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Almost one year after seeing their season come to an end at the hands of the Laurentian Lady Vees, the Carleton Ravens women’s soccer team got revenge Oct. 26 with a convincing 5-0 win in their first playoff match.

The Lady Vees eliminated the Ravens in the first round of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) playoffs last season, making this year’s victory that much sweeter for the Ravens.

With the win, the Ravens move on to play the top-seeded Queen’s Golden Gaels in the quarter-finals Oct. 30 in Kingston.

Ravens assistant coach Kwesi Loney talks about bouncing back from a loss and shaking away overconfidence.

The Carleton Ravens men’s baseball team came up just short in its bid for a first-ever Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association (CIBA) championship Oct. 21-23, falling 8-6 to the Humber College Hawks in the national semifinal in Moncton, N.B.

Despite the tough loss, the team has gone a very long way towards rebuilding the reputation of Ravens baseball.

After racking up a string of losing seasons, the men completely turned things around under head coach Rick Young, who returned for his second stint in the dugout in mid-July.

Quidditch, which was once only accessible in the fictional wizarding world, is now taking universities across Canada by storm.

The Carleton Ravens women’s hockey team rebounded from a 4-3 shootout loss against the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Oct. 22, defeating the Concordia Stingers the following afternoon.