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Ridgebacks Men’s Soccer
The ridgebacks opened up their inaugural soccer  season in  Ontario University Athletics  west division of the  Canadian Interuniversity Sport  in 2010 remaining the newest team in the  Ontario University Athletics  until the 2014 season when  Algoma University  officially joined. The Ridgebacks have been led by head coach Vaso Vujanovic who has been the head coach of the team for all five years the program has existed; he left Durham College  men’s and women’s soccer teams after coaching both for a total of 27 seasons adding 247 wins to his name. The mens and womans soccer teams both play their home games on Vaso’s field named after Vujanovic, located right across from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

History
The Men’s Ridgebacks Soccer team opened up their inaugural season with a 4-2 win over the Brock Badgers on September 4th, 2010 with the first ever goal in the program's history being scored by Luke St. John. The rest of the 2010 season was not so kind to the Ridgebacks as they failed to win another game that year ending up at the bottom of the division. The 2011 season did not get much better for the team in the overall standings but they did manage to increase their point total from the year before as well as decreasing the team’s goals against by almost half from the total the year before. The 2011 season also added to another first in program history as Aldo Maiorano was named to the Ontario University Athletics all-star second team and is now only one of two Ridgebacks to ever claim the honor in the programs short history. The 2012 season was one of transition as the team wanted to make the program look like a viable playoff contender as they proved they could contend with any team in the eastern conference. The year was not exactly how they thought it would go but was a showing that the team had defiantly turned a new corner as they finished one spot out of the playoffs and had doubled their point total from the year before. The team managed to pick up three wins and two ties which was also a first for the program, also adding to firsts it was the first time they had two players named as all-stars, those being Aldo Maiorano for the second time and Justin Gordan getting his first individual accolade. The 2013 season was one of many fresh faces as the Ridgebacks had 9 freshman on the roster many taking up starting roles as many players from the year before had graduated. The ridgebacks once again ended up missing out on the last playoffs spot being tied with the Brock Badgers on 7 points. Although the season did not go totally to plan many of the freshman in the starting lineup gained valuable experience on what it takes to compete in a very tough league. The 2014 season looked to be one in which the men’s Ridgebacks looked to take the final step in turning the corner and making the first playoff appearance in the programs history. The year started with an announcement that the Ridgebacks Men’s and Woman’s team would be moving over to the eastern conference in Ontario University Athletics, which posed good for a fresh start for the program as many teams were unfamiliar with them. The year started on a positive note with a 1-1 tie against the Carleton Ravens who are a team always contesting for the national championship. The team has left it until late in the season, with just two games left they stand in fifth place which is the second last playoff spot. The team has already made history in the 2014 season by picking up a program high in wins with four and points with 16. While 2014 has been a big year for the team they look to continue to make history as the regular season winds down and playoffs are just around the corner.

Ridgebacks Woman’s Soccer
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology woman’s soccer team is the newest varsity sports programs for the school. In just 3 seasons the team has proven themselves to be one of the elite in Canadian Interuniversity Sport womans soccer and have become UOIT’s first nationally ranked sports team just recently climbing to 4th in Canada. Under the guidance of Peyvand Mossavat the team has collected 3 playoff appearances in the programs first three years. The inaugural goal in the programs history was scored by Jessica Mithrush in a 2-1 win over the Windsor Lancers, the Ridgebacks qualified for the play offs in its first season only to lose in the round of 16 to the McMaster Marauders. In the 2013 season the ridgebacks were back and much stronger then the year before, they finished 3rd in the western conference and getting revenge on the McMaster Marauders winning 1-0 on penalties. The Ridgebacks eventually ended up losing to the [Laurier Golden Hawks] 2-0 in the quarterfinals, just barely missing out on the final four. Over the first two years of the program the Woman’s Ridgebacks have produced five all stars in the first two years of the program those being Charesse Thomas-Tate, Kylie Bordeleau, Sara Voisin, Sonia Sampogna, and Kayla De Souza. In their third season the Ridgebacks came out proving that they are one of the best woman’s soccer programs in the country becoming UOIT’s first varsity sports team to be nationally and clinched a first round bye in the playoffs.