Huskie hockey teams sweep Dinos
Three of four games on the weekend were won by posting shutouts
Three of four games for the University of Saskatchewan hockey teams on the weekend — one for the men and two for the women — ended in shutouts. All four ended in victories for the Huskies.
Kaitlin Willoughby and Emma Nutter each netted a goal for the Huskies women’s team (14-7-0-01-0) on Friday to defeat the host University of Calgary Dinos (6-140-0-1-1) 2-0. On Saturday, Emily Upgang recorded the only goal of the game to give the Huskies a 1-0 win.
Jessica Vance was perfect in net on both accounts, stopping all seven shots on Friday and 15 on Saturday to earn her fifth and sixth shutouts of the season.
On the men’s side, the Dogs (183-1) won 4-1 against the visiting Dinos (6-13-3) on Friday thanks to a pair of goals from Levi Cable and one each from Carson Stadnyk and Alex Forsberg. Josh Roach and Mackenzie Johnston both scored in a 2-0 victory on Saturday to bring Saskatchewan’s winning streak to four games.
Jordon Cooke stopped all 40 shots faced in Saturday’s game to give him his third shutout of the season.
BASKETBALL
A free throw in the final eight seconds by Julia Marshall of the Trinity West University Spartans (12-4), was enough to push her team to a 69-68 victory over the host Huskies (14-2) on Friday night, bringing Saskatchewan’s five-game winning streak to an end. The Huskies got back to their winning ways on Saturday with an 82-64 victory.
Meanwhile, the men’s team improved their winning streak to five games with a pair of victories over the visiting Spartans (1-15). Saskatchewan (7-9) won 97-71 on Friday and followed it up with an 80-71 win on Saturday.
VOLLEYBALL
The Saskatchewan women’s team (9-9) split their series against the host Thompson River University Wolfpack (7-11) on the weekend, winning 3-2 on Friday, but losing 3-1 on Saturday.
In men’s action, the Huskies’ (711) five-game winning streak came to an end on Friday, as they lost in three straight sets to the Wolfpack (7-11). Saskatchewan came close to a victory on Saturday, winning their opening two sets, but lost the final three sets to lose the match 3-2.
TRACK AND FIELD
The Huskies track and field team walked away from the Golden Bear Open, hosted by the University of Alberta, with one team title, two meet records and 16 podium finishes.
Saskatchewan won the women’s team title with 83 points, while the men’s team finished fourth with 50 points.
Runner Julie Labach set a meet record and won the gold medal in the women’s 600-metre race with a time of 1:30.19, while Kieran Johnston earned 5.133 points in the men’s heptathlon for another gold medal and meet record.