The Lancer men's soccer team swept their opening weekend at home with a pair of shutout victories over the Waterloo Warriors and Laurier Golden Hawks.
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On Friday night the Lancers dominated the visiting Warriors with a 6-0 victory and followed that up with a 2-0 win over the Hawks on Sunday. Windsor is now 4-1-1 on the season and are currently tied for first place in the OUA west division with the #1 ranked York Lions.
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On Friday,
Leighton Speechley-Price continued his standout play recording his first OUA hat trick. Speechley-Price opened up the scoring just twelve minutes into the game and added his second just 13 seconds before the end of the first half.
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Windsor held a dominating 5-0 lead heading into the break with other goal scorers including
Jack Sargent and
Michael Pio with two. Speechley-Price third goal of the game was the lone goal in the second half.
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Lancer goaltender
Kyle Vizirakis earned his first OUA career shutout in net.
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On Sunday, the Lancers continued their strong play against the Golden Hawks. Speechley-Price again was on point scoring his fourth goal of the weekend and seventh of the season in the final minutes of the first half.
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Laurier goaltender Jordan Brudlu came out of the net to challenge the Ireland native, however Speechley-Price was able to avoid the tackle and placed the ball into the right hand corner of the net.
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With Windsor holding a one goal lead entering the second half, both teams came out aggressively. Midway through the half, Brudlu made an initial save on a shot from Iyowuna Jumbo but
Kyle Ruggaber was there to knock in the rebound to increase the Lancer lead to two.
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Kyle Ruggaber once again earned the shutout in net.
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Windsor will now host the Algoma Thunderbirds (0-3-1) next weekend at Alumni Field. Both games will kick-off at 3:15pm on Saturday September 19th & Sunday September 20th.Â
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