Lancers find bright side in losses to Kentucky
By Josh Kolm
Sports Editor
August 31, 2010
The University of Windsor once again hosted the OUA/NCAA Tip-Off Classic Weekend, featuring the Lancer Men’s Basketball team in a pair of games against one of the top ranked American basketball programs, the University of Kentucky Wildcats.  Despite the scores, the weekend was worthwhile for everyone.
Out of the gate, the Lancers hung in with the Wildcats, matching them basket for basket and trading leads through the beginning of the first half. The Lancers played best when they took their time with the ball and set up on offense, not allowing the bigger, rougher Kentucky team to force the ball out of Windsor control.
However, the Wildcats’ super-aggressive style on offense and defense, well-suited to a team unfamiliar with playing together, eventually got to the Lancers and forced them off their game for most of the weekend. While finishing the games with 18 and 23 turnovers is by no means desirable, the most harmful statistic was the Lancers’ shooting percentages. Finishing the first game with 31 per cent shooting, the Lancers were unable to finish on many of their offensive drives, allowing the Wildcats to score nearly a dozen points with no answer on several occasions. >>
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Lancers preparing to improve for 2010-11 football season
By Josh Kolm
Sports
Editor
August 31, 2010
With the 2010-2011 season arriving this week, the Windsor Football team is ready to put their months of off-season training to good use.  Head Coach Mike Morencie has been holding his team to a higher training standard this summer, and for good reason.
The Lancers will be especially motivated to perform in order to put the memories of last season behind them. Despite starting the season 2-0, a blowout 60-7 loss to Western at home and an embarrassing 49-0 shutout at the hands of the lowly Waterloo Warriors began a six-game losing streak that put the team in the basement of the OUA standings and out of playoff contention.
The team will face a challenge right out of the gate. Due to the University of Waterloo suspending their football team as a result of steroid violations, the Lancers were forced to not only cancel the annual Alumni Weekend football game, but add a game to their schedule.
Windsor will start their season a week earlier than planned against the Ottawa Gee-Gees, who finished last season in a four-way tie for second place in the OUA.>>
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Lancers, Spitfires to host series with Czech U-20 team
By Josh Kolm
Sports Editor
August 31, 2010
In another opportunity for local athletes to compete against the best in the world, the Lancer Men’s Hockey team announced that, in partnership with the Windsor Spitfires, the Czech Republic World Junior Under-20 team will come to the city to play a series of games in September.
The Lancers will get first crack at the Czech team on September 8 at the Essex Arena & Sports Complex. The Spitfires will play the team the next night at the WFCU Centre.
The Lancers will get another chance on Friday September 10 at the Vollmer Recreation Complex in LaSalle. The Czech team will then make the trip to London to play against the Lancers’ rivals, the Western Mustangs.
Both teams will have their work cut out for them. The Czech Republic team will look very similar to the one that will compete at the World Junior Hockey Tournament in December, featuring the best young hockey players in the country.
Furthermore, the Spitfires will be a very different team in September from the one that repeated as Memorial Cup champions in May. In addition to losing many of their best players, including Taylor Hall and Cam Fowler, to the NHL, the Spitfires traded Justin Shugg and Marc Cantin this past weekend in exchange for four future draft picks, draining the Spitfires’ scoring ability.>>
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