Hurdle and Di Caprio named McGill athletes of the week
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MONTREAL -- Soccer players Jeremy Hurdle of Ambler, Penn., and Cristina Di Caprio of Laval, Que., are the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ athletes of the week for the period ending Aug. 30.
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Hurdle, a six-foot, 165-pound midfielder, tallied twice and set up another goal as the Redmen split their two matches to finish second at the Old Four tournament in London, Ont., last weekend. The 19-year-old geography sophomore netted both his markers in a 2-1 win over Toronto in the opener last Saturday and assisted on McGill's lone goal in the tourney championship final, a 2-1 loss to the hometown Western Mustangs on Sunday. Hurdle previously played for Wissahickon high school in Pennsylvania.
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Di Caprio, a 23-year-old physical and health education senior, also scored twice and added an assist as the visiting McGill women's soccer captured the Old Four tourney with 1-0 and 3-0 victories over Toronto and Queen's, respectively. A 5-foot-5 striker who scored twice in the championship final conquest over the Golden Gaels, Di Caprio enrolled at McGill in 2005 out of Vanier College.
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