The Sheridan Bruins men’s soccer team claimed the fourth national medal in team history last week, scoring six unanswered goals to defeat Capilano University 6-2 in the Bronze Medal Match of the CCAA Championship hosted by Holland College in Cornwall, PEI.
The team had been minutes away from meeting their rivals from Humber in an all-Ontario national championship game, but a late comeback from Quebec champion Ahuntsic tied the semi final and forced a penalty shootout which they would win by the slimmest of margins.
Sheridan earned a spot in the bronze medal game with a 2-1 win over Langara, and rounded out a 3-1 record in the tournament with a 2-0 win over Capilano in their quarter-final opener.
In six trips to the national championship tournament, the men’s soccer team has now earned one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals. They have played for a medal on every occasion, suffering bronze medal losses in each of their first two appearances. Francis Ameyaw (Advertising and Marketing Communications – Management) scored at least one goal in all four games, and tied a team record with six goals in a single national championship, while Anthony Wright (Police Foundations) was named a championship all-star.
Meanwhile, the cross country team battled cold temperatures and snow to put up the best national championship performance in team history, with the men falling just shy of a podium spot in fourth, while the women improved 12 places from last year’s race to post an eighth-place finish at the event hosted by Seneca College in King City, Ont. The results made both the second-ranked Ontario team, after a bronze medal and fifth-place for the men and women respectively at the OCAA Championship two weeks ago.
A pair of Sheridan runners established new bench marks for highest finish in a national championship by an individual, as a 14th-place finish by Cole Bond (Bachelor of Athletic Therapy) bettered his own result from a year ago (15th), while the 16th-place result posted by Olivia Sidock (Bachelor of Athletic Therapy) was a 48-place improvement over the previous women’s record.