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TORONTO - Team captain Darragh McGee scored two goals and added one assist to lead the No. 4 Varsity Blues men`s soccer team to a 4-1 victory over the Laurentian Voyageurs on Sunday, September 11 at Varsity Centre.
 
With the win, the Blues improve to 2-1 and sit in first place in the OUA East division. The Voyageurs drop to 1-2 and are in a three-way tie for second.

A native of Donegal, Ireland, McGee opened the scoring in the 14th minute when he caught Laurentian goalkeeper Matthew George out of position, sending a free kick into the far side of the net.

About 20 minutes later, McGee sent a perfectly-placed cross to second-year striker Mario Kovacevic who buried for his third goal of the weekend.

The Blues held a 2-0 lead at the half.
 
Toronto was equally as dominant in the second half. First-year defender Nikola Paunic scored his first goal as a Varsity Blue in the 58th minute and McGee added his second of the game 20 minutes later.
 
Daniel O`Connor (Ajax, Ont.) would spoil the shut out when he was awarded a penalty kick in the 80th minute. The third-year midfielder sent a hard shot past a diving John Smits into the bottom left corner of the net.
 
The Varsity Blues return to the field next Sunday, September 18 when they play the Ryerson Rams at Esther Shiner Stadium.

Source: Toronto Sports Info

SASKATOON - Two goals and an assist from Jerson Barandica-Hamilton helped fuel the University of Saskatchewan Huskies to a 3-0 win against the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns on Field 7 in Saskatoon’s PotashCorp Park.

In the 11th minute Barandica-Hamilton got his first goal of the match on a penalty kick when the Pronghorns were called for a handball inside the 18-yard box.  Moments later the Huskies made it 2-0.  Barandica-Hamilton sent a cross into the Lethbridge box which bounced around until Austin Boryski ripped a half volley into the upper corner.

Saskatchewan started the second half with a flurry of chances.  Barandica-Hamilton rewarded the Huskies for their pressure with a long bending shot that found its way just under the cross bar.  He almost tacked on an assist moments later when he sprung Luigi Bekwayo on a partial breakaway.  Pronghorn keeper Colin Pattison charged the ball and forced the shot wide.

Lethbridge’s best chance of the game came from Jeremy Panchuk who had a good look at goal midway through the first half but Huskie keeper Mark Diakiw was up to the task.

Pattison kept the Pronghorns in the match with a number of fantastic saves in the second half. Samuel Frank of the Huskies received a cross and only had the keeper to beat, but a diving effort from Pattison kept the Huskies lead to three.  Minutes later Josh Northey made a run down the outside and was able to beat everyone except Pattison.

Pattison made eight saves for Lethbridge, while Diakiw made seven saves in the match.  Through two games of Canada West play the Huskies and Diakiw are yet to concede a goal.

With the win the Huskies move to 2-0-0 on the season, while the Pronghorns fall to 0-2-0.

Next week the Huskies will travel to British Columbia to take on the University of the Fraser Valley and the University of Victoria, while Lethbridge faces the University of Calgary Dinos.

Match Notes: Yellow cards shown to Jordian Farahani, Josh Northey and Eoin McFadden of the Huskies and Dario Pasquotti of the Pronghorns.

Source: Saskatchewan Sports Info