AROUND OUA: Varsity Blues have big opening weekend

Varsity Blues have big opening weekend

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's lacrosse team opened their season in Kingston, Ontario Saturday (Sept. 10) afternoon scoring impressive victories over Laurier, 13-10, and McMaster, 16-6.

In Toronto's opening contest against the Golden Hawks a combination of nine different scorers lifted the Blues to an incredible come-from-behind victory.

Entering the final 10 minutes of the contest trailing Laurier 10-9, four straight goals from second-year attack Alex Walton, 2015 second team all-star Sarah Jamieson, 2015 first team all-star Melissa Holland, and first-year midfielder Sarah Morgan secured the inspiring season opening win for Toronto.

U of T then scored a convincing victory against McMaster in the second game of their Saturday doubleheader.

Jamieson took the lead for the Blues offence showing off her all-star attack with seven goals in the double-digit victory.

The Varsity Blues will look to keep things rolling next weekend as they head to Oshawa, Ont. to take on the Queen's Gaels and host UOIT Ridgebacks on Sunday, September 18. Action begins at 10:15 a.m.

Source: Toronto Varsity Blues

Ridgebacks in tough on opening weekend

KINGSTON, Ont. – The UOIT women's field lacrosse team knew they would be in tough this weekend as they went up against three of the top teams in the OUA.
 
Despite a good effort, the Ridgebacks dropped all three OUA conference games and are 1-3 overall heading in to a pair of games at home next weekend.
 
The Ridgebacks will host five OUA games on Sunday, Sept. 18 at the Oshawa Civic. UOIT will play in two of those games as they take on the Trent Excalibur at 8:30 a.m. followed by the Toronto Varsity Blues at 1:45 p.m.
 
On Saturday, UOIT fell 17-2 to the Laurier Golden Hawks. Elyse Lockhart and Kristin Lemmon were the goal scorers for UOIT.
 
The Ridgebacks offence failed to generate many scoring opportunities on Sunday morning against Guelph as the Gryphons cruised to a 12-1 win. Lockhart scored the lone goal for UOIT with six minutes left in the first half.
 
In their final game of the weekend, UOIT was playing with more confidence that showed on the scoreboard as they trailed the defending silver medalists Brock Badgers 6-3 at the half. However, the Badgers would finish strong and end up winning 14-4.
 
Lockhart had two goals in the match while Lemmon and Mallory Gallant had singles.

Source: UOIT Ridgebacks