Five ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ varsity teams return to action this week
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MONTREAL - Five varsity sports teams from ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ will be spending their holiday break in action this week, beginning with the No.1 ranked women's hockey squad, which is hosting their first-ever Martlet Holiday Invitational tournament. The three-day event opens Wednesday at McConnell Arena with No.2-Laurier taking on Manitoba at 1 p.m., followed by fourth-ranked St. Francis Xavier against the Martlets at 4 p.m.
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Thursday's matchup features Laurier-St.FX (1 p.m.) and Manitoba-±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (4 p.m.). The tourney wraps up Friday with St.FX playing Manitoba (1 p.m.) and Laurier taking on the defending CIS champion Martlets (4 p.m.) in a much-anticipated confrontation between the top two ranked teams in the nation.
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Meanwhile, the No.2-ranked hockey Redmen, will host Waterloo in a pair of games on Thursday and Friday. Both contests are slated for an 8 p.m. start. Live stats will be available at www.mcgill.ca/athletics for all the eight men's and women's hockey games.
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The basketball Redmen will play at the UQAM Holiday Classic, Dec. 28-30. They tip-off against Lakehead on Wednesday at 7 p.m., UNB on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. and the Montreal Dynamos, a senior team, on Friday at 12 noon.
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The basketball Martlets will compete at the eight-team Concordia Reebok Invitational, Dec. 29-31, and open the tourney against Memorial University of Newfoundland on Thursday at 2 p.m.
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The volleyball Martlets are flying out to Brandon, Man., for the Canada Challenge Tournament, Dec. 29-31, where they are scheduled to play Brandon, Dalhousie and Guelph in the preliminary round.
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While all that is going on, two other ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ squads will be having fun in the sun as the track and field team is slated to hold a training camp in Puerto Rico, while the swim team is headed to Aruba.
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
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514-398-7012 (Tel.)
m.athletics.mcgill.ca (mobile website)
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