CIS men's soccer Sunday roundup: Bears eke out a tie against No. 2 UBC

The UPEI Panthers continue to have a great season with a tie on Sunday against CIS 3rd ranked SFX 1-1.
 
In the last moments of the first half SFX's Randy Ribeiro scored to take the lead 1-0. The Panthers battled all game and a corner kick resulted in Dillon Wight of the Panthers scoing his first AUS goal in the 85 minute.

The Panthers play at home against next weekend when they host UNB on Saturday at 3:15 pm and Sunday CBU at 4:15 pm.

Source: UPEI Sports Info

OTTAWA - The Carleton University Ravens men’s soccer team shut out the Laurentian University Voyageurs 2-0 at Ravens’ Field Sunday afternoon, picking up their third straight win in the process.
 
Carleton opened the scoring early, netting the game’s first tally in only the seventh minute. Midfield Peter Manginas (Belleville, Ont.) eluded his defender near the left-hand corner and found an unmarked Stefano Vieira (Ottawa) for an easy goal.
 
The Voyageurs tried to respond 10 minutes later, but couldn’t hit the net on a couple of headers resulting from consecutive corner kicks, allowing the Ravens to go into the break with a one-goal lead.
 
The offensive push by Laurentian to open the second half was met with stingy defence. Carleton was able to clear their attempted crosses and capably break up their passing plays.
 
The Ravens began to press again in the 60th minute, as Caki Simrooglu (Ismir, Turkey) was able to make his way past two defenders before failing to set up leading-scorer Andrew Latty (Ottawa).
 
Ten minutes after, Joey Kewin (London, Ont.) was unable to beat the Laurentian keeper on a sharp-angle shot after receiving a clean through ball.
 
But Kewin would be the one to score the second goal and seal the game for his team, as he was left open on a play resulting from a corner kick.
 
Mark Krocko (Ashton, Ont.) picked up the shutout and the win, tightening Carleton’s grip on first in the OUA East with a 6-2 record.
 
The Ravens return to action Oct. 1 when they play the Queen’s University Gaels in Kingston, Ont. Kick-off is at 3:15 p.m.

Source: Carleton Sports Info

GUELPH, Ont. - The Gryphon men’s soccer team beat the Mustangs 1-0 this afternoon (Sept. 25) at the new Gryphon’s soccer complex, upsetting the Mustangs for the first time this season.

The Gryphons move to 4-3-1 while the Mustangs retreat to 4-1-3.
 
The Gryphons applied ample pressure to the Mustangs defencive line early in the first half; however, the Mustangs continued to challenge which led to many possession transfers.
 
The Gryphons would receive a direct kick early in the first half, but were unable to capitalize on the opportunity. The Mustangs were also unable to exploit their free kick opportunities deep into the first half.

The game would go scoreless until the sixty-five minute mark when Tim Flynn (Scarborough, ON) drove a low ball past the Mustangs goal tender.  
 
The final minutes of the game were tense, as the Mustangs made an attempt to rally a comeback. The Gryphons held on and continued to execute smart passing techniques that would keep the Mustangs from tying the game.
 
“Western is ranked fifth in the country and have been unbeaten until today. The boys knew they had a tough game coming in, but we also knew we had the players to pull out a win,” said Head Coach Keith Mason. “Our team defended well, attacked well, especially in the second half and deserved today’s win.”
 Come out and support your Gryphons on October 2, at 3:15 p.m., when they host the Golden Hawks at the new Gryphon soccer complex.  

Source: Guelph Sports Info'

KINGSTON, Ont. - The Queen's Gaels (3-2-1) could not overcome a second half goal from the visiting Varsity Blues (4-1-1) as they suffered their second loss of the season Sunday afternoon in Kingston. 
 
The first half marked a tight match-up between the Gaels and Blues. Gael's keeper Dylan Maxwell of Vancouver helped ensure the game remained tied 0-0 at half time, making six saves on the night.
 
The second half remained 0-0 until the 85th minute, when Toronto was finally able to break the tie. The Gaels were unable to recover despite a high-energy finish, and the final score remained 1-0 for the Blues.
 
The loss drops the Gaels' regular season record to 3-2-1.
 
The Gaels are back in action against the Royal Military College this Thursday afternoon. Kickoff is set for 2:00. 

Source: Queen's Sports Info

WINDSOR, Ont. - The Lancers remained undefeated for their sixth straight game as they tied both the Guelph Gryphons and York Lions 1-1 on Lancer Soccer alumni weekend.

With the ties, the Lancers are now 2-2-4 on the season, and sit fifth overall in the OUA West division.

The game against Guelph was tight right from the start, and the Lancers had a number of early chances to take the lead. At the 16th minute mark for the first half, Tony Falkestein's cross was headed by Michael Pio just over the crossbar. A second attempt off of a header by Paul Mai occurred at the 25th minute mark.

Guelph also had multiple chances in both the first and second half, Lancers goalie Sam Atkin came up with multiple saves tallying eight throughout the course of the game.

Guelph striker Robert Murphy had a couple of nice opportunities to get his team on the board and did just that at the 36th minute mark when he scored on an open Windsor net after Atkin had aggressively came out to make the initial save.

Windsor countered back just before half when Paul Frenken's direct free-kick was blasted into the corner of the net, tying the game 1-1.

Windsor's two best chances to take the lead came at the 64th and 67th minute of play as Massimo Megna had a shot that sailed just over the goal, which was followed by a breakaway off a through ball, in which the shot was also just over the goal.

Against York, the Lancers capitalized early on in the game when Paul Frenken's free-kick attempt to Mike Pio was successful. Pio headed the ball past Lions keeper Sotiri Varlokostas just three minutes into the game. 

In the 16th minute mark the same play was executed, however Pio's header hit the inside of the cross-bar and was waved off as no goal.

Joe Camaj had a couple of opportunities to put the Lancers up by two but Varlokostas was able to hold him off.

Lancer keeper Sam Atkin had an outstanding game, as he was forced to come up with one big save after another, tallying 15 throughout the course of the game.

York's offense applied a great deal of pressure in the second half however the Lancer defence led by keeper Atkin and sweeper Chris Hakim were able to keep the Lancers in the game.

Windsor's best attempt to score a second goal came off Chris Lanni's feed to Frenken, but yet again, Varlokostas made another great save to keep the Lancers from advancing on the scoreboard.

With the game just about in the books, the Lions managed to tie the game in the 89th minute off a free kick from midfielder Adrian Pena's into the bottom corner of the net
 
The Lancers will host the McMaster Marauders on a rare Friday night game on September 30th at 9:15pm.

Source: Windsor Sports Info

EDMONTON - Despite a 3-1 lead at halftime, the University of Alberta Golden held on for a 3-3 tie against the No.2 UBC Thunderbirds, Sunday afternoon at Foote Field in Edmonton.

Senior striker Brett Colvin notched two points (a goal and an assist) while junior defender Osmo Bimba and Milan Timotijevic, also a senior striker, scored singles.

Tyson Keam, a senior defender, tallied early for UBC, but sophomore midfielder Sean Haley and junior forward Steve Johnson provided the offence during the comeback early in the second half.

Colvin, who tied Alberta’s all-time conference scoring record of 23 goals with the game’s opening tally, fired a shot from 30 yards out that eluded the reach of rookie netminder Luke O’Shea in the seventh minute.

Keam responded two minutes later with the T-birds’ only shot of the half, a penalty kick to the bottom right corner.

The Bears regained the lead in the 23rd minute, however, when Bimba, in the middle of the 18-yard box, found the ball in the midst of a scramble and powered it home for his first of the season.

Timotijevic doubled the lead when he shot a one-timer from the hip off a Colvin pass in the 32nd minute and third-year midfielder Kellen Stenger almost made it 4-1 a couple of minutes later when he put a shot off the crossbar.

Alberta finished the first half with nine shots on goal but O’Shea’s four saves and the Stenger shot off the bar gave UBC a chance to come back in the second half, which they did almost immediately.

In the 48th minute, Stenger received a pass from his netminder, Jay Vetsch, but his return pass got intercepted by the T-birds’ Haley, who went in alone and deked out the Alberta goalie to cut the lead to one.

Only five minutes later, sophomore midfielder Navid Mashinchi crossed the ball over the Golden Bears’ 18-yard box, teammate Paul Clerc at the side of the Alberta net kept the ball in play with a deft header before Johnson finished the play with his own header of the ball into the back of the net.

The rest of the game found the ball constantly in the Bears’ end of the pitch, with Devin Gunenc hitting the crossbar in the 66th minute and Brandon Bonifacio hitting the near post a minute to injury time.

UBC’s best chance to get ahead came in the 80th minute, however, when a Bonifacio shot saved by Vetsch sprung out to Haley, but the resulting goal was disallowed as he was ruled offside.

O’Shea, a Richmond, BC native, finished with seven saves in the game while his Alberta counterpart, Vetsch, finished with two.

The 2-2-2 Golden Bears host the Saskatchewan Huskies next weekend and 2-0-3 UBC hosts the Lethbridge Pronghorns and Calgary Dinos.

Source: Alberta Sports Info

SASKATOON - Trinity Western University Spartan Garrett Peters scored the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies on Field 7 in PotashCorp Park on a hot day in Saskatoon.

Peters took a direct pass from Brayden Volkenant that fooled the Huskie defenders and sailed it past keeper Mark Diakiw in the 36th minute.

Although only one ball found the back of the net, the match was up-tempo and each team had chances to score.

Canada West leading scorer Jerson Barandica-Hamilton had the best chances for the Huskies. His direct free kick ball was headed high over the bar and  a few minutes later a his corner kick into Brandon Holmes was kicked up and over the net.

Diakiw came up with an important save to keep the game at 1-0 when Brayden Gant took a diving shot at the net. Spartan Cody Strelau had a strong chance late in the second half that Diakiw got his fingertips.

Diakiw faced 12 shots on the day and Fink of the Spartans faced 18 shots from the Huskies.

Huskies Ryan Contenti and Josh Northey received yellow cards, as well as Spartan  Spencer Schmidt.

Next week the Huskies travel to Edmonton for two games against the University of Alberta Golden Bears.  TWU is at home next weekend for matches against the Calgary Dinos and the Lethbridge Pronghorns.

Source: Saskatchewan Sports Info

CALGARY – The Victoria Vikes put on an offensive show Sunday afternoon, using a strong southerly wind to their advantage to hand the 10th-ranked University of Calgary Dinos a 3-0 defeat – their first home loss since Oct. 31, 2009.

The first of the Vikes’ three goals in the contest came in the 15th minute when Kyle Kostis sent a cross to a streaking Miguel Romeo, who tapped it past Dinos keeper Colin Hasick. Possesion was fairly even between the two squads in the first half and the Dinos managed to have a number of close scoring opportunities themselves, with shots by Jason Genee and Ben Cole that both just sailed above the crossbar.

The second half of the contest was all Vikes with four shots on goal in the half, compared to just one by Calgary. The Vikes had a great attempt in the beginning of the second half when Cam Hundal headed a shot just wide of the goal. Shortly thereafter the Dinos also had a great scoring opportunity with a Jeremy Jenkyns boot from well outside the penalty area that caught the Vikes off-guard, got held up in the wind, and bounced off the crossbar.

Victoria added some insurance in the 57th minute when Jordie Oberg scored on a rocket to the top right corner of the net. Calgary had a chance to draw within one midway through the frame when Lane Forsyth sent a header sailing over the net, and the Vikes put it away moments later. Craig Taylor picked off the ball from a Dinos defender with a nice tackle, then dribbled around a couple more Dinos before chipping a low shot off the right post behind Hasick in the 79th minute.

Elliot Mitrou turned aside all four shots sent his way to record the shutout for Victoria, while Hasick suffered his first loss of the season despite a six-save performance in the Calgary goal.

The loss drops Calgary to 4-2 on the season, but they remain alone in first place with 12 points thanks to the out-of-town scoreboard. Victoria improves to 3-2-1 with the victory.

Both teams head back to the coast for their next action in a week’s time. The Vikes embark on a home-and-home series with the Fraser Valley Cascades, while Calgary will visit Trinity Western and UBC in a pair of key matches in the B.C. Lower Mainland.

Source: Calgary Sports Info

MONTREAL - Sebastien Munro, a sophomore striker from Vancouver, B.C., came off the bench to score the game-winner in the 50th minute as fourth-ranked McGill tripled the No.8-Montreal Carabins 3-1 in men's university soccer, Sunday.
 
The win improved McGill to 3-1 in the Quebec conference and moved them into a tie atop the standings with Montreal, also 3-1. The result also marked the first career setback at Molson Stadium for Carabins head coach Pat Raimondo, who previously coached the Redmen. Raimondo, one of four Carabins to receive a red card over the final eight minutes of play, had posted a 5-0-5 record against his former team since switching allegiances 10 years ago.
 
Aside from the four Carabins ejections, the game featured five yellow cards, only one of which was assessed to McGill.
 
"It was a tough game because there was tension throughout," said McGill head coach David Simon, referring to the flurry of cards that were handed out by the officials. "We prevailed because of our discipline and I'm very proud of that because it is a sign of maturity. It was a total team effort. After Friday's loss (1-0 to Sherbrooke), it was important to bounce back."
 
Alex Pradie, a first-year defender from France, scored on a penalty kick in the final minute of the opening half to give the Redmen a 1-0 lead. Sixteen minutes after Munro put McGill ahead 2-0, the Carabins narrowed the gap on a goal by Vincent DeBruille.
 
However, Alex Dovi, a fifth-year senior from the Congo, put the game out of reach in the final minute of play.
 
McGill held a 17-11 territorial edge in shots toward the net but conceded a slight 5-4 advantage to Montreal in cormer kicks.
 
Goalkeeper Matt Gilmour, a junior from Vancouver, registered three saves to pick up the win, while Nizar Houhou posted an impressive nine saves in a losing cause for the Carabins.
 
"Hats off to our keeper," noted Simon. "He was under tremendous pressure (after losing to Sherbrooke) and he kept us in the game."
 
The Redmen now own a share of first-place with Montreal. Both teams have an identical 4-1 record. McGill plays at last-place UQTR (0-3-2) on Sept. 30 before hosting fifth-place UQAM (1-3-1) on Oct. 2. This was the second of four consecutive road games for the Carabins, who are slated to play at third-place Laval (3-1-1) next weekend.

Source: McGill Sports Info