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Women’s curling takes close OUA championship win
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GUELPH, Ont. – Carly Howard was fully ready to walk off the ice happy with her performance. The skip of the Wilfrid Laurier women’s curling team made her last shot in the eighth and final end of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship final last Monday, but she sat without the hammer. All Carleton Ravens…
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Men’s curling exceeds personal expectations
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GUELPH, Ont. — According to Richard Krell, if you asked the Wilfrid Laurier men’s curling team where they’d be at the end of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championships, they would have been pretty off with their predictions. From Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, the Hawks fought their way into first place in their pool…
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Fourth quarter offence lifts Hawks
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LONDON, Ont. — The Wilfrid Laurier women’s basketball team was one quarter away from being eliminated from the playoffs. In the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West semifinal Saturday, the Hawks were down 37-29 against the Western Mustangs going into the fourth quarter and needed a big offensive presence to have a chance to make the…
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Mesher joins football squad
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The Wilfrid Laurier men’s football coach Michael Faulds added to his highly anticipated recruiting class for his second season with the Golden Hawks on Tuesday. At an official signing at the Athletic Complex, kicker Nathan Mesher signed with the Hawks for the upcoming 2014 season. Mesher, a Waterloo native and Sir John A. MacDonald (SJAM)…
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An end of an era
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WINDSOR, Ont. — With just under three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Peter Campbell made the call. The Wilfrid Laurier men’s basketball team were in too deep to have a chance to come back in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West semifinal game against the Windsor Lancers. So the head coach decided it was…
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Laurier sets sights on OUA finals
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Wilfrid Laurier’s women’s hockey team has a chance at redemption. After a disappointing early exit in the 2012-13 campaign, the Hawks set out with their eyes on Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship, and nothing less. It was a tough road — Laurier struggled early, didn’t have a solid starting netminder and found themselves in second…
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Women’s hockey advances to OUA final against Queen’s Gaels
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Last year, the Wilfrid Laurier women’s hockey team knew all too well what being eliminated in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) semifinals felt like. The Hawks lost game three of the semifinals last year to the Western Mustangs and were eliminated without a chance at the championship. But this year, the Hawks weren’t about to…
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Men’s basketball’s season ends against No. 7 Windsor Lancers
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WINDSOR, Ont. — After a win against the Guelph Gryphons, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s basketball team headed to Windsor to take on the No. 7 nationally ranked Lancers looking for another big win. It was possible, and the prize at the end was a trip to the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Final Four…
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Hawks handle Guelph Gryphons in OUA West quarterfinal
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You’d think Jack Simmons had played an Ontario University Athletics (OUA) playoff game before. The rookie, who played in his first career playoff game Wednesday night, missed no strides and came out flying with his veteran teammates Max Allin and Will Coulthard to help lead the Wilfrid Laurier men’s basketball game to a 94-83 victory…
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Women’s basketball takes thriller against Brock Badgers
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It seemed like the Wilfrid Laurier women’s basketball team got themselves into a deep hole Wednesday night, as they trailed the Brock Badgers in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West quarterfinal by as much as much as eleven in the third quarter. But a huge half-court shot to beat the buzzer by Lee Anna Osei…
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