Soccer
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Golden Hawks’ season comes to an end in a 2-1 loss to host Toronto
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TORONTO, Ont. — Wilfrid Laurier’s women’s soccer team journey at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championships came to a quick halt Friday night as the Hawks dropped a 2-1 decision to the host Toronto Varsity Blues in the consolation semifinal. The Ontario University Athletics (OUA) champions couldn’t hold the Blues back as Claudia Piazza…
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Golden Hawks drop championship quarterfinal game to Spartans
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TORONTO, Ont. – A miscommunication on a corner kick and some defensive lapses turned out to be the determining factors in a 3-0 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) quarterfinal loss for the Wilfrid Laurier women’s soccer team. The Hawks, who less than a week ago claimed the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship, were in a battle…
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Laurier’s golden girls win OUA
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LONDON, Ont. – Emily Brown felt like she was due to feel the red ribbon around her neck. The third-year women’s soccer all-star striker had experienced enough disappointment in her last two visits to the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship final that she wanted the next one to end with a gold medal. So when…
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Lacrosse claims bronze hardware
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Following a roller coaster year, the Wilfrid Laurier women’s lacrosse team returned to the podium with a thrilling 12-11 overtime win against the Brock Badgers in the bronze medal game of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship. “From being here, this is my third year, and not even placing in the top three, it feels…
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Women’s soccer defeats Western to win OUA championship
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LONDON, Ont. – It took two games of 120 straight minutes of play and two sets of penalty kicks, but the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s soccer team got it done. Despite this year being considered a “rebuilding year” by head coach Barry MacLean, fighting through a series of injuries that went late into the…
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Women’s soccer wins semifinal in penalty kicks; qualify for national championship
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LONDON, Ont. – It wasn’t in the prettiest of fashions, but they still got it done. The second-seeded and No. 10 nationally ranked Wilfrid Laurier women’s soccer team triumphed in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) semifinal against the third-seeded Carleton Ravens Friday evening, winning 1-0 on penalty kicks. Laurier advances to the OUA final and…
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Laurier’s women’s soccer team heads to the OUA final four
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Defeating the UOIT Ridgebacks in Sunday’s Ontario University Athletics (OUA) quarterfinals meant only one thing for head coach Barry MacLean and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s soccer program: they punched their ticket to the OUA Final Four against the Carleton Ravens. The Hawks’ crossover match against the OUA East’s Ravens is scheduled for Friday,…
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Men’s soccer season ends with 5-0 loss to York Lions
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GUELPH, Ont. — They never said they were going to go down easy. The Wilfrid Laurier men’s soccer team finished sixth in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West division for the second year in a row. For the second year in a row, they were on the road for their first playoff game. And for…
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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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When one sport is not enough
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Being a varsity athlete in university is tough work. Firstly, it requires phenomenal skill in one area of athletics, a demanding fitness and academic schedule, and an immense time commitment. Take all of these aspects, double them, and you have the lives of two exceptional varsity athletes here at Wilfrid Laurier University. Katrina Ward is…
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