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Streaming Sports Network Canada Username Password Login Games Leagues Teams Venues Hockey Football Basketball Soccer Volleyball Blogs Haligonia Sports with Bill McLeanTiger recap no not that Tiger December 17 2009There was a great deal of promise and anticipation for the Dalhousie Tigers athletics program heading into the 200910 varsity season No fewer than five teams were expected to be in contention for AUS championships including the soccer teams mens volleyball mens basketball and womens hockey The mens hockey team and womens volleyball team were expected to show considerable improvement in their second seasons under Pete Belliveau and Rick Scott respectably while no one was certain of what to expect from womens basketball under first year head coach Anna Stammburger It was to be the year of the Tiger Perhaps the first season in a long time when AUS sports fans in Halifax would be hearing more about Dalhousie teams than the programs of rival Saint Marys down the street Dalhousie coaches athletes and administrators would probably agree that so far results have been a little disappointing The losses of the Tigers soccer teams in their respective AUS championship tournaments were a major blow Both teams were expected to advance to championship games after extremely successful seasons which saw both squads earn national rankings Both teams faltered in the semi final the womens Tigers losing to Saint Francis Xavier the mens team losing to UPEI on a bitter late Sunday afternoon at Wickwire Field The mens Tigers seemed shell shocked in their semi final after UPEI scored two goals toward the end of the first half The first goal will always be a point of contention for Coach Pat Nearing as AUS All Star Goalkeeper Ben Ur took a cleat in the face on a play that should have been whistled down Jerrod Murphy Ben Painter and Jimmy Mayaleh then added three brilliant individual efforts to put the Panthers up 41 late in the game The Tigers made a desperate comeback but could not get the equalizer Dal Gazette soccer writer and SSN Canada analyst Dylan Mathius attributed the lost to a discernable lack of speed for the Tigers on the outside A disappointing end to what had been a storybook season for the Tigers However with the majority of players coming back including All Conference midfielder Ross Hagan the Tigers should be a force next year Mens basketball The defending AUS champions returned to the court as heavy favourites to repeat The team came in brimming with confidence having acquired a legitimate big man in Joe Schow an extremely athletic swingman in Mari PeoplesWong and a solid group of returnees led by All Conference point guard Simon Farine The one noticeable absentee was Metro Centre hero Josh Beattie the gunner from Bedford who decided to take the year off to focus on studies Beattie lit up the XMen in the AUS final last year from the...