Category: U SPORTS
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Gaels redemption meets Bold rally

Jacob Smith The Queen’s Gaels finished the season with a 18-4 record with the tiebreaker giving them the second seed over the Ottawa Gee-Gees. The TMU Bold finished 16-6 and the sixth seed in the playoffs. With Queen’s having a first round bye they’ve only had to play one game, TMU two, and wins from…
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A circled matchup, Ravens host Gee-Gees

When I was looking at the bracket and how it could play out at the start of the playoffs, there was one matchup that I circled, and now we have it. The first seed Carleton Ravens host the fifth seed Ottawa Gee-Gees in the Critelli Cup semis, the best team in the OUA against arguably…
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Game of the Week? Waterloo hosts Ottawa in OUA quarters

The Gee-Gees fresh off a victory over the Laurentian Voyageurs, travel to Waterloo to take on a team that beat them in the regular season in the Waterloo Warriors. Waterloo off a bye week come in as the fourth seed, Ottawa the fifth, and if this game is anything like their regular season encounter, it’s…
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Reigning champs return to playoffs with Marauders

Jacob Smith The reigning champs the Carleton Ravens, are back in the playoffs, but with the top seed and ranked first in the country. After a 21-1 season, they host the 15-7 McMaster Marauders who are coming off of surviving a last second win over the Laurier Golden Hawks. The recipe for the Ravens win…
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Previewing the Bold and Mustangs

Jacob Smith One of two ties in the OUA to end the regular season paired the Windsor Lancers with the Western Mustangs, and Western not having the tiebreaker bumped them down to the 11 seed. Now the Mustangs will travel into Toronto to see the TMU Bold in the first round of the OUA Critelli…
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Previewing the Gryphons and Lancers

Jacob Smith After two weeks of being in a three team tie, the 15-7 Guelph Gryphons have settled into the playoffs as the seventh seed and they host the 11-11, tenth seed Windsor Lancers in the first round of the OUA Critelli Cup playoffs. The Gryphons won their regular season meeting with the Lancers, and…
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Previewing the Marauders and Golden Hawks

Jacob Smith In terms of record, there’s no closer matchup you’ll get in the first round than the eighth seed McMaster Marauders hosting the ninth seed Laurier Golden Hawks. McMaster at 15-7 and Laurier at 13-9 matched up at the start of the season where the Marauders took it 80-75, and now they meet again…
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Previewing the Gee-Gees and Voyageurs

Jacob Smith Round 1 of the OUA Critelil Cup playoffs starts on Wednesday February 21st. With the first round, the fifth through 12th seeded teams go at it for a chance to play one of the top four teams in the quarterfinals. The fifth seed Ottawa Gee-Gees host the Laurentian Voyageurs in the fifth seed…
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Determination

Jacob Smith AUS All-Star, champion and tournament MVP Alaina McMillan has led the Saint Mary’s Huskies to two straight AUS championships during her career. From Brantford, Ontario, the 5’6 guard has helped raise teams to the top at every level she’s been at. Alaina tried all different sports when she was little, searching for her…
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Feels like home

Photo: Greg Mason Jacob Smith Basketball can take you many places, and for Allie McCarthy, she’s been halfway across the country and back, now bringing experience and a wide range of skills to a Ottawa Gee-Gees team making a run. From Grand Falls, New Brunswick, to Hamilton, Ontario, to Grand Forks, North Dakota and finally in…
