Les Rouges Sara Boissonneault - MCAC Athlete of the Week for week ending Feb. 19, 2023
The 2023 Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference (MCAC) women's futsal season ended with another successful defence of the conference title by the #1 seed Université de Saint-Boniface (USB) Les Rouges. USB captured a fourth consecutive MCAC Championship title in front of a packed Loewen Athletic Centre in Winnipeg. Fourth year forward Sara Boissonneault was selected as Championship MVP.
Les Rouges (7-0-1 regular season record; 2-0 playoffs) beat the #2 seed Brandon University (BU) Bobcats by a 7-0 shutout result in the Championship Final on February 19.
With the championship win, USB defended their futsal title and extended their dynasty success with a fourth consecutive trophy (2019, 2020, 2022 and now 2023).
Boissonneault was a strong presence in the final and also during the 8-0 victory over the #4 seed Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Blazers on Saturday, February 18 in the semi final match. The Winnipeg showed her leadership and continued to make an impact on both offence and defence. She set up multiple goals and also was part of effort in securing back-to-back shutouts during the playoffs and earning five consecutive clean sheets this year.
USB's head coach Justin Légaré commented on Sara's performance, "She was part of the second efforts to close up spaces on defence and was always a threat on offence to create opportunities for her teammates."
This also capped an outstanding season for the Nursing student-athlete. Boissonneault was also named as 2022 MCAC Women's Soccer Player of the Year and earned All Conference award recognition earlier this season.
MCAC Athlete of the Week winners for 2022-23 season
Week 1 (ending Sept. 11, 2022)
WSOC: Sara Boissonneault – USB
MSOC: Jordi Haskerkehrer – USB
Week 2 (ending Sept. 18, 2022)
WSOC: Kendra Mansoff – ACC
MSOC: Camilo Rodriguez – BU
Week 3 (ending Sept. 25, 2022)
WSOC: Tara Boulanger – USB
MSOC: Johnathan Kohan – BU
Week 4 (ending Oct. 2, 2022)
WSOC: Ava Temple – PUC
MSOC: Matheus Souza – BU
Week 5 (ending Oct. 9, 2022)
WSOC: Tiegan Kroeker – CMU
MSOC: Kevin Lopez – ACC
Week 6 (ending Oct. 16, 2022)
WSOC: Kalyna Démaré – USB
MSOC: Garreth Rayner – PUC
Week 7 (ending Oct. 23, 2022)
WSOC: Katie Moniot – USB
MSOC: Sean Kirkpatrick – PUC
Week 8 (ending Oct. 30, 2022)
WSOC: Marijka Yaschyshyn – USB
MSOC: Ayman Soussi – USB
Week 9 (ending Nov. 6, 2022)
WVB: Angéline Ritchot – USB
MVB: Vaughn Zimmer – ACC
Week 10 (ending Nov. 13, 2022)
WVB: Valeria Gonzalez – USB
MVB: Albert Francisco – CMU
Week 11 (ending Nov. 20, 2022)
WBB: Briana Ehrmantraut – CMU
MVB: Noah Boschman – PUC
Week 12 (ending Nov. 27, 2022)
WVB: Tyra Peters – PUC
MVB: Sebastian Verdaguer – PUC
Week 13 (ending Dec. 4, 2022)
WVB: Paige Wright – CMU
MVB: Cameron Gayleard – CMU
Week 14 (ending Jan. 15, 2023)
WVB: Layla Reichert – CMU
MBB: Daniel Cameron – CMU
Week 15 (ending Jan. 22, 2023)
WVB: Amanda Bergen – PUC
MFUT: Abdoul Niangadou – USB
Week 16 (ending Jan. 29, 2023)
WVB: Elle Snyder – ACC
MVB: Josh Werbiski – CMU
Week 17 (ending Feb. 5, 2023)
WFUT: Alexi Gagnon – USB
MBB: Joshua Armstrong – PUC
Week 18 (ending Feb. 12, 2023)
WBB: Anna Pyne – CMU
MBB: Joshua Armstrong – PUC
Week 19 (ending Feb. 19, 2023)
WFUT: Sara Boissonneault – USB
MFUT: Sam Wetstein – BU