Posts Tagged ‘AUS’
Bringing Moore to the table
Rick Scott, Dalhousie University’s women’s volleyball head coach knew he had a talented player when he recruited Julie Moore. He coached her in her senior year at Citadel High School in Halifax. But he wasn’t expecting the immediate success she had in her first season last year. Moore led the AUS in kills with 228,…
Read MoreMaking a comeback
Harrison Callaghan is back and clear to take off. Callaghan, a third-year veteran of the men’s volleyball team for Dalhousie University is back in the line up after being forced to sit out the 2017-2018 season due to a back injury. He missed the entire season after he hurt his lower back right before the…
Read MoreWomen’s hockey is back at UNB
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) Reds women’s hockey team is making a comeback to Atlantic University Sports (AUS) after a ten-year absence. The hockey team is back after a seven-year legal battle that resulted in the school being ordered to bring back the program by the New Brunswick Labour and Employment board in 2016.…
Read MoreBalancing cross-country and track and field
There’s a big difference between racing 800-metres and 10,000-metres. Second-year track athlete Hudson Grimshaw-Surette is proving that he can do both. “He’s too talented and competitive not too,” said cross-country and track and field Head coach Rich Lehman about why Grimshaw-Surette is running for both sports. The kinesiology student dabbled in cross-country last year, running…
Read MoreFifty-five years and counting
Much of the Dalhousie University Tigers athletic success is credited to the coaching of Allan Yarr. Yarr has been coaching for 55 years in a variety of sports including basketball, golf, tennis, and football; he’s led 91 of those teams to be conference champions and five of them have medalled at nationals. His coaching accolades…
Read MoreDalhousie Playoffs
Through late October and early November, some Dalhousie teams saw their teams’ seasons come to an end for another year. The Dal Gazette recaps how the playoffs went for the Tigers who are hanging up their jerseys for now. Cross-Country by Josh Young, Sports Editor Both Dalhousie cross-country teams finished the championship races with identical…
Read MoreTwo teams, one champ
The Atlantic University Sports (AUS) conference is now facing a men’s volleyball season with only two competitors. The Memorial University men’s volleyball team dropped out of the AUS conference this past summer and now Dalhousie University has one opponent for the upcoming season: the University of New Brunswick. “Most people have a knee-jerk reaction to…
Read MoreTigers have burning fire to make it back into playoffs
Getting back into the playoffs is the Dalhousie women’s basketball team’s goal this season. “I think we have a way better team than last year, we have more heart, and we’re more physical and more focused,” said second year guard Michele Tchiakoua. “We want to make the playoffs, it sucked sitting on the sidelines watching…
Read MoreBiggest weekend of the season
This weekend is an important one for the Dalhousie soccer teams. With two games remaining in the regular season, both teams have a chance to clinch a playoff spot. The top six teams in the 10 team league qualify for playoffs which are held from November 2-5 at Cape Breton for the men and StFX…
Read MoreBack on calm waters
After a hectic season last year, the Dalhousie swim teams are living a normal life again. Last season, as previously reported by the Gazette, the Dal swim teams had to train at the Centennial pool from December of 2016, because the Dalplex pool was trying to fix leaks. It meant their usual training time was…
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