Badgers take advantage of northern ‘hoopspitality’
Brock sweeps Laurentian, Nipissing in men’s and women’s basketball
Brock basketball enjoyed a winning weekend on a road trip to Northern Ontario.
Victories on back-to-back nights over Laurentian, 102-88; and Nipissing, 79-51; improved the men’s team to a West Division-leading 4-1, while the wins at Laurentian, 75-60; and Nipissing, 73-56; improved the women’s team to 2-3.
Johneil Simpson, with 29 points, five rebounds; Daniel Cayer, 25 points, 10 rebounds; Cassidy Ryan, 20 points, six rebounds; and Tyler Brown, 14 points, 13 assists; were key contributors in Brock in the victory over Laurentian.
“It was a tough road game, they stuck together throughout the whole game,” head coach Madhav Trivedi said. “There were times where Laurentian brought it to within one point, but our guys followed the game plan and really stuck to it in the offensive end.”
Standouts for the Badgers against Nipissing were Simpson, 25 points; Ryan, 17 points, six rebounds; and Daniel Cayer, eight points, eight rebounds.
Melissa Tatti, 21 points; Sofia Croce, 18 in 20 minutes of playing time; Baelie, Campbell, 12; and Kristin Gallant, 10; scored in double digits as the women’s team snapped a three-game losing streak in the win over Laurentian.
“It was a great defensive effort, our bench players really came in and gave us some valuable minutes,” head coach Mike Rao said. “We rebounded well late both offensively and defensively. “I loved our effort and fight.” Tatti, 27 points; Meagan Charbonneau, 10 points; Maddy Gojmerac, nine points, nine rebounds; Campbell, seven points, 10 rebounds; and Gallant, seven points; were the big guns in Rao’s arsenal versus Nipissing.
Brock hosts the Toronto Varsity Blues on Friday at Bob Davis Gymnasium and the Ryerson Rams on Saturday at Meridian Centre in downtown St. Catharines. Tipoff for both doubleheaders are women’s, 6 p.m.; men’s, 8 p.m.
Title lost in OT
Brock’s hopes for a 19th Canadian men’s university field lacrosse championship and first since 2009 fell one goal short.
The Badgers were 58 seconds away from winning Sunday’s national final at Varsity Stadium in Toronto when two-time defending champion Western sent the game into overtime.
The Mustangs, were trailed early in the second quarter and were down 8-6 with two minutes remaining in regulation, beat Brock goalkeeper Josh Wood 32 seconds into overtime to complete the comeback.
Connor Ham, with three goals; Campbell Parker, two; Connor Brown, Tyrus Rehanek and Kurtis Woodland found the back of the net for Brock in the loss.
Each team had 22 shots on goal.
Woodland, five goals; Parker, two; Jordan Gillis, Grayson Houghton, Brown, Ham and Rehanek provided the offence the day before in a 12-11 defeat of the Trent Excalibur in the semifinals, also at Varsity Stadium.
Brock advanced to the final four at the Baggataway Cup championships by sinking the Nipissing Lakers 18-4 on goals from Brown, four; Parker, three; Sam Leclair, Alex Pace, two apiece; Latrell Harris, Mitchell Mackenzie, Saul van der Zalm, Houghton and Woodland.
Brock and Western finished league play with 9-1 records.
Mr. Zeroes
Brock teams combined to earn seven of a possible 10 points in university hockey on the weekend.
Logan Thompson and Mario Cavaliere took turns playing Mr. Zero backstopping the men’s team to shutout victories over Toronto, 2-0; and Windsor, 4-0.
The Brock women had to work overtime for their two points against Laurentian, 3-2 win in a shootout; and one point in a 2-1 overtime loss to Windsor.
Thompson made 26 saves, Ethan Spaxman and Cosimo Fontana each scored a goal, and Brock blanked Toronto on the road in men’s hockey.
Cavaliere made 32 saves, Dexter Weber, Tyler Rollo, Brandon O’Quinn and Brody Silk each scored a goal as the Badgers beat
visiting Windsor for their win in a row to improve to 8-3.
Brock hosts Waterloo, 2-10; in a 7:15 p.m. faceoff Friday at Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre.
Goals from Annie Berg, Cassidy Maplethorpe in regulation and Maplethorpe and Maggie SprattMallick gave Brock a come-frombehind win over Laurentian in women’s hockey.
Spratt-Mallick scored for Brock in the overtime loss to Windsor.