Thursday sports roundup

By Ashley Clark

BELLEVILLE – The Toronto Blue Jays will be facing off against the Texas Rangers after winning their Tuesday night wild card game 5-2 against the Baltimore Orioles in extra innings.

The two teams begin their best-of-five series for the American League division title against a background of tension. The players brawled during a game in May. Last year, during the final game of their battle for the division title, a bat flip by the Jays’ José Bautista after a three-run homer aggravated the Rangers. The Blue Jays won the series.

This year’s series begins Thursday at 4:30 p.m. EDT in Arlington, Texas.

On campus, the Loyalist Lancers women’s soccer team tied 2-2 against the Fleming Knights Wednesday night.

The Lancers men’s rugby team will also be facing off against Fleming this week. The team will play Thursday at 8 p.m. on the Loyalist College field.

The college’s women’s rugby team has announced it will no longer be playing this year. Find out more here.

In hockey, the Trenton Golden Hawks will be facing off against the Kingston Voyageurs at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Duncan McDonald Memorial Gardens arena.