Soccer teams prep for playoffs

With the regular season wrapping up, the Fanshawe men's and women's soccer teams are beginning to make final adjustments and preparations for what each team hopes will be impressive playoff runs.

For the women's team, it has been another solid campaign that has resulted in a perfect record so far with victories over the Lambton Lions, 6-0, to open the season, followed by wins over Redeemer, Conestoga, Niagara, Sheridan and Mohawk. Although the women have managed to remain unbeaten, they have been in tough battles with both, the Humber and St. Clair which have resulted in ties. Most impressive this season has been the stellar play of the Fanshawe goaltender Sarah King who has only allowed three goals. It is expected that Fanshawe will have to battle their rivals from Humber at some point during the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association playoffs if they wish to erase the painful memories of an overtime heartbreaker in last season's national championship gold medal game.

On the men's side, the Falcon's have battled hard all season while being led by scoring leaders Adam Dasilva, Jordan Wainwright and Milos Janikic. After posting a solid 4-0 victory in their season and home opener, the Falcons came up short in a 1-0 loss to the undefeated Humber Hawks. After coming away with scoreless ties to Redeemer and Conestoga, the men have started to get on a roll with consecutive wins over Niagara, Sheridan, St. Clair and Mohawk. The four-game winning streak comes just at the right time for the Falcons, who begin preparing for what is expected to be a tough OCAA playoff schedule.