Varsity

/ 2012/01/19 1:55 am

Capital Hoops – worst attendance record

Worst attendance award Gee-Gees spirit lacking, but those who came remain faithful   10,523, 8,074, 7,565, and 7,022. What is this group of descending numbers? Is it the number of pizza slices sold at Scotiabank Place during the Capital Hoops Classic? Is it the number of tweets accumulated throughout the games? No, it isn’t any of those things. In fact, [...]

Capital Hoops – Wonderwomen
/ 2012/01/19 1:52 am

Capital Hoops – Wonderwomen

Women’s basketball team wins Capital Hoops Classic FOR THE LAST five years the Carleton University Ravens (8-5) have won the prestigious title of Capital Hoops Classic victor. But tonight, it was the Gee-Gees’ turn. To the sounds of erupting fans, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees (11-2) held on to the ball like their lives depended on it, finishing the 2012 [...]

Capital Hoops – Third period thrashing
/ 2012/01/19 1:23 am

Capital Hoops – Third period thrashing

  Third-period thrashing Men suffer defeat to Carleton in Capital Hoops Classic A HARDWOOD SHOW DOWN Wednesday evening resulted in disappointing results when the men’s Gee-Gees (8-5) basketball team suffered a 74-34 loss to the Carleton Ravens (13-0), currently ranked first in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) East. The first half started out with a lack of offence from both [...]

Garnet and Grey win in a heated game over Blues
/ 2012/01/11 12:42 pm

Garnet and Grey win in a heated game over Blues

Gee-Gees beat University of Toronto in men’s hockey ON JAN. 8, the Gee-Gees (12-7-1) took on division rivals at the University of Toronto Varsity Blues (9-6-3) at the Minto Sports Complex in the Gees’ first home game since Dec. 3. Despite the game being the Gees’ third in five days, the University of Ottawa team managed to come out on [...]

Gees basketball program recruits top athletes
/ 2012/01/11 12:38 pm

Gees basketball program recruits top athletes

Matt Nelson and Catherine Traer join Garnet and Grey WHILE MANY ATHLETES were studying for exams, their coaches spent the winter months searching for new team members for the following year—and the basketball program was successful. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams have gathered their first recruits of 2012. Signing on at centre Peterborough native Matt Nelson is so far the highlight of the University of Ottawa men’s basketball program’s [...]

McMaster takes Vanier Cup in double overtime thriller
/ 2011/11/30 3:46 pm

McMaster takes Vanier Cup in double overtime thriller

Teams exchanged 23- and 24-point unanswered sequences before finale VANCOUVER (CUP) —A WILD BACK-AND-FORTH game for the biggest prize in Canadian university football ended with a simple field goal. A 20-yard field goal in overtime by second-year kicker Tyler Crapigna gave the McMaster Merauders a 41-38 Vanier Cup victory over the Laval Rouge et Or on Friday night. The victory was McMaster’s first Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) football [...]

Gees win bronze in CIS championship
/ 2011/11/16 8:09 pm

Gees win bronze in CIS championship

Women’s soccer team claims third in Canada THE GARNET AND Grey took a road trip to Montreal to compete in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) champion- ships last weekend at Percival Molson Stadium. With their spirits high and a regular season record of 12-1-3, the women’s soccer team was one of the top contenders for a medal—and they didn’t disappoint. [...]

/ 2011/11/10 2:29 pm

Continuing to qualify for CIS

Men’s and women’s swimming teams beat two of three THE COMPETITION WAS tight as the Gee-Gees faced off against Carleton University,  the University of Guelph, and Queen’s University at the quad meet hosted by the University of Ottawa swimming team on Nov. 4. The Gee-Gees fought hard and showcased their aquatic abilities by beating Carleton and Queen’s in team scores, losing to Guelph by a marginal three points [...]

/ 2011/11/02 3:02 pm

Second-half victory

Women’s soccer beats the Blues for the second time this season THE GEE-GEES MASCOT danced to the sound of fans cheering and shouting as the University of Ottawa women’s soccer team (12-3-1) fought against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues (11-2-3) in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA)  East semifinal match on Oct. 30. The evenly matched teams battled for the [...]

November Varsity Preview
/ 2011/11/02 3:01 pm

November Varsity Preview

          Same expectations, new season Women’s volleyball team full of new talent Having already played four games in the 2011–12 season, the University of Ottawa women’s volleyball team is well on its way to the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) playoffs. Their pre-season tournaments saw the Garnet and Grey take home two medals, including a gold at [...]