Category: U SPORTS
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Underdogs Part 1: The Beginning
Jacob Smith Underdogs is a story of Brock Women’s Basketball and the growth of a program through the ups and downs. Starting with the 2015-2016 OUA season, this series will look in-depth at each season with interviews and features of players and staff associated with the program. The end of an era and the handing…
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Analyzing the current state of the Brock Badgers
Jacob Smith The Brock Badgers made back-to-back OUA championships in the 2019 and 2021 season taking a silver in 2021 and a OUA championship and national silver in 2020. Since the constant battles of Brock and TMU, other powers have risen to the top and Brock is left to find a new identity under new…
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Analyzing the current state of the Queen’s Gaels
Jacob Smith Last year there were two women’s basketball teams who stood above them all, and they met in the OUA and national championship final. The Carleton Ravens finished second in the OUA East division and won the OUA and the national championship, and the team that finished first in the division and met them…
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Analyzing the current state of the Western Mustangs
Jacob Smith There’s been headlines in what you would call the OUA “transfer window” which is the first three months of the offseason, and two major moves surround the team in London, the Western Mustangs. Their star is moving on to continue her education in the capital and they’re gaining a veteran who has chosen…
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Represent the North; Kayla putting on for her city
Jacob Smith Kayla Deschatelets is an assistant coach with the Laurentian Voyageurs women’s basketball program under head coach Jason Hurley, and her journey to get there is one of unrelenting passion and desire to maintain the highest standard. The Start In Elementary School, Kayla’s basketball team was held for strictly grade seven and eight, but…
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Here’s why U SPORTS conferences should bring back the All-Star Game
Jacob Smith So we award all-stars of each conferences, but what gets done with that? Let me tell you what could be done with it and how it could benefit the league. All-Star games are loved because they’re a collection of the top talent a league has to offer, and a chance for fans to…
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Jenneke Pilling the all-around leader
Jacob Smith Jenneke Pilling came to Brock Women’s Basketball when coach Rao first started his tenure as head coach, and now she is an OUA champ, U SPORTS silver medalist and looking to build on it alongside coach Rao as the 2021 OUA season gets underway in November. The Windsor transfer 5th year guard has…
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Kali Pocrnic Leads Ravens On and Off The Court
Jacob Smith The Carleton Ravens have evolved as a team ever since their 2017 undefeated season, and specifically over the last two years, the chemistry of the group of young players that came in during 2018 and 2019 has grown to a point where its visible not only off the court but off the court.…
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Olivia Fiorucci soaking in knowledge on 7-0 Badgers
Jacob Smith The Brock Badgers are 7-0 entering the holiday break, sitting atop the western division in the OUA. They are getting it done on the boards and using their passing to create good looks offensively. One of the assets the Badgers have used quite heavily is forward Olivia Fiorucci, playing her first year with…
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