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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, November 10, 2011 · 32 All-Star Action Edge hosting synchro gala later this month Oakville Edge synchronized skating teams will host their annual Gala of Synchronized Skating later this month. This year's gala -- which will take place Sunday, Nov. 7 at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, beginning at 2:30 p.m. -- will feature the full spectrum of synchronized skating. All the Oakville Edge teams, other top synchronized skating teams, skating pairs and solo skaters from across the Greater Toronto Area will participate. The team of dads, known as "Oakville EDGEless", will once again put on a performance as well. The gala is the kickoff to this year's synchronized skating season, so brand new programs will be seen for the first time. The Oakville Edge synchronized skating program features six teams: Beginner 1, two Beginner 2 squads, Elementary, Juvenile and Novice. Last season was one of the most successful in Oakville Edge history. The club's Elementary team earned silver at the 2010 regionals; the Elementary and Beginner 2 squads won gold at the Synchro Capers competition in Newmarket; and the Beginner 2, Elementary and Juvenile teams all won gold at the March Mania competition in Innisfil. This year's gala will also offer a bake sale, 50/50 draws and silent auction. Doors will open at 2 p.m. Tickets will cost $10 at the door, but can be purchased in advance for $7. STEVEN DER-GARABEDIAN / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER OUTSTANDING IN THEIR FIELD: St. Thomas Aquinas student Julie Walden (foreground, left) tries to get past Team Halton player Stefanie Rasquin during last week's Halton Field Hockey All-Star Tournament in Burlington. Walden played for Team Oakville in the tournament, as did Abbey Park's Sasha Guay and Caroline Smeenk, Appleby College's Jackie Hansen and Chloe Miller, Holy Trinity's Laura Dziuryn and Mannie Montelpare, Iroquois Ridge's Alison Lategan and Erika Ty, Oakville Trafalgar's Alyssa Bull and Daniela Deschamps, T.A. Blakelock's Sydney Cudmore and Lauren Turner, White Oaks' Angela Gushue and Mackenzie Stamper, and St. Thomas Aquinas' Nicole Kasslack. Team Oakville played games against Team Halton and Team Burlington during the tournament. Results of the games were not provided to the Beaver. Aquinas grad backstops Dalhousie to AUS soccer title Taryn McKenna blanked the University of Prince Edward Island Sunday to lead the Dalhousie Tigers to an upset victory in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) women's soccer championship. Dalhousie scored both of its goals in the second half of the 2-0 victory as it upset UPEI, which finished first in the league with an 11-1-1 record. Dalhousie finished third with a 9-3-1 mark. Dalhousie advanced to the final by beating Taryn McKenna the University of New Brunswick 2-0 in the quarter-finals and then topping St. Mary's 3-2 in the semifinals. McKenna, who helped St. Thomas Aquinas win the provincial high school AA championship in 2006, was an AUS second-team all-star this season. In her third season at Dalhousie, she played in 11 games, posting a 0.76 goalsagainst average with five shutouts. Dalhousie advanced to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships, which begins today (Thursday) at McGill University. In the Ontario University Athletics final, Queen's edged Laurier 1-0 in penalty kicks to win the title. Brittany y Shales, , a first-year y UNIVERSITY YSPORTS S O TS midfielder, was a member of the Queen's squad, which had the OUA's best record, 13-1-2. Oakville Julie Maheu and Julia Marchese were members of the Laurier squad, which also qualified for the national championships. Maheu had two goals in seven games for the Hawks while Marchese had one goal in eight games. Oakville's Alexander Cenedese, a firstyear defender, was also a member of McMaster's championship team. McMaster is competing at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championship in Victoria this weekend. Hawksworth, Guelph win CIS bronze Oakville's Candace Hawksworth helped the University of Guelph win a bronze medal at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) field hockey championship. Guelph delivered a measure of payback, downing the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 3-0 in Sunday's final in Calgary. The Blues had beaten Guelph 6-0 in the Ontario university final and 2-1 in the round-robin portion of the national tournament. Both teams had identical 11-1 records during the OUA season. Hawksworth, an Oakville Trafalgar grad, had seven goals and two assists in 12 games for Guelph. At the national tournament, she scored the winning goal to cap a Guelph rally against Alberta in the Gryphons' final round-robin game. Guelph scored three times in eight minutes in the second half to overcome a 2-0 deficit. The victory qualified Guelph for the semifinals. Farrell's pair leads Mac to OUA crown Oakville's Paterson Farrell scored twice as the McMaster Marauders defeated the University of Toronto 3-1 in the Ontario University Athletics men's soccer final. Farrell, a second-year striker at Mac, converted a corner kick in the 20th minute to open the scoring. With the Marauders up 2-1, Farrell sealed the victory with his second of the game in injury time. Farrell was named the OUA player of the week for his performance in the final A former athlete of the year at St. Thomas Aquinas, Farrell had six goals in 15 games for McMaster, which finished second in the OUA's West Division with a 10-2-4 record. McMaster blanked Guelph 2-0 in the OUA quarterfinals and then edged Carleton 3-2 in penalty kicks in the semifinal. goal, Oakville's Steven Guzzo delivered a key marker as the University of f Massachusetts upset the country's topranked team. The Oakville Rangers and Oakville Blades product's third-period goal broke a 1-1 tie and the Minutemen went on to win 4-2 and hand Boston College (8-1-0) its first loss of the season. The victory improved UMass to 2-4-2 on the season. Guzzo, a St. Thomas Aquinas grad, scored his first NCAA goal Oct. 29, opening the scoring in a 5-4 overtime loss to Boston University. Guzzo scored on a rebound of teammate Rocco Carzo's shot. Goaltender earns first NCAA victory Oakville's Ali Binnington recorded her first NCAA women's hockey victory on Sunday in the Rochester Institute of f Technology's 8-1 win over Utica. Binnington, making her debut with the RIT Tigers, stopped 10 shots for the victory. The St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School grad helped the Mississauga Chiefs win the Ontario Women's Hockey Association championship last year and led the Provincial Women's Hockey League in goals-against average (0.99), save percentage (.955) and shutouts (five) while posting g a 14-1-0 record. Ex-Blade helps UMass to huge upset A week after scoring g his first NCAA