Oshawa/Kingston, Ontario – Nipissing Men's Soccer completed a road trip south on the weekend, facing Ontario Tech and Royal Military College for two regular season OUA matchups.  

On Saturday, Sept. 26, the Lakers faced off with the Ridgebacks. 

Ontario Tech scored the only goal of the match at 38:16, and the Ridgebacks took a 1-0 win.  

Lakers goalkeeper Dante Emmanuel stopped 10 shots in the loss. 

A hard-fought effort, Nipissing directed 6 shots on goal in the defeat. 

Then, on Sunday, Sept. 27, the Lakers travelled to Kingston, Ontario, for a matchup with the RMC Paladins. 

In the first half, it was Marius Doucet who scored for the Lakers at 43:00. Marius' goal was assisted by Noah Bakker, and the Lakers took a 1-0 lead into halftime. 

The Lakers managed to control the 1-0 lead for the entirety of the second half until RMC scored at the 90:00 mark to tie the game at one. The match would end in a 1-1 draw. 

Nipissing outshot RMC 9-8 in the draw. Lakers goalie Josh Biswanger made 4 saves in 5 shots on net.  

The loss and draw moves Men's Soccer to a 2-4-1 record this season, good for 7 points and 8th in the OUA East. 

MSoc is back in action on Saturday, October 3rd at 2:15PM at home when the Queen's Gaels are the opponents. Then, on Sunday, October 4th at 2:15PM, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues will be the opponents, also at home. Catch both games live at Nipissing's Turf Field or stream online at OUA.tv.