December 6, 2010
PIZZA PIZZA TEAMS OF THE MONTH
HAMILTON, Ont. – The York Lions men’s soccer team and Queen’s Gaels women’s soccer team are named the Pizza Pizza Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Teams of the Month for November 2010.
All Pizza Pizza OUA Teams of the Month will receive a pizza party, courtesy of Pizza Pizza.
MALE: York Lions Soccer
The York University Lions men’s soccer team won its second national title in three seasons in November. The squad went 4-1 overall for the month, with a perfect 3-0 record at the CIS championships and a 1-1 mark at the OUA championships. At the national tournament the Lions knocked off the defending champion Laval Rouge et Or with a 3-2 penalty kicks win in the quarter-finals, defeated the AUS champion Saint Mary’s Huskies 1-0 in the semis and won the gold medal with a 1-0 victory over the Canada West champion UBC Thunderbirds in the final. Striker Adrian Pena (Woodbridge, Ont.) was named the CIS tournament MVP and five members of the squad were among the 11 players selected for the CIS tournament all-star team. Earlier in the month, the Lions knocked off the Ryerson Rams in the OUA semifinals to advance to the national championships and settled for the OUA silver medal after a narrow 1-0 loss in penalty kicks to the Toronto Varsity Blues.
FEMALE: Queen’s Gaels Soccer
The Queen’s Gaels women’s soccer team capped off an incredible season by winning the 2010 CIS Women’s Soccer Championships in November. The Gaels went 4-1 in the month of November having only lost in the OUA championship to provincial rivals, the Laurier Golden Hawks. After advancing to the national championship tournament with a 3-0 win over the McMaster Marauders, Queen’s posted three consecutive shutout victories to capture their second national championship in team history. The Gaels opened up the CIS Championships with a 1-0 win over the AUS Champion Cape Breton Capers thanks to a 14th minute goal from CIS scoring champion Jacqueline Tessier (Winnipeg, Man.). In the semifinals, Queen’s knocked off the upstart UFV Cascades 2-0 as Elena Corry (Hamilton, Ont.) posted her second consecutive shutout. The championship match saw an all-Ontario final where Queen’s took on the Laurier Golden Hawks. After 90 scoreless minutes, Queen’s scored an overtime goal from Riley Filion (Alexandria, Ont.) to win their first national title since 1988.
