BAYER, GRAHAM, GILLIS BROCK ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Women’s soccer player Samantha Bayer, men’s golfer Adam Graham and men’s lacrosse player Jordan Gillis were named the Brock University Muscle MLK Athletes of the Week for the week ending Oct. 21.
Graham, a fourth-year accounting student from Sarnia, of the men’s golf team brought home a silver medal at the OUA Golf Championships at Heron Point Golf Links in Hamilton on Oct. 16. Graham finished on top of the leaderboard on Day 1 with a 1-over 72 for the outright lead. On Day 2, he shot 78 to finish second and was named to the Men’s First Team All-Stars.
Bayer, a second-year public health student
from Burlington, scored the game-winning goal, 1-0 over Waterloo on
Saturday, to lift the women’s soccer team into the playoffs.
Bayer capitalized on Melanie Schouten’s pinpoint pass through the defence by outpacing the defender and beat the
goalkeeper.
She’s scored four goals on 12 shots this season.
Gillis, a first-year bachelor of arts student from Stoney Creek, scored two goals and registered an assist to help the Badgers men’s lacrosse team defeat the Western Mustangs 10-9 during overtime in London, Ont., on Sunday. Gillis’s second goal stood as the game-winning goal with less than a minute remaining.
Gillis has scored three goals and five points in eight games this season.