BlackBerry CIS athletes of the week (#4): Calgary’s Miller, Alberta’s Lam honoured

OTTAWA (CIS) – Soccer players Tessa Miller of Calgary and Sam Lam of Alberta are the BlackBerry Canadian Interuniversity Sport female and male athletes of the week for the period ending Oct. 3, 2010.
 
Miller, a third-year kinesiology student from Calgary, was in on every Dinos goal last weekend as the U of C (3-4-1) swept Lethbridge 1-0 and 3-0 in their annual home-and-home series to move into a tie for fourth place in the Canada West standings. The series opener on Saturday was decided in dramatic fashion when the 20-year-old forward’s cross found the foot of teammate Sarah Benson and the back of the net in the 90th minute of play. In Sunday’s 3-0 decision, Miller scored the first two goals and added another assist to complete her four-point weekend. 
 
Soccer players Nicholle Morrison of Cape Breton and Véronique Laverdière of Montreal, as well as Guelph rugby player Jacey Murphy were also nominated for the women’s award.
 
Lam, a third-year open studies student from Edmonton, also contributed to each of his team’s goals over the past weekend tallying three markers and as many assists to lead the No. 4-ranked Golden Bears (7-1-0) to a pair of road victories over Top-10 opponents. In a 2-1 win over No. 6 UBC (5-2-0) on Friday, the 5-foot-9 midfielder opened the scoring in the 49th minute and set up the game-winner six minutes later. On Saturday, he added two goals and a pair of helpers in a 4-0 rout of the Trinity Western Spartans (3-2-2), who were ranked 10th in the nation going into the contest. 
 
Soccer players Jared Murphy of UPEI and Julien Priol of Laval, and Windsor cross-country runner Andrew Berkis were the other male nominees.
 
Female nominees:
AUS: Nicholle Morrison, soccer, Cape Breton
QSSF: Véronique Laverdière, soccer, Montreal
OUA: Jacey Murphy, rugby, Guelph
CWUAA: Tessa Miller, soccer, Calgary (recipient)
 
Male nominees:
AUS: Jared Murphy, soccer, UPEI
QSSF: Julien Priol, soccer, Laval
OUA: Andrew Berkis, cross country, Windsor
CWUAA: Sam Lam, soccer, Alberta (recipient)
 
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