• A weekend with Laurentian

    Jacob Smith Jason Hurley is in his fifth season coaching the Laurentian Voyageurs Women’s Basketball program and under his tenure a culture of initiative, family and care has grown and made the team one of the most unique. I recently spent a weekend with the Voyageurs women’s basketball program, going along with them on a…

  • Lead by Example

    Jacob Smith There are several things you can control about a hockey game, and a lot of them have something to do with the goalie. For former Brock goalie Jensen Murphy, she took the pressure with little hesitation and even in the face of substantial adversity, she found a way to come out on top…

  • Undefeated versus the streak

    Jacob Smith The Carleton Ravens are 9-0, the Ottawa Gee-Gees are 8-1. The Carleton Ravens are undefeated, the Ottawa Gee-Gees are riding an 8-game winning streak, the third longest in the OUA behind the two undefeated teams. These two teams meet twice a year, and their first tonight, comes at the end of the first…

  • Voyageurs Vengeance

    Jacob Smith The Laurentian Voyageurs women’s basketball team were left with a bitter taste in their mouth on Friday December 1st when they lost to the Nipissing Lakers, but their chance for vengeance sat 24 hours away. In the home-and-home series, Laurentian awaited the Lakers, and after a slow start, they powered their way to…

  • Laurentian comeback falls short in North Bay

    Jacob Smith The Nipissing Lakers fought off a fourth quarter push from the Laurentian Voyageurs to take a 77-71 victory on home court on Friday night. With key offensive rebounds and willingness to play through contact and fouls, they came out victorious to tie Laurentian’s record. Emilie Lafond opened the scoring for the Voyageurs with…

  • Laurier: eight years of finding the same out of different

    Jacob Smith Hear me out, we’re going on a journey. The Laurier women’s basketball team has done a better job than most, in my opinion, at recruiting what they’re losing, so they’re not really losing it, they’re just developing it again. They find players that develop into having the abilities of the ones that came…

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