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<p>The Tommie’s women’s volleyball team received recognition for their team-wide academic excellence where all 13 players achieved over a 3.0 grade point average in the first semester of the academic year. Mija MacDonald from Barrie, Ont. received a 3.5 GPA last semester despite her schedule. She has been playing volleyball for 10 years and two [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University Wellness Committee has organized Yoga, Pilates, and dance classes starting this week at the JB O’Keefe Fitness Centre. Fully certified Yoga and Pilate’s teacher Zsuzsanna Szabo-Nyarady who is also a movement and dance educator will be hosting three classes in the basketball-court area of the gym. Creative Dance for Children class begins [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two Tommies got-off to a record-breaking start this season at the 2015 Gagetown Indoor Track and Field Meet Nov. 28. Jonathon Gionet broke the New Brunswick shot put record with a 14.86 meter throw, while Sarah Hickman broke St. Thomas University&#8217;s record in the 60 and 200 meters race. Gionet, a fourth-year student from Bathurst [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Saint Mary’s Huskie’s bark was louder than their bite as the St. Thomas University women’s hockey team beat them 3-2 at the Grant Harvey Centre Jan. 9. Huskies dominated the majority of the first period keeping the puck in STU goal zone. STU started off rough with a 2:00 minute elbowing penalty with 3:47 into [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Lauren Henman said that it’s a huge honour for her to have been chosen as October’s Coors Light Athlete of the Month. “I owe all of my success so far this season to my team and coaches,” she said. “I’m just really happy we’re doing so well this year.” In October, Henman averaged one point [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Tommies fell short with a final score of 5-4 to the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers Nov. 25 at the Grant Harvey Centre. Despite an evenly matched back and forth game, the final score was in favor of the Panthers. The first period started off relatively slow with little chances [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The National Basketball Association is coming to Fredericton Nov. 26-29 during its nationwide All-Star 2016 program. The program will cover 14 Canadian cities across 10 provinces from November through February. The All-Star program is an initiative to celebrate the 65th annual NBA All-Star Game held in Toronto Feb. 14 at the Air Canada Centre. It is the first [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University men’s hockey team beat the St. Mary’s University Huskies 2-1 during a five-period overtime shootout at the Grant Harvey Centre Nov. 20. The puck dropped at 7:00 p.m. between Tommies Jason Cameron and Huskies Steven Shipley who took advantage of the puck bringing it into Huskie possession. SMU were able to bring [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University Tommies men’s hockey team lost to the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus Tigers 1-0 despite the Tommies performance at the Grant Harvey Centre Nov. 14. About 450 fans attended the Tommies game, some who may have come over from the ringette games that was held in the rink next door. Many of the fans [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University men’s soccer team won silver in the ACAA league finals for the first time in nine years with a rookie-team and first-year head coach. &nbsp; The Tommies travelled to Halifax, Nova Scotia during Halloween weekend to compete in the semi-finals against the Mount Saint Vincent Mystics. They went on to play against [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University men’s basketball team beat the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus Rams 90-46 at the Lady Beaverbrook Gym Nov. 14. The Tommies who are taller than the Rams warmed up on the court while over 100 fans arrived to watch the match. The game seen a lot of penalties towards both teams along with plenty of unsuccessful [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Tommies women’s volleyball team beat the Dalhouse Rams three sets to one at the Lady Beaverbrook Gym Nov. 7. Head Coach Don McKay believes the Tommies could have done better despite their win and contributes it to a few practices that were cancelled prior to the game. “I didn’t feel we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Tommies men’s hockey team fell 11-2 against the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds during the battle of the hill at the Aitken Centre Nov. 4. &nbsp; The game started with an unfortunate lower body injury suffered by Tommies center Zach Hall only 36 seconds into the first period. Hall was helped off [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds men’s rugby team beat the St. Thomas University Tommies 53-16 at College Field Nov. 7. The loss finished the Tommies season placing them second in the New Brunswick Rugby Union University A-division. Tommies backs-coach Matt Coffey felt despite their loss, the team played well. “The boys played with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Meghan MacAfee was voted by her peers as Coach of the Year at the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association women’s rugby banquet. “I was really happy to get (the award) because it was voted by the other coaches in our league which was really, really, kind and generous of them,” MacAfee said. “We hear a lot [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The University of New Brunswick Reds beat previous undefeated St. Thomas University Tommies 14-5 during the ACAA Women’s Rugby Championship at the Scotia Bank Park Field on Nov. 1. &nbsp; STU’s head coach Meghan McAfee said that she believes the game ended the way it did because the Tommies didn’t adjust to what UNB was doing. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University hosted the 2015 Atlantic University Cross-Country Championships last Saturday at ODell Park. According to assistant coach Jeff Amos the race went great. “Individually everyone has done what they wanted. Paul had an amazing last cross-country race for STU,” he said. STU’s Paul Nozicka who finished ‘19th says he finished better than expected. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dylan Gallant started playing basketball when he was five or six. At 10, he was diagnosed with severe hearing loss. In a game in the United States, for St. Thomas University men’s basketball, his hearing aid broke leaving him frustrated. Now he’s a team captain and the starting point guard for the men’s basketball team. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University Tommies men and women’s soccer teams had their final home games of the season against Crandall University Chargers at the Scotia Bank Field Oct. 21. &nbsp; The woman’s Tommies beat the Chargers 1-0, and the men’s tied at 0-0. &nbsp; After an hour delay due to Crandall’s bus troubles, the women kicked [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University Tommies faced the Dalhousie Rams for a regular season match-up that ended with a tie at 12-12 at Scotia Bank Field Oct. 24. “We came out pretty flat in the first half which the DAL AC team took advantage of early, scoring first,” said head coach Meghan MacAfee. “Hats off to them, [&hellip;]</p>