Sports briefs: Mixed results for Huskies teams

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HOCKEY

In women’s Canada West action, the Huskies (11-10-1-2) hosted the University of Alberta Pandas on back-to-back nights.

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After two scoreless periods in Friday’s Play for a Cure game, Alberta’s Cassidy Maplethorpe broke the stalemate 12 minutes and 36 seconds into the third to put her team up 1-0 and give them the eventual victory.

On Saturday night, the Pandas led 2-0 after the first period and, despite a goal from Saskatchewan’s Emily Holmes early in the second period, were able to hold off the Huskies to claim a 3-1 win.

Meanwhile, in Edmonton, the Huskie men’s team (12-12-0) lost both games to the Golden Bears.

In Friday’s action, Saskatchewan was outscored 3-1 in the first period and 4-1 in the second period on route to a 7-2 loss. Justin Ball and Vince Loschiavo had the Huskies only points in the game.

The next night, Alberta scored three unanswered goals in five minutes in the second period to shut out the Dogs 3-0.

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BASKETBALL

Taking on the host University of Calgary Dinos over the weekend, the Huskies women’s team (12-2) had a dominant performance on Friday night, defeating Calgary 83-57, with Maya Flindall picking up a game-high 21 points to lead Saskatchewan to victory.

The following evening, Calgary tied the game at 77 with 54 seconds left to play, but Saskatchewan’s Carly Ahlstrom scored her final two of a game-high 22 points to make the score 79-77, where it would remain until the final whistle.

Also in Calgary for a pair of games, the men’s team (3-11) narrowly lost a back-and-forth battle on Friday night 80-78. Alexander Dewar led the Huskies with 23 points.

On Saturday, Saskatchewan trailed 53-41 at halftime and weren’t able to recover as they lost 96-85, with Maxwell Amoafo earning at team-high 20 points.

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VOLLEYBALL

Saskatchewan’s men’s team (12-5) split their series with the visiting University of Manitoba Bisons over the weekend, winning 3-1 (25-18, 22-25, 25-20 and 25-17) on Friday, but losing on Saturday 3-2 (30-28, 24-26, 25-20, 20-25 and 15-13).

Also playing host to the Bisons, the women’s team (7-11) fell in both of their games, losing 3-2 (23-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-16 and 15-13) on Friday as well as 3-1 (19-25, 25-16, 25-23 and 25-19) on Saturday.

TRACK & FIELD

Saskatchewan’s team was in Edmonton for two days of competition at the Golden Bear Open.

The Huskies earned the top spot in four events, including Kendra Farmer with a time of 38.57 seconds in the women’s 300-m race and Jake Neufeld with 4,848 points in the men’s heptathlon, while the women’s 4×200-m and 4×400-m relay teams also finished first with times of 1:39.60 and 3:55.05, respectively.

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Blades split home-and-home with Raiders

The Saskatoon Blades and the Prince Albert Raiders both won in front of their hometown crowd in Western Hockey League action over the weekend.

On Friday, the Blades hosted the Raiders, scoring the first five goals of the game on route to a 6-1 victory.

The following night in Prince Albert, Saskatoon’s Brandon Lisowsky got the Blades on the board first with a goal seven minutes and 58 seconds into the opening period.

After a blank second period, the Raiders went on to score three goals in a row in the third, including two within 15 seconds of each other, to claim the eventual 3-1 win.

Saskatoon currently sits third in the WHL’s Eastern Conference with a 28-10-3-1 record and will face the No. 2 team, the Red Deer Rebels, in a road game on Jan. 27.

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