Rookie Munro tallies game-winner as Redmen sweep Old Four tourney
(PHOTO CREDIT: Queen's University/Robin Kasem)
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KINGSTON, Ont. -- Striker Sebastian Munro, a freshman from Vancouver, B.C., snapped a deadlock with five minutes remaining as McGill edged Queen's 2-1 to capture the Old Four men's soccer tournament at Frank Tindall Field, Sunday.
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The result extended McGill's undefeated streak to 3-0-1 in preseason play and marked the second Old Four title in three years for the Redmen.
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Munro converted a pass from team captain Johann Capolungo, firing a rocket in the top right corner. just four minutes after Queen's had knotted the score at 1-1 on a marker from Eric Koskins in the 81st minute.
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McGill opened the scoring in the final minute of the first half, when Peter Valente, a third-year forward from Toronto, scored on a header off a free-kick from Thomas Lucas of Kirkland, Que.
Sophomore Jean-Lou Gosselin, a 5-foot-10
goalkeeper from Deux Montagnes, Que., made three saves to register
the win.
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The Redmen will put their 3-0-1 record on the line when they play their final two preseason affairs in Maine next weekend. They will take onÌý Amherst College in Amherst on Sept. 4, followed by a game at Williams College in Williamstown on Sept. 5. Regular season play begins on Sept. 10 when McGill will host Sherbrooke at Molson Stadium.
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In the men's Old Four consolation game, Western posted a commanding 3-0 win over the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Niko Mavrikos had a hat-trick in the victory, connecting in the 26th, 32nd and 51st minutes. Andrew Murdoch had the clean sheet in victory.Ìý UOIT's Ryan Dillon left the game with an apparantly serious injury at the 34-minute mark and was sent to hospital via ambulance.
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SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 2, Queen's 1
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1. McGill: Peter Valente (Johann Capolungo), 44:00
2. Queen's: Eric Koskins (unassisted), 81:00
3. McGill: Sebastian Munro (Thomas Lucas), 85:00
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GOALTENDERS:
McGill: Jean-Lou Gosselin (W, 1GA, 2 saves, 90:00)
Queen's: (not available)
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SHOTS TOWARD NET:
McGill 12
Queen's 4
SHOTS ON NET:
McGill 5
Queen's 4
CORNERS:
McGill 9
Queen's 1
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CROSSES:
McGill 14
Queen's 2
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FOULS:
McGill 5
Queen's 15
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OFFSIDES BY:
McGill 7
Queen's 0
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STARTING LINEUP FOR McGILL:
GK: Jean-Lou Gosselin
DEF: Axel Dovi
DEF: Karl Hantho
DEF: Alexander Damianou
DEF: James Allester
MID: William Hoyle
MID: Thomas Lucas
MID: Alexander Trotsky
MID: Olivier Babineau
MID: CoryÌý Marcon
FOR: George Banks
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SUBSTITUTIONS:
DEF: Stephen Keefe for Hoyle (30:00)
FOR: Peter Valente for Banks (30:00)
DEF: Louis Fouquet for Hantho (46:00)
MID: Dragos Maftei for Allester (for Trotsky 46:00)
MID: Yohann Capolungo (capt.) for Marcon (46:00)
FOR: Sebastian Munro for Valente (60:00)
DEF: Karl Hantho for Lucas (75:00)
MID: William Hoyle for Babineau (75:00)
MID: Cory Marcon for Trotsky (75:00)
FOR: George Banks for Maftei (75:00)
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DID NOT PLAY:
DEF: Alexander King
MID: Jeremy Hurdle
GK Mathew Gilmour (dressed but DNP)
GK: Hikaru Bolt (dressed but DNP)
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012