A quick trip to Cowtown netted a loss and a tie for the UNBC Timberwolves men’s soccer team.
On Saturday, a pair of two goal performances by Owen Antoniuk and Kimia Kassanda paced the high-flying Calgary Dinos (7-2) to a 4-2 victory over the T-Wolves (3-4-1) at McMahon Stadium.
Kassanda got the hosts off to a fast start, rippling the onion bag ninety seconds into the match.
Antoniuk notched his eighth of the season past UNBC goalkeeper Logan Pierce for an early 2-0 stranglehold.
First-year sniper Jamie Wildash-Chan found the back of the net for the Timberwolves collecting a Wyatt Lyon feed in the 17th minute making no mistake against Dinos goalkeeper Hany Shafie.
Prior to halftime, Antoniuk collected his second of the match in the 42-minute.
Kassanda made it 4-1 Dinos in the 64th minute to extend the advantage to three goals.
Charlie Stewart scored on a penalty kick in the 90th minute to make the score a little closer for UNBC.
A Sunday matinee against the Mount Royal Cougars (4-1-4) proved to be exciting earning a 3-3 draw in a game that drew six yellow cards in total.
UNBC got off to a much better start on the road thanks to an own goal by the Cougars in the 15th minute.
Mark Talisuna doubled the lead for the Timberwolves in the 30th minute unassisted beating goalkeeper Sjard Strauss.
Skyler Rogers cut the deficit in half two minutes later for the Cougars.
The quick-strike offense continued minutes later as Pip van der Ende notched a goal of the candidate to put the Timberwolves up 3-1.
Before the end of the half, Jonathan Walter replied for Mount Royal to make it a one-goal game again.
The Cougars evened the score for good in the 89th minute as Chana Chanda collected his sixth of the campaign past T-Wolves goalkeeper Logan Pierce.
UNBC sits 3-4-2 tied for fourth with Trinity Western for the final playoff spot in the Pacific Division.
The T-Wolves welcome Fraser Valley (4-1-2) to Masich Place Stadium Friday at 11am and Saturday at noon.
In women’s soccer, UNBC dropped a 5-0 decision at the hands of the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack in Kamloops.
TRU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half courtesy of goals from Alexis Virgo and Mackenzie Lalonde.
The Wolfpack upped the ante offensively in the final 45 minutes as Esi Lufo rippled the onion bag twice on T-Wolves goalkeeper Johanna Rathke.
Makenna Ford added a single.
It was another firing line for Rathke in defeat making 12 saves on 17 shots in defeat.
UNBC drops to 0-8 and will travel to Victoria to play the Vikes (2-2-2) Friday and Saturday at 5pm.
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