LANCERS DEFEAT UOIT 2-0 IN OUA SOCCER.
Saints advance to baseball final against Durham
The Windsor Stars ended the regular season in the Canadian Soccer League with a 6-1 victory against the North York Stars at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York Saturday.
Emilio Giorgi and Stephen Ademolu scored two goals apiece and Wade Allen and David Kadoic added goals for the Stars.
Having already locked up fourth place and home-field advantage with a 12-6-4 record, the Stars will host a quarterfinal game Saturday or Sunday against either the York Region Shooters or TFC Academy.
The Stars must wait for TFC Academy’s final game of the season Wednesday night, when they take on the Montreal Impact Academy.
If TFC wins, they will pass York Region for fifth place in the standings and take on Windsor in the quarter-final.
A TFC loss against Montreal means the Stars will host the Shooters.
“We have to be ready either way,” Stars head coach Steve Vagnini said. “We won’t really change our style.
“That home-field advantage is huge for us.”
In their only meeting this season, the Stars earned a 2-2 draw against TFC Academy in Toronto and lost 2-1 at home to York Region.
Lancers soccer
Striker Mike Pio scored two goals as the Windsor Lancers defeated UOIT 2-0 in OUA men’s soccer action Sunday at Alumni Field.
Pio opened the scoring at the seven-minute mark of the first half and added his second goal of the game midway through the second half to secure the victory for the Lancers (5-5-2).
The Lancers were blanked 1-0 by the Western Mustangs Saturday.
In women’s action, the Lancers battled to a scoreless draw against UOIT Sunday.
MSU exhibition
The Windsor Lancers lost an exhibition men’s hockey game Monday against the Michigan State Spartans in front of 4,138 at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing.
The Spartans beat the Lancers 6-1 with LaSalle’s Myles Doan scoring a short-handed goal for Windsor.
Goalies Parker Van Buskirk and Matt Murphy allowed three goals each.
Tonight, the Lancers will face the Michigan Wolverines at the newly-renovated Yost Arena at 7:30 p.m.
Women’s hockey
The Windsor Lancers opened the OUA women’s hockey season at South Windsor Arena with a 1-1 record.
Windsor lost 2-0 to Laurier Sunday.
The Lancers were 0- for- 6 on the power play and had 31 shots on Golden Hawks goalie Erika Thunder.
Windsor goalie Karlyle Robinson made 26 saves.
The Lancers beat Waterloo 4-3 in overtime Saturday.
Jillian Rops scored the winning goal on the power play at the 2:42 mark of overtime, Natalie Barrette, Jenny MacKnight and Bree Polci added goals and Robinson made 28 saves for Windsor.
Generals first
Head coach D.J. Smith of Windsor and the league- leading Oshawa Generals won 4-3 in overtime against the Belleville Bulls in front of 3,854 at General Motors Centre in Oshawa Monday.
The Generals lead the league in points (12), goals (34) and penalty minutes (148), including a fight by Windsor native Hunter Smith who has played in all seven games this year.
Junior B
The LaSalle Vipers scored 11 goals in an 11-2 victory over Fort Erie at the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League Showcase Event at the Waterloo Recreation Complex Saturday.
Ben Hanus, Eric Noel and Dylan Seguin scored two goals each, Korey Morgan, Evan Makaric, Nathan Savage, Daniel Slipchuk and Nathan Veres added singles, Dylan Denomme had three assists and Taylor Speed made 19 saves.
In other junior b action, the Leamington Flyers lost 3-2 in Chatham Sunday.
Windsor native Eric Palazzolo scored the winning goal for the Maroons with 2:47 left in the third period.
Alex Seguin and Nick Beaune replied for the Flyers.
Leamington goalie Matt Mancina faced 40 shots. Chatham goalie Darien Ekblad of Belle River made 46 saves.
The Flyers also beat Caledonia 3-2 Saturday at the Seymour Hannah rink in St. Catharines.
Tony Spidalieri, Joe Manchurek and Seguin scored goals and Mancina made 27 saves.
Junior C
Leamington’s Jon Woelk scored four goals to complete a six-point night as the Wheatley Sharks edged the Alvinston Flyers 6-5 in junior C hockey Monday.
Woelk scored back-to-back goals less than six minutes apart in the third period to secure the victory for the Sharks.
Kurtis Ouellette and Kyle Quick also scored, while goalie Robbie Vrabel made 21 saves to earn the victory in net for the Sharks.
Dylan Impens also chipped in with six assists for Wheatley.
Tonight, the Essex 73’s will host the Mooretown Flags at 7 p.m.
Baseball battle
The men’s baseball team at St. Clair College advanced to the OCAA final with a 12-8 victory against the Humber Hawks in the third and deciding game of their best-of-three series in Mississauga Sunday.
Rob Cooper went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Josh Sikich allowed six hits in seven innings.
The Saints, who automatically qualify for the Northern Conference finals, will face Durham in a doubleheader Saturday at Lacasse Park at 1 and 3 p.m.
If necessary, a third game would be Sunday at Kinsmen Stadium in Oshawa at 2 p.m.
Durham swept the University of Windsor by scores of 8-2 and 7-1.
In the first game against Humber, Cooper struck out seven batters in a 6-1 victory.
Mitch Delaney had a home run and Sean Refflinghaus and Chris Horwood went 1-for-3 with an RBI each.
In the second game, the Hawks scored two runs in the sixth inning for a 3-2 victory.
Chris McQueen went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Two medals
Two-time Canadian National Team member Grant Gauthier of Brunelle Martial Arts and Sports Karate won two medals at the WKA World Karate Championships in Orlando, Fla.
The 13-year-old black belt earned bronze medals in weapons and forms.