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<p>There may be no &#8216;I&#8217; in team, but Lorena Ellis could probably get away with saying it as the only member of STU&#8217;s new women&#8217;s wrestling team. “I am the team right now,” said Ellis. “I’m sort of like a guinea pig.” This is the first year St. Thomas has had a wrestling team, and whether [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Quentin Sock spent a week at home with a broken face because the surgeon couldn&#8217;t operate on someone who was drunk. The 6-foot-4 forward for the St. Thomas University men’s basketball team, was hit in the face by a tomahawk, while in fight at a party in Elsipogtog First Nation. The axe broke his orbital [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In 2015, the St. Thomas women’s volleyball team have won four of their five games. A new calendar wasn’t the only thing that changed for the Tommies. The new year also brought back a Tommie veteran: Sarah Watts. Watts was on the team the four years prior, but this year she was accepted into the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas women’s basketball team almost lost their first game of the season on Sunday. They were down by two with 2:56 left in the game. Katie Lund of the Mount Allison Mounties had just hit the three to give her team the lead. St. Thomas responded almost immediately when Maggie Murphy hit a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Université de Moncton Aigles Bleues got the ball rolling with two quick second period goals and didn’t look back in their 5-1 win over the St. Thomas Tommies in women’s hockey action Friday night. “We played a good first period against them and had a good second,” said Tommies head coach Peter Murphy. “We [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The UNB Varsity Reds’ strong showing in the final men’s hockey Battle of the Hill matchup of the season led them to a 6-1 win over the St. Thomas Tommies last night. “The game was within our grasp where it was 2-1 after the first and shots were 11-8,” said Tommies head coach Patrick Powers. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The athletics marketing and events coordinator at St. Thomas University is going to be taking his enthusiasm to Toronto in July. Eric Moffatt will be announcing at the beach volleyball portion of the Pan American games. “It’s announcing who’s serving, who gets a kill, who gets a block, anything that will help energize the crowd,” said [&hellip;]</p>

<p>[aesop_content color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; columns=&#8221;1&#8243; position=&#8221;none&#8221; imgrepeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; floaterposition=&#8221;left&#8221; floaterdirection=&#8221;up&#8221;] 2014 was a big year for St. Thomas sports, filled with highs and lows. In case you missed any of it, here is what happened with each team in 2014. &nbsp; [/aesop_content] The men&#8217;s hockey team, with new coach Patrick Powers, were unable to

<p>Laura MacDonald didn’t think she was even going to make the St. Thomas women’s volleyball team after taking two years off from the sport. She nearly missed the first tryout. Now, she is leading the league in service aces and was named STU athlete of the week in mid-November. “I’m not used to getting recognition [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two St. Thomas men’s rugby players will spread their love of the game throughout Africa this spring. Third-year scrum-half Johnny Cullen and second-year back row Justin Robar will spend May 2015 teaching rugby to African children with an organization called Bhubesi Pride. “Volunteering with the purpose of developing communities through sports is a wonderful idea,” [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STU&#8217;s  William Barber was pumped up after a big win on Saturday, and was even giving reporters fist bumps after the game. “We hadn’t won in three weeks, so it feels good to get the monkey off our backs, get back on the right road,” said Barber. The St. Thomas men’s basketball team had lost [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was another balanced attack that pushed the St. Thomas women’s basketball team to an 82-60 win over the Crandall University Chargers. For the second game in a row, every player in a Tommie uniform scored. Leading the way was Kelly Vass, who leads the ACAA in both points and steals. She scored 15 points, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The women’s hockey team got revenge after a 3-2 loss last week to the Mount Allison Mounties. On Saturday, the Tommies beat them 4-1 at the Grant Harvey Centre in Fredericton. Tommies head coach Peter Murphy said his team got off to a slow start, but he was happy with the result. “I was a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Tommies squared up against the UNB Varsity Reds on Wednesday night in front of 766 fans at the Grant Harvey Centre. Despite a strong third period, STU lost the battle of the hill 6-4. Tommies head coach Pat Powers thought defensive lapses were what cost his team the game. “UNB’s a good team, but [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Winning isn&#8217;t everything for St. Thomas women&#8217;s basketball coach Fred Connors, but he sure does it a lot. Connors is in his thirteenth season as coach, and has an impressive 208-28 record in those years. Last year, women’s basketball at St. Thomas reached an all-time high when they won the CCAA silver medal at nationals. Connors [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas Tommies earned two out of four points over the weekend in men’s hockey action. The Tommies got their first win of the season, beating the Dalhousie Tigers 4-0 on Friday. Saturday they lost 9-5 to the Acadia Axemen. Tommies coach Patrick Powers said it was mentally tough for the Tommies to go [&hellip;]</p>

<p>They smile, laugh and joke around as they begin warming up. Their sneakers squeak as they do jumping jacks. They lunge, squat and stretch. They’re not joking by the end of their cardio session – they’re gasping for air. But they’re still smiling. It’s time to grab the racquets. On Saturday, more than 20 members [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Before I boarded the plane to come home from prep school, I called my mom with a wonderful surprise. I’d been fortunate enough to earn a Division 1 scholarship to play at the highest level of college basketball in the United States. When she picked up the phone, she told me she was in the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; The St. Thomas women’s basketball team had the lead for all four quarters against the University of King’s College Blue Devils, in route to their fourth win of the season. The game was also their fourth win against the Blue Devils, as they beat them twice in preseason, and twice during the regular season [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas men’s basketball team was unable to stop a hot offensive output by the University of King’s College Blue Devils. They lost 103-82. Thomas Watson and Ryan Harnett were on fire for the Blue Devils. Watson scored 33 points with six three-pointers, while Harnett had 30 points and eight assist. William Barber had [&hellip;]</p>