EDMONTON, AB – It was not the home opener the MacEwan University Griffins men's soccer team were hoping for, but more lessons were learned as the University of Saskatchewan Huskies ran away with a 5-0 victory.

Both teams were evenly matched in the opening 15 minutes with the Griffins' Dallas Stern (1^styear, Saskatoon, SK) and Jerad Uytterhagen (5^th year, Sherwood Park, AB) buzzing around the Huskies net, but to no avail.

At the 19 minute mark, Jordiem Farahani (5^th year, Regina, SK) opened the scoring after the Huskies broke down the Griffins defense with Farahani traveling up the near sideline, before guiding the ball in the lower left corner for the 1-nil advantage.

With the momentum clearly in the Huskies favour, Brett Levis (4^th year, Saskatoon, SK) added to the score with a well-placed strike under the cross bar. 

Rounding out the first half scoring was David Brown (3^rd year, Saskatoon, SK), who beat the Griffins keeper Adam Hajji (1^st year, Montreal, QC) with a bottom right corner strike after receiving the pass from Levis to give the Huskies the 3-0 lead at the break. 

In the second half, the Griffins appeared to recommit to their game plan, but the visitors were once again in the dominant position. Capitalizing on a corner kick opportunity from Levis, Austin Bortski (4^th year, Saskatoon, SK) connected on the crossed ball heading it into the top left corner.

Levis was in a giving mood, collecting his fourth point of the matinee on Farahani's second goal of the match for the 5-0 victory. 

The Griffins' Yousef Naboulsi (3^rd year, Edmonton, AB) and Huskies Farahani were named their team's Players of the Game.

The Griffins and Huskies will return to JP Bowl in Edmonton for the second game of the weekend series on Sunday, September 14, with a 12:00 p.m. start.