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Laurier’s finest of 2013-14
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Player of the Year Emily Brown (Women’s soccer) Brown made strides in the 2013 year. She scored a career-high 18 goals, setting a new team record after her 15 goals last year. She scored 14 of those in the last seven games, including a five-goal game against Waterloo on Oct. 4, setting a new team…
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Hawks cap off best year since 2008
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If you asked Wilfrid Laurier men’s curling skip Aaron Squires if he expected to be bringing home a bronze medal from the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championships, he would have said no. But the third-year communications studies student led his rink to a third-place finish at nationals in Regina, Sask. a month after placing…
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Gold and bronze decor year for women’s curling
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After missing nationals last year, the Wilfrid Laurier University women’s curling team managed to take home the bronze medal at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) curling championships this past weekend in Regina, Sask. Despite defeating the Carleton Ravens in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) final and the first match of the round robin 6-5, the…
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Bouncing back from a scare
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Kerilynn Mathers didn’t think anything serious was happening to her. Last year during the 2013 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) curling championship, the women’s curling vice fell ill like the rest of her team. At the time only a second-year kinesiology major, Mathers experienced what she thought was the flu, but fought through it. The week…
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Women’s curling takes close OUA championship win
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GUELPH, Ont. – Carly Howard was fully ready to walk off the ice happy with her performance. The skip of the Wilfrid Laurier women’s curling team made her last shot in the eighth and final end of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship final last Monday, but she sat without the hammer. All Carleton Ravens…
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Men’s curling exceeds personal expectations
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GUELPH, Ont. — According to Richard Krell, if you asked the Wilfrid Laurier men’s curling team where they’d be at the end of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championships, they would have been pretty off with their predictions. From Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, the Hawks fought their way into first place in their pool…
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Laurier women’s curling wins OUA championship
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GUELPH, Ont. — They didn’t think they had it, but the Wilfrid Laurier women’s curling team pulled out an eighth-end victory to claim the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship banner Monday afternoon. In a 4-3 win over the Carleton Ravens, the Hawks picked up their third provincial banner in the last four years, as well…
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Men’s curling drops OUA championship final 8-1 to Varsity Blues
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GUELPH, Ont. — An unfortunate pick on Richard Krell’s final rock in the fifth end was all the Toronto Varsity Blues needed for the Wilfrid Laurier men’s curling to drop an 8-1 decision in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) final. The Hawks, who had already secured a berth in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championships…
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Hawks blow out Carleton to advance to OUA final
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GUELPH, Ont. — The Wilfrid Laurier men’s curling team couldn’t have gotten a crazier morning. After skip Aaron Squires became ill and couldn’t play in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) semifinal, the Hawks had to shift around their roster to take on the Carleton Ravens. But with an experienced group of five players, the Hawks…
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Women’s curling advances to OUA final and gain CIS berth
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GUELPH, Ont. — It came down to the final end, but the Wilfrid Laurier women’s curling team got it done — despite being a little lucky. The Hawks went into the semifinal against the Guelph Gryphons with an Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship final berth, and a potential Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championship berth in…
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