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John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR CIS soccer The CIS women’s soccer championship quarterfinals kick off Thursday at the University of Victoria’s Centennial Stadium. The eight-team, single-elimination tournament runs until next Sunday. All 11 games from the competition will be webcast live on cis-sic.tv. The reigning two-time champion Queen’s Gaels will make the trip to British Columbia to defend the Gladys Bean Memorial Trophy after qualifying as OUA bronze medallists. They’ll take on Dalhousie in a quarter-final. In other quarter-final action, Ottawa plays Cape Breton, Trinity Western takes on Wilfrid Laurier and Sherbrooke plays Victoria. The CIS men’s championships at Laval University...
Paulo Kastrup LANCE WRITER The Lancers Men’s Soccer team lost 2-0 to Guelph in the opening round of the OUA playoffs Wednesday in an empty Alumni Stadium at the St. Denis Centre. Lancers head coach Steve Hart used a traditional 4-4-2 formation, but altered his starting line in the defence. The idea was to neutralize Guelph striker Robert Murphy. “We need to find a way to block Murphy,” Hart said. “The kid is quite dangerous.” Windsor’s team captain Mike Watson followed Murphy as his own shadow and the Lancers team took the control of the match. Guelph coach Keith Mason...
Paulo Kastrup LANCE WRITER The Lancers Women’s Soccer team finished off the season Sunday in great style with a 3-0 win against Brock. On Saturday, the team also played well against McMaster in a close 3-2 loss. “We played a very emotional game, losing in the very last minute,” head coach Angelo Verardi said. McMaster thoroughly dominated the first half the match, scoring their first goal in the 19th minute and again in the 34th minute. By the end of the first half, it appeared as if Windsor was about to suffer an embarrassing defeat. However, Verardi’s move of forward...
The Lancers Men’s Soccer team secured a home playoff game after splitting their last two games on the weekend and finishing with a 7-6-3 record. Saturday, the Lancers lost 1-0 to McMaster, and Sunday won 4-2 over Brock. In what was their final regular season game, the Lancers took a 3-0 lead in the first half with goals from Mike Pio, Mike Watson and Cristian Mayorga....
Paulo Kastrup LANCE WRITER Following a 1-0 loss to McMaster Saturday and a 4-2 win against Brock Sunday in their final conference match, the Lancers Men’s Soccer team finished fourth in the OUA West and will advance to the playoffs. Windsor had a tough battle Saturday at home against conference second-place McMaster, eventually losing 1-0. The only goal of the match was scored by the Marauders Daniel Niksic at the 32nd minute of the first half. After being dominated in the first 45 minutes, the Lancers came back strong for the second half, making many attempts to tie the match....
Paulo Kastrup LANCE WRITER The Lancers Women’s Soccer team achieved its first victory of the season Saturday, defeating the Warriors 3-2 in a true soccer battle fought in Waterloo. Windsor, however, was not able to celebrate its success for very long as they were beaten 4-0. Sunday by Laurier, the leading team in the OUA West. According to the Lancers head coach Angelo Verardi, his players played the best three halves of the season on this weekend. “We played solid 90 minutes on Saturday,” he said. “My players created many opportunities to score.” The Lancers were the first ones to...
Paulo Kastrup LANCE WRITER The Lancers Men’s Soccer team advanced to the fourth place in the OUA West Conference after a 2-1 win Saturday at Waterloo. The Lancers tied their Sunday match at Laurier 1-1. “It was a positive weekend,” Lancers head coach Steve Hart said. “But considering the way we play in Laurier, I think we should have won both of our matches.” It did not take too long for the Lancers to find their way to victory against the Warriors Saturday in a match against the last placed team in the conference. Chris Mayorga, one of the most...
John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR Hoops exhibition The Lancer’s Men’s Basketball team improved to a 3-1 pre-season record with Thursday’s 67-57 win at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. A night of unremarkable throwing and the absence of a few key members led to a five-point deficit at halftime despite Algoma committing 19 turnovers over the first two quarters. The Lancers redeemed themselves in the second half, outscoring the Thunderbirds 40-25. The team shot 6-for-25 from the three-point range for 24 per cent and 17-for-30 from the free throw for 57 per cent. “We shot terribly,” head coach Chris Oliver...
