Mac wins national women’s basketball title over Laval
McMaster Marauders gave famed head coach Theresa Burns a moment 26 years in the making: The program’s first women’s national basketball championship.
McMaster Marauders gave famed head coach Theresa Burns a moment 26 years in the making: The program’s first women’s national basketball championship.
McMaster guard Sarah Gates put on an offensive clinic, scoring 32 points, including a paralyzing step-back three pointer with less than a minute left in the game, to lead the McMaster Mauraders to a 86-68 quarter-final victory over the Concordia Stingers in the USPORTS Women’s Final 8 Basketball Championship, Thursday afternoon.
Armed with horns, noise-makers as well as pots and pans, the Ryerson student section echoed chants throughout the Mattamy Athletic Centre when their home team took on the No. 1 women’s team in Canada on Thursday night at the National Championship Tournament.
Picture a football stadium, the bright lights shining down on future sports superstars battling it out on the gridiron. Students and team supporters dressed in their school colours as the stadium quickly fills up. It’s the biggest game of the year in university football. Ohio State University hosted the University of Michigan in college football action on Saturday Nov. 26, 2016. The announced attendance was a staggering 110,045.
Follow our Toronto Observer team of reporters bringing you all the coverage Saturday live from the Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario. From the media box to the sidelines, and from the stadium to the tailgate parties, follow the first-ever Toronto Observer coverage of this marquee event in Canadian collegiate sports.
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues fell to the Laurier Golden Hawks 54-3 Thursday night at Varsity Stadium, leaving the hosts 1-6 on the season and eliminated from playoff contention in the OUA.
Back to back games are a turnaround unimaginable for a professional soccer player but unavoidable in Canada’s largest intercollegiate sport conference, the OUA (Ontario University Athletics).
Tyson Ness scored two goals as the Windsor Lancers defeated the Royal Military College Paladins 7-3 on Friday night in Kingston. Dylan Denomme, Blake Blondeel, Eric Noel, Mike Christou, and Kyle Hope provided the other…
Sam Strassburger scored an empty net goal with 46 seconds left as the Nipissing University Lakers defeated the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks 3-1 on Friday night in women’s OUA hockey . At…
Andrew Doyle scored two goals as the University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the Laurier Golden Hawks 4-2 on Saturday night in OUA men’s hockey action at Varsity Arena. The captain tied the game on…