Engulfed in a sea of purple as part of Western basketball's annual "Jam the Gym" promotion, Western’s women’s team overcame a first-half scare and defeated the Guelph Gryphons 70-47. The Mustangs, now owners of a four-game winning streak, improved their record to 14-4 in the Ontario University Athletics West Division. The ... (more)
On Saturday afternoon the Western Mustangs men’s basketball team hosted the Guelph Gryphons — the last place team in the Ontario University Athletics West’s Division. What appeared to be a mismatch on paper, turned into a hard fought battle with Western squeaking by 84-80. Guelph came out aggressively and established an ... (more)
Busy week in sports, no? Definitely a whole lot to talk about. I won’t get to everything — how about them Raptors? — since most customers won’t make it through to the end of this if I do. Apparently the kids don’t have the attention spans for my, ... (more)
The Western women’s volleyball team was able to cruise past the one-win Windsor Lancers on Friday night in straight sets – 25-13, 25-12 and 25-19. While the Mustangs have won four consecutive games, without losing a single set, the lowly Lancers have dropped 10 straight. The lone bright spot for Windsor this ... (more)
The only word to describe the Western men’s volleyball team is clutch. In a 3-0 victory against the Windsor Lancers Friday evening, the Mustangs extended their winning streak to 11 games. Although Windsor was defeated in straight sets, not a single one was decided by a margin greater than three – ... (more)
New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell once commented that achieving greatness requires at least 10,000 hours of practice. Take your pick of sports — it doesn’t matter. All athletes go into training camps to improve their skills, sharpen their fundamentals, and challenge themselves against the best. But finding that practice can be ... (more)
The Western women’s volleyball team proved they can compete with the best. The Mustangs took on 2009 Ontario University Athletics champions, the York Lions, on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Hall. “They are always a tough team to play against so we’re really happy with the way we played today,” Mustangs head ... (more)
The streak survives another game. The Western men’s volleyball team was victorious Sunday afternoon as they prevailed over the visiting York Lions in three straight sets. This latest win extends the Mustangs’ winning streak to 10 games; however, they insist it’s not something they are thinking about. “We don’t talk ... (more)
The Western Mustangs women’s hockey team got back in the win column on Sunday afternoon and it couldn’t have come at a better time. They may have needed the shootout to do it, but the Mustangs defeated the Waterloo Warriors 2-1 at Thompson arena. The two points were crucial for ... (more)
As the Mustangs accumulated in a circle on the ice at the John Labatt Centre to hoist the Jack Frost Cup, it almost looked like they had won something worth celebrating. Of course, they haven’t really earned that right of passage — beating the last place team in a competition for ... (more)












