Soccer

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Revenge is sweet. That is, unless you’re on the receiving end of it. And that’s where the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s soccer team found themselves on Sunday afternoon, after a gut-wrenching 1-0 extra time loss to the Queen’s Gaels in the Canadian Interunviersity Sport (CIS) championship game. The dramatic win not…

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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — For the first time since the Ottawa Gee-Gees claimed it in 1996, this year’s Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) women’s soccer title will go to a team from Ontario. After a 2-0 extra time win over the Montreal Carabins, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks will meet their fellow Ontario University Athletics (OUA) representative,…

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CIS quarterfinals results Game 1: Queen’s Gaels 1 – Cape Breton Capers 0 Game 2: Fraser Valley Cascades 2 – Laval Rouge et Or 0 Game 3: Laurier Golden Hawks 1 – UBC Thunderbirds 0 Game 4: Montreal Carabins 2 – UPEI Panthers 1 (OT) Consolation round (Friday) Cape Breton vs. Laval UBC vs. UPEI…

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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Hawks’ rookie Kelsey Tikka doesn’t seem to be fazed by anything. The first-year defender stepped right into the Laurier women’s soccer team’s starting lineup this season and consistently shut-down opponents top strikers. She then carried that consistency into the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) post-season, playing a key role in nullifying Jaqueline Tessier…

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KINGSTON, Ont. — Over the weekend, everything continued to go exactly as planned for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s soccer team. With a 1-0 win over the Queen’s Gaels in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) finals on Sunday afternoon, the Hawks followed their 11-1-2 regular season by claiming the provincial title. This marks the…

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KINGSTON, Ont. — On Saturday afternoon, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s soccer team proved that revenge is indeed sweet as they topped the Queen’s Gaels 1-0 to claim the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) title. Last season, the Gaels upset the Hawks in the OUA semifinal, abruptly ending their season short of nationals. However, this…

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KINGSTON, Ont. — After a one-year hiatus, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s soccer team will be making their return to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championship. On Saturday afternoon, the Hawks downed the Ottawa Gee-Gees 2-1 in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) semi-final, lifting them to Sunday’s provincial championship game, and guaranteeing them a…

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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women’s soccer team met up with the Western Mustangs in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) quarterfinals last Saturday and secured their spot in the next round of competition after taking the game into extra time and winning in a shootout. The Hawks came out onto the field strong and despite…

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It would’ve been easy for the large contingent of first-years on the Golden Hawks men’s soccer team to shuffle off York University’s pitch in frustration and anger after their season had been snuffed out by the first-placed Lions in their 2-0 quarterfinals loss on Saturday. But Ben Clifford has a message for the distraught youngsters.…

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Ben Clifford knew his time was running out. The Golden Hawks’ men’s soccer team had mere seconds remaining until their 2010-11 campaign would come to a sputtering halt at the hands of the Guelph Gryphons, who earlier, were in their own race against the clock, claiming a playoff spot on the last day of the…

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