TORONTO, November 9, 2007 -- The York Lions men’s and women’s soccer teams have both made it to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national semi-finals and are just two wins away from national supremacy. Both teams will play semi-final games on Saturday, Nov. 10.
The men’s team beat the Saint Mary’s Huskies 2-1 in Vancouver on Thursday in a CIS championship quarter-final. The Lions (15-1-2) rallied from a 1-0 deficit to lock up the berth in the semi-final game against the host UBC Thunderbirds, who beat the Montreal Carabins 2-0 in Thursday’s final quarter-final. Game time for the semi-final on Saturday is 4:30 pm Toronto time (1:30 pm local time).
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n’s team defeated the Dalhousie Tigers 2-1 in the quarter-final in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The next obstacle in their bid for a CIS championship comes in the form of the Canada West finalist Victoria Vikes. The Lions women’s team will face the Vikes in the semi-final on Saturday at noon Toronto time (1 p.m. local time).
For more details about the games this week and full coverage of the Saturday semi-finals, check out www.sport.yorku.ca throughout the weekend.
CHRY 105.5 FM will also provide live updates of the Lions men’s soccer team’s Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship drive on Saturday from Vancouver at approximately 5:10pm, 6:10pm and 7:10pm. In addition, the updates will include information on the Lions women’s soccer team’s CIS championship semi-final game from Cape Breton, NS.
Keep it locked on CHRY for continuing coverage of the Lions’ quest for national soccer gold this weekend.
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