Category: Sports

By Matt Flemming Fifth-year guard Vlad Matevski walked off the court Sunday, his team having lost by 29 points, and summed up his team’s performance in one word, “horrible”. “We play with no heart. We have a lack of focus, lack of hard work and lack of energy,” Matevski said. The Ryerson men’s basketball team […]

By Lane Wade Three top-level performances this weekend gave the Ryerson women’s figure skating team something to talk about. The two-day invitational held at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Arena on Bloor Street saw first-place finishes by Ryerson’s Jessie Oliver-Laird in the Junior Silver Freeskate and by assistant captain Emily Bosomworth in the Senior Silver […]

By Adam Button Ryerson’s women’s volleyball team might be undersized and inexperienced but they are beginning to show promise. The team earned its second win of the season against Waterloo on Saturday, then nearly upset second place Western on Sunday. “Saturday was a big relief,” said rookie power hitter Tara Di Guiseppe. “We had to […]

By Adam Button For the first time ever, Ryerson men’s volleyball team made it to the national top ten last Wednesday. However, it’s likely to be a short reign at the number nine spot in the rankings after the Rams met defeat at Waterloo Saturday (25-20, 19-25, 25-20, 25-21). The high ranking was earned on […]

By Cybele Sack Frustrated with long line ups at campus hot spots? Well, the gym isn’t any better. Since the beginning of the new year, the Ryers14on Athletic Centre has been rammed with Resolutionists trying to work off those holiday pounds. According to Leona Mouliakis, RAC customer services coordinator, 500 new memberships were sold in […]

By Matt Flemming The Ryerson men’s volleyball team entered the first weekend of the new year with momentum on their side. After defeating the University of Toronto for the first time ever in the final of York’s Excalibur tournament to take the gold medal, the Rams returned home ready to make a push for a […]

By James Mirtle Whew, what a relief — now we can get that big, fat monkey off our backs. The Rams men’s hockey team bumped their 12-game losing slump on Sunday afternoon, hacking and slashing their way to a 5-3 win over the Royal Military College Paladins. Fifth-year veteran Mark McMillan netted two goals and […]

By Astrid Poei Rams basketball leading scorer and top Canadian player Errol Fraser is out with an injury. The Ryerson lifeline hurt his right knee in the first six minutes of their first game against the Universite du Quebec a Montreal in the ED DeArmon Tournament on Dec. 28. After stealing the ball and driving […]

By Robyn Doolittle Ryerson fans and teammates exploded when Lauren Gosnell landed her final double sow, making two revolutions in the air and landing on her right foot. For the first time in recent history a Ryerson figure skater brought home the gold. Gosnell, 18, skated against a talented group of girls. But besides one […]

By Taeeba Sadaar Every varsity team has one, or more. But although players who spend most of their time on the bench — sometimes known as “benchwarmers” — are an integral part of any team, they often don’t feel that way. Rebecca Sinnesael, 19, likes being on the Ryerson women’s basketball team. As a designated […]

By Jackie Mcgale Basketball and soccer player Ashley Keohan was presented with a bouquet of flowers prior to the women’s season-opening basketball game against Waterloo, on Friday. The flowers were to honour Keohan’s reception of Ryerson’s new Female Athlete and Scholar Award. For the past two years Keohan has successfully juggled basketball, soccer, a job, […]

By Robyn Doolittle When Braden Deane was in kindergarten, his two older brothers needed some to block the posts in their backyard rink. The 20-year-old has been in net ever since. In the Rams’ second game this season, Deane got a shutout, something no one has done at Ryerson in six years. Back in Huntsville, […]