Huskie Women's Soccer Legacy

The University of Saskatchewan started to play women’s soccer in an official league in 1984-85.

In that first season, the Huskies played interuniversity games against teams from the universities of Calgary, British Columbia, Alberta and Victoria. Under the direction of Bruce Hoggard, the Huskies failed to secure a win in the one tournament season finishing 0-4.

Women’s soccer didn’t have its first “official” win until the 1986-87 season with a 4-1 win in the season tournament hosted by Calgary. The team finished in fourth place and Heather Kerby was named a Canada West All-Star.

After Hoggard (0-6-1) and Andy Sharpe (2-8-2) coached the team for two seasons each, soon-to-be Huskie Athletic Director Ross Wilson took over the team. He would spend the next six seasons at the helm. He was named Athletic Director in 1991, a position he stayed in until retirement in 2006.

During the six seasons, the Huskies consistently finished in fifth place, with the exception of their best season ever in 1993-94 when the team finished 3-3-4 for fourth place. Three players were named as Canada West All-Stars —Samantha Simpson, Alisa Camplin and Dee Kaye. Wilson was awarded the Canada West women’s soccer coach of the year and Simpson was named the league MVP. She was also a First Team All-Canadian in both 1993 and 1994.

Keith Pritchard took over the team in 1994-95 and had little success finishing with a 2-13-5 coaching record.

Peter Reichert coached for the next six seasons and in an expanding Canada West soccer league, he had considerable success. The Huskies finished consistently in fifth place but earned a team high four wins in 2001-02.

Under Reichert (14-41-14), the Huskies had their lone playoff appearance in 1999-2000 as host of the Canada West Championship. The Huskies made it to the  bronze medal game against Victoria. But the team lost 1-0 in an overtime shootout to finish fourth.

Colin Melnyk started as the Huskies coach in 2002-03 and in his first season continued success finishing with four wins for the second season in a row.  Melnyk (17-43-12) coached until 2006-07.

Tom LaPointe joined the Huskie coaching staff in 2007-08 and in his first season helped the Huskies to a 2-9-3, ninth place finish. The team was handed the Fair Play Award given to the least penalized team and  rookie Elizabeth Hudon impressed leading the team in goals with seven. She was named Huskie Athletics female rookie of the year. In both 2008 & 2009, the Huskies finished with 5-8-1 records.  In 2010-11 and 2011-12, the Huskies finished with seven wins - the most-ever in Huskie history. They were just one win shy of a playoff spot.

Although success hasn’t been seen in the championship banners, the Huskies have still boasted 32 Canada West All-Stars and four All-Canadians.

Results, All-Stars, All-Canadians & Award Winners
Summary of Women's Soccer Results, All-Stars, Canada West Awards, Huskie Athletic Awards and International Scrolls.

Year-By-Year Results
Summary of results from each year of competition.

All-Time Records Vs Opponents
Records against all opponents.

Women's Soccer All-Time Career Records
Leaders for goals, assists, points, saves, shutouts and games played.

Women's Soccer All-Time Season Records
Leaders for goals, assists, points, saves, shutouts and games played.

All-Time Women's Soccer Athletes
List of all Huskie women's soccer players.

Women's Soccer All-Academics (since 1998-99)
Lists all Huskie Athletics women's soccer Huskie Athletics All-Academics and CIS Academic All-Canadians.