BlackBerry CIS athletes of the week (#2): Saskatchewan’s Hudon, Western’s Mavrikos honoured

OTTAWA (CIS) – Soccer players Elizabeth Hudon of Saskatchewan and Niko Mavrikos of Western Ontario are the BlackBerry Canadian Interuniversity Sport female and male athletes of the week for the period ending Sept. 19, 2010.
 
Hudon, a fourth-year kinesiology student from Prince Albert, Sask., had a career weekend tallying five goals and two assists to help the Huskies (1-2-1) pick up their first points of the young Canada West season with a 9-0 shutout of Lethbridge and a 2-2 draw against Calgary. On Saturday, the senior striker opened the scoring in the third minute of play on a penalty kick, completed her hat trick before halftime and added a pair of helpers before being taken out of the lopsided match after 72 minutes. Her contribution was even more critical on Sunday as she scored both Saskatchewan goals in the tie against the Dinos. The Huskies face quite a challenge this weekend when they travel to B.C. to meet nationally top-ranked and two-time defending CIS champion Trinity Western (4-0-0) on Friday and No. 5 UBC (3-0-1) on Saturday.
 
StFX rugby player Tyson Beukeboom, McGill cross-country runner Sarah McCuaig and Guelph field hockey player Brienne Stairs were also nominated for the women’s award.
 
Mavrikos, a third-year management and organizational studies student from Victoria, had a career day of his own last Saturday when he netted all five goals in a 5-0 road win over UOIT, including four in a span of 17 minutes. Earlier in the week, the talented striker had helped undefeated Western blank Windsor 3-0. The Mustangs, who moved up two spots to No. 3 in the CIS Top 10 following the two victories and have the best record in the nation at 6-0-0, take the field three times in five days this week starting Wednesday night at Laurier (3-2-0).    
 
Saint Mary’s soccer player Adam Miller, Laval cross-country runner Charles Philibert-Thiboutot and Trinity Western soccer player Andrew Fink were the other male nominees.
 
Female nominees:
AUS: Tyson Beukeboom, rugby, St. Francis Xavier
QSSF: Sarah McCuaig, cross-country running, McGill
OUA: Brienne Stairs, field hockey, Guelph
CWUAA: Elizabeth Hudon, soccer, Saskatchewan (recipient)
 
Male nominees:
AUS: Adam Miller, soccer, Saint Mary’s
QSSF: Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, cross-country running, Laval
OUA: Niko Mavrikos, soccer, Western Ontario (recipient)
CWUAA: Andrew Fink, soccer, Trinity Western
 

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