Tag: 2023
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Kali Pocrnic keeps the Ravens beating
Jacob Smith Kali Pocrnic is a 5’4 guard from Oakville Ontario who has seen and done everything in the OUA. From winning at Lincoln Prep in the OSBA to being a full-time starter in her first year with the Ravens, Kali has grown with the transitioning Ravens team, and become the best point guard in…
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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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Brock Badgers midseason report
Jacob Smith A win over Waterloo, buzzer-beater overtime loss to the Carleton Ravens, win over McMaster and Queen’s, the Brock Badgers have had a steady climb throughout the first half of the season. Let’s analyze where the team currently stands and what they should do once the season starts again in January. The Brock Badgers…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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OUA women’s basketball power rankings – November 27
Jacob Smith Week four of the OUA women’s basketball season is complete. The pot was stirred, Guelph and Laurier came out of the weekend tied just as they were going into the weekend solving absolutely nothing, ranked teams won and lost and the meridian was painted red. Let’s get into some power rankings for this…
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Oluwatito Akinnusi’s not talked about dominance
Photo: Stephen Leithwood | Brock University Athletics Jacob Smith Brock Women’s Basketball got a win over the McMaster Marauders in their Paint the Meridian Red, Meridian Centre game on Saturday night. Going up against a sharpshooting, high scoring offence in McMaster, Brock had to get the upper hand in efficiency, and there were none more…
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