LAURIER SWEEPS CIS CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Guelph, ON - The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men's and women's curling teams will be packing their bags for China in 2009 to represent Canada at the World University Games after winning gold at the first ever CIS/CCA Canadian University Curling Championships.

Laurier Men Take Gold with 9-4 victory over Calgary

Wilfrid Laurier scored 4 in the 9th for the final nail in the coffin as the Hawks defeated the World Junior Champion Calgary rink 9-4 in the first ever CIS/CCA Canadian University Curling Championships.

In the first, with the hammer, Laurier posted 1 and then stole 1 in the 2nd to take an early 2-0 lead. The Dinos took one back in the 3rd, but the Hawks posted 1 in the 4th and 1 in the 5th to lead 4-1 at the break. Calgary roared back in the 6th posting 1, but the Hawks used the hammer to add 1 to their lead in the 7th. Calgary again cut the lead to 1 posting a single in the 8th setting up an exciting finish. In the 9th, Calgary got in all sorts of trouble as Laurier was sitting 4 with last rock. The Hawks threw away to score the 4 points. The Dinos decided to end the match at 9-4 as Laurier moves on to represent Canada at the 2009 FISU Games in China and become the first ever CIS/CCA Gold Medallists.

ICE - GUELPH-6 H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 EE F
CALGARY 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
LAURIER X 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 X 9
CIS / CCA MEN'S UNIVERSITY CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL


Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Championship Roster:
Skip Mike Anderson
Third Bill Francis
Second Paul Arkilander
Lead Matthew Mapletoft
Fifth Scott McGregor
Coach Ken McCormack

Laurier Women use late rally to claim Gold

The Golden Hawks used a late rally and a steal of 2 in the final end to defeat the Manitoba Bisons 7-4 in the CIS Championship Game. Manitoba gave up a steal of 1 in the 1st but responded with 1of their own in the 2nd to tie the game after 2 ends. The Bisons added singles in the 3rd and 4th before the Hawks regained 1 in the 5th to trail 3-2 at the halfway mark. After the Bisons notched 1 in the 6th to gain a 2 point lead, the Hawks began their rally. Laurier scored 1 in the 7th and stole 1 in each of the 8th and 9th to lead 5-4 heading to the last end. With the hammer, in the 10th, Manitoba was in trouble from from the beginning and found themselves needing a miracle for shot rock. Manitoba's last rock was unable to score and WLU stole 2 points for the 7-4 final. Wilfrid Laurier claims the first ever CIS/CCA Canadian Curling Championship and will represent Canada at the 2009 FISU Games in China.

ICE - GUELPH-4 H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 EE F
LAURIER 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 7
MANITOBA X 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
CIS / CCA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Championship Roster
Skip Hollie Nicol
Third Laura Hickey
Second Danielle Inglis
Lead Erica Butler
Fifth Hilary McDermott
Coach John Nicol

2008 CIS All Canadians and Awards
Women
Lead - Stephanie Davis, Memorial University
Second - Jenna Enge, Lakehead University
Third - Samantha Peters, Brock University
Skip - Tracey Horgan, Laurentian University

Sportsmanship Award - Kaileigh Strath, Manitoba

Men
Lead - Trent Hilliard, St. Francis Xavier
Second - Paul Arkilander, Wilfrid Laurier University
Third - Stephen Ryan, Memorial University
Skip - Mike Anderson, Wilfrid Laurier University

Sportsmanship Award - Steven Ryan, Memorial


(Source: Chris Gilbert, Waterloo Warriors, Sports Information)