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 hockey:
In their season opener, the Huskies overcame a slow start and outlasted the Mount Royal University Cougars, picking up their first win by a score of 2–1.
Fourth-year goaltender Cassidy Hendricks got the start in net and stopped 19 of the 20 shots she faced. However, just six minutes into the game, the Cougars opened the scoring as Maggie Shykula-Ross beat Hendricks in the slot. The lead didn’t last long though, as Morgan Willoughby scored her first career goal on the power play to tie the game.
The game tightened up defensively but the Huskies were the better team, outshooting Mount Royal 13–2 in the second period. Late in the third, Brooklyn Haubrich finished off a nice passing play to give the Huskies the lead for good.
Opening the season with a perfect home stand, it was netminder Jerrica Waltz who stole the show. She posted a 25-save shutout, the first of her career.
Rachel Johnson got the Dogs on the board early, as she finished in tight after Kaitlin Willoughby made a good rush to create the scoring opportunity. The Dogs played a very solid defensive game, limiting Mount Royal odd man rushes and keeping most of their shots to the outside.
Marley Ervine added an insurance goal late in the second period, as she walked out from below the goal line and sniped top corner to give the Huskies a two-goal cushion. Willoughby picked up her second assist on the goal, as that was all the scoring that the Huskies needed. Waltz shut the door in the final frame and the Huskies picked up the 2–0 victory.
Women’s soccer:
After a dominant first half that saw the Huskies control the play, the University of Victoria Vikes stole three points with a pair of second half goals that propelled them to a 2–0 win.
Vikes keeper Meaghan Storie definitely earned the clean sheet, as she turned aside all six shots that the Huskies fired her way in the first half. Kelly Cerkwoniak and Erica Hindmarsh both had great chances, but were denied by Storie.
It was a much different story in the second half as the Vikes outshot the Huskies 7–3 in the final 45 minutes of play. With goals by Victoria coming in the 56th and 65th minute, the Dogs did all they could to mount a late comeback bid, but they fell short in game one of their B.C. road trip.
The seventh ranked team in the country used a big second half to take down the Huskies in game two of their road trip. The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds played a well-rounded game to pick the 4–1 win, their sixth straight victory.
An own goal sunk the Huskies in the first half, as one of UBC’s many corner kicks deflected off a Huskie defender and into the net. Just minutes into the second half, the T-birds broke through again to widen their lead to two goals. UBC tallied in the 70th minute to put the game out of reach.
Leesa Eggum scored in the 89th minute to put the Huskies on the board in the losing effort. Keeper Kyleigh Vause was busy, as she faced 10 shots in the match, stopping six of them.
Men’s soccer:
After jumping out to an early lead, the Dinos reeled off three unanswered goals before the Huskies tied it late and came away with a 3–3 draw.
Mitchell Bauche and Tyler Redl each scored in the first 31 minutes of the match that staked the Dogs out to an early 2–0 lead. The Dinos got one back before the halftime whistle, as a penalty kick in the 45th minute landed them on the board.
Two straight goals after the break stunned the Huskies, as the Dinos took a 3–2 lead. However, with the home crowd behind them, the green and white surged back and found a late equalizer to escape with the tie. Captain Garrett Peters made a great individual effort and beat the keeper for his first goal of the season.
After blowing a lead earlier in the weekend, it was another disappointing result for Huskies on Oct. 4. Mount Royal University jumped out to a commanding 3–0 before the half and cruised to a 4–2 victory.
A couple defensive miscues in the early going gave the Cougars a big lead to start the match. Cougars striker Cody Cook had a goal and two assists in the first half and it was 3–0 for Mount Royal after 45 minutes of play.
A fourth Cougars goal in the 67th minute was the final nail in the coffin, but the Huskies battled until the very end. Bauche added two more goals to his weekend résume in the 74th and 90th minutes to trim the Cougars lead, but that was as close as the Huskies got.
Football:
Saskatchewan kept it close with the number one ranked University of Calgary Dinos before ultimately unraveling in the fourth quarter, en route to a 59–19 loss.
Saskatchewan opened the scoring with a 78-yard touchdown bomb from Drew Burko to Mitch Hillis and ended the first quarter up 7–3. The Dinos grabbed the lead after a back-and-forth second quarter, as the teams headed to halftime after a hard fought 30 minutes of action.
John Trumpy hauled in a touchdown pass from Burko early in the third quarter that brought the Huskies back within two points, down just 20–18. From there, it was all Calgary, as they outscored the Dogs 39–1 down the stretch. Burko tossed three interceptions — all in the second half — and the Huskies are now winless when turning the ball over and undefeated when they don’t.
