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In high school, Erica Skinner’s younger brother, Jeff, used to take part in her hockey practices and it really bothered the Carleton Ravens fourth-year defenceman to watch a once nationally-ranked figure skater show up everyone on her team.

“He was such a pest!” said Skinner even now. “He was just so much better than everybody else.”

Like her elder sisters before her, Skinner, 22, had made the transition from ringette to figure skating before eventually settling on hockey. Faithfully, Jeff, 18, followed suit.

The Charlatan (TC): What is your best soccer memory so far?

Jennifer Tutton (JT): I have so many great soccer memories with my soccer teams from back home, but one of my best and most memorable personal accomplishments was being scouted into the National Training Center in 2005.

TC: Why did you come to Carleton University?

What started out as a close game Sept. 4 soon turned sour as the Carleton Ravens men’s basketball team lost their third straight preseason game to an American opponent —this time falling 87-70 to the Cincinnati Bearcats in the CAN-AM Shootout at Scotiabank Place.

Both teams exchanged baskets in the opening stages of the first quarter, until Cincinnati’s Rashid Bishop knocked down a three-pointer, shifting the momentum towards the Bearcats.

It was a tale of two Victorias Sept. 3 at the Ice House, as the Carleton Ravens women’s hockey team handed Norway’s national women’s team their first loss of their Canadian tour, with an exciting 2-1 victory.

Victoria Gouge, going into her second year on defence, scored the game-winner with just under seven minutes left in the game.

“We were just on with everything,” she said about the game. “Our passing was on. We had good defence. We skated really hard.”

Carleton has denied all allegations of damages in the $600,000 lawsuit filed in June by former varsity men’s hockey coach Fred Parker, saying its decision not to renew Parker’s contract was based on Parker’s strained relationship with the university and apparent lack of commitment.