AROUND OUA: Blues blank Ridgebacks on the road

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Toronto 5 @ UOIT 0

McMaster 1 @ Brock 0

Blues blank Ridgebacks on the road

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's soccer team notched a dominant 5-0 victory over the UOIT Ridgebacks on Wednesday, September 21 in Oshawa, Ont.
 
With the win, the Blues improve to 4-1-2 and sit in third place in the OUA East division.
 
Second-year midfielder Harry Michelis opened the scoring in the eighth minute, notching his second goal of the season.
 
Veteran midfielder Nikolay Saveliev padded Toronto's lead 10 minutes later with a goal assisted by Nirun Sivananthan. The Blues were up 2-0 at the half.
 
Sivananthan put U of T up by three in the 55th minute, scoring his second of the season, while sophomore striker Jack Wadden and defender Kenny Lioutas rounded out the scoring with goals in the 72nd and 80th minutes, respectively.
 
Blues goalkeeper Mark Rogal made five saves in the clean sheet victory.
 
The Varsity Blues return to action this Saturday, September 24 as they travel to Kingston, Ont., to take on the RMC Paladins. Game time is set for 3:15 p.m.

Source: Toronto Varsity Blues

Mac bounces back to beat Badgers 1-0

Licking their wounds from a punishing early-season schedule, McMaster made the most of a trip to St. Catharines Wednesday. The Marauders powered back into the win column with a 1-0 decision over the Brock Badgers that broke a five-match winless streak.

Sophomore forward Yordan Stojanov had the game's only goal for the Marauders, who improved to 3-3-2 with the result, good for fourth in the OUA West division.

Goalkeeper Kieran Doyle-Davis kept his fourth clean sheet of the season.

Striking early and putting the host Badgers on the back foot, Stojanov opened the scoring in just the 18th minute, with what proved to be Wednesday's only breakthrough.

UP NEXT: McMaster travels to Waterloo to play the Warriors on Sunday, September 25.

Source: McMaster Marauders