute, palming away a fierce shot directed to the right bottom corner.
The Lions could have had another goal in the 83rd minute when Samantha Gauthier (Laval, Que.) missed an open goal and shot above the bar.
Source: Lions Athletics
BROCK 2, WATERLOO 0
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University women's soccer team captured their third home victory of the season as they shutout the Waterloo Warriors 2-0 Saturday afternoon. In three home games in 2008, Brock has outscored their opponents 8-0.
Sophomore Jill Geier (Ancaster, Ont.) opened the scoring in the 32nd minute as she recorded her second goal of the season.
In the 60th minute, sophomore Cassandre Van Bakel (Aurora, Ont.) would give the Badgers some insurance as she registered her team leading fourth goal of the campaign. She now sits fifth in the OUA in scoring. The goal was also her 10th of her university career, the most by any Brock player over the past 10 seasons.
In goal, senior Tiffany Scriver (Burlington, Ont.) recorded three saves for her 27th shutout of her university career.
Source: Badgers Athletics
TORONTO 6, RMC 0
TORONTO, Ont. - The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's soccer team defeated the RMC Paladins on Sunday at Varsity Centre. Juliana Bergin (Barrie, Ont.) and Briony DeMott (Victoria, B.C.) both notched two of their own to help the women to a 6-0 win.
Nav Deol (Mississauga, Ont.) opened up the scoring early for the Blues, beating Paladins goalkeeper Erica Pessotto (Milton, Ont.) in the fourth minute of the game.
DeMott added the Blues second goal off a booming shot from the corner that hit the post and went in. Toronto led 2-0 at the half.
The Blues continued to display their offensive control in the second half as first-year striker Bergin tallied back-to-back goals in the 48th and 51st minutes.
DeMott added her second of the game when she took a pass from Jennifer Siu (London, Ont.) in the 60th minute of the match. Just two minutes later, Siu would notch one of her own, as the Blues came away with a convincing 6-0 win.
Source: Blues Athletics
CARLETON 1, LAURENTIAN 0
OTTAWA, Ont. - The Carleton Ravens women's soccer team earned a 1-0 win over Laurentian University's Lady Vees at Ravens' Field in OUA East soccer action.
The Ravens started the game by pressuring the Lady Vees in their own end to create several early scoring opportunities. The first chance came in the 13th minute when Carleton was awarded a free kick at the top of the box. Hilary Peirce (Ottawa, Ont.) fired a shot just over the crossbar as the Ravens continued to threaten.
Alexandra Skupek (Ottawa, Ont.) nearly put one away from a Shayla LaVecchia (Ottawa, Ont.) cross but Laurentian goalkeeper Meghan Hoffberg (Brampton, Ont.) denied the goal. On the ensuing corner kick, Amanda Ngwafusi (Ottawa, Ont.) calmly scored her third goal of the season to put the home side Ravens up by one. Raven goalkeeper Tanya Marshall (Ottawa, Ont.) made several key saves in the opening half to keep a clean sheet for Carleton.
In the second half Laurentian did not look as dangerous offensively as Carleton continued to dictate play, creating dangerous chances in the opposing third of the field. In a two minute spell late in the game, LaVecchia took three shots on goal in what might have been Carleton's best opportunity to go up by two goals. However, Lady Vee goalkeeper Hoffberg was there to make the save to keep the gap at one goal.
Raven goalkeeper Marshall had a great performance in goal, making six saves on the day to earn her first shutout of the 2008 season.
Source: Ravens Athletics
WESTERN 1, YORK 1
TORONTO, Ont. - The York Lions women's soccer team played to a 1-1 tie on Sunday as they took on the visiting Western Mustangs at York Stadium.
The Lions (5-1-2) and the Brock Badgers are tied for first in the OUA West division with 17 points each. The Mustangs sit in fifth position, just five points back of the Lions.
The game got off to a slow start, with both teams playing strong in their respective defensive zones. The goalies saw little action in the first half; however, both remained solid when facing shots, resulting in a 0-0 tie at half time.
In the second half, the pace of the game picked up as both teams began to create good scoring opportunities. At the 67-minute mark, York midfielder Nicole Markowitz (Toronto, Ont.) sent a brilliant long-range shot right over the head of Western goalie Lauren Brigham (Regina, Sask.), giving the Lions a 1-0 lead.
Less than five minutes later, Western was able to come back when forward Jessica Trejo (London, Ont.) sent a free kick through the crowd and into the net.
In the dying seconds of injury time, York was awarded a penalty kick. Unfortunately for the Lions, star forward Stefania Morra (Scarborough, Ont.) took the shot, sending the ball off the far post.
Source: Lions Athletics
LAURIER 1, WESTERN 0
WATERLOO, Ont. - Western lost 1-0 to Wilfrid Laurier on Sept. 27 in a battle for first place.
Rookie netminder Keltie Brigham (Regina, Sask.) made two saves and the defence played well, according to coach Adam Craig.
"We held them to three shots, but they scored a late on in the 68th minute," Craig said. "We had a hard time generating chances and couldn't put one in the net."
Source: Mustangs Athletics
OUA SCOREBOARD
September 27, 2008
Nipissing 1, Carleton 1
Ottawa 2, Laurentian 1
Toronto 5, Trent 1
Ryerson 5, RMC 1
Brock 2, Waterloo 0
McMaster 2, Guelph 0
York 2, Windsor 0
Laurier 1, Western 0
September 28, 2008
Trent 1, Ryerson 1
Carleton 1, Laurentian 0
Ottawa 4, Nipissing 1
Toronto 6, RMC 0
Brock 2, Guelph 0
McMaster 2, Waterloo 1
Western 1, York 1
Windsor 0, Laurier 0
Nav Deol (Mississauga, Ont.) started things off early for the Blues and headed a Jennifer Siu (London, Ont.) pass past Trent goalkeeper Melissa Waresa (Tecumseh, Ont.) in the eighth minute of the game.
Erica Basso (Richmond Hill, Ont.) notched the next two goals for the Blues while Briony DeMott (Victoria, B.C.) added one in the 44th minute of the game to put the Blues up 4-0 at the end of the first half.
Trent recorded what would be their only goal of the game in the 58th minute when Kali Fitzsimmons (Peterborough, Ont.) headed the ball past Blues goalkeeper Leslie Kennedy (Albert Bridge, N.S.) off a corner kick.
Basso recorded a hat trick, scoring her third goal of the game in the 85th minute, securing the Blues 5-1 victory.
Source: Varsity Blues Athletics
OTTAWA 2, LAURENTIAN 1
OTTAWA, Ont. - Fourth-year midfielder Catherine Scott scored twice in a physical free-for-all Saturday as the Ottawa Gee-Gees defeated Laurentian 2-1 at the Sports Complex.
"We sometimes get pushed over but today that wasn't the case," said Scott, a Kirkland, Que., native and law school student who scored off two of her three shots in the 44th and 64th. "We wanted it, and it shows in the score."
There were several stoppages throughout the game as the larger Lady Vees asserted a noticeable size advantage. The Gee-Gees out-shot Laurentian 8-5 and had five corners to none. Sam Falcioni (Sudbury, Ont.) replied for the Lady Vees in the 65th.
"Lots of fouls on both teams," said injured Ottawa third-year striker Trinidad Ruiz (Stittsville, Ont.), who hopped off in the 88th favouring her left ankle after stepping on a player. "Nothing is broken – I'll be fine."
Source: Gee-Gees Athletics
RYERSON 3, RMC 1
TORONTO, Ont. - Tessa Dimitrakopoulos scored her sixth and seventh goal of the season to lead the Ryerson Rams women's soccer team to a 3-1 win over the RMC Paladins Saturday afternoon at Lamport Stadium. Andrea Raso added the third goal for the Rams.
Dimitrakopoulos (Richmond Hill, Ont.), who sits second in OUA and CIS scoring, had more than a handful of chances over the course of the game. She scored her first goal early in the first half when she found the ball in the Paladins crease off a Ryerson free kick.
Dimitrakopoulos added her second goal shortly after when she fired a shot past the RMC goalkeeper off of a feed from Ryerson midfielder Caroline Forsyth (Vancouver, B.C.).
The Rams controlled the pace of the game in the first half and had a couple of chances to increase their lead. Along with Dimitrakopoulos' several chances, Suzanne Briggs (Keswick, Ont.) had two chances that were stopped by Erica Pessotto (Milton, Ont.) for the Paladins.
RMC came out with a little second half pressure and had a couple chances early that were stopped by Rams keeper Michelle Smiciklas (Oakville, Ont.), who took over for Misha Maric who played the first half.
Ryerson used an excellent passing game to retake the momentum back from the Paladins. Raso (Toronto, Ont.) scored Ryerson's third goal after collecting the ball in the Paladins penalty box and finding the back of the net.
The Rams had a number of other chances to increase the lead but Pessotto came up big with a number of good saves, including a highlight reel punch save off a Dimitrakopoulos free kick.
RMC had a couple of chances late including a Samantha Beckett (Coquitlam, B.C.) free kick that rang off the crossbar.
Smiciklas came up with a couple more saves before Victoria Clouthier (Arnprior, Ont.) finally found the back of the net for the Paladins late in the game. The RMC goal was too little too late as Ryerson controlled the rest of the game for the 3-1 win.
Source: Rams Athletics
YORK 2, WINDSOR 0
TORONTO, Ont. - The Lions scored one goal in each half to give goalkeeper Stephanie Bagnarol (Maple, Ont.) her fourth shutout of the year.
The Lions opened scoring in the 39th minute when a corner taken by Kelsey Desjarlais (Oakville, Ont.) missed everyone and went into the net as Lancers goalkeeper Rebecca Singer (Amherstburg, Ont.) looking on helpless.
The Lancers were effectively out of the game when Nicole Markowitz (Toronto, Ont.) was nicely assisted by Stephanie Junkin (Brampton, Ont.) to score with ease. Bagnarol had her only save in the game in the 66th minute, palming away a fierce shot directed to the right bottom corner.
The Lions could have had another goal in the 83rd minute when Samantha Gauthier (Laval, Que.) missed an open goal and shot above the bar.
Source: Lions Athletics
BROCK 2, WATERLOO 0
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University women's soccer team captured their third home victory of the season as they shutout the Waterloo Warriors 2-0 Saturday afternoon. In three home games in 2008, Brock has outscored their opponents 8-0.
Sophomore Jill Geier (Ancaster, Ont.) opened the scoring in the 32nd minute as she recorded her second goal of the season.
In the 60th minute, sophomore Cassandre Van Bakel (Aurora, Ont.) would give the Badgers some insurance as she registered her team leading fourth goal of the campaign. She now sits fifth in the OUA in scoring. The goal was also her 10th of her university career, the most by any Brock player over the past 10 seasons.
In goal, senior Tiffany Scriver (Burlington, Ont.) recorded three saves for her 27th shutout of her university career.
Source: Badgers Athletics
TORONTO 6, RMC 0
TORONTO, Ont. - The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's soccer team defeated the RMC Paladins on Sunday at Varsity Centre. Juliana Bergin (Barrie, Ont.) and Briony DeMott (Victoria, B.C.) both notched two of their own to help the women to a 6-0 win.
Nav Deol (Mississauga, Ont.) opened up the scoring early for the Blues, beating Paladins goalkeeper Erica Pessotto (Milton, Ont.) in the fourth minute of the game.
DeMott added the Blues second goal off a booming shot from the corner that hit the post and went in. Toronto led 2-0 at the half.
The Blues continued to display their offensive control in the second half as first-year striker Bergin tallied back-to-back goals in the 48th and 51st minutes.
DeMott added her second of the game when she took a pass from Jennifer Siu (London, Ont.) in the 60th minute of the match. Just two minutes later, Siu would notch one of her own, as the Blues came away with a convincing 6-0 win.
Source: Blues Athletics
CARLETON 1, LAURENTIAN 0
OTTAWA, Ont. - The Carleton Ravens women's soccer team earned a 1-0 win over Laurentian University's Lady Vees at Ravens' Field in OUA East soccer action.
The Ravens started the game by pressuring the Lady Vees in their own end to create several early scoring opportunities. The first chance came in the 13th minute when Carleton was awarded a free kick at the top of the box. Hilary Peirce (Ottawa, Ont.) fired a shot just over the crossbar as the Ravens continued to threaten.
Alexandra Skupek (Ottawa, Ont.) nearly put one away from a Shayla LaVecchia (Ottawa, Ont.) cross but Laurentian goalkeeper Meghan Hoffberg (Brampton, Ont.) denied the goal. On the ensuing corner kick, Amanda Ngwafusi (Ottawa, Ont.) calmly scored her third goal of the season to put the home side Ravens up by one. Raven goalkeeper Tanya Marshall (Ottawa, Ont.) made several key saves in the opening half to keep a clean sheet for Carleton.
In the second half Laurentian did not look as dangerous offensively as Carleton continued to dictate play, creating dangerous chances in the opposing third of the field. In a two minute spell late in the game, LaVecchia took three shots on goal in what might have been Carleton's best opportunity to go up by two goals. However, Lady Vee goalkeeper Hoffberg was there to make the save to keep the gap at one goal.
Raven goalkeeper Marshall had a great performance in goal, making six saves on the day to earn her first shutout of the 2008 season.
Source: Ravens Athletics
WESTERN 1, YORK 1
TORONTO, Ont. - The York Lions women's soccer team played to a 1-1 tie on Sunday as they took on the visiting Western Mustangs at York Stadium.
The Lions (5-1-2) and the Brock Badgers are tied for first in the OUA West division with 17 points each. The Mustangs sit in fifth position, just five points back of the Lions.
The game got off to a slow start, with both teams playing strong in their respective defensive zones. The goalies saw little action in the first half; however, both remained solid when facing shots, resulting in a 0-0 tie at half time.
In the second half, the pace of the game picked up as both teams began to create good scoring opportunities. At the 67-minute mark, York midfielder Nicole Markowitz (Toronto, Ont.) sent a brilliant long-range shot right over the head of Western goalie Lauren Brigham (Regina, Sask.), giving the Lions a 1-0 lead.
Less than five minutes later, Western was able to come back when forward Jessica Trejo (London, Ont.) sent a free kick through the crowd and into the net.
In the dying seconds of injury time, York was awarded a penalty kick. Unfortunately for the Lions, star forward Stefania Morra (Scarborough, Ont.) took the shot, sending the ball off the far post.
Source: Lions Athletics
LAURIER 1, WESTERN 0
WATERLOO, Ont. - Western lost 1-0 to Wilfrid Laurier on Sept. 27 in a battle for first place.
Rookie netminder Keltie Brigham (Regina, Sask.) made two saves and the defence played well, according to coach Adam Craig.
"We held them to three shots, but they scored a late on in the 68th minute," Craig said. "We had a hard time generating chances and couldn't put one in the net."
Source: Mustangs Athletics
OUA SCOREBOARD
September 27, 2008
Nipissing 1, Carleton 1
Ottawa 2, Laurentian 1
Toronto 5, Trent 1
Ryerson 5, RMC 1
Brock 2, Waterloo 0
McMaster 2, Guelph 0
York 2, Windsor 0
Laurier 1, Western 0
September 28, 2008
Trent 1, Ryerson 1
Carleton 1, Laurentian 0
Ottawa 4, Nipissing 1
Toronto 6, RMC 0
Brock 2, Guelph 0
McMaster 2, Waterloo 1
Western 1, York 1
Windsor 0, Laurier 0
