Basketball
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A brotherly connection for the Hawks
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When any team in sports builds a significant amount of chemistry together, they can look at their teammates and perceive them, almost, as family. For Owen and Will Coulthard, that idea is a reality. They are looking to carry that Coulthard chemistry throughout the rest of this season and the next, with the Wilfrid Laurier…
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Women’s basketball hangs on to second place
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In the second game of a double header between the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s basketball team and the Lakehead Thunderwolves, the Golden Hawks were unable to sweep the weekend series and were handed their worst loss of the season, 74-47. After a ten-point win Friday, defeating Lakehead 75-65, the Hawks got off to an…
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Badgers no match for No. 9 nationally ranked Hawks
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After two straight decisions against the Guelph Gryphons and the No. 1 Windsor Lancers, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s basketball team had no trouble with the Brock Badgers, handily defeating them 68-48 Saturday afternoon. The Hawks’ victory snapped a two-game slide — their first consecutive loses of the 2013-14 campaign — improving their record…
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Changes for transfers shakes up the CIS
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Just two weeks before the 2013-14 season was set to start, women’s soccer player Maxine Murchie made the decision to return to her hometown. A Kitchener native, Murchie had committed to play south of the border last year with the University of Central Florida. But after a year, she didn’t feel like UCF was the…
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Last-second free throws lifts Hawks
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With three players scoring in double figures and two last-second free throws from fifth-year guard Max Allin, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s basketball team were able to hold on for a slim 86-84 victory against the league worst Brock Badgers. The Hawks got off to a slow first half in their game against the…
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Coaches ink extensions at WLU
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On Jan. 20, Peter Baxter, Wilfrid Laurier University’s director of athletics and recreation, signed two influential bench bosses at this university to five- year contract extensions. Greg Puhalski and Peter Campbell, the respective head coaches of the Laurier men’s hockey and basketball teams, were inked in for another half a decade in the purple and…
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Men’s basketball splits weekend games
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s basketball team had an opportunity this weekend to overtake the Western Mustangs and gain sole possession of third-place, and postseason home court advantage, in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West division with six games remaining in the regular season. The Hawks — now sitting in third-place at 7-9 —…
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Hawks suffer third loss of season
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Fresh off a four-game winning streak, with their latest game ending in a blowout win against the Waterloo Warriors, the red-hot Wilfrid Laurier women’s basketball team hosted the struggling Guelph Gryphons on Saturday afternoon. However, Guelph centre Katherine MacTavish dominated the game, netting a season-best 34 points — over half of her team’s overall points…
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Laurier drops to tie for third
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The Wilfrid Laurier men’s basketball team welcomed the dominant 10-3 McMaster Marauders to the Athletic Complex on Saturday afternoon looking to grab an upset and reach .500 on the season. Unfortunately, Laurier put forth a disappointing performance, falling 87-69 in a game where they were never really able to get going. Right off the opening…
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Big win moves Hawks up to No. 7 in CIS
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The Wilfrid Laurier women’s basketball team refused to throw in the towel this past Saturday as they faced the McMaster Marauders. Despite being down for the majority of the game, the Hawks managed to edge out the Marauders 70-69. “I was happy with our compete level, we made a bunch of mistakes but through hard…
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