basketball
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For Allin, basketball runs in the blood
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Disappointing, upsetting, heart-wrenching. Just a few words that might come to everyone’s mind when you mention the Wilfrid Laurier University men’s basketball defeat in the first round of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) playoffs to Guelph, but not Max Allin’s. The third-year guard may have missed that game due to food poisoning, but he’s not…
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Women’s basketball’s Shelby Kurt brings home the hardware
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It’s been a good year for Laurier’s hometown freshman females. After Waterloo’s Emily Brown was named the women’s soccer Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) West Rookie of the Year in late 2011, Shelby Kurt has garnered the same distinction, though more for her work with a basketball. Kurt was named the league’s top freshman in late…
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Season of hope fizzles
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The writing was on the wall and the team could see it a full court away. The Wilfrid Laurier men’s basketball team, probably the greatest of its kind ever assembled at the school had fallen in the first round of the Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) playoffs. “It started probably two weeks ago,” a soft-spoken turned…
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Mancino savours final moments with Hawks
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ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Christa Mancino looked up at the clock, holding back tears as time winded down Saturday afternoon on the Wilfrid Laurier University women’s basketball season. And evidently on her career as a Golden Hawk. As point guard, Felicia Mazerolle dribbled into the Brock Badgers’ zone, the final buzzer sounded on the Golden…
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A season of promise fizzles for basketball Hawks
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In a season that saw the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s basketball team ranked as high as No. 5 nationally, their season and dreams of a championship all evaporated in one night. The Guelph Gryphons shocked the Hawks with a 61-58 victory at the Athletic Complex in front of dumbfounded Laurier fans and alumni and…
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Kurt leads Hawks past Gryphons in overtime victory
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Coming back from a 12-point deficit in the second half, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s basketball team survived a scare from the Guelph Gryphons to hang onto a 75-73 overtime victory at the Athletic Complex Wednesday night. With the win, the Hawks move on to the Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) quarterfinals against the Brock…
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Basketball Hawks have lost two of three
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In the final home game of the regular season the Wilfrid Laurier men’s basketball team suffered a setback against Windsor. The visiting Lancers made the Athletic Complex look like their home defeating the Hawks 77-69 Saturday afternoon. “Windsor lost to Waterloo on Wednesday, which they weren’t expecting to do, so we knew they would come…
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Hawks shocked
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Saturday afternoon at the Athletic Complex, the nationally sixth-ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s basketball squad hosted the McMaster Marauders in what should have been another routine victory for the Hawks. Instead, Laurier struggled to match the Marauders intensity and after falling into foul trouble, struggled tremendously on the boards in a 92-82 loss, just…
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Mazerolle out but Laurier still victorious
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With the season winding down, it’s crunch time. The Wilfrid Laurier University women’s basketball team is currently tied for second in the Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) west division after a tight, physical battle against the fourth place McMaster Marauders Saturday afternoon. Despite only shooting 40 per cent, the Hawks took the game 81-71 and improved…
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Basketball Hawks stumble but defeat Mustangs
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On Saturday afternoon at the Wilfrid Laurier Athletic Complex, the men’s basketball Golden Hawks took on the scrappy Western Mustangs in what should have been another routine win for the first-place Hawks. But once the game began, it was clear the Mustangs were a proud unit and were not going to just let the Hawks…
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