Profile of Marcel Vander Wier

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• UPEI women’s basketball team has raised...
  This year will be different. Back-to-back winless seasons in the Atlantic University Sport conference have left the UPEI Panthers women’s ...
• New coach of UPEI men's basketball team sets sights...
  Rookie head coach Tim Kendrick isn’t afraid to say it like it is. “We want to have the UPEI Panthers as a national power,” the men’s basketball ...
• Football fever grips Hurricanes' fans
  Stadium jams drift out past the playing field and spill into the parking lot. Bundled up in layers, fans line up to buy their tickets. The ...
• Island golfer defying the odds
  Bob Dowling knows it’s a rare feat. “Typically, a golfer’s prime lasts about 10 years,” the 73-year-old Charlottetown-native admits. Somehow ...
• Men Panthers ready to roar
  The Panthers are hungry. After missing the playoffs for the first time in 15 years last season, the UPEI men’s soccer team returns to the ...
• From coast to coast
  No matter which coast, Charlottetown’s Abby Goodwin can find comfort on a rugby pitch. The former UPEI Panthers’ rookie now finds herself in a ...
• Goodwin’s mom enjoys own athletic achievement
  Dressed in red and sporting temporary maple leaf tattoos, Charlottetown’s Nancy Goodwin provided a Canadian presence in the recent Auckland ...
• Panthers named AUS women’s rugby all-stars
  Four members of the UPEI Panthers women’s rugby team were named Atlantic University Sport all-stars Thursday. Inside centre Kaitlin Richard of ...
• A big splash
  Janet Gamble surprised even herself. Nine years removed from competitive swimming, the former Olympian returned to the pool with the UPEI ...
• Panther teams win three of four on the pitch
  Clutch goals by Jared Murphy and Adam Lowther lifted the UPEI Panthers’ men’s soccer team to a 2-0 win over the visiting Acadia Axemen Sunday ...
• Panthers struggle in AUS women's rugby semifinal
  The UPEI Panthers women’s rugby team’s playoff dreams ended abruptly Saturday afternoon, as the Acadia Axewomen handed the host team a 22-7 ...
• Turnovers cost Storm
  The Summerside Storm dropped its first exhibition game 100-96 to the Halifax Rainmen Friday night at the University of Prince Edward Island. It ...
• Rugby Panthers prepare for playoff test
  It’s been a long time coming, and the UPEI Panthers women’s rugby team is savouring its first taste of playoff action in four years. On ...
• From one track to another
  Susan Sobey chuckled when asked to describe her new sport. “It’s like being put in a shopping cart headfirst and then being pulled by a truck,” ...
• P.E.I. Rocket signs younger Phaneuf
  The P.E.I. Rocket have brought in a young defenceman with a big name for a tryout. Dane Phaneuf, the younger brother of Dion Phaneuf, ...
• Salvaging single point not enough to keep Rocket happy
  Despite being outshot 48-23, the P.E.I. Rocket was able to score two third-period goals and salvage a point in a 4-3 overtime loss to the ...
• UPDATED - UPEI Panthers earn national ranking in...
  By Marcel Vander Wier The Guardian Still smarting over their 53-0 loss to St. F.X. on Saturday, the UPEI Panthers women’s rugby team ...
• Royals set sights on crown
  By Marcel Vander Wier The Guardian After six-straight national appearances and two bronze medals to their name, the Winsloe Charlottetown Royals ...
• ‘We’ll be competitive’
  Prince Edward Island’s senior men’s amateur soccer team heads to Quebec today to defend its national championship. From Wednesday to Monday, the ...
• Panther men drop first game in soccer
  In a battle of unbeaten Atlantic University Sport men’s soccer clubs, the UPEI Panthers dropped a 4-1 decision to the Cape Breton Capers ...
• Rugby Mudmen trying for perfection
  By Marcel Vander Wier The Guardian The P.E.I. Hunter’s Ale House Mudmen are hoping for a dream ending to their perfect season this weekend. ...
• Former Olympian hoping to make waves with Panthers
  Eleven years after appearing in the Summer Olympics, swimmer Janet (Cook) Gamble is making a comeback with the University of Prince Edward ...
• Brewers hammer Stratford, advance to KCBL final
  STRATFORD — Following an inspirational Game 4 win, the Northside Brewers completed the series comeback here Sunday afternoon, defeating the ...
• Strong core returning to UPEI field hockey team
  After a heartbreaking loss in the championship game last season, the UPEI women’s field hockey team begins their season in Halifax this weekend ...