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Hawks bounce back from rough loss
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After a discouraging 2-0 loss to the Guelph Gryphons on Friday evening, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s soccer team sought to bring the start of their season back on track against the Western Mustangs on Sunday afternoon. The last time these two teams played? Last year in the first round of the playoffs, where…
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Hawks find first breakout of 2013 in win against Waterloo
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A whole new team walked onto Columbia Ice Field Saturday evening. The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks came into the game 0-3 and were looking of their first win of the season. But instead of just winning a game, they made a statement, in a 41-10 win over the crosstown rivals, the Waterloo Warriors. “We had…
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Loss plunges Hawks to 0-3
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It’s hard to look at the positives. Three weeks into the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) football season, there are merely two teams in the 11-team conference that have yet to earn two points. One is the newcomer, the Carleton Ravens. The team, made up of a large portion of freshmen and inexperienced players, sits at…
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Men’s soccer team ranked No.7
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For Mario Halapir, the Wilfrid Laurier men’s soccer team being nationally ranked isn’t going to change the way he focuses on the rest of the season. In fact, Halapir doesn’t even look at the standings. “I’m the wrong guy to ask about standings,” the men’s soccer head coach said. “They mean nothing to me. What…
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Competitive OUA factor for talented Hawks
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On paper, the Wilfrid Laurier women’s soccer team is a truly competitive team. The team lost merely three starting players coming into the 2013 campaign, had a flawless recruiting class filling all the gaps, and as proved in their home opener against the Brock Badgers, they can also produce on the field. However, a 1-0…
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Four years of growth for Ward
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For a Surrey, B.C. native, Katrina Ward had no problem choosing Wilfrid Laurier University as her school. “I came from a small school and [small] community feel,” she said. “I never came to visit [Laurier] until I came for tryouts, but it was just really neat and stood out from the ones that I applied…
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Hawks lose third straight game with 33-20 loss to York
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It seemed as if everything was going to go right for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. The men’s football team was ahead 15-5 going into the half, quaterback Julien John had thrown for a touchdown and had sent third-year Dillon Campbell on a fabulous 69-yard run for another touchdown. But in mere seconds into the…
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Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks drop home opener to Varsity Blues 27-20
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Fighting the clock and a seven-point deficit, it came down to the last 1:13 of the game. With quarterback Julien John in the pocket and a young, inexperienced offence in front of him, he did what he had done for the last two and a half hours, he called a play. The no-huddle offence was…
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Big season ahead for women’s soccer
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After a tough ending to the 2012 installment of the Wilfrid Laurier University women’s soccer team, the 2013 installment started their training camp early in preparation for another big season. With five strong recruits coming in and the rest of the team returning, the Hawks have a very good chance to push for a competitive…
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Finding a healthy balance in the summer
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Last year for Orientation Week, I wrote a couple tips that first years especially should follow if they want to find a good balance between academics, health and sanity. I wrote seven different things that are important for the first-year student body if they want to make it through the year healthy, as well as…
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