Scoreboard

Scoreboard is a wrap-up of the efforts of Sydney University athletes and teams through the past week, compiled by Graham Croker. Stories on some of the performances also appear in the News section.

Rugby Union

Sydney Grade competition - Round 15

First Grade: Sydney University 48 (Nick Phipps 2, Dan Kelly 2, Pat McCutcheon, Lachlan Mitchell, Nathan Trist tries; Julian Huxley 5 goal, pen goal) d Warringah 12 (Dillon Smouha, Pat McCabe tries; Sam Harris goal) at Sydney University No.1 Oval.

Second Grade: Warringah 23 (Mitch Greenway, Toupou Iongi, Andrew Gowling tries; Tristan Stanley goal, 2 pen goals) d Sydney University 16 (Alistair King, Bernard Foley tries; Bernard Foley 2 pen goals.

Third Grade: Sydney University 38 (Nick Duffy, Hugh Hawkins, Justin Bosilkovski, James McMahon, Toby L'Estrange, Julian James tries; Justin Bosilkovski 4 goals) d Warringah 10 (Sam Kiely try; Ryan Butcher goal, pen goal).

Fourth Grade: Sydney University 53 (Oliver Atkins 2, S. Kataoka 2, Dan Simpson, Hugh Dessen, Ian Hilliard, Cameron Lawrence, Scott Cameron tries; Hugh Bushell 4 goals) d Warringah 12 (L Smith-Mel, Ryan Butcher tries; Ryan Butcher goal).

Colts

First Grade: Sydney University 29 (4 tries) d Warringah 19.

Second Grade: Sydney University 65 (10 tries) d Warringah 0.

Third grade: Sydney University 34 (5 tries) d Warringah 0.

Soccer

Men's State Super League - Round 19

First Grade: Fraser Park FC 0 drew with Sydney University 0 at Fraser Park.

Under 20: Fraser Park FC 0 drew with Sydney University 0.

Super Youth League

Rescheduled games - Round 19

Grade 13: Sydney University 3 d Western Panthers 1.

Grade 14: Sydney University 1 drew with Western Panthers 1.

Grade 15: Sydney University 1 drew with Western Panthers 1.

Grade 16: Western Panthers 3 d Sydney University 1.

Grade 18: Western Panthers 2 d Sydney University 1.

Rescheduled games - Round 10

Grade 18: NSWIS 4 d Sydney University 0.

Women's Premier League - Round 17

First Grade: Sydney University 3 (Loren Mahoney 45m, 90m, Emma Schiller 73m) d Southern Branch 1 (Elise Battin 39m) at South Nowra Football Complex.

Second Grade: Sydney University 5 d Southern Branch 0.

Under 16: Sydney University 1 drew with Southern Branch 1.

Under 14: Sydney University 1 d Southern Branch 0.

Under 12: Southern Branch 2 d Sydney University 0.

Hockey

Sydney Men's Premier League - Round 17

Premier League: Second Grade: Norwest 4 d Sydney University 0.

Division 1: First Grade: Norwest 2 d Sydney University 1.

Second Grade: Sydney University 2 d Norwest 1.

Division 4: First Grade: Sydney University 3 d GNS 2.

Judo

NSW Team Championships at Sydney Olympic Park

Men's Open: 1. Zenbu, 2. Sydney University (Karl Zuvela, S. Istvan, Greg Cadorin, C. Wong, T. Shaw), 3. UNSW.

B Division: 1. Zenbu, 2. Sydney University (J. Perez, E. Pizzorni, B. McMahon, W, Lum), 3. UNSW.

Baseball

NSW Winter League - Round 16

First Grade: Cronulla 6 d Sydney University 1.

Cronulla: 000 400 101 6r 11h 1e

Sydney University: 000 001 000 1r 9h 3e

Second Grade: Cronulla 13 d Sydney University 1.

Third Grade: Cronulla 21 d Sydney University 1.

Rugby League

NSW Tertiary Cup - Round 17

First Grade: Sydney University 26 drew with Lewisham Old Boys-ACU 26.

Second Grade: Bye.

Nikita Cuffe

profilepic_cuffe One of the most decorated members of the Sydney Uni Lions Water Polo side, Nikita Cuffe will be leading the Australian charge for gold in Beijing at her third Olympics. Originally from Queensland, Nikita completed her undergraduate studies at Griffith University before deciding to further her education at Sydney Uni, becoming a member of the Lions in the process.

A water polo player since the age of 13, Nikita played for her school, Brisbane Girls Grammar, in the Queensland League, and made her first state team at just 14. A 19 year old Nikita was in the Australian side which won the 1999 World Junior Championships in Messina. On the strength of her performance in that tournament, Nikita was a reserve for the gold-medal winning Australian side in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The next year she stepped up to become a fully fledged member of the national team which placed fifth at the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

In 2002 Nikita was the leading goal scorer and MVP of the National titles, and cemented her place as a permanent fixture in the national Senior side. She was also part of the team that took home the Commonwealth Gold medal from the games in Manchester.

In Athens Nikita made her competitive Olympic debut, as the team finished an agonizing fourth and relinquished their Olympic title. In 2005 and 2007 the national side won bronze and silver respectively at the World Championships, with Nikita and her team mates no doubt eager to continue that upward progression at the Olympics.
A veteran of 166 international matches, Nikita captained the national side in 2006 and will one of the senior squad members in Beijing.

Cuffe was a member of the Women's Water Polo Team, which won bronze with a nail-biting marathon victory over Hungary. The teams were tied at 11-all after four quarters of regulation time and two overtime periods before Australian goalkeeper Emma Knox blocked the final shot of the shoot-out, clinching the win in the bronze medal play-off. The medal was an improvement on the team's fourth place finish in Athens, where Cuffe also participated. She also hinted that the bronze medal playoff would be her last game, after three Olympic campaigns.

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