DRAGON BOAT RACING
It has been confirmed that the University College Water Dragons will be Canada’s lone representative at this year’s International University Dragon Boat Championships in tianjin, China. The tournament takes place on October 2 and 3 and features university squads from around the globe.
The team had an incredibly successful year last year, as they were the best university team in the country and were able to score huge victories at the Pickering Dragon Boat Challenge and the Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival.
-Matt Somers
BASEBALL
The men’s baseball team continued their winning ways from the end of last season by securing victories in two of their three games so far this year. The team was doubled up 4-2 by Western on Saturday, but rebounded with two victories over Waterloo Sunday.
The final scores in the victories were 9-5 and 8-5, respectively.
U of T sits atop the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) baseball standings after the first weekend of play, having captured four out of a possible six points so far. Guelph, McMaster, Laurier and and Western are in a log jam for second with one win and two points each, while Brock and Waterloo are still searching for victory number one.
Last season, award-winning head coach Dan Lang guided the Blues to an OUA silver medal, as the team made it to the provincial final, but lost to Brock in the best-of-three championship. It was impressive for the team to even make it into the playoffs after starting the year 0-5, and finishing fourth in the league with an 8-10 record.
Lang, who shared coach of the year honours in the OUA last season, is once again set to lead the troops into battle. The team will be relying on the likes of slugger Harmon Brar and pitcher Jesse Fulton to make another run at the elusive OUA baseball crown in 2005.
-MS
FREE FROSH WEEK SPORTS ON CAMPUS
Looking for a good way to spend your last fleeting hours of freedom and happiness before another school year is upon you? Want to do it for no money? Then check out Varsity Blues home games this weekend whilst taking a break from all your frosh week happenings.
U of T’s division-leading baseball team will take on the Guelp Gryphons in a double-header on Wednesday evening at Stan Wadlow Park in East York’s Stan Wadlow Park. For those interested, the park is located at 888 Cosburn Avenue.
Similarly, the women’s fastpitch team will host their annual tournament, the U of T Challenge, from September 9-11. This event will take place at Mississauga’s Birchwood Park and features the Blues taking on teams from all around the GTA. U of T beat a team from Port Perry in the final of last year’s exhibition series by a 6-2 score. Charlsie Searle got the win for the Blues and helped the team emerge victorious in their own event.
In other action, the men’s rugby team will kick off their regular season on Saturday afternoon against Trent. This will be the first chance for rookie head coach Ed Sun to test his strategies in a meaningful game. Watch for a profile o Sun later in September.
The Canadian interuniversity Sports (CIS) silver medal-winning women’s rugby team kicks off their home season the following weekend, as their first game is on Sunday, September 18 against McMaster. The team finished 4-1 in the OUA regular season last year, and their only loss came at the hands of of Western, the eventual OUA champion.
-MS
CORRECTION
The byeline for the defibrillator article from Thursday, September 1, 2005 should have stated that both Sacha Bhinder and Sarah McMahon were contributing writers for the story. The Varsity regrets this error and promises to never let anything like this happen again.
Well, we will try our best at the very least. Nobody’s perfect.
