Mustangs named season all-stars

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By Communications Staff
Friday, November 6, 2009
As the playing season draws to a close, several University of Western Ontario Mustangs are recognized for their 'all-star' performances.
 
Cross-Country
 
A trio of Mustang runners earned Ontario University Athletics (OUA) all-star honours recently.
Kyle O'Neill, Lynn Mockler and Lorelle Convery were named OUA all-stars after their performances the 2009 OUA cross-country championships hosted by the Brock Badgers in St. Catharines, Ont., on Oct. 31.
 
The Canadian Interuniversity Sport Cross-Country Championships are hosted by Queen's University on Saturday, Nov. 14.
 
Women’s Rugby
 
Western Mustangs women’s rugby star Laura Russell, a fullback and No. 8 player with the squad, was named as an All-Canadian by Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) on Nov. 5. It is her second consecutive All-Canadian nod.
 
The Mustangs play two-time defending national champion Lethbridge today (Nov. 6) and Quebec champion Concordia in back-to-back games at the CIS National Championships, hosted by the University of British Columbia.
 
SSN Canada (www.cis-sic.ca / www.ssncanada.ca) will have live webcasts of Saturday’s semi-finals at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Pacific Time, as well as Sunday’s bronze-medal game at 12 p.m. and national final at 2 p.m.
 
Field Hockey
 
Michelle Weber was named a second-team CIS All-Canadian in field hockey.
 
In her fifth-year in the School of Kinesiology at Western, Weber earned a fourth straight All-Canadian nomination. She was a first-team member the past two seasons.
 
Weber had 14 goals and 10 assists for 24 points in her final season with the Mustangs.
 
Women’s Soccer
 
Three Western Mustangs women's soccer players earned OUA West all-star honours as OUA announces the 2009 West major award winners and all-stars.
 
Mustangs Erin Grand, Julianne Macaulay and Emily Maganja were all named second-team OUA West all-stars. Macaulay, a fullback, and Maganja an attacking midfielder, are both in their rookie season in the OUA.
 
Men’s Soccer
 
Among the 2009 OUA men’s soccer West major award winners and all-stars are four Western Mustangs men's soccer players.
 
Defender Mark Bennett was named as a first-team all-star, while freshman midfielder Camilo Gonzalez and strikers Eric Amato and Mark Pocrnic were named to the second team. Amato, a rookie, and Pocrnic, a fourth-year senior, earn their first all-star nods. Pocrnic tallied a team-high four goals in the regular season, while Amato netted two.
 
More information on the Mustangs is available at www.westernmustangs.ca.

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