Ravens Nordic ski team dethrones Lakehead
The Carleton Ravens are the 2010 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Nordic ski men’s champions, beating out five-time defending champions, the Lakehead University Thunderwolves, Feb. 20-21 in Orangeville, Ont.
While the Carleton women placed a close second to the six-time Lakehead champions, the Carleton men’s team brought the other Thunderwolves’ winning streak to an end.
Golden weekend for Raven fencers
History was made on home turf,as the Carleton Ravens’ fencing team captured both the men’s and women’s Ontario University Athletics (OUA) titles Feb. 13-14 at the 2010 OUA fencing championship.
This is the first time both teams have won the championship simultaneously in the history of Carleton’s fencing program.
“This is the strongest team I had ever put forth,” said Raven head coach Eli Sukunda. “It was our year.”
Overall, the Ravens won seven medals in individual events and five in team events.
Na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye
The Carleton men’s varsity hockey team defeated the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Feb. 9 in a thrilling 5-4 overtime win that had fans cheering to the end.
The game was a tug-of-war whereby the Ravens always found themselves a goal ahead of their local rivals.
Ryan Medel scored the first goal of the game when he managed to secure a rebound off of U of O goalie Riley Whitlock.
Both teams reacted to this with renewed energy, but it was Gee-Gee Mathieu Methot who would capitalize first, answering for Ottawa less than a minute later.
Defeated at home
The Carleton men’s varsity hockey team met the McGill University Redmen for the third time in less than three weeks Feb. 5.
The rivalry was clear throughout the game, and as McGill racked up the goals, the fighting between the teams became more intense.
“The rivalry’s getting heated and we’re getting close to the playoffs and I think you’re naturally not going to like each other after you play that often,” said Raven head coach Fred Parker.
CU stadium to house semi-pro football team?
Ottawa is about to get invaded by a new semi-pro football team.
The Ottawa Invaders, the newest addition to the Northern Football Conference semi-pro football league, will take to the field in fall 2010.*****
The Invaders, established in October 2009 by president James McAllister, vice-president Eric Faucon, general manager Sean Murphy and director Richard Smith II, is providing players that have exhausted their Canadian Interuniversity Sport and junior eligibility with an opportunity to continue the game they love.
