Trent Excalibur Volleyball and Curling Weekend Recap

Trent’s volleyball and curling excalibur teams competed in a number of different championship games this past weekend, recapped below.

photo courtesy of Trent excalibur.

Excalibur volleyball faced the York University Lions during a home game on Feb. 3. The women’s team put up a good fight, with a slow start and very competitive 2nd and 3rd sets. The Lions ultimately won the match 3-0.

The men’s team fell to the Lions as well with a score of 1-3.

Excalibur volleyball will play their final home games Feb. 18 and 19 against the Brock Badgers.

In curling, the excalibur women’s team competed in the OUA Championships hosted by Ontario Tech University.

The women went undefeated in round robin play and entered playoffs as the overall number one seed and with the best LSD (last shot draw) score out of the undefeated teams.

Trent lost 4-3 in a closely contested quarterfinal game against Laurentian University. The game came down to the last rock in the eighth end.

Trent men’s curling will host the Men’s OUA Curling Championships at the Peterborough Curling Club Feb. 10 to 12.

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PTBOCanada Pics: Trent Unveils New Sculpture To Symbolize Past, Present & Future Of Trent Athletics

Trent University unveiled a new sculpture today: "The Excalibur". It symbolizes the past, present and future of Trent Athletics coming together as one. Sara Rettie (business graduate) is the brains behind this new permanent fixture that rests between the Trent athletic complex and Justin Chiu Stadium. She started it as a legacy project while studying at Trent, with the intention of creating something to show how far Trent Athletics has come as well as all the great things that are yet to come. Sara had help from fellow business student Cole Maricotti and it took them a year to complete the project. Sara drew a rough sketch of her vision and then Cole got them in touch with local contractor Todd Riddolls of California Iron (2629 Lakefield Rd, North of Trent) to make the concept a reality. The sculpture was unveiled this evening (September 4th) just before the Trent Excalibur Men's Field lacrosse game versus the Nipissing Lakers—Trent's last exhibition game before their season starts September 7th against the defending National Champions, the McGill Redmen (on the new Thomas A. Stewart turf). Here's pics...

Sara Rettie with the sculpture  

Ceremonial faceoff: Trent president Dr. Steven E. Franklin with Rettie and lacrosse players Brock McGillis (left) from Trent and Brodie Birkhoff (right) from Nipissing (Brodie is a Peterborough native)

Big crowd tonight. Wow.  

—PTBOCanada's sports reporter Scott Arnold

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