Reading Time: 5 minutesDay 2 of the USports basketball national championships welcomed the top eight men’s teams in the country to TD Place Arena for a lineup of exciting quarterfinal matchups.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesDay 1 of the women’s basketball national championships saw upsets, strong individual performance, and blowouts. Read our recap of the first four games of the tournament.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees men’s hockey team beat the Concordia Stingers 7-2 on Saturday night to sweep their best of three series. With the win, the Gees qualified for the USports national championships in Halifax later this month and will have a shot at the Queen’s Cup later this week.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Gee-Gees men’s hockey team was back on ice on Thursday night for Game 1 of their OUA Eastern Conference finals with the Concordia Stingers. Facing a hot goalie, the Gee-Gees were dominant and outshot their opponents, but after two periods Patrick Grandmaitre’s boys were down by one.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Carleton Ravens have defeated the University of Ottawa men’s basketball team 96-61. Both teams are still qualified for the USports Championship taking place next week.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter defeating Carleton to earn their place in the OUA semifinals, the Gee-Gees were back at home on Wednesday night for a match full of three-pointers, fast transitions, and hard defence against the Ryerson Rams. The Gee-Gees dug their way out of a 15 point deficit but the Rams took the game 84-76.
Reading Time: 3 minutesEmotions were high on Saturday afternoon following the women’s hockey team’s loss to McGill. The program, which enjoyed a renaissance of sorts this year in the second half of the season, said goodbye to a number of longtime players.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the first time since its re-establishment in 2016, the U of O men’s hockey program will take part in the OUA East final after defeating the UQTR Patriotes 4-2 in Trois-Rivières Sunday afternoon. The Gee-Gees will have home-ice advantage when they face off with the Concordia Stingers starting this week
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees men’s basketball team took on the Ryerson Rams on Saturday night in what was a blowout in favour of the Gees. The 75-54 win sends Ottawa to the OUA semifinals, where they’ll take on the Carleton Ravens for their third meeting of the season.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees women’s basketball team was back in action after sitting out the first round with a bye. In a hard-fought quarterfinal matchup, the Gee-Gees took down the Carleton Ravens and got themselves one game closer to the Critelli Cup.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBrendan Jacome scored two goals late in the third period of Friday night’s game to keep the Gee-Gees alive in their best of three series with the UQTR Patriotes. Teammates Kevin Domingue and Jacob Sweeney added empty netters to secure the win for the Gees, who took the game 5-3.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSaturday night saw the Gee-Gees men’s basketball team square off at home against the McMaster Marauders in the last game of the regular season. Ottawa looked to continue building momentum in hopes of a long playoff run.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees men’s hockey team was back on the ice Sunday for their decisive matchup against the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks. Wearing their garnets, the Gees looked to punch their ticket to the OUA East semifinals to take on the Trois-Rivieres Patriotes later this week.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPutting an end to their 14-game win streak, the Gee-Gees dropped games to the Brock Badgers and McMaster Marauders this weekend to close out the regular season. With an 18-4 record, Ottawa finished second in the OUA, earning a bye to the OUA quarterfinals on Saturday.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Ontario Tech Ridgebacks defeated the Gee-Gees men’s hockey team 5-3 in Game 2 of their best of three series on Saturday afternoon. The win forces the tenure of a do or die Game 3 at Minto Sports Complex Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Montreal Carabins put an end to the Gee-Gees women’s hockey team’s franchise record-setting six game win streak on Wednesday night with a 3-2 win over the garnet and grey.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees men’s hockey team defeated the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks 2-1 in overtime to take Game 1 of their best of three series in Oshawa on Wednesday night.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInjuries are a hassle for anyone, but for student athletes, they can be devastating and potentially cost them a whole season of their five years of eligibility.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Gee-Gees men’s basketball team pulled a major upset on Friday, night edging out the nationally No. 1 ranked Carleton Ravens 68-67 in a Capital Hoops game for the ages at TD Place Arena.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe University of Ottawa women’s basketball team pulled an impressive fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Carleton Ravens 76-75 in the 14th annual Capital Hoops classic.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees swim team was at the RSEQ Championships this weekend in Sherbrooke, Que., with athletes hoping to qualify for the USports Championships taking place in two weeks in Victoria, B.C.
Reading Time: 5 minutesGee-Gees defenceman Jean-Robin Mantha was back on the ice for the first time since the 2017-18 season on Sunday night. Mantha, who’s been fighting testicular cancer for the last year and a half, looked to bring the Gee-Gees a win against the RMC Paladins.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Minto Sports Complex was filled with fans, friends, and family for a matchup between the Gee-Gees and Ravens on Friday night. The focus was on more than just hockey, as Melisa Kingsley, a member of the Gee-Gees team who passed away in 2018, was honoured.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 2020 Capital Hoops Classic is right around the corner. Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know about the Carleton Ravens and Gee-Gees basketball teams before tip off on Friday.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Sports Services discouraged the social media accounts of Gee-Gees clubs and teams from posting content about Bell Let’s Talk, an annual online mental health fundraiser held on Jan. 29, according to emails obtained by the Fulcrum.
