M-SOCCER ROUNDUP: Carleton, Laurentian win, Brock and Western draw
September 26 – Brock @ Western
LONDON, Ont. - The Brock University men's soccer team (0-6-1 OUA) got their first points of the 2012 season as they played the Western Mustangs to a 0-0 draw on the road Wednesday night.
Both teams played a sound defensive game with both combining for a total of three shots over 90 minutes.
Brock junior goalkeeper Jake Sweetzer (Mississauga, Ont.) recorded two saves for his first shutout of the season. Western's Ivan Skoko (Mississauga, Ont.) registered one save for the shutout.
Western's shots came from Eric Amato ( Toronto, Ont.) and Mike Bitel (London, Ont.). Brock's lone shot was off the foot of Oudah Aldhahvi (St. Catharines, Ont.).
Source: Brock Sports Info
Queen's @ Carleton
If revenge is a dish best served cold, then the Carleton Ravens men’s soccer team picked the perfect night to play chef.
On a chilly evening in the nation’s capital, the men exacted some payback on the Queen’s University Gaels, winning 1-0 in a hard-fought contest in front of a lively crowd at Ravens Field.
The Ravens suffered one of their worst ever defeats during the 20 year tenure of head coach Sandy Mackie when they were handily beaten 4-0 by these same Gaels back on Sept. 16th in Kingston.
But a very early goal by defender Christophe Laberge Perrault was all the offence the home side needed to send the Gaels packing with nothing to show for their efforts.
Assistant coach Kwesi Loney – who took over the responsibilities as head coach for the match with Mackie being forced to watch from the stands as part of his one-game ban for a red card – said the players were all very eager to get another chance at the Gaels following the heavy defeat in their most recent meeting.
“Players who compete at this level always want retribution when you come back and play on your home turf, and the guys really took that to heart in training and you can see the results today.”
In that match just over one week ago, Queen’s found the net three times in the first half, essentially putting the contest beyond doubt after 45 minutes.
This time around, the Ravens made things much more difficult for the visitors, and managed to suppress a dangerous Gaels attack that came into the match having scored 16 goals in seven games this season.
Aside from a few long-range efforts and the odd cross into the box, Ravens goalkeeper Mark Krocko had a comfortable evening between the posts.
“That was a big point for us in the last couple weeks. Just our defensive shape, everybody knowing their responsibilities and understanding that it’s not an individual persons job,” Loney said following the match. “It takes all eleven guys on the field understanding where you need to be shape wise in order to make sure that they don’t get through our lines…Hats off to them defensively tonight.”
The win not only gives the Ravens the retribution they were after, but it also means they leapfrog the Gaels into first place in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) East division.
With 21 points on the season so far, Mackie and his men now sit two points above the Kingston-based team, who are alone in second place.
The Ravens will get a chance to stretch their winning streak to four games when they return to action on Sept. 29th against the Ryerson Rams in Toronto.
Source: Carleton Athletics
Laurentian @ Nipissing
The Nipissing Lakers mens’s soccer team dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker to the visiting Laurentian Voyageurs Wednesday at the Education Centre Field.
The re-match was as physical as expected between the northern rivals with the Vees wanting to exact some revenge on the Lakers for stealing a 1-0 victory in their first meeting in Sudbury on August 30th.
The Lakers best chance in the first half came from a free kick taken by Lakers Scott Hoogkamp which was headed by midfielder Graham Dufort but was punched over the cross bar by the Laurentian keeper.
The Vees would get some chances as well however Lakers keeper Andrew Richard made some key saves to preserve the 0-0 draw at half.
Early in the second half Jean-Michel Paulin took a free kick awarded to the Lakers and placed a beautiful strike that rang off of the cross bar and was later cleared by the Vees defence.
Richard was in the zone all night as he made highlight reel saves keeping his team in the game but what will sting the most for the Lakers will be the defensive miscue which led to the only goal of the game. What seemed to be an innocent looking ball heading for keeper Richard was deflected by defender Shayn Karn over the head of Richard and in the net.
The Lakers pressing for the equalizer would get one more fantastic opportunity as a ball kicked forward by the Lakers midfield bounced off the Laurentian defender onto the foot of Tylor Doell who was left all alone. Doell fired a quick hard shot however Vees keeper Matt George stood his ground and made the key same in the dying minutes of injury time.
The game would end shortly after that with the Vees collecting the road win improving to 3-5-0 while the Lakers drop to 2-3-3. The Lakers will travel to Peterborough Sunday to face Trent University.
Source: Nipissing Sports Info
