Lancers soccer struggles on the road
By Michal Tellos
Sports Editor
September 10, 2008
 In their OUA debuts, the Lancers men’s and women’s soccer teams have both had a lack-luster start, failing to win a game throughout their road trip last weekend.
Each respective team went on the road this past weekend, with the first game being against the McMaster Marauders on Saturday, and their second against Brock Badgers on Sunday.
McMaster proved to be too much to handle for the women’s team, who was handily defeated 5-0.
The men fared slightly better, managing to end the game in a 1-1 draw, after a late game Lancer equalizer, in what was generally a rough affair.
“There were six yellow cards and a man sent off in the last few minutes,” said men’s Head Coach Steve Hart.
Lancer Adam Almeida had the equalizing goal.
The second day proved less tragic for the women, though ultimately still ending with a 2-0 loss to Brock, meaning the women have yet to score a goal against an OUA team so far this season.
Once again, the men performed slightly better, but not well enough, as they came to a 2-2 tie with Brock, squandering their one goal lead in the dying minutes of the match.
“They were winning 1-0, we tied it up, and then we went ahead 2-1, and then they scored with two minutes to go to get the equalizer,” said Hart.
The men’s team currently sits in fifth place in the OUA West division with two points.
The women’s team, however, sits in last place in the OUA West with zero points, behind also winless Waterloo due to goal aggregate.
Both teams will be embarking on another road trip this weekend, first stopping in Guelph on Saturday, which will be followed by a game against Waterloo on Sunday. Each team played a couple of pre-season games against local clubs, either tying, or, usually, beating them, often by great margins.
The men opened the season against the Caboto Club, a local team, who handily defeating them 5-0.
The men then played the Border Stars, a member of the Canadian Soccer League, coming to a 1-1 draw.
The women opened their season against local team the Tecumseh Soccer Club, beating them 2-0.
The women then blew out local club Chatham Extreme by a racked up score of 14-0.
For a complete roster, results table, and schedule of men’s and women's soccer, feel free to visit golancers.ca.
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