Soccer
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Canada begins fight for first FIFA Women’s World Cup
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The FIFA Women’s World Cup is underway in Australia and New Zealand where team Canada searches for their first ever tournament win coming off a successful gold medal finish at the 2020 Olympics. Canada has been challenged in this tournament where they placed the highest of fourth place in 2003. In 2015, they fell in…
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Coach Faulds’ 2022 football outlook
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It’s that time of the year again when we all move back to school and catch up with our roommates, friends, and colleagues about how our summers were. Maybe you’re moving into a new house or apartment off campus. Or maybe you’re starting out here at Laurier living in residence. Whether you’re a first-year student…
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Les petites entreprises québécoises ne sont plus qu’à un clic
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Français English Depuis le début de la pandémie, les petites entreprises ont énormément souffert. Au Québec, un plan d’urgence est apparu sous la forme d’un site Web : Panier Bleu. Ce site sert d’annuaire et de plateforme de vente en ligne pour toutes les petites entreprises québécoises. Une révolution commerciale: Panier Bleu Faire des achats en…
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First-year striker Sasha Marikano on the keys to her success on the pitch
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Local Kitchener native and first-year forward, Sasha Marikano dazzled in her first year on the pitch with the Golden Hawks women’s soccer program. After the cancellation of Ontario University Athletics (OUA) soccer last season, Marikano, who most recently played as a part of the Kitchener TFC Academy made the most of her first year with…
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Coach Faulds and Carusello optimistic about the future despite early playoff exit
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“Apart from one team out of 27, no one is truly happy. Everybody wants to win their last football game of the year and play in the Vanier Cup, but at the end of the day, only one team gets to do that,” Head Coach Michael Faulds said. The Golden Hawks football team saw their…
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Men’s soccer focused on improvement and consistency through their final four games
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After losing its first three games of the season in their return to the pitch, Coach Mario Halapir and his men’s soccer team has shown improvements throughout the last two weeks, picking up four points over their previous three games. After a year away from competition, and absent exhibition games, the men’s soccer team struggled…
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Highlighting some of the bigger moments in sports for women this past year
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With International Women’s Day on Mar. 8, it is a good time to examine some of the great progress being made for women’s athletics in North America. Women sports have made great strides in the past decade, and so has the representation. This past year was especially important as women made some ground-breaking moves…
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Golden Hawks honour seven impressive inductees into hall of fame
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Over this past homecoming weekend, Wilfrid Laurier University celebrated and honoured seven new members to the Golden Hawk Hall of Fame. The 2020 induction class featured five dominant athletes, an inspiring coach and a remarkable team. The seven were recognized virtually by the Golden Hawks Hall of Fame for their outstanding contributions to Laurier athletics…
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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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Battle of Waterloo ends in 1-1 draw for Golden Hawks women’s soccer team and 1-0 loss for men’s
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Both of the women’s and men’s Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks soccer teams competed in the Battle of Waterloo Sunday afternoon, with the women securing a point in a 1-1 draw while the men suffered a tough loss of 1-0. The women kicked off the afternoon with their match, with a scoreless first half thanks to…
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