CIS men's soccer Wednesday roundup: Ridgebacks go down to No. 2 York Lions

York 4. UOIT 1 Final  

OSHAWA, Ont. – The UOIT Ridgebacks men’s soccer team lost 4-1 to the number two CIS ranked York Lions on Wednesday night at Vaso’s Field.

The OUA’s top strikers did all of the scoring in the first half as Adrian Pena scored the game’s first goal during the 10th minute. Teammate Alon Badat would score back-to-back goals at the 14th and 30th minute marks to extend the Lions lead to 3-0. Pena and Badat sit first and third in league scoring this year with 12 and 11 goals respectively.

During the 71st minute, York took a 4-0 lead as Jarek Whiteman scored his first goal of the year.

Four minutes later, UOIT would get on the board as freshman striker Andrew Serediuk (Mississauga, Ont.) scored his third goal this season, breaking up the York shutout.

Despite allowing four goals, UOIT goalkeeper Matt Caldaroni (Pickering, Ont.) had a solid game in net managing to stop nine York shots on target. For his efforts, he was named the player of the game.

York regains their lead in the OUA west region as they improve to 8-1-3.

UOIT will have a weekend homestand as they take on McMaster on Saturday (6:30 p.m.) and Brock on Sunday (3:15 p.m.).

RIDGEBACKS FACTS
Overall Record: 2-12-3
Conference Record: 1-10-1

Next Home Game: Saturday, October 15 vs. McMaster (6:15 p.m.)

Source: UOIT Sports Info

Ryerson 3, Trent 0 Final

Despite several scoring chances and some questionable calls, the Trent Excalibur men’s soccer team dropped a 3-0 decision to the Ryerson Rams in front of 200 fans at Justin Chiu Stadium on Wednesday.

Ryerson’s Victor Anastasov opened the scoring in the 15th minute on a questionable play.  As the ball was played through, the Ryerson striker appeared to be offside, but play continued and Anastasov notched his 12th goal of the season.

Moments later, the Excalibur thought they had a chance as they were on the offensive when it appeared as though a Rams defender was guilty of a hand ball in the box.  The play went unnoticed and the Excalibur were denied a penalty kick.

Trent was awarded a penalty kick in the 39th minute when striker Eli Adansi was hauled down in the penalty area.  Adansi took the kick for Trent and his shot was sailing toward the corner of the goal, when Ryerson keeper Aaryon Gaeeni dove across the net to deny the opportunity and keep it a 1-0 game at halftime.

Adansi had another chance early in the second half as he headed a ball from a corner kick, but again Gaeeni was up to the task.

In the 50th minute, Ryerson extended their lead when a free kick by Armin Tankovic deflected off the Trent wall, beating Excalibur goalkeeper Brett Bennett.  The Rams tacked on a third goal when Michael Jan played a ball toward the Trent goal from near mid-field and Bennett lost his footing on the wet grass and had the ball bounce out of his reach.

Bennett, a native of Monash, Australia, made eight saves in just his second appearance of the season.  Gaeeni earned the shutout by stopping 6 Trent shots.

The Excalibur wrap up the home portion of their schedule on October 14 at 3 pm. They will host the Toronto Varsity Blues before finishing out their season on the road against Carleton on October 15.

Source: Trent Sports Info