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Golden Hawks fall to Badgers on Alumni Night as offensive struggles continue
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The Laurier Golden Hawks women’s basketball team dropped a 77-47 decision to the Brock Badgers on Alumni Night on 02/13/26 at the Laurier Athletic Complex, in a game where offensive rhythm proved difficult to find for both sides. With former players and a past head coach in attendance, both teams opened the game with uneven stretches offensively. However,…
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Golden Hawks valiant efforts end in back-to-back losses
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The Laurier Golden Hawks men’s hockey team welcomed both the York Lions and Nipissing Lakers in a two game home stand, looking to keep in the win column and carry the momentum from their 3-2 win over the Carleton Ravens the previous weekend. The 2-3-1 Golden Hawks took on the 1-4 York Lions in their…
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Golden Hawks announce award winners through online banquet
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Laurier was forced to cancel their athletic banquet this year and instead held a digital version to honour their top student-athletes and hand out both their major awards and team-by-team awards to round out the 2019-2020 athletic season. The award winners are highlighted. Luke Fusco Athletic Academic Achievement Award Male…
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Women’s athletics at Laurier has grown in leaps and bounds
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In the 1990’s, Wilfrid Laurier University’s athletic facility only had four washroom stalls for the women’s athletic teams and the women’s change room was only a third of the size of the men’s change room. Now, as of 2019, Laurier women’s varsity teams have won 36 out of the 73 OUA championships and seven of…
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Sarah Wilkes and Danny Hanlon make Laurier proud at the national and international level
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Former Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawk curling alumna Sarah Wilkes won the Scotties Tournament of Hearts championship on Sunday, Feb. 24 as a member of Team Alberta.Team Alberta were trailing 5-1 at one point in the finals against Team Ontario. However, Wilkes helped her team complete the biggest comeback in the history of the Scotties Tournament…
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Golden Hawks basketball player Ali Sow breaks single season scoring record
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There are 39 seconds left. Ali Sow is bringing the ball up for Laurier. Windsor is clinging onto an 84-82 lead after Lancers guard Chris Poloniato got blocked at the rim by Kemel Archer. Sow goes to the right wing, he gets a switch of defenders after a Kemel Archer screen. Poloniato creeps towards Sow…
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Fall 2017: Laurier Sports Review
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Football A The Wilfrid Laurier University football team couldn’t quite repeat last year’s success, as they ended up falling in the Yates Cup against Western. Although it was an unfortunate end to a great season, one couldn’t have expected much more from the Hawks. The Western Mustangs were simply the best team in the OUA…
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LSPIRG hosts annual Radical Orientation Week to highlight issues of social justice
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From Sept. 11 to Sept. 15, the Laurier Students Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) held their annual Radical Orientation Week on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo and Brantford campuses. The Rad Week events — intended to highlight social justice issues — took place the week following the Students’ Union Orientation Week, and were organized in collaboration…
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Golden Hawk Profile: Levondre Gordon’s great start leads Hawks to perfect record
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One of the biggest keys behind the success of the Laurier football team last year was their balanced offense. The dual threat of the passing game and the running game kept opposing defenses guessing all year. The Hawks have picked up right where they left off last year, as their balanced attack has resulted…
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