Potential comes with questions and the Laurier Golden Hawks men’s basketball team, with a little bit of a newer look this year, are out to prove something. With a 70-63 win over the Western Mustangs, they showed what they’re capable of. The game started out being all Laurier. From great ball movement to great shooting, to playing great defence, the […]
Second place. Runner-up. The first loser. Couldn’t quite cut it. Failed when it mattered most. We reserve harsh sentiments for second place, because unless you’re at the top of the mountain, everyone else is looking upward. However, the modern approach to athletic development is in a state of flux, and mental performance training is a rapidly-expanding field aimed at improving […]
After a record breaking 2017 season, the Wilfrid Laurier men’s rugby team is looking to take the next step towards excellence here in 2018. The Hawks finished the regular season with an overall record 6-2, with their two losses coming against Guelph and Queen’s, arguably the two best teams in Ontario. Laurier began their playoff run this past weekend as […]
Acceptance, happiness, and encouragement: three words mentioned when captain Bashar Ashfaq was asked what sets the Laurier Cricket team apart from the rest. During homecoming weekend the Golden Hawks made their anticipated return to the 2018 American College Cricket Midwest tournament in Detroit, Michigan. The team positioned themselves toward an outstanding team performance at the Midwest Championship, and triumphantly brought […]
Brightest lights, biggest stage, highest stakes. These are the moments you live for in sports, especially as an athlete. In the biggest game of the year, with their season on the line, the Laurier Golden Hawks took their biggest loss of the year against the number one ranked Western Mustangs, 46-13. Western having not lost a game since the 2016 […]
In the playoffs, an entire season’s struggle is compressed into a matter of innings. Each pitch, each at-bat possesses heightened importance, and in the crucible of the playoffs teams must be focused, unified and resilient when things go wrong. The weekend started well enough. At 13-5, the Wilfrid Laurier University men’s baseball team entered the OUA playoff weekend as the […]
The Wilfrid Laurier women’s rugby team’s season came to a crashing end at the hands of Western in the OUA playoffs. But the end of the season was bittersweet for fifth year veteran Hayley Desjardins, who was recently named the OUA player of the year. Needless to say, Desjardins had an outstanding season, and she became the first Laurier women’s […]
With the OUA playoffs right around the corner, the Wilfrid Laurier University’s men’s rugby team need all the momentum they can get. They got some much needed momentum with a record-breaking win against Brock on Saturday, Oct. 13. The Golden Hawks dismantled the Badgers defence en route to an emphatic 123-0 victory. The 123 points scored by the Hawks is […]
The Wilfrid Laurier men’s hockey team has started off their 2018-19 season on the wrong foot. After finishing fourth in the OUA West conference last year, the Golden Hawks see themselves sitting in last place through the first two weekends of regular season play. Like many teams in the province, Laurier has seen a large roster turnover from the 2017-18 […]
After a much needed win against Carleton in the biggest game of the season at the time for the Golden Hawks, a fourth win before matching up with Western for the season finale was crucial. A 39-24 win against the Windsor Lancers was just what the doctor ordered as Laurier managed to move up to 4-3 and the fifth spot […]
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