Sports

<p>The St. Thomas University women’s hockey team fought a hard game against Dalhousie University on Nov. 24, but ultimately lost their four-game winning-streak in overtime. Both teams came onto the ice with fire and Dal was able to sneak a goal past Tommies goalie Abby Clarke in the first two minutes. The rest of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jonah Burridge, the captain of the St. Thomas University men&#8217;s volleyball team, has been playing volleyball for almost all of his life. “My dad was a volleyball coach &#8230; so I was in the gym [with him] even when I was like two to three years old, but I’ve played competitive volleyball since Grade Four,” [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Tommies&#8217; women’s soccer team has returned from its time at nationals without a trophy but a strong sense of pride in its accomplishments on the field. The team and coaching staff expressed how thrilled they were to be going to Halifax for the tournament before they left. Like the seven other teams going into [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Being a student athlete requires a lot of time management skills and commitment. Being a multi-sport athlete requires double that. Many St. Thomas University athletes generally stick to playing just one sport. Some decide that one just isn’t enough. Sarah Hickman is on the women’s soccer team and runs on the track and field team. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women’s hockey team looked to keep its four-game winning streak when it faced Mount Allison University on Nov. 18. After winning their game against the University of Prince Edward Island on Nov. 15 with a score of 3-1, the Tommies were looking for another win and started Saturday’s game off strong. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Deidra Jones, captain of the St. Thomas University women’s volleyball team, transferred to STU knowing nothing about the university. She just knew she was interested in criminology and she could play volleyball here. She heard about STU from a friend who reached out to her after her previous team got cut at Cape Breton University. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women’s soccer team will be heading to nationals this week in Halifax thanks to their win over the University of Kings Collage, in a close and tough match. The Tommies shutout Kings College 1-0 to claim the title of Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association champions. This is the first time since 1999 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women’s and men’s basketball teams hosted Mount Allison University on Nov. 4 in their first home game of the regular season. The first half of the women’s game was evenly matched. Both teams had good plays and bad plays, including some issues with fouls. The score at halftime was 31-20 for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women’s rugby team fought a hard game against the University of New Brunswick but lost in the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association finals on Saturday. The game started off with a penalty kick for UNB in the first minutes of game, resulting in three points. Both teams held each other well, and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s rugby teams ended the final season on a hard-fought note on Oct. 28. The women came out strong against Mount Allison University with Olivia Rickets scoring just five minutes in, and Jessica Sauter five minutes later. Rickets was able to score again and Bailey Andrews was able to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hockey is a universal language, especially for Margarita Dorofeeva, a first-year forward at St. Thomas University. Originally from Zelenograd, a city in Moscow, Russia, she moved to Canada in 2012 to pursue her education, as well as her love for hockey. Despite being completely unfamiliar with English, hockey was a language she didn’t need to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University’s women’s volleyball team delivered a crushing victory over the Mount Allison University this Saturday. Mount A started off weak, giving the first point to STU after hitting the net. Both teams had trouble getting the ball over the net and keeping it in bounds in the first set. The Mounties solid blocking [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas Tommies women’s hockey team walked away from their regular season home opening weekend with a win and a loss. The women played St. Francis Xavier University on Friday night. It was a rough game with multiple penalties for both teams. St.FX was able to score quickly when a goal slipped past Tommies [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The criminology program and the short distance from her hometown of Saint John made third-year rugby player Meghan Pollard choose St. Thomas University. She first attended University of New Brunswick Saint John with hopes to major in criminology, but decided to transfer. She said that students were able to take those courses there, but not [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Most fathers can only dream of their children following in their footsteps. For Ed MacDermaid, that dream has become a reality. Katie MacDermaid didn’t know where she wanted to go to university, but her father mentioned his alma matter, St. Thomas University, and she decided to check it out. She’s glad she did. “He’s proud [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was the small campus, the athletics program and the accessibility office at St. Thomas University that caught Sarah Hickman’s eye. Being from the small town of Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia, Hickman wanted to transition to a university with the same small-town feel. STU fit the bill. Now, in her third year, Hickman is honouring [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jake Munn decided to make his official fight debut with only four weeks&#8217; notice. Now, the third-year University of New Brunswick student who pumped up the crowd of L-Jack Promotions&#8217; first ever MMA show back in July is ready to jump back in the cage for a second go on Oct. 21. This time it&#8217;s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The men’s and women’s soccer teams took on the University of New Brunswick Saint John Seawolves at home on Oct. 11. The women started off the night&#8217;s games, looking to have a similar outcome of their game the week before, which was a 4-1 win over Crandall University. The St. Thomas University women had a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Aquinian&#8217;s Shannon Cornelius explores the best gym options for St. Thomas University students and offers advice on how to keep up. At this point in the semester, you’ve probably got a Pinterest board full of workout routines and different exercises. You’ve also probably said to yourself you want to start going to the gym to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The university golf season came to an end over the weekend. This year, even with the addition of four first-year students, the St. Thomas University team had a roster of six golfers. Golf season only lasts two weeks, which makes it difficult to attract new players. “We would like to have more, but six is [&hellip;]</p>