By Jon Roe
University of Saskatchewan Huskies forward Michael Lieffers thought he might not be able to play in the team’s semi-final game in Ottawa during the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men’s basketball championship. The Huskies were looking to extend an 11-game win streak and get themselves to the national finals for the first time in the history of… Continue reading Lieffers overcomes 25 stitches, cut leg to help Huskies win title
By Jon Roe
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By Jon Roe
The Dinos run at the Final 8 again ended in disappointing fashion.They were defeated in the semi-final of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship by the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds for the second year in a row, this time by a score of 77-63. Fouls forced the Dinos to go deep into their bench early.… Continue reading ‘Birds survive while Dinos perish
By Jon Roe
OTTAWA- The Dinos men’s basketball team ended the Cape Breton University Capers hoop dreams Friday.In the opening game of the quarterfinals of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championships at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, the seventh-seeded Dinos won 82-74 over the second-seeded Capers. The win matches them up again against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Saturday… Continue reading Dinos advance to CIS semis
By Jon Roe
The Dinos men’s basketball team is back at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8 tournament and will be looking to improve on their semi-final loss from last year. The Final 8 again takes place at Scotiabank Place just outside of Ottawa, hosted by the Carleton University Ravens. The Ravens have won this tournament, and the… Continue reading Dinos in fight for CIS title in Ottawa
By Jon Roe
Women’s wrestling narrowly misses out on second national championship in a rowThe Dinos were only two points behind the Simon Fraser University Clan for the women’s title when the Canadian Interuniversity Sport wrestling championships wrapped up Saturday at the Jack Simpson Gym. The Clan took both the men’s and the women’s titles in their last… Continue reading Sports briefs
By Jon Roe
Maybe for this St. Patrick’s Day, instead of dressing up like a leprechaun and wittily asking members of the opposite sex to kiss your Blarney Stone, you should celebrate the holiday with something authentically Irish (other than whiskey and Guinness, of course), like Gaelic football. Gaelic football is the world’s oldest known sport still played… Continue reading Play some football to celebrate St. Paddy’s
By Jon Roe
While everyone else vacates Vancouver post-Olympics, the Dinos men’s basketball team fly into the city for the end of the conference post-season. The Canada West final four between the Dinos, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies and the Simon Fraser University Clan begins Friday with semi-final games between the Clan… Continue reading Men’s b-ball travel to UBC for CanWest final four
By Jon Roe
After two hotly contested games between them this season, the Dinos men’s basketball team and the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns kick off the Canada West playoffs this weekend at the Jack Simpson Gym. The Dinos needed two Ross Bekkering free throws in overtime with 3.1 seconds left to take a 88-86 victory Jan. 9 while… Continue reading Dinos open up playoffs against Pronghorns
By Jon Roe
Though the men’s volleyball team missed out on an opportunity to host the Canada West final four, they’re back where they wanted to be: hosting a quarterfinal playoff series with an eye on erasing last year’s heartbreaking three-match, five-set loss to the University of Winnipeg Wesmen. “We reflected back and used that as an example… Continue reading Men’s volleyball host playoff series looking to erase last year’s playoff memories