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Alex Di Pietro
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SportsSliotars and Hurleys
Concordia students, alumni and members of the public were invited to learn the fundamentals of hurling during a workshop organized by Irish Concordia and the Montreal Shamrocks last Sunday morning at Loyola Campus.
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SportsSoccer Teams Garner No Points with Weekend Results
The men’s soccer team was unfortunate in its encounter with the unbeaten Laval Rouge et Or, conceding four goals in the second half and concluding the road trip to Quebec City with a 5-0 loss on Sept. 24.
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SportsWomen’s Hockey Starts Preseason in Ontario
The women’s hockey team opened camp last week, with its first test being a string of non-conference games against Ontario’s York, Brock and Queen’s universities on the weekend
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SportsCross-Country Team Opens with McGill Meet
Concordia’s cross-country men claimed third place and the women claimed seventh for their collective efforts in the McGill Open Meet on Saturday at Mount Royal Park.
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SportsMontreal Via Holland
The men’s soccer team has finally got some depth up front.
The strike partnership between Toronto native Fred Moody, second-year player Claude Arthur Diesse and Dutch exchange student Matthijs Eppinga is one that cannot be easily matched, particularly because each player is over six feet tall and can all put the ball in the back of the net. -
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SportsLate Heroics Not Enough
The Concordia Stingers nearly snuck back during Saturday’s 29-8 home-opening loss to the Université de Montréal Carabins at Concordia Stadium without quarterback Rob Mackay, but the score didn’t reflect what happened on the field.
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SportsSeason Opener Ends Even at Concordia Stadium
A late equalizer by Bishop’s striker Stephanie Burnett spoiled a solid season-opening performance by Concordia’s women’s soccer team, as it drew 1-1 with the Gaiters Friday night at Concordia Stadium.
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SportsNo Signs of Rust
Even with the departure of several key members of last year’s squad, Concordia’s women’s rugby team opened its preseason on Saturday Sept. 4 at Concordia Stadium without too much difficulty.
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SportsTraining camp routine, with a twist
With his roster yet to be finalized, men’s rugby head coach Clive Gibson decided to scrap having an official exhibition match against Royal Military College on Sunday and just called it a “controlled scrimmage” instead.
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SportsStinger Soccer Team Getting Back on Track
Rookies, veterans and those still vying for spots on the men’s and women’s soccer teams enjoyed a successful and unprecedented string of pre-season games against Ontario conference opposition over the weekend at Concordia Stadium.
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SportsConcordia Football Underway
The Stingers welcomed Vanier and FX Garneau’s college football teams to Concordia Stadium this past Saturday to kick off on-field training as part of its 2010 camp.
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SportsTeam Experiences Mass Exodus
After a highly successful 2009 season, Concordia’s baseball team learned it would go into the 2010 season without many of its veterans when training began earlier this month at Trudeau Park in Cote St. Luc.
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SportsFormer Stingers Captain Moves to Coaching
After two years wearing the captain’s C on his uniform and five years playing for Concordia’s soccer team under coaches Lloyd Barker, Frank Bastien and Vladimir Pavlicik, Bryan Bourbonnais hung up the jersey and is now part of the coaching staff.
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SportsStarting fresh
When Concordia student Hussein Awada left his home country of Lebanon for Montreal last December, he had at least two objectives in mind: finishing school and playing professional soccer. Within a month of his arrival, Awada was on his way to accomplishing both.
