by Mike Treadgold
Wishart to represent Canada
Kristine Wishart has been named to the Canadian national team that will participate in the 2010 Women’s Hockey World Cup in Argentina. The five-time All-Canadian forward/midfielder from the OUA champion Guelph Gryphons field hockey team finished second on the team with 11 goals during the regular season, helping to lead the Gryphons to an undefeated record in conference play and their second OUA title in the past three years.
Gryphons succeed indoors
The Gryphon men’s soccer team finished second at the Centennial College Indoor Soccer Tournament over the weekend. The Gryphons won all three of their round-robin games and started the playoff round very well with a 4-0 quarter-final victory over Durham College and a 3-1 semi-final win over Sheridan. In the tournament finale, the Gryphons went into the final minute trailing 1-0 to Humber. After pulling their goaltender for an extra attacker though, Humber scored twice to lock up the tournament championship. Colin MacMillian scored six goals in the tournament to lead the Gryphons. Reigning CIS Rookie of the Year, Robert Murphy scored four.
Volleyball teams split weekend matches
Both the Gryphon men’s and women’s volleyball teams concluded their weekend match ups with resounding victories. The women fell 3-1 to Brock on Friday before rebounding to sweep Ottawa 3-0 on Sunday. The Gryphons leading scorer throughout the season, Kylen Van Osch, led her team with 25 points in the loss to the Badgers and second-year leftside Brooke Lloyd paced the Gryphs with ten points against the Gee-Gees. On the men’s side, the Gryphons were swept 3-0 by U of T on Friday before rebounding to sweep Waterloo on Saturday. Winston Rosser led the Gryphs in scoring in both games.
Shootout unkind as Gryphs drop a pair
The Gryphon men’s hockey team came out on the wrong side of a pair of close games, falling 5-4 to Waterloo and 3-2 to UOIT, both in shootouts. Forward Alex Magera and defenceman Tim Priamo both scored three points in the two losses as the Gryphs fell to 8-9-4. The Gryphons will play in the Frosty Mug next Saturday against Waterloo at the Sleeman Centre. Game time is 7:30 p.m.