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Throughout the preâ€"season, Hawks struggled with numerous personnel adâ€" justments which in turn caused onâ€"court physical and mental miscues during exâ€" hibition and tournament play. Fitzâ€" gerald, who began his second season with a bang Wednesday after sitting out much of the preâ€"Christmas action recuâ€" perating from a broken wrist, hopes the problems are out of the way. Hawks defy odds, win key lidlifter â€"vs. archâ€"rivals It was the opening game of the univerâ€" sity Western Division season for both teams and provided an effective and imâ€" mediate cure for Hawks woeful early season performance. **Surprised â€" and happy," said Hawk forward Bob Fitzgerald describing his feelings after turning in a super inâ€" dividual effort which combinedâ€"with exâ€" cellent team play helped carry Hawks to victory. We haven‘t played well all seaâ€" son, but now everyone on our club has to be just skyâ€"high." ‘"Earlier on we were throwing the ball away, weren‘t rebounding enough and had far too many turnovers. Now here it‘s been almost three weeks since we‘ve really played together and not only did we rebound well (41), we also cut our turnovers way down. Sure we were hopâ€" ing to win tonight, but I think our attiâ€" tude was more just to go in there and do the best we could." And that Hawks did. In a performance that made league prognosticators throw out the odds book, Hawks fell way beâ€" hind early due to foul trouble, drew back to within three at the half, grabbed the lead less than two minutes into the seâ€" cond half then brushed back any and all attempts of Warriors to rally. "I was really pleased, we kept a calmâ€" ness about us even when we got down That‘s the tune Wilfrid Laurier basâ€" ketball Hawks are whistling these days after trotting up the street last Wednesâ€" day and hanging an 82â€"71 shocker on the stunned Waterloo Warriors. k By Rick Campbell r Chronicie Sports Editor There is no better game to win than your last one. ordon Barclay 884â€"1742 _ Kitchener Water Consultant C Smith, who blamed his club‘s early miseries on the amount of platooning he did, said the big win over Waterloo could have detrimental as well as beneficial effects when Hawks visit Alumni Hall at Western tonight. ‘"Oh, there‘s no doubt the guys will be high going in, but we just might have surprised Waterloo tonight. One thing for sure, we won‘t be surprising anyone from now on. Everyone will want to beat Notes: Warriors fortunes did not imâ€" prove Saturday at St. Denis Hall in Windsor when they dropped an 84â€"62 deâ€" cision to Lancers. Doug Vance was high man for UW with 22 points followed by Seymour Hadwen, with 16...Hadwen, like Laurier‘s Bob Fitzgerald, is still workâ€" ing on getting his timing down after reâ€" covering from an injury...Warriors will need to be at their best Saturday when they host York Yeomen in the annual Mike Moser Memorial Game Saturday at 2 p.m. at the PAB. At 8:1§5 up at Laurier, Hawks will entertain the strong Guelph Gryphons. **What a great feeling to start off with a win here,‘‘ said Smith. ‘‘But if you could have heard our kids at school today, â€"they were going around telling everyone to come up and watch the game because they were going to win."‘ Fitzgerald, despite indicating that the wrist he broke while with the national team in South America in the summer still "bugs‘" him a bit, paced the Hawk attack with 23 points while human pogo stick Leon Arendse aided with 17. But Fitzgerald and Smith mentioned the adâ€" dition of Larry Labaj who rejoined the team after Christmas a big key not only in scoring (12) but also in rebounding. Warriors Rich Kurtz was top scorer with 28 and Vance followed with 18. early," said Laurier coach Don Smith. ‘"And we knew we were in foul trouble but stayed essentially with the same plan, go out there to play and when you‘re done, you‘re done, we couldn‘t afâ€" ford to stop playing aggressively." 5176â€"5340 â€"821â€"0410 & Bob Fitzgerald (15) of WLU grabs this rebound away from David Burns (34) of Waterloo during last Wednesday‘s game at UW. Hawks came on strong in the second half to defeat Warriors 82â€"71 in the first major upset of the university season. at Rolier Alley