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Men’s rugby hires two new coaches
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The Wilfrid Laurier University men’s rugby team will be seeing two fresh faces take the reins after a winless season last year. On July 3 it was announced former coach Rob McQueen will be replaced by head coach Ian McLeod and associate head coach Jeff Wood this upcoming season. Wally Gabler, coordinator of interuniversity sport…
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Rugby coach says goodbye
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On May 5, Wilfrid Laurier University’s athletics and recreation department announced men’s rugby head coach Rob McQueen will not be returning for the 2014-2015 season. Since joining the program in 2010, McQueen has compiled a 3-27 record with the club, with a winless season this past year. “We went to our student athlete evaluation process,…
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Laurier Lettermen donates $10,000
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lettermen Club presented a $10,000 cheque to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation on Friday, following a successful PowderPuff tournament earlier this year. The 24 registered teams raised the money with registration fees and donations, Laurier Lettermen president Brent Vandenberg explained. “The tournament has consistently grown over the past five to ten years,”…
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Laurier basketball’s Bree Chaput named 2013-14 OWL recipient
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“You’re outstanding because you choose to be.” Kelly Murumets, president and CEO of Tennis Canada, let a room full of motivated young women at this year’s Outstanding Women of Laurier (OWL) luncheon know that they’re outstanding because they make choices on a daily basis that make them role models for the upcoming generation. Murumets, who…
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A lifetime of adventure in four years
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Wilfrid Laurier women’s curling lead Cheryl Kreviazuk has a lifetime of memories packed into four years. With three Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championships under her belt, three Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championships and a CIS bronze medal, a gold medal at the Karuizawa International Curling championships in Japan, topped off with a visit to FISU…
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Hawks in review
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Women’s hockey — A This season was a great bounce back season for the women’s hockey team as they regained the top spot in Ontario through some outstanding goaltending and great play from veteran players. However, they entered the national championship as the second seed and were disappointed not to leave with a medal, finishing…
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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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