Sports & Lifestyle

  • Baseball Team Beats John Abbott, Notches Playoff Wins

    David Kaufmann — October 12, 2010 | Comments

    Concordia’s men’s baseball team clinched a playoff spot on Oct. 7 with a 10-1 win over the John Abbott Islanders at Trudeau Park.
    “What’s happening now is that the team is finally starting to gel. I think we’re finally starting to show some discipline,” said Stingers manager Howard Schwartz.

  • McGill Extends Winning Streak

    Tough First Period Costs Women’s Hockey Team in Season Opener

    Alex Di Pietro — October 12, 2010 | Comments

    The Quebec university women’s hockey season opened on Oct. 8 at McConnell Arena, with an action-packed game that ended 7-4 in favour of the McGill Martlets over the visiting Concordia Stingers.

  • Nike Tournament Glory

    Men’s Basketball Team Regains its Title, Uses Tournament as Preparation

    Badr Benassila — October 12, 2010 | Comments

    The men’s basketball team erased memories of last year’s defeat to Wilfrid Laurier University by winning the annual Concordia-Nike Tournament 73-72 over the New York Institute of Technology Bears Saturday night at Loyola Gym.

  • Women’s Rugby Decimates Sherbrooke

    Alex Di Pietro — October 5, 2010 | Comments

    The ConU women’s rugby Stingers did what was expected of them on Sunday at Loyola Campus, steamrolling over the Sherbrooke Vert et Or 92-0 and putting them within reach of a perfect season.

  • Heading to Delhi

    Concordia Early-Childhood Education Student is also a World Class Weightlifter

    Alex Di Pietro — October 5, 2010 | Comments

    Two weeks after finishing 20th at the World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya, Turkey, Concordia student Emily Quarton is participating in her second Commonwealth games this week in Delhi, India.

  • A Night of Firsts

    Alex Di Pietro — October 5, 2010 | Comments

    Striker Matthijs Eppinga’s two-goal performance led Concordia’s men’s soccer team to its first points of the season in Friday’s 3-1 thrashing of the third-placed UQTR Patriotes at Concordia Stadium.

  • Women’s Hockey Hosts 43rd Annual Theresa Humes Tournament

    Clay Hemmerich — October 5, 2010 | Comments

    From Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, four women’s hockey teams came to commemorate Theresa Humes, the woman who succeeded in putting Concordia female athletics on the map, by doing what she loved the most: playing some good ol’ fashioned hockey.

  • Stingers Take Care of Sherbrooke

    Men’s Rugby Wins, Regulars Get Rest

    Nicholas Ward — September 28, 2010 | Comments

    An outmatched Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or side was shut out 32-0 by the superior Concordia Stingers in men’s rugby last Friday at Concordia Stadium.

    “A win is a win, [but] we can’t take too much out of this game as far as celebrations go,” said first-year coach Shane Thomas.

  • The Politics of Sports

    Dave Zirin Speaks at Concordia

    Joel Suss — September 28, 2010 | Comments

    Dave Zirin, a modern day Hunter S. Thompson without the suitcase of narcotics, was at Concordia on Sept. 21 to discuss the politics of sports and the corporatization of franchise ownership.

  • Gaiters Spoil Homecoming

    Stingers Lose Shrine Bowl on a Bishop’s Single

    Jennifer Aouad — September 28, 2010 | Comments

    It was a painful homecoming for Stingers football on Saturday, as a last second field goal led to the surrender of the Shrine Bowl to the Bishop’s Gaiters 18-17 at Loyola Campus.