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er Golden Hawks men‘s soc cer team are used to over coming adversity. How else do you explain the team‘s improbable win at last year‘s CIS Men‘s Soccer championships held in Haliâ€" With their starting goalâ€" tender Pieter Meuleman out with a broken leg, and emerâ€" gency replacement Cordo Doski in net, the Hawks were tied with the University of British Columbia Thunderâ€" birds late in the goldâ€"medal contest. The improbable continâ€" ued when OUA league MVP Woijciech Cwik, hobbled by a painful leg injury, struck with a thunderous right foot with less than three minutes to clinch the title. Hawks head coach Barry MacLean is hoping for someâ€" thing a little less dramatic this year in pursuit of a threeâ€"peat. _"Nobody thought we could do it last year when Peter got hurt and Wojciech ow do you shake off H(he complacency of winning backâ€"toâ€"back National championships? How about throwing in a little adversity. _ But is the drive there to do it again, with a veteranâ€"laden squad? Golden Hawks shoot for a threeâ€"peat in men‘s soccer After all, the Wilfrid Lauri vs. Toronto Sept. 14, 3:00 PM vs York Sept. 15, 3:00 PM UW North Campus Sept. 15, 1:00 PM UW North Campus vs. Toronto Sept. 14, 1:00 PM tdz on _\ ThrifK, By Bos VrBanac Chronicle Staff vs York All the Warriors will be on the field after the game to sign flllhlx'flp'h‘ Free autograph shects will be proveded WARRIOR AUTOCRAPH DAY Adults ............. Students (12+) Seniors (65+) .. The Hawks‘ Niki Budalic challenges for the ball during the annual varsity alumni game at University Stadium last Sunday. got knocked out," said â€" through that right now, but MacLean. "If the ball bounces _ hopefully we‘ll resolve that." the right way, you just never MacLean said his team "We have a strong team that should compete again to win Ontario. Once you get to nationals you never know. We‘ll have a chance for sure." But it won‘t be easy. The Hawks can‘t expect to have all the breaks go their way again. "My concern right now is that we‘re a little complacent and they think they don‘t have anything else to prove," said MacLean. "We‘re trying to get Saturday, September 14, 2002, 2:00 PM University Stadium vs Ottawa Gee Gees WARRIOR FOOTBALL HF $7.00 $4.00 $2.00 UM. h+ CBLDREN 11 AND UKDEN AND UW STODENTS WITH A VALID WATCARD ARE ADINITTED FREE MacLean said his team hasn‘t looked great in training camp, but the potential is there. The triumvirate of Cwik, link player Kenny Nutt and striker Niki Budalic return to power the Hawks‘ offence again this year. Budalic, a Waterloo native studying for his MBA at Laurier, gave the Hawks a quality finisher for the first time on the forward line. But there will be changes "We‘ve got a lot of rookies but hcpefully we can bring them along," said Budalic, who starred with the Toronto Lynx this past summer. "There‘s a lot of pressure to repeat, and we started out slowly. But I think if we work hard we can do it." on defence with Dave Blicharski and Meuleman both gone from the team. "We‘ll have two firstâ€"year players playing at the back and a new goalkeeper," said MacLean. "We‘ll be inexperiâ€" enced at the back. Despite the question about attitude and the inexâ€" perienced defence, Budalic, a Bluevale grad, thinks the Hawks can threeâ€"peat. "We have decent players but we‘ll see if they get through what it takes for a full season to survive." WHO GOES THERE! 160 Columbia Street West, |[Z(Vj(e(FzTe) Waterico _ 885â€"3520 9 Time Winner of CAA Customer Service Award CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL Of »AAhrge COLUMBIA AVTO, SERVICE * Front Wheel Drive + Suspension + Front End * Mutffers + Brakes * Tune Ups * Cooling System * Tires * Alignment Service Computerized Engine Analysis * General Repair & Service Complete Auto & Smail Truck