ANCASTER, Ont. - Kayla McPerson's goal, with just seven minutes remaining, gave the Sheridan Bruins a 3-2 win over the Mohawk Mountaineers in the opening game of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association women's soccer season at the Redeemer Sports Complex Saturday.
The visitors from Oakville, Ont., needed fewer than two minutes to open the scoring as Alexis Borges struck. Mohawk nearly equalized when Leanne Gyenes hit the crossbar.
The Mountaineers finally got on even terms when Jessica Minor pounced on the ball after an excellent cross from Laura Fable eluded a pair of Bruins' defenders in the 38th minute.
Eight minutes after the break, Michaela Krampert got free and slotted the ball home to give Sheridan a 2-1 lead.
Fable, a first-year midfielder from Hamilton, Ont., found some space and made no mistake, tying the score for Mohawk in the 68th minute.
However, McPherson spoiled things for the home side with the late winner.
The Bruins played the last 10 minutes down a player after Kendra Cooper was dismissed for a second yellow card.
In the men's game, Sheridan stunned Mohawk 9-1.
The Mountaineers actually opened the scoring, against the run of play, on a Colin Dougan penalty in the 13th minute. But three minutes later the Bruins tied it, on an outstanding free kick by David Velastegui as he curled the ball around the wall and in off the post from just outside the penalty area.
Raheem Edwards scored in the 30th minute and then again two minutes later to give the visitors a 3-1 lead at the half.
Edwards then completed a hat trick, a minute after the resumption of play and then the next minute Velastegui notched his second to make it 5-1.
Mohawk's Dougan was red carded about 10 minutes into the second half and the Mountaineers played a man short the rest of the way.
Manny Morgado scored for the Bruins in the 59th minute, Molham Babouli scored twice, in the 62nd and 66th minutes and Alex Dukovski completed the scoring in the 81st minute.
Source: Mohawk College
ANCASTER, Ont. - The Sheridan Bruins women's soccer team (1-0 OCAA) managed to find the back of the net just two minutes from the opening kickoff, but still needed a third and final tally two minutes from time, as they edged out Mohawk 3-2 in their OCAA season opener.
"I think we came here for a result and we got the one we were looking for, but it really wasn't the way we wanted to do it," Sheridan head coach Paul Angelini said. "We had flashes of brilliance and long stretches of mediocrity, so we have to find a way to lengthen those moments of brilliance and shorten the durations of mediocrity. I think we can do that by making more passes earlier in the game."
Myjairii Perkins opened the scoring for the Double-Blue in the second minute, but the game would end up level at the interval as Mohawk struck in the 38th minute.
Nearing the hour mark, Michaela Krampert would connect on Sheridan's second score to restore the one-goal advantage, but within 15 minutes the homeside would pull level yet again.
With the game looking to be headed to a stalemate in the waning moments, Kayla McPherson would put the Lady Bruins ahead for good with an 88th minute strike.
The club now has a full week off before hosting Redeemer on Sept. 6 and considering it is their longest period of inactivity for the entire schedule, Angelini says
"I think it's important to keep everybody together but to also take advantage of this rest period," he said. "We'll do that by working on some set plays, where players are still understanding things and we're walking through particular places on the field, but not moving at full speed. That's the way to do it and I think it probably makes the most sense in the short term."
Source: Sheridan College