Dalhousie Tigers

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Dalhousie Tigers
Dalhousie Tigers Logo.png
University Dalhousie University
Association U Sports
Conference Atlantic University Sport
RSEQ
Athletic directorTim Maloney
Location Halifax, Nova Scotia
Varsity teams16 (8 women's teams and 8 men's teams)
ArenaDalplex fieldhouse
Soccer stadiumWickwire Field
Other venues Halifax Forum
NicknameTigers
ColoursBlack, Gold, and Black [1]
     
Website daltigers.ca/landing/index

The Dalhousie Tigers are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Tigers field 14 varsity teams with seven men's teams and seven women's teams that primarily compete in the Atlantic University Sport conference of U Sports. The university also offers numerous intramural and club sports that are available to students, staff, alumni, and Dalpex members. [2]

Contents

Varsity teams

While technically not considered a varsity team, Dalhousie has a university ringette team which competes annually in the Canadian national University Challenge Cup.

Men's sportsWomen's sports
BasketballBasketball
Cross countryCross country
CurlingCurling
Ice hockeyIce hockey
SoccerSoccer
SwimmingSwimming
Track & fieldTrack & field
VolleyballVolleyball

Men's basketball

The Tigers men's basketball program has won nine AUS conference championships, including seven within nine years (from the 2014–15 season to 2021–22). [3] In the National Tournament, the Tigers won a bronze medal in 2017 and a silver medal in 2020. [4] The team plays their home games at the Dalplex fieldhouse.

Women's basketball

The Tigers women's basketball team has finished as conference champions 11 times, with the most recent coming in the 2000–01 season. [5] Historically, the team has won a silver medal in the U Sports women's basketball championship in 1980 and a bronze medal in 1982. [4] The team plays their home games at the Dalplex fieldhouse.

Men's hockey

The Tigers men's hockey team has won one conference championship, with the title being awarded following the 1978–79 season. [6]

Women's hockey

The Tigers women's ice hockey program began in 2002 and qualified for the U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Tournament in 2006. [4]

Men's soccer

The Tigers men's soccer team are tied with the Saint Mary's Huskies for the second-most AUS conference championships (13), with their most recent in the 2008 season. [7] The program boasts a national championship win in the 1995 edition of the U Sports Men's Soccer Championship. The team was also a bronze medal winner in the 1992 and 1997 tournaments. [4]

Women's soccer

The Tigers women's soccer team has won the most AUS conference championships in U Sports women's soccer with 12 titles earned, the most recent coming in 2012. [8] The program has won the most national championships among all Dalhousie varsity sports with three Gladys Bean Memorial Trophy wins. The gold medals were won in 1994, 1999, and 2000 while the team won silver medals in 1993 and 1995 and a bronze medal in 1998. [4]

Men's volleyball

The Tiger's men's volleyball program features 36 AUS conference championship winners within 44 years (first in the 1971–72 season and last in the 2014–15 season). [9] However, after the disbanding of the Moncton Aigles Bleus team in 2006, the AUS featured only three teams, so interlock play with the RSEQ was featured heavily. [10] The conference was further reduced to two following the folding of the Memorial Sea-Hawks after the 2016–17 season, leaving the program in jeopardy since the AUS requires a three-team minimum for varsity leagues. [11] However, the AUS allowed Dalhousie and the UNB Varsity Reds to play a transitional season before joining the RSEQ as full members for the 2018–19 season. [12]

On the national stage, in the U Sports men's volleyball championship, the men's volleyball team has finished with a silver medal in 1997 and with bronze medals in 1994 and 1995. [13]

Women's volleyball

The Tiger's women's volleyball team has won the most conference championships in the AUS with 27 titles won, including ten in a row from 2013 to 2023. [14] The program features a U Sports women's volleyball championship team, having won a gold medal in 1982. The team also won a silver medal in 1984. [4] [15]

Club teams

The Dalhousie Tigers offer students the opportunity to play club sports for their university in lieu of these sports not being supported at the varsity level. [2] The sports include, but are not limited to, baseball, cheerleading, curling, field hockey, Canadian football, lacrosse, rugby, tennis, and ultimate frisbee. Some sports were formerly offered as varsity sports, but either retained or resurrected as informal club sports.

Dalhousie Tigers
Founded1947
Suspended1976
RelocatedCompetitive Club Sport
Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia
League Atlantic Football League
Team historyHCCFL (1947-1950)
NSCFL (1951-1950)
MIFL (1958-1959)
AFC (1960-1965)
MIAA (1966-1968)
AIAA (1969-1973)
AUAA (1974-1975)
AFL (2010-present)
Team coloursGold and black
  
Head coachesDave Kelly
Owner(s)Dalhousie University
AFL Championship wins2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
Home field(s)Wickwire Field
Fan website https://dalfootball.ca/

Football

The Tigers football team first began play as an intermediate team in 1947 in the Halifax City Canadian Football League. [16] The program was in operation until 1976 when the school decided to cease its operations and funding. [17] The team did not win a Jewett Trophy conference championship while playing in what is now the AUS.

In 2010, with the support of Dalhousie alumni, volunteer coaches, and the Student Football Club Executive, the Tigers football team was revived as a club sport and began play in the upstart Atlantic Football League, along with the University of New Brunswick Saint John, University of New Brunswick Fredericton, and Holland College. [18] The Tigers played in the Moosehead Cup in their inaugural year, but lost to the UNBSJ Seawolves by a score of 40–6 on November 20, 2010. The team had mixed success until they went undefeated in 2016 and captured their first Moosehead Cup on November 5, 2016, in a 29–11 victory over the three-time defending champion Holland Hurricanes. [19] The Tigers won a second Moosehead Cup championship in 2018 with another undefeated season being capped by a win over the Hurricanes. [20] The team won their third championship in 2021 following a 40–14 victory over the UNBF Red Bombers. [21] The team won their fourth championship in 2022, following a 27–26 victory over the UNBF Red Bombers.

Awards and honours

Athletes of the Year

YearFemale AthleteSportMale AthleteSport
1999-2000Stef FinateriSoccer
2000-01Julie PiggozzoSoccer
2001-02Angelia Crealock
Claire Martin		Basketball
Soccer		Marty JohnsonHockey
2002-03Adrienne PowerTrack & FieldChris StanleyHockey
2003-04Adrienne PowerTrack & FieldChris StanleyHockey
2004-05Adrienne PowerTrack & FieldJeff WeilerVolleyball
2005-06Kiera Aitken
Janice Ashworth		Swimming
Cross Country		Jeff WeilerVolleyball
2006-07Leanne HuckSoccerJeff WeilerVolleyball
2007-08Leanne HuckSoccerNik RademacherVolleyball
2008-09Jeanette HuckSoccerBryce TungSwimming
2009-10Celia PetersTrack & FieldDavid SharpeSwimming
2010-11Jeanette HuckSoccerSimon FarineBasketball
2011-12Rieka SantilliSoccerSimon WattsTrack & Field
2012-13Rieka SantilliSoccerDavid SharpeSwimming
2013-14Rebecca HaworthTrack & FieldDavid SharpeSwimming
2014-15Meagan BernierSwimmingBryan DuquetteVolleyball
2015-16Phoebe LenderyouSwimmingRitchie Kanza MataBasketball
2016-17Phoebe LenderyouSwimmingKashrell LawrenceBasketball
2017-18Courtney BakerVolleyballMatthew CoolenTrack & Field
2018-19Courtney BakerVolleyballMatthew CoolenTrack & Field
2019-20 [22] Courtney Baker
Lorena Heubach		volleyball
track & field		Keevan Veinotbasketball

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