Bisons soccer
The Bisons soccer team lost 0-3 to the Calgary Dinos on Friday, Sept. 26.
The Dinos had a good start to the game as Sarah Donick made a shot in the 11th minute [11:18], but it was blocked by Bisons goalie Holly Dyker. The Dinos struck again in the 11th minute [11:38], with Grace Moore opening the scoring with an assist from Mykena Walker.
In the 12th minute [12:53], Donick doubled the lead for the Dinos with an assist from Moore.
Bisons’ Mia Fonseca tried to spark a response in the 25th minute [25:16] with a shot on target, but Dinos goalie Lauren Houghton made a save.
In the 37th minute [37:29], Aislin Phillips converted a penalty kick to give the Dinos a 3-0 lead into the halftime.
In the early part of the second half [45:39], Bisons’ Paris Sidhu had a shot at goal, but goalie Houghton saved it.
Sydney Arnold made a header shot for the Bisons in the 54th minute [54:34] but it went high.
In the 73rd minute [73:28], Bisons’ Evelyn Lekivetz had a shot toward goal, but Houghton made a save.
In the closing stages of the game [78:28 to 89:01], the two teams made various substitutions, but the Dinos held on comfortably for a 3-0 win.
In the second game of their weekend series, the Bisons women’s soccer team recorded a 0-2 loss to the Calgary Dinos on Saturday, Sept. 27.
The Dinos applied early pressure, with multiple scoring attempts between the 6th and 35th minutes [6:48 to 35:40], but Bisons goalie Dyker made saves to keep the game level.
At 35:45, Bisons’ Tabata Bravo delivered a shot, but it was saved by goalie Houghton.
The Dinos regained momentum from [36:15 to 45:00], with efforts from Moore, Phillips and Sofia DiGiacomo, but the Bisons held firm.
The two teams entered halftime tied 0-0.
In the 51st minute [51:28] of the second half, Bianca Cavalcanti had a chance at goal for the Bisons, but her shot went wide.
The breakthrough came for the Dinos in the 59th minute [59:49], when Isabella DiPalma scored off an assist from Kaleigh Major.
In the 63rd minute [63:04], DiPalma struck again to double the lead.
In the 89th minute [89:57], the Bisons brought on Lulu Bordeaux for Arnold in an effort to change the pace of the game, but the score remained unchanged. The game ended in a 2-0 win for the Dinos.
In Prairie league standings, the Bisons have one point, with one draw and nine losses.
Bisons football
The Bisons football team was defeated 8-30 by the Regina Rams on Saturday, Sept. 27 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
At the 4:10 mark in the first quarter, receiver De Shawn Le Jour caught a ten-yard pass from quarterback Cole Anseeuw, giving the Bisons a 7-0 lead.
In the second quarter, Rams running back Marshall Erichsen tied the game 7-7 with a 28-yard run at 6:24. Just before halftime, with fifty-three seconds remaining, Erichsen caught a 14-yard pass from quarterback Noah Pelletier, putting the Rams ahead 14-7 at the break.
At the 15:00 mark of the third quarter, kicker Maya Turner earned a rouge point for the Bisons, reducing the gap to 14-8. The Rams responded as kicker Ty Gorniak hit a 42-yard field goal at the 7:00 mark, pushing the score to 17-8.
In the fourth quarter, Gorniak hit a 20-yard field goal at the 11:56 mark, giving the Rams a 20-8 advantage. At 5:11, Gorniak scored a 37-yard field goal, extending the Rams’ lead to 23-8. At the 1:56 mark, Erichsen made a two-yard run to secure a 30-8 victory for the Rams.
In the league standings, the Bisons football team has four points, with two wins and three losses from five games.
The Bisons soccer team will face the Alberta Pandas on Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5 in Edmonton, Alberta.
The Bisons football team will host the UBC Thunderbirds on Saturday, Oct. 4, 12 p.m. CT, at the Princess Auto Stadium.
