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| Waterloo Warriors | |
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| University | University of Waterloo |
| Association | U Sports |
| Conference | Ontario University Athletics |
| Athletic director | Roly Webster |
| Location | Waterloo,Ontario |
| Varsity teams | 38 (19 men's, 19 women's) |
| Football stadium | Warrior Field |
| Basketball arena | Carl Totzke Court |
| Ice hockey arena | Columbia Icefield Arena |
| Volleyball arena | Carl Totzke Court |
| Mascot | King Warrior |
| Nickname | Warriors |
| Fight song | “The Black and White and Gold” |
| Colours | Black and Gold |
| Website | athletics |
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TheWaterloo Warriors are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent theUniversity of Waterloo inWaterloo, Ontario, Canada. The Warriors have found success over certain spans infootball,hockey,rugby,golf andbasketball among others, and the Warriors have won national championships in ice hockey (1974), basketball (1975), and women's swimming (1975). For many years from the 1960s through the 1990s, Warrior basketball games attracted the largest and rowdiest basketball crowds in the country. The Warriors Football teams have won twoYates Cup Championships, in 1997 and in 1999.
The Warriors have two sites used for varsity athletics; The Physical Activities Complex (PAC) located on the main campus is the site of the Carl Totzke Court, which is used primarily for basketball, while the Columbia Ice Field (CIF) complex on the north campus houses the Columbia Icefield Arena for Ice hockey, as well asWarrior Field on the opposite end, which has been the home of Warriors football since 2011.
Prior to 2011 the Warriors football team sharedUniversity Stadium with the nearbyWilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. The stadium was originally built for the Warriors Football program, but was sold to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in 1974 when the department could not afford repairs to the stadium. The stadium was later sold by theCity of Waterloo toWilfrid Laurier University in 1992, where it is now the home of the Golden Hawks.
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Badminton | Badminton |
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Cross country |
| Cross country | Curling |
| Curling | Fencing |
| Fencing | Field hockey |
| Figure skating | Figure skating |
| Football | Golf |
| Golf | Ice hockey |
| Ice hockey | Lacrosse |
| Nordic skiing | Nordic skiing |
| Rowing | Rugby |
| Rugby | Soccer |
| Soccer | Softball |
| Squash | Squash |
| Swimming | Swimming |
| Tennis | Tennis |
| Track and field | Track and field |
| Volleyball | Volleyball |
The Waterloo Warriors football team has been in operation since 1957, winning twoYates Cup conference championships in 1997 and 1999. Currently, they are one of six teams to have never appeared in aVanier Cup game and the longest tenured program in theOUA to have never qualified for the national championship game. The team's 2010 season was cancelled after a steroid scandal, the biggest ever in Canadian Interuniversity Sports (Now U Sports) football history. The team last qualified for the playoffs in 2023.
The men's basketball team has won 6 provincial championships and one national championship:
The Warriors men's basketball team competes in the West Division of the OUA conference of U Sports. The team began competing in 1957, the same year the university was founded. The team dominated the OUAA in the early 1970s, and a defining moment of the program was the 1975 CIAU final against theManitoba Bisons, where in the last seconds of play, forward Phil Goggins made two consecutive shots to bring the Warriors to an 80–79 victory, which won them the championship.[1]
The Waterloo Warriors women's basketball program first competed in the 1971–72 season as the Waterloo Athenas. Prior to the 1997–98 season, they competed in the Ontario Women's Interuniversity Athletic Association (OWIAA), until their merger with the OUA. They entered the 1998–99 season as the Waterloo Warriors, since the Athenas name was abandoned for all female varsity teams. The team's best finish was in the 1978–79, when they finished in third place. They have also finished as semifinalists on three occasions, in 1976–77, 1985–86, and more recently in 2022–23.[2]
The men's hockey team has won 2 provincial championships and one national championship:
The Waterloo Warriors men's ice hockey team competes in the West division of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) conference of U Sports. Brian Borque has served as head coach since the 2002–03 season. First competing in 1962, the team has won one national championship, in 1974. 22 years after their first national championship in 1996, they won the Queen's Cup again, but were unsuccessful in the national tournament.
The women's hockey team has won one provincial championship:
The Waterloo Warriors Women's Ice Hockey team competes in the West division of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) conference of U Sports. Head coach Shaun Reagan has led the team since 2011, winning coach of the year in his first season.[4] Initially starting off as a club team, they became a varsity team and joined the OUA in the 2002–03 season. The team clinched their first playoff berth in their third season, and have been had varying results since the team's inception, with most of their success coming after the 2019–20 season, which was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. After several consistently well performing regular seasons in 2021–22 and 2022–23, in the 2023–24 season the team went on to win their first ever conference title at the McCaw Cup championship after an 18–10 regular season record, and placed fourth at theU Sports National tournament. In the 2024-2025 season the defending McCaw Cup champions had a rematch of the 2023-2024 Provincial Championship. The black and gold fell short to the Varsity Toronto Blues losing 2-3. In the Miller Waste Usports Women's Hockey Championship the Warriors had a clean run winning 3-0, to the first seed Alberta Panda's, 5-1 to the Concordia Stingers but fell short loosing 3-0 to the Biship Gaiters earning a Silver Medal and finishing Second in the country.[5]
The men's golf team has won 11 provincial championships in team golf, and 8 individuals have won provincial championships representing the Warriors:
The first men's team was created in 1958 and coached by Carl Totzke, the director of athletics from 1957 until 1989, when he retired. Jack Pearse became the golf coach in 1968 and in 1969 guided the Warriors to their first-ever conference title. The men's golf team is currently the Warriors' most successful sports team in terms of provincial championships, with 11. In 2015, they won the Warriors' 100th provincial championship.[6] In the 2023-2024 season the Warriors took home the Ruttan Cup, scoring -3 under par and 13 strokes ahead of second place with 585. Zachary Burt took home the Len Shore award shooting -3 under par 68 in round two for the low male individual.[7]
The women's golf team has won 2 provincial championships in team golf, and 3 individuals have won provincial championships representing the Warriors:
The first women's golf team was fielded in 2005 under the guidance of coach Carla Munch.
The Waterloo Warriors also fields 16 other club competitive teams. These teams compete against club teams at other universities in organized leagues and tournaments. Certain club teams also play exhibition matches against varsity teams at other universities. Club teams includeringette,women's football,rowing,dragon boat,ball hockey,lifesaving, andartistic swimming, among others.[8]
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