Mustangs bow out of nationals
The men’s baseball team lost at the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association National Championships this weekend in what turned out to be an unexpected outcome in more ways than one. After opening the tournament with a 9-0 victory over St. Clair College, the Mustangs lost for just the second time in their last 15 games, dropping [...]
Townshend Hawk-blocks Laurier in game one shutout
Not only did Western Mustangs baseball return to the top of the Ontario University Athletics division, they did it in style. Leading the way for Western was veteran pitcher Jordan Townshend. After sweeping the Toronto Varsity Blues, the Mustangs defeated the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 6-0 and 3-1. This title is their fourth in the [...]
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Mustangs moustache madness Andrew Thomson cleared the air even before any fan or reporter could ask the question on everyone’s mind. “Do all the players have moustaches on the Western baseball team? The answer to that is ‘yes’,” the Mustangs outfielder said. The idea was generated a year ago when the Mustangs headed to Florida [...]
Price’s clutch hit clinches game two, OUA title
It was a perfect ending. The 2009 season ended the same way it started for the Western Mustangs with a defeat over the Laurier Golden Hawks. It was a season that saw strength, determination, focus and composure. Most of all it saw an Ontario University Athletics championship. “I just can’t get it through my mind. [...]
Townshend throws 152-pitch shutout in game one victory
There was no better way for pitcher Jordan Townshend to cap off his career as a Mustang. Buoyed by an outstanding performance from Townshend, the Western Mustangs baseball team opened up the Ontario University Athletics championship with a game one victory. “It just feels good to get up in the series,” Townshend said. “Knowing this [...]
Ricciardi had to go
This had to happen. To be taken even remotely seriously within the baseball world — this had to happen. To not handcuff the long-anticipated incoming president to replace Paul Beeston — this had to happen. In order to bring back a fan base that’s so alienated and disenfranchised that records for lowest attendance were set [...]
Big fish in a small pond – Is Western too good for the OUA?
It is crystal clear; there is no shortage of athletic talent at Western. That being said, the abundance of talent leaves consistently high ranked Mustang athletic teams in the Ontario University Athletics conference wanting more. For a school that won nine OUA gold medals last year and sent seven teams to Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships, [...]
Mustangs baseball back on track
“Have a short memory, boys.” That was the message from team leader Bruce Craine before the first of four baseball games for the Mustangs this weekend, before they went on to win them all. On Saturday, the Mustangs were at Jack Couch field in Waterloo to face the Warriors for a doubleheader. Game one saw [...]
