The women’s basketball team is just one win away from securing a spot at the CIS Final 8. The only catch is that they’ll need to beat the #1 team in the CIS in their home gym, the Windsor Lancers. Game time is set for 6pm this Friday. The ‘Wolves are confident…
Author: Hugh Mullally The OUA announced their major award winners for women’s basketball on Wednesday. It came as no surprise that Lakehead ‘s record breaking shooting guard Jylisa Williams was unanimously voted as the OUA’s Player of the Year. As such she is also a first-team all-star for the second year in a…
Author: Hugh Mullally Jylisa Williams, who hails from Atlanta, Georgia, became the first Lakehead standout to claim the Nan Copp Award and only the third player from the Thunderwolves program to capture a major national award in women’s basketball. She joins Lindsay Druery, who merited the Sylvia Sweeney Award in 2012, and Angela…
Author: Hugh Mullally The Canadian College and University Nordic Championships concluded on Wednesday, with Lakehead’s skiers winning both the women’s and men’s team banners. Full Results CCUNC Scoring System The final results of the CCUNC’s four days of races became clear in the wake of Wednesday’s classic long sprints, where the Lakehead men’s…
Author: Hugh Mullally The Canadian College and University Nordic Championships (CCUNC) continued today, in Day 4 of the National Skiing Championships at Lappe Nordic Ski Centre. Today’s event was the classic technique interval start race. Women’s 10K Men’s 15km After some dominant Lakehead performances on the weekend, it was skiers from the visiting…
Author: Hugh Mullally The Canadian College and University Nordic Championships (CCUNC) continued on Sunday in Day 2 of action from Lappe Nordic Ski Centre, with the women’s 5km and men’s 10km freestyle event. Men Results Women Results It was an impressive showing from the Lakehead women’s team, who swept the podium in swift…
Author: Hugh Mullally Lakehead runner Kevin Tree competed Friday in the CIS Championships, running in the 3000m race. Results List Despite running personal bests and Lakehead record times earlier in the season, Tree didn’t have his best race on Friday, placing 12th (of 14) with a time of 8:36.69, a far cry from…
Author: Hugh Mullally The Canadian College and University Nordic Championships (CCUNC) kicked off on Saturday morning at Lappe Nordic Ski Centre, with great results for the hosting Lakehead Thunderwolves. Men’s Results Women’s Results Day one featured the team sprints, with teams of two skiers completing a course relay-style. Lakehead was joined on the…
