Men’s soccer captain Dion Morgan beats everyone to the ball and shows off his flexibility.

Mitchell Bauche tallied his first CIS goal and the lone marker in a 1-0 victory for the Huskies over the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves.

The Huskies kept play in the Timberwolves end, nearly doubling the visitor’s shot total 30 to 16 by the end of the game.

Bauche tallied the goal in the 34th minute of the match. After the ball landed on the inside of his foot he lobbed it just past the outstretched UNBC keeper Mitch MacFarlane.

UNBC switched goalies in the second half and Bauche had a few more chances to score on the new keeper but couldn’t keep the ball from drifting high above the goal.

With the win the Huskies record improves to 2-0-1. The Dogs play at home again Sept. 22 and 23 when the Regina Cougars visit for back-to-back games in PotashCorp Park.

For the opening ceremonies of both the men’s and women’s games on Sept. 16, former Huskies women’s soccer player Kaylyn Kyle was honoured. Kyle, who was a Huskie in the 2006 season, won a bronze medal with Canada’s women’s team at the London 2012 Summer Olympics this past summer.

“It’s always nice to be able to share this Olympic honour with people I played with and coming to the home field where I used to play brings back great memories,” the Saskatoon-born olympian said.

Huskies women’s soccer scored big in their home-opening weekend at Griffiths stadium Sept. 15.

The squad hosted the Winnipeg Wesmen with a dominating offensive effort that started in the second minute of the match with a goal from fourth-year striker Lindsay Manz.

Manz’s effort sparked the Huskies offence and the team went on to win 6-1. Rookie Erica Hindmarsh scored her first and second university career goals in the match.

“It felt good to be able to prove myself out on the field as a rookie,” Hindmarsh said following the game. “I was nervous up until my first goal and felt like I settled down after that.”

Team captain Leanne Mylymok assisted on Hindmarsh’s first goal. Mylymok lobbed a free kick towards Hindmarsh who was able to control the ball and shoot it over top of Ainslie McConkey, the Wesmen goalkeeper. Mylymok would go on to score two goals of her own in the win, effectively doubling her goal total from last season.

Midfielder Daniela Fuenzalida completed the scoring for the Huskies in the 90th minute to cap the huge 6-1 victory.

In their second game of the weekend, the Dogs welcomed the Manitoba Bisons. Despite being outshot 12-8 by the Bisons, Saskatchewan’s second-string goalie Lisa Evans made some huge saves to record a shutout in her first Canadian Interuniversity Sport win.

While Evans kept the balls out of the Huskies net, Kelly Cerkowniak and Manz managed to put the ball into Manitoba’s goal to give the Huskies the 2-0 victory and move their record to 2-1-0 on the season.

Saskatchewan travels to visit the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves next weekend, with a game Sept. 22.

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