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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men‘s and women‘s curling teams both brought home gold from the inaugural Canadian university championships held last weekend in Guelph. Wilfrid Laurier University‘s women‘s curlâ€" ing team struck gold at the first ever Canadiâ€" an University Curling Championships defeating Manitoba 7â€"4 in 10 ends of play Sunday in Guelph. Earlier in the day, the team defeated Lauâ€" rentian in the semifinal 9â€"3 in eight ends. It was a great run for the team that faced elimination Saturday before making it to the playoffs by winning the tiebreaker game. The win earned the team, which trains out of Waterloo‘s Granite Club, the right to represent Canada at the Winter Universiade (University Games) in Harbin, China, in February of 2009. The international games, second in size to the Olympics, has only had curling compete at the event once before. Hawks strike for double gold at CIS curling finals Women‘s team battles back "The women‘s team is a solid group of EatRight Ontario ontario.ca/eatright Call 1â€"877â€"510â€"510â€"2 and talk to a Registered Dietitian, for free. JRA IRII BV T IDPFA) Earlier this season the team won the OUA championship, but only after winning three elimination contests in a row. players who are comeback kids," said head I coach Ken McCormack on the team which has now twice faced a challenge getting to the goldâ€"medal game. "It‘s amazing, it hasn‘t really sunk in yet," said the team‘s excited skip Hollie Nichol, immediately after winning the game. "I‘ve learned from experience to not look too far ahead at the possible outcomes but instead focus on what we are doing now and that‘s what we did today." Nichol is a former Ontario junior curling champion, and it was her first national SPORTS Continued on page 36 The team advanced to the national gold | after defeating Brock 10â€"2 in the semifinals. | It only took the Hawks six ends of play to | score the decisive victory. The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawk men‘s curling team claimed the first ever CIS/CCA Canadian University Curling Championship after a dominating weekend of play which ended with a 9â€"4 win over Calgary Sunday afternoon at the Guelph Curling Club. Men‘s team dominates finals "It‘s amazing with the calibre of teams coming into the championship, including the highly regarded University of Calgary, who we beat twice. It‘s just an incredible feeling," said skip Mike Anderson, who was later named to the allâ€"Canadian team. Also named to the allâ€"Canadian team was second Paul Arkilander. Paid for by the Government of Ontario WATERLOO CHRONLCLE + Wednesday, March 19, 2008 + 33 "The five of us, including our alternate Scott [McGregor}, have worked well together this year," said Anderson. â€" Anderson is a rookie to Laurier but a vetâ€" eran on the ice, coming to the school after a fourâ€"year career at the University of Guelph. The Guelph Curling Club was basically home ice for the skip, and he took advantage of his intimate knowledge of the ice surface. "It was great to win the championship in such a familiar place to me," said Anderson. "This is my favourite rink in Ontario." As the Canadian champion, the team also has won the right to represent Canada at the Winter Universiade (University Games) in Harbin, China, in February of 2009. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE WHITEHOUSEAMLU ATHLETNCS Ontario Continued on page 37