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CISGolden Hawks take curlin silver in China Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Canada West OUA QSSF AUS CIS 5 Year Championship Schedule Womens Basketball Final 8 Round 1 East Regional Round 1 Central Regional Round 1 West Regional Mens Basketball Final 8 Cross Country Curling Womens Field Hockey Football Desjardins Vanier Cup Womens Ice Hockey Mens Ice Hockey University Cup Womens Rugby Womens Soccer Mens Soccer Swimming Track & Field Womens Volleyball Mens Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Cross Country Curling Field Hockey Ice Hockey Rugby Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Curling Cross Country Football Ice Hockey Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling SSN Canada Website SSN Canada Webcast Schedule Le 5 Partant QSSF Basketball Show CIS Womens Hockey Weekly CIS Touchdown Football Show SSN Webcast Schedule Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Home Universiades FISU World University Championships StudentAthlete Info Members Info International Programs Committee About International Program Services International History Past Medalists Official BLG Website Past BLG Winners BLG Awards History History Past Winners Home News Golden Hawks take curlin silver in ChinaHARBIN China It was entirely the wrong time for the Canadian women to drop their first game of the GamesCanadas quest for curling gold at the 24th Winter Universiade came up short Friday as Wilfrid Lauriers Hollie Nicol rink dropped a 65 goldmedal final decision to Chinas Bingyu Wang a silver medalist at last years world championshipsCanada was trying to defend the world university games title won two years ago in Turin Italy by the University of Calgarys side led by skip Brittany Gregor which defeated Russia in the title matchThe Canadian women had also claimed silver in 2003 in Tarvisio Italy the only other time curling had been part of the Universiade programThe Canadian womens team for the Harbin Games was comprised of Nicol (Markham Ont) vice Danielle Inglis (Kleinburg Ont) second Laura Hickey (Toronto Ont) lead Hillary McDermott (Guelph Ont) and alternate Erica Butler of Georgetown OntThe Wilfrid Laurier squad earned the right to represent Canada in China following its victory at the inaugural CIS curling championships in 2008It was to say the least an unfortunate way for the Canadians to cap off a tremendous week of curling Canada defeated China 76 during the round robin on their way to posting a 90 record before sending Great Britain to the sidelines in the semifinal with a thrilling 75 come from behind victoryIm sure there will come a time when we look back at the experience and it makes us smile...