It\u2019s a good year to be a Brock Badger.<\/p>\n
Brock University student-athletes have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic with an unprecedented surge of success on the field, court and ice since having the 2020-21 season cancelled, putting together the best sport season in school history.<\/p>\n
The Brock women\u2019s volleyball and women\u2019s hockey teams each captured their first Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship titles on Saturday, March 19 and are competing in the \u00a0U SPORTS National Championships beginning this week.<\/p>\n
The women’s volleyball team are the No. 2 seed heading into the U SPORTS Women’s Volleyball Championships in Calgary, Alberta from Friday, March 25 to Sunday, March 27 while the women’s hockey team was announced as the No. 4 seed for the U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championships in Charlottetown, PEI from Thursday until Sunday.<\/p>\n
The women’s volleyball team will open its second trip to the championships in the quarter-final versus the No. 7 Mount Royal Cougars on Friday, March 25 at 3 p.m. (all times EST).<\/p>\n
The women’s hockey team enters the championships for the first time in program history and will face off against the No. 5 Saskatchewan Huskies on Friday, March 25 at 2 p.m. Saskatchewan lost to the UBC Thunderbirds in the Canada West championship game.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Brock track and field and swimming teams each qualified one student-athlete for their national championships. Hurdler Colton Spencer of the men\u2019s track team will represent Brock in Saint John, NB and swimmer Anthonie Korstanje is set to make a splash for the Badgers in Laval, QC.<\/p>\n
Brock Interim President Lynn Wells said she has been following along with the various teams\u2019 progress and is excited to see what happens in the coming days.<\/p>\n
\u201cAthletics and recreation are an important part of the student experience, whether that be as a student-athlete or as a casual fan,\u201d said Wells. \u201cWe\u2019re so incredibly proud of how all of our varsity student-athletes and teams have done this year and how they continue to represent Brock University so well. Go Badgers!\u201d<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, March 23, three more Brock teams have a chance to secure a place in their respective U SPORTS championships.<\/p>\n
The Brock men’s and women’s basketball teams are hosting a playoff doubleheader as each is playing OUA semifinal games at Bob Davis Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
The Brock women’s basketball team hosts Western at 6 p.m. while the men’s team welcomes McMaster at 8 p.m. | TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n