OTTAWA (CIS) - Soccer players Mary Anne Barnes from the University of Toronto and Kwame Osei from Cape Breton University are the Canadian Interuniversity Sport female and male athletes of the week for the period ending Sept. 23, 2007.
Barnes, a fourth-year arts & science student from Toronto recorded her fourth and fifth shutouts of the season over the weekend as the Varsity Blues blanked Ryerson 5-0 and Carleton 1-0 improved to 5-1-2 on the campaign, good for second place in the OUA East behind No. 1 Ottawa Gee-Gees (7-0-0). The third-year keeper has allowed only two goals all season, both to the top-ranked Gee-Gees.
StFX rugby player Ghislaine Landry, Montreal volleyball player Laetitia Tchoualack and Trinity Western soccer player Veronika Rogina were also nominated for the weekly honour.
Osei, a fifth-year student also from Toronto claims the honour on the men's side after tallying three goals and one assists in two outings to lead the No. 6-ranked Capers (4-0-1) to a pair of road victories. The five-foot-10, 20-year-old striker, a second-team all-Canadian in 2006, scored the game-tying goal and assisted on the game-winner in a 3-2 victory over Acadia on Friday, and then potted a pair as CBU defeated Dalhousie 3-1 on Saturday.
Soccer players Boris Salou of Laval, Andrew Piccinetti of Laurentian and Peter Richmond of Victoria were the other nominees on the men's side.
Female nominees:
AUS: Ghislaine Landry, rugby, StFX
QSSF: Laetitia Tchoualack, volleyball, Montreal
OUA: Mary Anne Barnes, soccer, Toronto (recipient)
Canada West: Veronika Rogina, soccer, Trinity Western
Male nominees:
AUS: Kwame Osei, soccer, Cape Breton (recipient)
QSSF: Boris Salou, soccer, Laval
OUA: Andrew Piccinetti, soccer, Laurentian
Canada West: Peter Richmond, soccer, Victoria
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Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-one members, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 19 national championships in 11 different sports. The CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, and 27 World University Championships. For further information, visit www.universitysport.ca
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