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Season finishes with 3-1 victory
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The Wilfrid Laurier women’s soccer team kicked off their final game of the regular season when they hosted the McMaster Marauders at University Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The game began with many turns in possession, but the superior passing skills of Laurier prevailed. Amanda Mithrush delivered a striking pass up middle field and off a…
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Men’s baseball wins first OUA championship in school history
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GUELPH, Ont. — For the first time in school history, men’s baseball was able to hoist the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship banner. In an impressive effort from all fronts, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks fought to a 5-3 victory over the first-seeded Brock Badgers Sunday night at Hastings Stadium. MLB draft pick Mitch Clarke…
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Unpredictable season for football Hawks ends at home
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If you asked anyone to describe the 2013 season of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team in one word, they wouldn’t be able to. Yes, they lost seven of their eight games this season, with their only win coming against the Waterloo Warriors, who are currently swimming at the bottom of the Ontario…
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Third-year running back rushing through records
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Wilfrid Laurier’s men’s football team may be in the offseason, but that doesn’t mean Dillon Campbell isn’t thinking ahead already. The third-year running back had a breakout year with the Hawks, posting record numbers and finishing his season currently leading the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) in rushing yards with 867 and one week to go.…
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Fighting adversity
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It hasn’t been easy for Wilfrid Laurier’s women’s lacrosse team. Coming off a disappointing ending to the 2012 season where the Hawks only lost two regular season games, but then lost to the Guelph Gryphons in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) semifinal, there were high expectations for this year. However, the season hasn’t been without…
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Young team with high expectations
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After a first-round exit from the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West playoffs, the Wilfrid Laurier men’s basketball team has embodied unified mentality this season, as they look to set the bar higher and improve from last seasons adorned campaign, to tasting victory this season. Last season, the Golden Hawks posted a forgettable 9-13 record. Since…
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Back on the court
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Head coach Paul Falco and the Wilfrid Laurier women’s basketball program are no strangers to adversity since claiming the consolation title at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championships back in 2010-11. The rookies from that edition of the Hawks—Doreen Bonsu, Bree Chaput, Laura Doyle and Kimberley Yeldon — have formed a leadership core and battled…
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Men’s football ends season with 28-5 loss to McMaster
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There’s no better way to end your season than at home, but it would have been nice for a little fight. After playing the No. 1 Western Mustangs tightly and forcing the Windsor Lancers and No. 5 Queen’s Gaels to overtime, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team should have been able to hold…
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Laurier’s football teams misses the playoffs for the first time since 2002
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KINGSTON, Ont. — It’s hard not to find Michael Faulds smiling. With one game left in the Wilfrid Laurier’s men’s football schedule, the head coach isn’t thinking about the fact that the team is missing the playoffs for the first time since 2002. He’s not thinking about the fact that in his first year as…
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Emily Brown leads Hawks in dominant play
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It’s not very often you get to witness the kind of performance that Wilfrid Laurier’s Emily Brown put on this past weekend for the women’s soccer team. The third-year forward scored seven goals in two games, leading her team to victory against the Waterloo Warriors and Windsor Lancers. Brown began her dominant weekend on Friday…
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