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<p>In a thrilling weekend of preseason exhibition games, the St. Thomas University women’s hockey team faced some less-than-familiar opponents. Their first encounter of the weekend was a 3-1 loss to the Université de Montréal Carabins, while the second match resulted in a 4-0 defeat against the McGill Martlets. Two of the players, assistant captain Amy [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University men&#8217;s volleyball team concluded their exhibition weekend in Sherbrooke, Que. with a 2-2 record. The Tommies faced new teams that are not a part of their regular conference: two Cégep teams, Cheminots du Cégep de Saint-Jérôme and Cégep de Sherbrooke. Also, STU took on the Université de Sherbrooke, who were finalists at last [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Loewen Leaps to the Tommies After his second year playing university-level soccer, Adam Loewen was ready to step away from the sport. Playing for the UNB REDS men’s soccer team, Loewen said the grind led to him hating going to practice and not having fun.  Flash forward to his third year — Loewen is suiting [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Canadian men&#8217;s national basketball team achieved its best-ever finish in international competition earlier this September, winning a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Indonesia and the Philippines. While many had hopes for the Canadians to bring home a gold medal – especially after they finished the group stages 4-1 and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After 15 years with the Fredericton High School Black Kats men&#8217;s hockey team, Tim Smith is stepping down as head coach. “I haven’t had one winter off in 27 seasons,” Smith said. “I feel like I’ve earned the break.” He brought six provincial titles to the Black Kats, but he is most proud of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University men’s soccer team kicked off the 2023-2024 season this past weekend in an exciting doubleheader, featuring a 2-2 draw against the University of King&#8217;s College Blue Devils and a nail-biting 1-0 victory against the Mount Saint Vincent Mystics.  In a post-game interview, coach John-Ryan Morrison expressed his satisfaction with the team’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Sept. 9, Ducks Unlimited Conservation Centre held the Atlantic Ride for Conservation in Fredericton and raised almost $2,000 for the conservation of wetlands. Ducks Unlimited Canada is an organization dedicated to conserving Canada’s wetlands for the plants and wildlife that thrive there, as well as the people that enjoy these natural spaces.  This was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This past June, Athletic Director Michael Eagles announced his retirement from St. Thomas University after a 21-year career with the school.  In 2002, Eagles joined the coaching staff of the STU men’s hockey team, where he was the head coach for nine years. In his last three years of coaching the men’s team, he also [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women’s soccer team is taking on a new coach this season; David Itoafa is welcoming his first experience as a university-level coach.  After a bittersweet 2022-23 season where the STU women’s soccer team lost in the Atlantic Collegiate Athletics Association (ACAA) semifinals, the Tommies are back and ready to take on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For Mackenzie Gillespie-Tracey, the injuries never stop.  They aren’t her own, but rather the injuries of varsity athletes at St. Thomas University. In her first year working as the in-house athletic therapist for STU’s athletic department, a job that she says is no simple task, it was the first time many athletes had free access [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Matthew Hanson has played hockey his whole life, but following in his dad’s skates, he was convinced to switch out the jersey for the striped sweater.  Officiating is now part of Hanson’s weekly schedule, working games up to five nights a week, and he’s thankful for the push his dad gave him. His hockey knowledge [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A new documentary by a Canadian Olympian highlights the impact “sex testing” has on female athletes and women of colour. Category: Women, produced by filmmaker and Canadian Olympian Phyllis Ellis, debuted on March 8 on TVO. It discusses “sex testing,” which it describes as “deceptive and harmful,” requiring women with higher androgen levels to medically [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Canadian women’s national soccer team went on strike against Canada Soccer on Feb. 10 in protest of the budget cuts, unequal pay and lack of support their team has been shown just six months before the Women’s World Cup.  In a statement addressed to Canada Soccer, the team conveyed these issues are rooted in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Eric Davis and Dexter Richard worked hard to get gold medals for New Brunswick at the Canada Games held in Prince Edward Island. The two Fredericton natives earned the medals in their sport, synchronized trampoline, which many people may not know much about.  Synchronized trampoline is like the synchronized diving you watch at the Olympics: [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After a game versus the Holland College Hurricanes on Feb. 25, another great season of Tommies women’s volleyball came to an end with a regular season record of 14 wins and only four losses. St. Thomas University lost 3-0 in straight sets in the semifinals of the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association Women’s Volleyball Championship. Even [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University hosted the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) men’s and women’s basketball championships on the weekend, which saw the Tommies fall short of their hopes for a national championship.  The women’s team went down swinging in a defensively battled semi-final with the number one team in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jeremy Cox, The Concordian MONTREAL (CUP) — The Montreal premiere of Hubert Davis’ Black History documentary took place in Concordia’s Hall building on the evening of Feb. 13. “Talk to anybody of colour that tried to make it playing hockey up there, listen to the stories they had. It would be like, ‘Dude, were you [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Matt Croft started swimming competitively in grade five, but he’s been swimming in lakes, rivers and the Atlantic Ocean his whole life. He is a prominent member of the University of New Brunswick Reds swim team, where he was part of the U Sports Academic All-Canadian team in 2021. Croft’s passion for the water has [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University men’s and women’s basketball teams both faced off against the Holland College Hurricanes on Feb. 19 in their final home games of the regular season at the Lady Beaverbrook Gym, with the Tommies splitting results.  STU will host the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) finals at the Lady Beaverbrook Gym the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By: Mira Posluns, The Dalhousie Gazette HALIFAX (CUP) — Members of the Dalhousie University Tigers men’s curling team won bronze at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Championships on Jan. 20 in Lake Placid, N.Y., representing Canada. Led by captain Owen Purcell, Canada managed to overcome a 2-0 deficit to Switzerland and came back [&hellip;]</p>