baseball
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Keeping enthusiasm in the dugout
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s baseball team embodied the age old baseball aphorism during their Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship season, as they learned that being a championship team has to have positivity off the field to have success on the field. Meet Adam McBride and Adam Raithby, two veteran Hawks who will seemingly…
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Sports in brief
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Cross country teams finish 10th, 13th at OUA championship The men’s cross country team finished 10th as a team, posting 257 points, just two behind the University of Ottawa for ninth place. Adam Cornwall finished 26th overall in the individual standings, leading the way for the Hawks. For the women, the Hawks finished 13th overall…
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Men’s baseball wins first OUA championship in school history
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GUELPH, Ont. — For the first time in school history, men’s baseball was able to hoist the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship banner. In an impressive effort from all fronts, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks fought to a 5-3 victory over the first-seeded Brock Badgers Sunday night at Hastings Stadium. MLB draft pick Mitch Clarke…
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Baseball heads into final stretch
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It was a cold, overcast day when the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s baseball team took to the field Saturday afternoon, hosting the second-place Guelph Gryphons as they kicked off their doubleheader. Both teams remained scoreless until the top of the second inning when Guelph was the first to strike. They followed up with a…
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Van Pelt leads Laurier to wins
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It seemed like nothing could go wrong for Wilfrid Laurier pitcher Brett Van Pelt as the Golden Hawks kicked off Saturday’s doubleheader versus the McMaster Marauders on Homecoming weekend. Tallying up ten strikeouts and only allowing one hit on base through the entire game, Van Pelt improves his win streak to 3-0 and his ERA…
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Athletes inducted into Laurier Hall of Fame
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It’s something Brian Devlin will never forget. Being part of the 2005 Vanier Cup football team for Wilfrid Laurier University is forever etched into his mind. Being the kicker that won the Vanier Cup for Laurier is there too. And by being inducted into Laurier’s Hall of Fame Friday night, he’s forever etched into Laurier’s…
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Sports in brief
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Women’s rugby blown out by Guelph The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s rugby team took a beating Saturday night as the No.1 nationally ranked Guelph Gryphons defeated the Hawks 110-0 at University Stadium. Guelph led 41-0 after the first half and would not let up, as they scored an additional 69 points in the second…
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Baseball finds groove
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks used dominant pitching and stellar offensive prowess to capture two impressive victories in the double-header affair on Saturday against the Queen’s Gaels 7-0 and 8-1 respectively. In the first contest, Jordan Petruska showed once again why he is one of the deadliest pitchers in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) conference…
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Baseball defeats Waterloo 5-0
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The age-old dictum of ‘performance starts from the pitchers mound’ was evident against the crosstown rivals the Waterloo Warriors last Wednesday as the Golden Hawks rode strong pitching and a defensive performance to seal a well executed 5-0 win. Starting pitcher Jordan Petruska had wide shoulders on Wednesday, as he carried the team to an…
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Hawks acquire MLB-drafted players
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On the heels of a disappointing 2012 campaign that failed to meet expectations, the Wilfrid Laurier men’s baseball team is looking beyond their struggles and is eager to raise the bar higher this year. Head coach Scott Ballantyne believes that this year’s purple and gold squad has the potential to claw their way to their…
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