{"id":56797,"date":"2019-03-15T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=56797"},"modified":"2019-03-19T09:07:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T13:07:48","slug":"brock-curling-teams-compete-on-national-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/03\/brock-curling-teams-compete-on-national-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock curling teams compete on national stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brock University is the only Ontario school with both a men\u2019s and women\u2019s team hitting the ice at the national curling championships.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the second consecutive season both Badger squads are competing in the U SPORTS championships, which began Friday, March 15 and run until Tuesday, March 19 at Willie O\u2019Ree Place in Fredericton, N.B.<\/span><\/p>\n

Head coach Murray Etherington said he\u2019s done everything he can to properly prepare them for five days of competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI always have anxious and nervous feelings before any competition, especially before nationals,\u201d said Etherington. \u201cIt\u2019s the little things that separate the top teams from the rest. Everyone is technically sound, but the top teams pick up on the speed and curl of the ice and trust what they see. The top teams seem to take advantage of the other team\u2019s misses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The women\u2019s team, which won a bronze medal at last season\u2019s nationals, is skipped by Terri Weeks, a senior Kinesiology student from McDougall, Ont.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both teams are coming off strong performances at the OUA championships where the men\u2019s team earned a silver medal versus Carleton while the women\u2019s team defeated Lakehead 7-3 to win bronze.<\/span><\/p>\n

The women\u2019s team consists of Weeks, vice Claire Randell, second Marcia Richardson, lead Jillian Page, fifth Laura Henderson and alternates Sarah Bailey and Cassie Barnard. The women\u2019s assistant coach is Karen Heywood.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur focus leading up to U SPORTS was on gaining experience and playing different positions, team communication and taking advantage of opportunities,\u201d said Heywood. \u201cThese are talented players that execute really well. I\u2019ve seen their communication improve game by game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The men\u2019s team is led by Sam Steep, a first-year Recreation and Leisure Studies student from Seaforth, Ont., and consists of vice Nick Lemieux, second Dan Sawchuk, lead Doug Thomson, fifth Dylan Sipura, alternate Spencer Maves and coach Jamie Waters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur team building has been exceptional this season,\u201d Waters said. \u201cWe\u2019ve found our rhythm and are eager for this challenge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

CBC will livestream various games from all championships during the preliminary rounds as well as several finals.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can watch at <\/span>cbcsports.ca<\/span><\/a> or via the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android.<\/span><\/p>\n

Draw results and event information for all three championships are available at<\/span> www.curling.ca<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor our Badger men or women to medal we have to limit our unforced errors, make our shots when the opposition does miss and read the ice quicker,\u201d said Etherington. \u201cLastly, focus on what we can control and trust our abilities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brock University is the only Ontario school with both a men\u2019s and women\u2019s team hitting the ice at the national curling championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":56798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,1,4,58],"tags":[88,2653,766,4632,7679,7681,7680,4620],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56799,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56797\/revisions\/56799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}