BASEBALL
The men’s baseball team bounced back on the weekend after getting off to a sluggish start this season.
They beat up on the Western Mustangs in a double-header on Saturday and managed to win a game in their Sunday double-bill against Waterloo.
The Blues ate up the Mustangs pitching on the first day, outscoring their opponents by a count of 12-5. The Warriors of Waterloo came to play on Sunday, however, as they shelled the Blues 8-0 in one game and held the Blues tight in the second, where U of T squeaked out a 2-0 win.
The team is now 3-6 on the season and is trying to stay in contention for a spot in this year’s playoffs. They are the defending Ontario University Athletics(OUA) champions.
In other diamond news, Blues pitcher Jesse Fulton represented Canada at the Federation internationale du sport universitaire (FISU) World Championships in Chines Tapei this past August. He allowed seven earned runs in just over six innings of work over the games, but Canada could only manage one win in seven outtings and finished a disappointing sixth place.
-Matt Somers
Men’s Soccer
The Laurentian Voyageurs were able to get past the Blues on Sunday, as they pulled off a 3-2 victory. Kern Juman of Ajax had a large part in keeping the Blues close in the contest, as he chipped in both of his team’s goals. Szymon Niedzwiechi answered with two goals of his own for the Voyageurs.
The loss evens the record of the squad at 1-1. They had been coming off of a victory, after defeating Nipissing on Saturday, by a score of 3-2.
Varsity Field will play host to the Blues and York Lions this Saturday, in what will be new head coach John Vidovich’s first home game as head coach. He took over that job in July.
-MS
Women’s Soccer
U of T’s women’s soccer team has had an even better start to their season than the men’s team. They have amassed a 1-0-1 record in their first two matches, with a victory at Nipissing and a scoreless tie at Laurentian.
The victory was a 4-1 blowout and secured Beth McCharles, the new head coach of the team, her first regular season win. Goals were contributed by Jennifer Imrie, Orianna Morra, Diana Goodwin and Sheona Morrison.
Goalkeeper Andrea Tristao shut Laurentian out in the second game, but recieved no offensive help from her teammates.
The women next see action at home on Saturday against York, right after the men do battle with those very same Lions. They then have a week off before they head to Hamilton to take on McMaster September 25.
-MS
Tennis
The men’s tennis program gets its first taste of action this Friday and Saturday. Friday morning the team will ride the bus to York for a tournament that afternoon against the Lions.
Saturday afternoon they are back at it, only this time they will be facing Brock at home in St. Catherine’s.
The women’s team will also be in action at York on Friday afternoon, but will not venture to Brock the next day. Instead, they have a week off before competing against McGill at York University on September 24.
The women will then stay at York for matches against McMaster the next morning and Western Saturday evening.
The final tournament of the regular season for the women happens Sunday, September 26, where the Blues challenge Laurier and Waterloo. The men play their last match against Western on September 25 and then prepare for playoff tournaments in October.
-MS
