Box Score Fourth-year forward Antonio Ajhert scored two goals in leading the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's soccer team to a 5-0 season-opening victory over the Nipissing Lakers on Friday afternoon in North Bay, Ont.
 
Ajhert opening the scoring early, notching the eventual game-winner in the 5th minute of the match. The life science major from Makarska, Croatia tallied his second of the game 13 minutes later.
 
"The player that stood out the most today was Antonio," said Varsity Blues co-captain Devon Bowyer. "He played the full 90 minutes and scored two great goals. On one of his goals he flicked the ball over one of the defenders head, controlled it and took a great shot at the bottom corner of the net."
 
2015 CIS all-Canadian Lukas MacNaughton tallied Toronto's third goal of the match in the 23rd minute, while sophomore defender Koosha Nazemi put the Blues up by four in the 31st.
 
Bowyer rounded out the scoring, finding the back of the net in the 46th minute.
 
"Overall this was a great first game of the season, and sends a message to the rest of the teams in the league," added Bowyer. "We need to keep the momentum going and carry it on for the rest of the season."

Third-year goalkeeper Mark Rogal made five saves in the clean sheet victory. 
 
The Varsity Blues return to action this Sunday, August 28 when they host the Laurentian Voyageurs in their 2016 home opener at Varsity Stadium. Game time is set for 2:15 p.m.

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