“I’ve been happy with what I have been able to achieve at the U of O,” said Owen McMorris, a fourth-year health sciences student and captain of the men’s rugby team. “But I want the new guys coming in to be able to get more from it than I did, and that means going varsity.”
Right now I’m working on perfecting my own version of Gangnam Style (stay tuned at future games for my breakout performance).
The Gees defeated the University of Cape Breton Capers 3-1 during this afternoon’s quarterfinal game.
After performing in an undefeated season and staying on top of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) rankings for over half of it, the Gee-Gees were the team to beat during the 2012 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) playoff tournament on Nov. 3 and 4.
“I thought we controlled the match,” said Woods. “Guelph played well and did good things against us and were trying some things, but we took away their favourite things.”
Three University of Ottawa players were honoured by the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) as league all-star players.
“We’ve been preparing for this since last year, so it is an amazing feeling knowing that we have a chance to go back to nationals.”
The Gees didn’t fall easily in the shootout—it took Concordia nine attempts before left-winger Veronique Laramee-Paquette got a shot past Gees goaltender Cassie Seguin.
After winning an emotional game against crosstown rivals the Carleton University Ravens on Oct. 26, the University of Ottawa men’s hockey team lost their second game of the weekend to the Université du Québec à Trois Rivières (UQTR) Patriotes 3-2.
Schwarzenegger might be a little too [much] muscle for some parts of the sport! He’s just too buff for us.
The goal of the varsity recognition program is to increase the national recognition of the university through student-athlete success. The program committee claims this recognition will benefit the university by increasing national visibility and attracting top-quality professors, students, and student-athletes.
In arguably their most crucial home game of the regular season, the Gee-Gees football team kept playoff hopes alive by shutting out the University of Waterloo Warriors 61-0.
On Oct. 13, the U of O men’s hockey team schooled the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Patriotes (UQTR) in front of a packed crowd on their home ice.
Sunday’s cold, wet weather didn’t seem to put a damper on the Gee-Gees’ spirit.
This is an annual project for the softball team, who pick a new social cause to promote each season.
Fill in the blank: My teammates would say I am the most likely to _______________.
Ruin a serious moment.
Check out how your teams fared over the Thanksgiving long weekend, and when you can catch their next home game.
The world of sports all about winning. When teams lose games, people lose jobs—that’s just the business.
If you just can’t imagine winter without the game, check out the Gee-Gees hockey teams for your puck fix this season.
For the first time since 2007, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women’s soccer team has been named the number one team in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport soccer rankings.
“It’s just an awesome feeling to start off the season this way,” she said. “I’ve played this tournament five years now, and we’ve never even come close to being this solid at the beginning of the year. It’s an ideal situation: you start the year with a win, you end it with a win.”
“I think that this move will do nothing but put us in a better position to win on all sides of the ball.”
When we are above water and get to breathe, we have to make it all look easy and as if we are having the time of our lives while performing.
“It’s obviously disappointing not making playoffs, but you still wake up every Saturday looking forward to playing.”
“We don’t come here to have moral victories; we come here to win on the scoreboard. That’s disappointing, but I like the overall belief in ourselves”
