Sports

<p>The St. Thomas University men’s volleyball team traveled to Camosun College in Victoria, B.C. to compete in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association men’s volleyball national championship. They were able to clinch their spot after a thrilling upset on their home turf during the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association finals, taking down the Holland College Hurricanes. “Winning the ACAAs [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University track and field team had an exciting year after the women’s relay team competed at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts on Jan. 21. “There wasn’t very much pressure because there wasn’t very big expectations,” third-year student Sarah Hickman said. Despite the low expectations, STU did extraordinarily well. Competing against other schools [&hellip;]</p>

<p>David Effiong has traveled a long way to get to St. Thomas University coming from Oman. But it is not the first time the psychology student and rookie striker for the men&#8217;s soccer team has been out of his home country. “I was born in Nigeria, then we moved to the United States for a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Most people associate going to the gym with benefits like weight loss and muscle gain. What they don’t realize is working out provides benefits beyond getting fit. Regular exercise can have significant effects on mental health, mood, muscles and joints as well as general health benefits that go deeper than appearance. I didn’t realize these [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Zack Lakes is a fifth-year student at St. Thomas University in the education program. He has been on the men&#8217;s rugby team for the past two years. Lakes is from Wolfville, N.S., where he attended King’s-Edgehill School, a small private school with only 300 students Grades Six to 12. Lakes managed to keep himself busy [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women&#8217;s hockey team suffered a tough loss against the Saint Mary&#8217;s University Huskies in a best of three Atlantic University Sports semifinals. The first game was played on Feb. 21 in Halifax, N.S. where SMU won a hard-fought game 4-3. The second game was played on Feb. 24 and the Huskies [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University volleyball teams went into championship weekend looking to capture Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association titles on their home court Feb. 23 to 25. Women&#8217;s championship game Both of the St. Thomas University volleyball teams were in action Sunday afternoon coming off big semfinal wins the day before. The women&#8217;s competed in the ACAA [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Bailey Andrews is a third year at St. Thomas University and has been playing rugby for over six years. She loves playing rugby for the Tommies, despite her many injuries over the years. Andrews is originally from Charlottetown, P.E.I. but spent much of her childhood in Fredericton. “I half grew up here, I was here [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University basketball teams suffered tough losses against the Mount Saint Vincent University Mystics on Feb. 17 in the annual Francis Farrington memorial games. The women’s game started with the Mystics taking an early lead. The Tommies began to get sloppy as they got frustrated and the Mystics&#8217; lead climbed to 25 points by [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The gym can either be your favorite place to be or a personal hell. For more and more people, the gym is becoming a place of insecurity, stress and paranoia instead of a place for stress relief, enjoyment and socialization. &#8220;Am I using this machine right? Am I doing this exercise right? Ew, I’m sweating. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women’s volleyball team played a nail-biting match against the Mount Saint Vincent University Mystics on Feb. 17. The first set had high-tension moments, leaving spectators on the edge of their seats. The set went point-for-point and both teams were neck-in-neck but the Tommies were able to take it 35-33. The second set [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women&#8217;s hockey team cruised to a 3-1 win over the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers in the opening game of the best-of-three Atlantic University Sport women’s hockey quarterfinals on Feb. 13. An evenly-matched first period ended scoreless, with the Tommies edging out UPEI on shots eight to four, failing to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Valentine’s Day week is upon us and many couples will be indulging in all things romantic. However, some athlete couples won’t even be in the same city. This is the case for basketball player Travis Valanne and track and field runner Kelly Brennan. They will be apart while Valanne plays against University of New Brunswick [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University volleyball teams were in action on Feb. 10 with a doubleheader. The girls played the first game against the Dalhousie University Agriculture Campus Rams. The girls played a strong game, sweeping the Rams in convincing fashion. St. Thomas took the first set 25-19. They followed up by taking the second set [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Bridget Frazee scored a three-point shot in the final seconds of the basketball game against Crandall University, winning the game for St. Thomas University on Feb. 3. &#8220;It made me feel really good. I was really proud of myself,&#8221; Frazee said. She said she couldn&#8217;t have done it without her teammates and coaches. &#8220;The shot [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women&#8217;s hockey team won a tough-fought game against the Mount Allison University Mounties on Feb. 10 and honored their four graduating players: Stephanie Ford, Abby Clarke, Samantha Squires and Teah Anderson. The game started out strong as both teams fought back and forth trying to score. Both team&#8217;s goalies and defence played well [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball teams beat the Crandall University Chargers in two close games on Feb. 3. The women&#8217;s game started off with an early lead for the Tommies and a few fouls for both teams. The Tommies continued to gain fouls as they increased their lead by nine points, ending [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Travis Valanne, a forward on the St. Thomas University men&#8217;s basketball team, found his passion for basketball and teaching and now wants to help children find a sport they are passionate about too. The third-year history major is from Miramichi and has been involved with basketball his whole life. “I started playing for fun with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For Gardiner MacDougall, hockey has been part of his life since he was a young kid. Coming from Bedeque, P.E.I., which was a hockey hotbed, he spent most of his childhood at a rink. “I was kind of a ‘rink rat’ so I was at the rink all the time. At the high school age, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University men&#8217;s volleyball team hosted the University of New Brunswick Saint John Seawolves on Feb. 3, in their “Think Pink” game for breast cancer awareness. The Tommies started of the first set strong, generated from a solid block by Ryan Dickson and an ace by Nathan Brown. The Tommies took an early [&hellip;]</p>