Soccer
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Paying tribute to Laurier’s best
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Player of the Year: Max Allin — Men’s basketball Allin is an all-around player with impressive talent and strong leadership. He posted impressive numbers in his fourth year with the men’s basketball team, capturing the CIS scoring title with 23.2 points per game, finishing third in the nation for total points with 441 and eighth…
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Winter Hawks in review
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Women’s curling It was hard for this year’s squad not to be compared to Laura Crocker and her rink, but Carly Howard skipped Laurier’s team to an impressive transition year. Despite not qualifying for the playoffs at this year’s OUA championship, they finished with a 3-3 record, while winning the UOIT Ridgebacks bonspiel. There were…
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K-W United FC formally introduced
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And it begins. For Barry MacLean, the head coach of Wilfrid Laurier University’s women’s soccer team, there’s something new to focus on during the off-season. On wednesday afternoon at the Core Facility and Recreational Complex in Kitchener, MacLean, president of K-W United FC, alongside director of football Brett Mosen, formally introduced the new K-W United FC…
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WLU coaches launch new team
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This week, the Kitchener-Waterloo region will welcome an entirely new level of soccer. Head coach Barry MacLean and assistant coach Niki Budalic of Wilfrid Laurier’s women’s soccer team will be introducing a new Professional Development League (PDL) and W-League franchise in the area this upcoming season. The W-League is the top level of professional women’s…
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Lagonia returns overseas
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When she was growing up in Kitchener, Alyssa Lagonia didn’t know it was even possible that the sport she loves could be her full-time job. But that’s exactly what the former Laurier soccer star finds herself doing now. In late January, Lagonia joined the second professional team of her young career, earning a spot with…
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Hawks fall early at nationals
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VICTORIA, B.C — Defender Kelsey Abbott led the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks off the field last Friday afternoon after their 1-0 defeat to the hands of the Sherbrooke Vert et Or. With tears falling down her face, as well as her teammates’, the reality hit the Hawks — this was their last game as the…
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Brackets unfair in CIS play
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In a tournament that holds so much importance to Canadian student athletes, you’d think the coordinators would put a little more thought into the setup. The Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) women’s soccer national championship this past weekend took place in Victoria, B.C. It highlighted the eight best teams from across Canada from four separate conferences.…
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Season ends for women’s soccer
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VICTORIA, B.C. – And with one shot, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks saw their second national championship in a row get thrown away in two simple games. Two games that included Laurier losing 2-1 in their first game and 1-0 in the second — the same fate they felt one year ago. Friday afternoon, Laurier…
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Hawks bounced in CIS quarters
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VICTORIA, B.C – It was a fate the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks didn’t dream of, but it was certainly more than they expected. In the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championship quarterfinal match, the Trinity Western Spartans defeated the Hawks 2-1 to advance to the semi-final. The loss sends Laurier to the consolation semifinal Friday…
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Soccer Hawks national bound
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OTTAWA, Ont. – “Soccer’s kind of cruel that way.” Wilfrid Laurier women’s soccer head coach Barry MacLean summed up his team’s journey to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championship this past weekend in six simple words. A cruel weekend in Ottawa that brought forth 240 minutes of playing time in two games, a six-round…
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