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Successful weekend of exhibition play, regular season starts this week
Weekly Release #1
September 3, 2008
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK:
The first Athletes of the Week will be named next week.
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FOOTBALL (0-0)
Football season
opens up on Friday at Concordia
2008 Season Prospectus
After two weeks of
training camp, the Gaiters will visit Concordia on Friday night in their
2008 season-opener. The game will be a rematch of last season's opening
game, won by Concordia 20-18. Friday night's game will be televised live
on RDS.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL (0-0)
Gaiters get early start against NCAA foe
Gaiters Men's Basketball
makes their earliest start ever to a season tonight as they face the
Northeastern Huskies, an NCAA Division I team, tonight at the Mitchell
Gym. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. The game marks Rod Gilpin's debut as the
Gaiters' Head Coach.
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WOMEN’S SOCCER (0-0)
Gaiters
down Lyndon State, open with Montreal
on Sunday.
The Gaiters enjoyed a
successful week of exhibition games and scrimmages, in preparation for
their 2008 season. On Friday, Bishop's defeated Lyndon State College
(Vt.), an NCAA school, by a score of 4-2. Scoring for the Gaiters were
Casey Walsh, Ashley Grant, Laura Menard-Lee and Laura Keeler.
Defensively, Laura Bowie and rookie goalkeeper Becky Yates led the
Gaiters. Yates played the first half and kept a clean sheet in her 45
minutes.
UP NEXT: The Gaiters will host the Montreal
Carabins on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Coulter Field. This will be women's
soccer's first game in their new home.
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MEN’S RUGBY (0-0)
Gaiters down Norwich in preseason tune-up.
Men's Rugby won their
annual preseason game against Norwich (Vt.) by a score of 29-14 on
Saturday afternoon at Coulter Field. The Gaiters' strong forward play
powered them to the victory over their American visitors.
UP NEXT: The
Gaiters open their season on Friday night against the McGill Redmen in a
rematch of last year's QSSF Championship. Kickoff at Coulter Field is
set for 7 p.m.
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WOMEN’S RUGBY (0-0)
Gaiters fall to Trent, finish 4th at Irish tourney
On Friday, the Gaiters
hosted the Trent Excalibur at Optimist Park. A strong first half did not
turn into points, as the Excalibur came away with a 29-3 win. Susan
Magwood kicked a penalty for the Gaiters' only points.
Over the weekend, the
Gaiters played in the Montreal Irish tournament in Ste-Julie, Que. A
25-0 loss to the Irish was offset by a 10-7 win in the afternoon game
against Norwich (Vt.). Julie Snooks and Meredith Evans scored tries for
the Gaiters in the winning cause. That win put the Gaiters into the
Plate final, where they fell to the Acadia Axewomen on Sunday afternoon.
UP NEXT: The Gaiters open their season on
Sunday, September 7 against the Sherbrooke Vert et Or. Kickoff is set
for 1 p.m.
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THIS
WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, September 3
Friday, September 5
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Football at Concordia, 7 p.m.,
Montreal (RDS)
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Men's Rugby vs.
McGill, 7 p.m., Coulter Field
Saturday, September 6
Sunday, September 7
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Women's Soccer
vs. Montreal, 1 p.m., Coulter Field
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Women's Rugby at Sherbrooke, 1 p.m.
U de S
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