Game of the week: trapped over ice
Last week’s intramural game of the week saw the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) knock off New College 1-0 in the men’s division one soccer semifinal. SGS now advances to the championship game (Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Front Campus North), where they will face off against the Faculty of Engineering, who won their thrilling semifinal game over UTM 2-1 in penalty kicks.
This week’s intramural battle comes from women’s division one hockey, where a battle for first place is about to take place. The Faculty of Physical Education and Health and the University of Toronto at Scarborough will get it on in what will truly be a clash of the titans (Saturday, 6 p.m., Varsity Arena).
Both teams have dominated this division, although their first head-to-head contest resulted in a 5-2 Scarborough win.
The teams are each coming off convincing wins, and this game will be an important one, as it will very likely be a preview of what we will see in the championship game.
-MATT VENTRESCA
Trying to keep their heads above water
The Varsity Blues women’s hockey team continued to struggle last weekend, as they continued their lengthy road trip. They dropped a 4-2 decision to the Waterloo Warriors Saturday night, falling to 2-3-0-1 on their current swing and 4-4-0-1 overall.
Stacey Grygiel scored the winner for Waterloo midway through the second period. Julianne Schmalz, Carissa Casselman, and Kaleena Yeung also notched goals for the Warriors. Annie Delguidice and Kristy Patterson replied for the Blues in a losing cause.
Despite their recent woes, the Blues are still hanging on to fourth place in the Ontario University Athletics standings going into a key road game against the third-place Guelph Gryphons (6-2-3-0) on Sunday afternoon.
-MV
A triple lutz to the gut and a salchow to the solar plexis, or the longest title for a figure skating preview EVER
The Varsity Blues figure skating team has been on the ice gearing up for a new season and their first competition at Queen’s University, November 25. With a team of 22, the fourth-place finishers in last year’s standings have their eyes on medals this year.
“The returning skaters have shown a strong desire to get back into the top three placing overall and are encouraging all the new team members to work towards achieving this goal,” says head coach Sylvia Gryniewski.
Key veterans leading this year’s team include free skaters Eleanor Fung and Christina Hall, as well as ice dancers Laura Stoveld, Stephanie Hunt, Aimee Artinian, and Michelle Woll.
Despite the loss of three-time OUA short program champion Candice Skelton, OUA dance champion Ellen Simon, and last year’s team manager Caitlyn Paget, the squad’s newest recruits on the team are upbeat and ready to go. The group is primarily focusing on increasing technical difficulty in routines and breaking into the top three in the synchronized skating event.
You can see the Varsity Blues figure skating team compete at Varsity Arena when Ryerson hosts the second competition of the season on February 4-5, 2006. Be sure to wish them success on the road in the meantime.
-Miyoko Ohtake
