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This Week in Laurier Athletics
Football looks to rebound in their home opener vs Queens

WATERLOO, Ont. (September 5, 2012) - Welcome to the first edition of This Week in Laurier Athletics for the 2012-13 season. In this week's edition, we set up football's home opener against the No. 6 Queen's Gaels and examine the soccer teams as they prepare for their home openers on Wednesday night.?

FEATURED GAME: Football vs Queen's (Saturday, Sept. 8 - 8:00 p.m. - theScore)

After suffering a tough loss in their season opener on Monday night, the Golden Hawks return home to the friendly confines of Knight-Newbrough Field for their home opener against the No. 6 Queen's Gaels. Saturday's game marks an important turning point for the young team as the team will be going up against one of the early season favourites to capture this year's Yates Cup. However, Coach Gary Jeffries and the purple and gold have shown in recent years the ability to bounce back from tough starts, in particular last season when the team turned things around to post an impressive 51-16 win on Homecoming after suffering tough losses to Windsor, Queen's and Western.? One key to coming out with a win on Saturday will be the play on the Hawks defence. Coming off a solid performance against Toronto, the veteran group, led by the likes of Mitchell Bosch (Langley, B.C.), Carlos Naranjo (Whitby, Ont.) and Alex Brouwers (Campbellford, Ont.), knows they will need to step up their game to another level against a powerful Queen's lineup. The Gaels boast running back Ryan Granberg, who led the CIS in rushing yards a year ago, as well as receiver Giovanni Aprile, who hurt the Hawks in both of their meetings last season. If Laurier can limit the production of those two players, it will go a long way in shutting down the Gaels offence. With another week of practice together, it can be expected that Laurier's offence will be much more in sync this week. Quarterback Travis Eman of Brampton, Ont., showed the ability to both run and throw the football against Toronto and if the receivers and running backs can turn their opportunities into big gains, it will make for a very competitive game Saturday night.

HOME SWEET HOME

Women's Soccer vs Brock (Wednesday, Sept. 5 - 6:00 p.m.)

Quick Hits - Laurier and Brock battle for the first time this season...the Hawks are currently ranked No. 7 in Canada after earning four points on the road last weekend...Brock has yet to play a game this season...Emily Brown of Waterloo, Ont., was Laurier's leading goal scorer against the Badgers last year, picking up two goals in two games

Men's Soccer vs Brock (Saturday, Sept. 5 - 8:00 p.m.)

Quick Hits - This is also the first meeting of the year between Laurier and Brock...last year, the Hawks won the season series as they were 1-0-1 against the Badgers...Robert Kardaras of Markham, Ont., led Laurier with two goals in two games against Brock in 2011

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Women's Soccer at Waterloo (Sunday, Sept. 9 - 1:00 p.m.)

Quick Hits - This will be the first meeting between these two teams since Waterloo stunningly ended the Hawks season opening winning streak of 10 games last year...Krista Cellucci of Mississauga, Ont., led the Hawks with two goals against Waterloo last season...Laurier holds a 4-2-0 edge in the last six meetings between the teams

Men's Soccer at Waterloo (Sunday, Sept. 9 - 3:15 p.m.)

Quick Hits - Last season, the Hawks were 0-1-1 against the cross-town rivals...Laurier failed to find the back of the net in two games against Waterloo in 2011...in their last six meetings with the Warriors, the Hawks hold a 3-1-2 edge

OTHER TEAMS IN ACTION

Men's Baseball vs Guelph, Bechtel Park (Wednesday, Sept. 5 - 7:00 p.m.)

Men's Rugby at Guelph (Wednesday, Sept. 5 - 7:00 p.m.)

Women's Rugby at Toronto (Wednesday, Sept. 5 - 7:30 p.m.)

Men's Baseball vs Queen's, Community Sports Park - Milton (Saturday, Sept. 8 - 4:00 p.m.)

Men's Baseball at Brock, Community Sports Park - Milton (Saturday, Sept. 8 - 7:00 p.m.)

Men's Rugby vs Queens, Knight-Newbrough Field (Sunday, Sept. 9 - 1:00 p.m.)

Women's Rugby at Guelph (Sunday, Sept. 9 - 1:00 p.m.)

Men's Baseball at Toronto, Community Sports Park - Milton (Sunday, Sept. 9 - 4:00 p.m.)

Men's Baseball vs McMaster, Community Sports Park - Milton (Sunday, - Sept. 9 7:00 p.m.)

Source: http://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=6085

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