By Charlie Pinkerton With bragging lights over the nation’s capital on the line, three locally-raised players came together in the spotlight of the final play of the biggest annual spectacle in Canadian university sport. With the Carleton Ravens down 3 points in double overtime of the Panda Game, quarterback Michael Arruda took the snap from…
By Charlie Pinkerton As their regular season reaches its end, members of the University of Ottawa women’s soccer team have their sights set on nationals. But for one Gee-Gees player, this season has meant more than the team’s 10-1-4 record, it’s been about regaining her love for the sport. Miranda Smith is playing her first…
Women’s rugby: Gee-Gees stifle Ravens, Move onto RSEQ semifinal The Ottawa Gee-Gees put an end to the Carleton Ravens best-ever rugby season. A combination of their 31-0 win over Carleton and a pair of recently announced forfeited wins from earlier this season by Laval, have also launched the University of Ottawa, coached by 2016 Ottawa…
On the heels of national and Jeux de la Francophonie silver medals, Rio 2016 Olympian Sekou Kaba had the top result out of almost 2 dozen local athletes who competed for Team Canada at the 2017 FISU world student games in Taiwan. The University of Ottawa grad placed 7th in the men’s 110-metre hurdles in…
By Mat LaBranche The Canada Summer Games is sure to be a unique experience for all involved, but Hunter Amesbury and Mary-Jo Weir Weiss will get to enjoy an extra treat that the other local participants won’t: they’ll be on the home team. With the rowing venue situated 200 km east of Winnipeg on Rabbit…
The University of Ottawa will host the Canadian university women’s soccer championship for the first time ever in 2018, the U Sports national organization announced in May. The event will take place Nov. 8-11, 2018 at Gee-Gees Field, returning a Canadian university championship to uOttawa for the first time in 10 years. “We have been…
