This week in sports

By: Jordan Ferris

Baseball

The Detroit Tigers started their season March 30, with a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. It has been a slow start for the Tigers at home during opening week after three games being postponed due to weather. The Tigers are now in Chicago to play the White Sox in a five game series. They currently hold a season record of two wins four losses.  

 

Cross Country

The Windsor Lancers are sending two cross-country runners to Switzerland for the 2018 World University Cross-Country Championships. Andrew Nebel and Stefanie Smith are two of 11 athletes who will represent Canada in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Smith is from London, Ont. and is a graduate student at the university studying human kinetics. Nebel is from St. Catharines, Ont. and is a senior enrolled in criminology and sociology.

 

Basketball

The Windsor Express head into the playoffs riding their longest losing streak of the season. The Express have lost their last four games in a row, outscored by a total of 476-430 in that span. The Express finished the season holding a record of 20 wins and 20 losses good enough to earn a playoff spot. They now travel to St. John’s N.L. and will play their first playoff game on April 6 against the St. John’s Edge. The Edge finished second in the central division with a record of 25-15. St. John’s won the season series against the Express with five wins in eight matchups.

Hockey

On the night they clinched the the Pacific Division title, the Las Vegas Golden Knights also retired number 58. The reason for retiring the number is to honor the 58 people killed in the Oct. 1 shooting at the Route 91 music festival in Las Vegas. The Golden Knights went on to win the game against San Jose Sharks 3-2. Vegas player Alex Tuch said he thinks the team drew inspiration from the ceremony.