Tag: WBB
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Ally Burke, Thunderwolves turning heads
Photo: TBNewsWatch Jacob Smith I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention to OUA preseason women’s basketball but there’s a team that has played five preseason games that we should probably talk about. That is the Lakehead Thunderwolves who have went 4-1 in five preseason games, led by Ally Burke who’s been leading them in…
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Guelph shines in scrimmages
Jacob Smith The Guelph Gryphons hosted the Humber Hawks for a set of four 10-minute scrimmages on Saturday evening, a first look at the new squad gearing up for the OUA season. Choosing to play scrimmages instead of a full game, we saw minutes from players up and down the roster, and two areas of…
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Analyzing the York Lions 2023 roster
Photo: York University Athletics Jacob Smith York Women’s Basketball has had two cornerstones on each team for years that have powered the team through the season while putting up all-star numbers. Whether it was Katrina Collins-Samuels and Lindsay Shotbolt or Kiara Leveridge and Lauren Golding, the Lions have always had a high scoring guard with…
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Analyzing the Laurentian Voyageurs 2023 roster
Jacob Smith The Laurentian Voyageurs women’s basketball team finished the 2022 season with a record of 9-13, fourth in the OUA East. Playing in the division of the 21-1 Queen’s Gaels, 19-3 Carleton Ravens and 18-4 Ottawa Gee-Gees, Laurentian found themselves scrapping for a playoff spot where they lost to the Gee-Gees in the first…
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Summer Pahl making her presence felt
Jacob Smith There are few things that get me as fired up as seeing someone who seemingly takes as much pride in the defensive side of the ball as they do the offensive side. When you get that player who brings the passion and toughness it can energize a whole team, and the Warriors have…
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Analyzing the 2023 McMaster Marauders roster
Jacob Smith It’s been no secret what the McMaster Marauders women’s basketball team have wanted to do going into games. They put up the most threes out of any team in the OUA and last year they were third in percentage. You know going into a game against the Marauders that they were going to…
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Analyzing the Guelph Gryphons 2023 roster
Jacob Smith Whether you call it rebuilding or retooling, the Guelph Gryphons women’s basketball team is going through some substantial changes this summer. After a 16-6 season that ended with a quarterfinal loss to the McMaster Marauders, the Gryphons are losing 4 leaders and there’s going to probably be an adjustment phase throughout the 2023-2024…
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Forecasting the Windsor Lancers
Jacob Smith Under head coach Chantal Vallée, the Windsor Lancers women’s basketball team went 12-10 last season with a playoff loss to the Brock Badgers at home. They’ve made the playoffs every year dating back to before their historic championship dynasty a decade ago, and this year the goal is the same in a division…
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Ravens repeat? Looking at their 2023-2024
Jacob Smith The Carleton Ravens women’s basketball team swept the banners last season, taking the OUA Critelli Cup and the Bronze Baby U SPORTS national championship back to Ottawa to hang on the wall beside their 2017-2018 championship. In a stacked OUA East, the Ravens pushed past the 1-loss Queen’s Gaels to defeat them in…
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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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