Press Release
Monday, November 21, 2022
Alexia Desforges and Jacob Dion are the UMoncton Athletes of the Week
Athletes Alexia Desforges of Clarence-Rockland, Ontario, and Jacob Dion of Sherbrooke, Quebec, are the IRM Moncton MRI athletes of the week from Nov. 14th to 20th, 2022 as chosen by the Athletic Department of the Moncton campus of the Université de Moncton.
Aigles Bleues hockey forward Alexia Desforges had 6 points on three goals and the same number of assists in two games for her team last week. She scored the winning goal on Saturday and finished the games +4 and with 7 shots on goal. She was named the Subway player of the game on Saturday. Her inspiring play on the ice helped her team win both games. She is a fourth-year kinesiology student.
Rookie defenceman Jacob Dion helped his team well offensively and defensively in the two last weeks' men's hockey games. He did 4 assists in Friday's game, contributing to 4 of his team’s 6 goals. He took 3 shots, and finished the game at +4. On Saturday, he scored once with 4 shots on goal and was +1. He is a first-year undergraduate student in social sciences, criminology.
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