MUSTANGS SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND OUA TITLE

LONDON, ON - The Western Mustangs won gold Sunday at the Ontario University
Athletics (OUA) men's soccer championship at the Brescia Fields in London, defeating the Toronto Varsity Blues 1-0 on penalty kicks.

After 90 minutes of regulation and 30 additional minutes of overtime, the game finished in a 0-0 tie.

During the penalty kicks, Western goalkeeper Haidar Al-Shaibani (London) stopped two attempts to lead the Mustangs to their second OUA men's soccer
championship in as many years.

Fourth-year Martin Painter (London) scored the eventual game winner for the Mustangs on Luciano Lombardi (Scarborough), who stopped only one during
penalty kicks.

Both the Mustangs and the Varsity Blues will represent the OUA at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) men's soccer championship next weekend in Montreal, as both OUA finalists qualify for the competition.

OUA FINAL FOUR ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Martin Painter - Western
Adam Legg - Western
Matthew Pittman - Western
Gentjan Dervishi - Western
Haidar Al-Shaibani - Western
Faiz Karim - Toronto
Kern Juman - Toronto
Sean Myers - Toronto
Mark Bennett - Brock
Marco Peters - Brock
Thang Nguyen - Carleton
Drew Dailey - Carleton

(Source: Jeff Renaud, Western Sports Information)