THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
Women’s Soccer:
The Huskies dominated from the opening whistle right until the very end as they blanked the Mount Royal University Cougars 1–0.
With the Huskies controlling possession for almost the entire first half, the Cougars couldn’t manage a scoring chance, let alone a shot on target. Although they were in command of the match, it appeared the Huskies would take a 0–0 tie into the half, before Rita Fetch was taken down in the box. Kelly Cerkwoniak stepped up and buried it to give the green and white a one-goal cushion.
With the intensity picking up in the second half, the Huskies kept their foot on the gas pedal but couldn’t muster up an insurance goal. Their solid defensive play held up until the end of the match, as the Cougars failed to record a shot on target. Kyleigh Vause got the win in net as well as the clean sheet.
In a rematch of last year’s Canada West quarter-final, it was once again the Huskies coming out victorious with a 2–0 win over the MacEwan University Griffins.
A strong first half put the Huskies in control of the match, as they outshot the Griffins 8–2 in the first 45 minutes of action. Defender Carmen Gorlick opened the scoring off of Erica Hindmarsh’s corner kick, as she out-jumped a pair of defenders to head the ball past the Griffin keeper. She nearly added another before the halftime break but her shot hit the crossbar and deflected out of play.
Hindmarsh recorded her second assist of the game, as this time Erica Parenteau was on the receiving end as she headed another Huskie goal past Emily Burns. Despite being down 2–0, MacEwan made a late push to get a goal back, but once again, Vause picked up a clean sheet. The win improved the Dogs’ record to 5–1, while MacEwan dropped to 2–3–1.
Men’s Soccer:
The Huskies came out flying to open the game, scoring in the first minute to put them en route to a dominating 4–1 win over the University of Winnipeg Wesmen.
Marcello Gonzales buried his second of the season in the first minute to get the ball rolling for the Dogs. It didn’t take long for them to get back on the board, as in the 21st minute Tyler Redl buried one past the Wesmen keeper. Seconds later, Gonzales potted his second of the game and the Dogs were in complete control.
In the 27th minute, rookie Avery Michael got in on the scoring party, as Mitchell Bauche picked up his second assist of the match on the goal. Michael’s tally gave the Huskies a massive 4–0 lead at the half. Saskatchewan slowed down in the second half, as Winnipeg took control of the play and fired seven shots at Huskies keeper Greg Buckley. He stopped all but one and the Dogs came away victorious.
After one of their best outings of the year, the Huskies let one slip away from them on Sept. 27, as they weren’t able to complete the weekend sweep of the Wesmen, drawing to a 2–2 tie.
Jumping out to an early lead, Redl scored in the first minute for the Huskies and it was looking like it was going to be another blowout. However, the Wesmen actually outplayed the Huskies in the match.
Michael added his second goal of the weekend in the 60th minute to give the Dogs a two goal advantage, which would seemingly be a surefire win on most days. Unfortunately not this afternoon, as the Wesmen put two past Buckley in the final 15 minutes — including the equalizer in the 90th minute — to stun the green and white and escape with the draw.
Football:
A red-hot start allowed the Huskies to pick up their second win in as many weeks, this time a 45–29 dismantling of the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds.
Following a pair of good offensive drives, linebacker Justin Filteau recorded a pick-six to put the Dogs up 21–0 late in the first quarter. The sixth ranked T-Birds didn’t even know what hit them, and they already trailed by three touchdowns. A second touchdown — this one courtesy of Jarvis James — gave the Huskies a 28–5 lead.
Although in the third quarter UBC cut the deficit to 35–29, that was as close as they got, as the Huskies defence slammed the door shut the rest of the way. Filteau led the way with 13.5 tackles, a forced fumble and the previously mentioned interception returned for a touchdown. Donovan Dale tallied his conference-leading fifth sack of the season.
Drew Burko had another stellar game and appears to be finding his groove, as he finished 16–21 for 324 yards and two touchdowns. Running back Tyler Chow sat out the game with the flu, but Jarvis James filled in nicely with 26 carries for 155 yards, as well as two scores.
