REGULAR SEASON

EAST       WEST            
  Queen’s 16-6 25-13 Dave Wilson Windsor 21-1 36-1 Chantal Vallee      
  Carleton 16-6 21-11 Taffe Charles Western 16-6 23-12 Brian Cheng      
  Ottawa 14-8 19-10 Andy Sparks Laurier 15-7 23-15 Paul Falco      
  Toronto 12-10 15-14 Michele Belanger McMaster 13-9 19-14 Theresa Burns      
  Ryerson  9-13 11-18 Carly Clarke Lakehead 12-10 16-16 Jon Kreiner      
  York  8-14 12-20 Bill Pangos Brock 11-11 20-15 Si Khounviseth      
  Laurentian  4-18  6-22 Jason Hurley Guelph  7-15 13-20 Christin Dickenson      
  Algoma  0-22  0-28 Ryan Vetrie Waterloo  2-20  2-23 Tyler Slipp      
                       

        Playoff non-qualifiers:

        Algoma Thunderbirds: Karissa Kajorinne, Anna Stilin, Courtney White, Sydney Resch, Alyssa Dovigi, Jenni Thompson, Carlie Manners, Stephanie Jennings, Amanda Orr, Laura Meadows, Daya Bhogal, Taylor McAllister, coach Ryan Vetrie, assistant Pat Murray, assistant Peter Chapman

        Guelph Gryphons: Barbara Inrig-Pieterse, Marlee Freeman, Erin Tilley, Kathryn Shortt, Dana Van Balkom, Katelyn Yallin, Samantha Renshaw, Kayla Goodhoofd, Erica McFadden, Vanessa Rampado, Julia Tennant, Katherine MacTavish, Regan Duff, Alyssa Short, coach Christin Dickensen, assistant Ashley MacSporran, assistant Joe Polizzi, recruiting Justin Tomabuono, strength & conditioning Josh Ford, director of operations Howard Kiel, manager Britany Thalan, trainer Terri Burns

        Laurentian Voyageurs: Devenae Bryce, Emily Case, Mandy Cosentino, Emma Decloe, Rebecca Goodier, Danielle Harris, L’Ashante Henry, Ashley Ing, Rachel McLean, Adrienne Moreau, Krysten Patrick, Mary Scott, Erin Simpson, Jamie Soffer, Janaye Tucker-Titanich, Rachel Van Woezik, coach Jason Hurley

        Waterloo Warriors: Elizabeth Holmes, Caitlin MacLeod, Swetha Kulandaivelan, Mackenzie Lougheed, Madison Behr, Jenel Ulman, Ally Vonk, Laura Burnett, Emily Wilk, Kristen Osborne, Julia Pavlik, Kate Kuntze, Marti Kileen, coach Tyler Slipp, assistant Darrah Bumstead, assistant Andy Hairsine, assistant Andrej Sos, student therapist Anna Heaps, student therapist Dorothy Pau, student therapist Vanessa Forchilli, student therapist Jessica Busch

        In the West quarterfinals, the 4th-seeded host McMaster Marauders dusted the 5th-seeded Lakehead Thunderwolves 68-44. Both teams were jittery early and it was scoreless for over two minutes, before Lakehead star Jylisa Williams scored the game’s first bucket. The Wolves went ahead 8-5, before McMaster closed the quarter on a 9-2 run to lead 14-10. The Marauders got two jumpers from Hailey Milligan to start the second quarter, bumping the margin to 18-10. The Marauder bench came through in the second quarter as Liz Burns, Rachael Holmes, and Clare Kenney all came into the game and provided some offense. McMaster led 30-21 at the half. The third quarter saw McMaster break the game open as the Marauders made back-to-back-to-back treys, with Jaklynn Nimec, Vanessa Bonomo, and Boiago doing the long distance damage as McMaster built its lead to 43-25. Held to a single point in the first half, Boiago started to find the range and by the end of the third quarter McMaster was in front 53-36. The Marauders opened the final frame with an 11-2 run to put the outcome out of Lakehead reach. Thunderwolves coach Jon Kreiner said “tonight’s result was disappointing. We believed we would compete for a chance to play Windsor again but it certainly wasn’t our night. McMaster did a great job of keeping us off balance offensively and got more confident as the game went along. I’m proud of what our team accomplished this year, it was a good season.” Danielle Boiago paced the Marauders with 15 on 5-13 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Vanessa Bonomo added 14 on 6-13 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 6 boards and 4 assists. Hailey Milligan scored 11 on 5-12 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 16 boards and 3 assists. Jackie Nimec notched 11 on 4-11 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 7 boards. Stephanie Truelove scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 2 boards and 3 assists. Rachael Holmes notched 5 on 2-4 from the floor and 1-1 from the line. Liz Burns scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 4 boards and 2 blocks. Claire Kenney added 2, along with 2 boards, while Isabel Ormond and Marie Korte were scoreless. Orman dished 3 assists. The Marauders hit 28-68 (.412) from the floor, 5-12 (.417) from the arc and 7-11 (.636) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 18 assists, 6 steals, 4 blocks, 11 turnovers and 15 fouls. Jylisa Williams paced the Thunderwolves with 17 on 6-18 from the floor, 5-8 from the arc and 13 boards. Essa Jacobsen added 9 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-5 from the line and 9 boards. Ayse Kalkan notched 6 on 2-13 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Blair McNaughton scored 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Katie Ulakovic scored 3 on 1-10 from the floor and 1-8 from the arc. Kelsey Bardsley added 3 on 1-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 2 assists, while Katelyn Andrea, Jessica de Haan, Lindsay Inkila, Cassandra Soulias, Katelyn Zen and Jerika Baldin were scoreless. Andrea and de Haan each nabbed 3 boards. The Thunderwolves hit 16-67 (.239) from the floor, 2-19 (.105) from the arc and 10-17 (.588) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 7 assists, 7 steals, 2 blocks, 15 turnovers and 12 fouls. The Thunderwolves (coached by Jon Kreiner, assisted by Carolyn Fragal, Lindsay Druery, Lou Pero and Ray Foster) also included Emily Lerette, Kylee Kuchta, Ashley Randall and Gillian Lavoie.

        In the other West quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks edged the 6th-seeded Brock Badger 62-47. The Badgers led 19-12 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 28 at the half. The Badgers ripped off a 12-0 run but Lee Anna Osei notched a pair of free throws and midcourt trey to draw the Golden Hawks within 48-44 after three quarters. “There was like five second left and I went ‘man, I’ve got to get my hands on that ball’,” said Osei. “And once the ball came into my hands, I just launched it and it went in.” Kimberly Yeldon notched six points down the stretch to pull out the win for the Golden Hawks. “Kim had a great fourth quarter,” said Hawks coach Paul Falco. “Her presence inside makes it tough on the defence. She’s a great rebounder and when she has the inside game going, it opens up shots for other people as well. So for her to knock down a bunch of shots in the fourth quarter was a big difference in the game.” Osei noted “they were definitely scrappy. We had beaten Brock two times before this but we know before coming into this that this was anyone’s game. That’s the type of year that it’s been, everyone’s lost at least once, and we knew we had to come in and we’d have to dive for the balls.” Lee Anna Osei paced the Golden Hawks with 12 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 11 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Whitney Ellenor added 12 on 5-13 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards, 4 assists and 2 blocks. Kimberly Yeldon notched 12 on 6-10 from the floor and 5 boards. Samantha Jacobs added 10 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 4 boards. Bree Chaput scored 8 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 6 boards. Laura Doyle scored 3 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 4 boards. Nicole Morrison added 3 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 5 boards. Courtney Bruce added 2, while Kaitlyn Schenck, Doreen Bonsu and Alexandra Spadaro were scoreless. Bonsu nabbed 3 boards. The Golden Hawks hit 25-73 (.342) from the floor, 4-12 from the arc and 8-12 from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks, 11 turnovers and 14 fouls. Nicole Rosenkranz paced the Badgers with 19 on 7-14 from the floor, 5-6 from the line, 11 boards and 3 assists. Samantha De Jong added 14 on 7-11 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 assists. Kayla Santilli notched 9 on 3-12 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 5 boards. Dayna Howlett added 5 on 2-3 from the floor and 1-2 from the line. Jenalyn Yumol scored 4 on 0-5 from the floor, 4-6 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Katie Harpur scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 7 boards. Annie McNeely added 2, while Andrea Polischuk and Alexandra Symonds were scoreless. Polischuk nabbed 3 boards, stole 2 balls and blocked 2 shots. The Badgers hit 22-56 (.393) from the floor, 1-7 (.143) from the arc and 12-18 from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 9 steals, 3 blocks, 14 turnovers and 14 fouls. The Badgers (coached by Si Khounviseth, assisted by Rob Anderson and Todd Naby) also included Gerda Kruckauskaite, Rebecca Ralph, Shanice Govia, Kira Cornelissen and Laura Rayser.

In the East quarterfinals, uOttawa coach Andy Sparks would probably have needed a calculator to tally up the number of injuries, person-games lost and roster changes his Gee-Gees have to deal with over the course of their seemingly jinxed women’s basketball season. Yet, despite losing all-star point guard Kellie Ring (torn ACL) and fellow starter Catherine Traer (broken hand) for the season and having had a number of other players ensure that local surgical units and physiotherapists were kept occupied, Sparks’ 3rd-seeded Gee-Gees gamely limped into the OUA East division semi-finals by clubbing 6th-seeded York 70-46. They’ll face 2nd-seeded Carleton on Saturday in the proverbial walk along the plank that is the postseason playoffs, hoping to avoid a misstep, and yet another injury, as they seek their fifth Canadian Interuniversity Sport national tournament berth in six years. The Gee-Gees set the tone quickly, exploding to a 20-0 lead as their full court pressure thoroughly rattled the Lions cage. Francesca Bellehumeur-Moya scored in transition off the opening tip and then promptly added a pair of treys. Angela Tilk notched a putback, Stephanie MacDonald a trey, Maddie Stephen a pair of free throws, Bellehumeur-Moya another bomb and MacDonald a runout layup off a steal before the Lions finally stemmed the hemorrhaging when Kayla Pangos drove for a layup. Although the Gee-Gees began to settle for perimeter jumpers on offence, they relentlessly hounded Lion ballhandlers into miscues and held York to just a single field goal in the second quarter, and an unbelievable three buckets in the half, to take a 44-14 lead into the lockers. York coach Bill Pangos was left thanking higher powers for the free throw line. His Lions never threatened. “Their pressure killed us,” Pangos noted. “It got us out of rhythm, out of sync. And we panicked.” Bellehumeur-Moya said “we worked on the press all week. And I was feeling it. All week, that was my focus, just make my shots.” Sparks said the press yielded enormous dividends early, while Bellehumeur-Moya and Marion delivered outstanding efforts and his troops played loose. “We’ve got nothing to lose” given the spate of injuries. “We probably should have stayed a little more aggressive in the fourth, I think we backed off a little bit but that pressure we applied early was a difference maker for us,” said Sparks. “I’m really pleased with the way we came out in the first half in particular. We’ve got nothing to lose given where we are with three of our very key girls not playing and probably out for the rest of the season. The other girls have really stepped it up. The reality is, this is the group that has to do it. They can do.” The Gee-Gees led 26-4, 44-14 and 57-27 at the quarters. Francesca Bellehumeur-Moya paced the Gee-Gees with 23 on 8-16 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Stephanie Macdonald added 14 on 6-15 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 4 boards and 3 assists. Danielle Marion notched 13 on 4-7 from the floor, 5-5 from the line and 12 boards. Maddie Stephen scored 6 on 1-8 from the floor, 4-4 from the line, 8 boards, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Sarah Besselink added 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 5 boards. Angela Tilk scored 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 8 boards and 2 assists. Julia Soriano added 3 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 6 boards and 3 assists. Akpene Kwamie added 2, along with 2 boards, while Sophie Bruyere, Kellie Forand, Charlotte Mackenzie and Sarah van Hooydonk were scoreless. The Gee-Gees hit 25-74 (.338) from the floor, 7-25 (.280) from the arc and 13-15 (.867) from the line, while garnering 51 boards, including 21 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 10 steals, 6 blocks, 9 turnovers and 26 fouls. Kayla Pangos paced the Lions with 11 on 3-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4-7 from the line and 3 boards. Courtney Osborne added 10 on 3-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 5 boards. Llyandra Kerr scored 10 on 3-9 from the floor, 4-4 from the line, 7 boards and 3 blocks. Nadia Qahwash added 9 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 9 boards and 2 assists. Shauney Fischer scored 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the line and 5 boards. Hayley Finn added 2, along with 2 steals, while Ishanaa Seupersadsingh, Emma Thompson, Taylor Ross and Jacqueline Koudys were scoreless. The Lions hit 14-54 (.259) from the floor, 3-14 (.214) from the arc and 15-20 from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 4 assists, 6 steals, 4 blocks, 20 turnovers and 9 fouls. The Lions (coached by Pangos, assisted by Ralph May and Laura MacCallum-Lennon, student therapist Melissa Santos, assistant student therapist Stefanie Ferreira) also included Erin Sarapnickas, Nina Guzina, Jessica Ramkeesoon, and Faatimah A.

In the other East quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Toronto Varsity Blues built up a 30-17 lead after the first quarter and then hung on to defeat the 5th-seeded Ryerson Rams 69-66. The Rams jumped out to an 8-4 lead early in the opening quarter, but the Blues responded with a 7-0 run. But Liane Bailey hit back-to-back treys to give Toronto its 13-point lead after one quarter. Ryerson turned up the defensive pressure in the second quarter and Mariah Nunes converted a steal into a bucket then followed it up with another lay-up as the Rams closed out the second quarter on a 10-3 run to draw within 42-33 heading into the lockers. The Blues maintained a 54-45 lead after three quarters. Bulgaria-product Dayana Gechkova opened the final frame with a trey to ignite a 7-2 Ryerson run. With 1:45 to play, Keneca Pingue-Giles drained a trey to draw Ryerson within 67-66 but Toronto sealed the win with a pair of free throws by Vanessa Braithwaite. “We battled hard and gave ourselves a chance to win,” said Rams coach Carly Clarke. “If you look at the stats we did pretty much everything we could ask. Unfortunately, we just fell a few points short.” Jill Stratton paced the Varsity Blues with 21 on 9-17 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Vanessa Braithwaite added 16 on 6-8 from the floor, 4-4 from the line, 7 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Liane Bailey notched 14 on 6-11 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 blocks. Alicia Van Kampen added 8 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Kristy Chute scored 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 5 boards. Rashida Atkinson added 3 and Rachael Sider 2 on 1-11 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 3 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Alanna Garner, Emily Piccini and Dierdre Edwards were scoreless. Garner and Piccini each nabbed 2 boards. The Varsity Blues hit 28-66 (.424) from the floor, 5-18 (.278) from the arc and 8-13 (.615) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 9 steals, 3 blocks, 18 turnovers and 12 fouls. Keneca Pingue-Giles paced the Rams with 18 on 7-13 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. Mariah Nunes added 16 on 6-18 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-5 from the line, 5 boards, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Silvana Jez added 9 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 5 boards. C’airah Gabriel-Robinson added 7 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Annie Sokoloff notched 6 on 3-4 from the floor and 2 boards. Annie Bourdeau scored 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the line and 5 boards. Dayana Gechkova added 3 on 1-4 from the arc and 2 boards. Chloe Mago scored 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks, while Julia Robertson and Laura Gaskin were scoreless. Robertson nabbed 4 boards and dished 2 assists. The Rams hit 27-66 (.409) from the floor, 6-18 from the arc and 6-11 (.545) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 11 steals, 2 blocks, 14 turnovers and 19 fouls. The Rams (coached by Carly Clarke, assisted by Sherwyn Benn, Jason Sealy and Kaitlyn Taylor-Asquini, skills development Kadie Riverin, student therapist Mallory Woeller, student assistant coach Kirsten Jones) also included Sharon McInerney, Skye Johns, Tashana McDonald and Nicole DiDomenico.

In the West semis, the 3rd-seeded Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks stunned the 2nd-seeded Western Mustangs 53-43. The score was knotted at 11 after one quarter. The Mustangs led 28-20 at the half and 37-29 after three quarters. “The defence has to be our strength,” Golden Hawks coach Paul Falco said. “We’re not going to outscore teams, so for us we need to lock down on defence and today that was a great team effort.” Mustangs coach Brian Cheng said “we got beat by a better team today. I think we are definitely as good as they are but in these [elimination games] you have got to show up for forty minutes. You have to give credit to Laurier; they were the better team today.” Cheng’s troops unexpectedly slowed the tempo to a crawl in the first quarter and played a zone, which disrupted the Golden Hawks. They shifted to a man-to-man defence in the second quarter and built an eight-point lead on the perimeter shooting of Kelsey Wright. Laurier answered with a 9-0 run in the third quarter to take a 29-28 lead. Western was able to build another eight-point lead to enter the fourth quarter, but the Golden Hawks roared back once again, this time with 15 unanswered points, capped a Bree Chaput trey, to take a 44-37 lead. Forward Melissa Rondinelli corralled a missed Wright three for a put-back and-one. Rondinelli missed the ensuing foul shot, which the Golden Hawks followed with a mid-range jump-shot from the top of the key to stretch their lead back to five with 40.5 seconds left on the clock. An intentional foul by rookie Mackenzie Puklicz put Laurier’s Samantha Jacobs on the foul-line with two shots and she iced the win. Cheng told his troops “the sting of this game won’t pass for a few days or weeks but as time passes and we reflect on this as a pretty successful season for the Mustangs’ program. I think this was a step forward under our tenure. The culture is starting to change and we’re starting to build.” Falco said the difference was experience. “We have a few fourth years that don’t want this to end. They want to take this as far as they can.” Samantha Jacobs paced the Golden Hawks with 13 on 5-10 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 6 boards. Laura Doyle added 10 on 3-9 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 2 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Bree Chaput notched 9 on 3-10 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 1-1 from the line. Whitney Ellenor added 8 on 3-12 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 13 boards, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Kaitlyn Schenck scored 5 on 2-8 from the floor and 1-4 from the arc. Kimberley Yeldon notched 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 4 boards and 2 steals. Lee Anna Osei scored 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 6 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Doreen Bonsu added 2, along with 2 boards, while Nicole Morrison, Alexandra Spadaro and Courtney Bruce were scoreless. Morrison nabbed 2 boards. The Golden Hawks hit 20-65 (.308) from the floor, 4-15 (.267) from the arc and 9-14 (.643) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 12 steals, 3 blocks, 15 turnovers and 16 fouls. Melissa Rondinelli paced the Mustangs with 17 on 7-13 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 6 boards. Kelsey Wright added 9 on 3-9 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 steals. Katelyn Leddy notched 8 on 2-7 from the floor, 4-7 from the line and 9 boards. Jenny Vaughan added 5 on 2-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 5 boards and 4 assists. Caroline Wolynski scored 4 on 2-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 4 boards, while Victoria Heine, Mackenzie Puklicz and Sasha Samardzija were scoreless. Heine nabbed 2 boards. The Mustangs hit 16-52 (.308) from the floor, 3-15 (.200) from the arc and 8-12 from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 6 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, 18 turnovers and 13 fouls. The Mustangs (coached by Brian Cheng, assisted by Charlene Camilo, Rob Angione, Ryan Morwald, Tim Doherty and Jayme Muir) also included Chiara Pellegrino, Alicia Sestili, Louise Bunce, Lindsay Kondracki, Meredith McLeod and Abigail Kuun.

        In the other West semi, the top-seeded Windsor Lancers thrashed the 4th-seeded McMaster Marauders 83-64. The Marauders kept things vaguely close through the first two quarters, trailing 19-13 after 10 minutes and 38-27 at halftime. The Lancers made a push in the third quarter and outscored the Marauders 25-16 to bump the margin to 63-43 heading to the final stanza. Jessica Clemencon paced the Lancers with 23 on 9-17 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 10 boards, 4 assists and 2 blocks. Miah-Marie Langlois added 18 on 9-15 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2 boards, 5 assists and 5 steals. Korissa Williams scored 13 on 5-12 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Cheyanne Roger scored 20 on 4-5 from the floor, 2-3 from the line, 9 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Tessa Kreiger notched 6 on 2-3 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 assists. Caitlyn Longmuir added 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 2 boards. Andrea Kiss added 3, Kim Moroun 2, along with 4 boards, and Emily Prevost 2, while Anna Mullins and Kristine Lalonde were scoreless. Lalonde nabbed 2 boards and dished 2 assists. The Lancers hit 34-69 (.493) from the floor, 3-15 (.200) from the arc and 12-17 (.706) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 10 steals, 4 blocks, 16 turnovers and 14 fouls. Hailey Milligan paced the Marauders with 16 on 6-14 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 7 boards. Danielle Boiago added 9 on 4-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 5 boards and 3 assists. Stephanie Truelove notched 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 2 boards. Clare Kenney scored 9 on 3-9 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Jaklynn Nimec scored 7 on 3-7 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc. Isabel Ormond added 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Liz Burns notched 4 on 2-6 from the floor, 2 boards and 3 assists. Vanessa Bonomo scored 3 on 1-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 2 boards and 4 assists. Rachael Holmes scored 2, while Alexis Spadafora, Marie Korte and Siobhan Manning were scoreless. The Marauders hit 25-65 (.385) from the floor, 3-8 (.375) from the arc and 11-16 (.688) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 17 turnovers and 17 fouls. The Marauders (coached by Theresa Burns, assisted by Anne Marie Thuss, Ed Grosel and Carrie Zettel) also included Brooke-Lyn Murdoch and Jelena Mamic.

        In the East semis, point guard Elizabeth Roach made all the right reads, which allowed Lindsay Shotbolt and the rest of the Ravens to close out the books. Roach was nothing short of spellbinding against a variety of defences and defenders as the Carleton women’s basketball Ravens blasted their archrivals uOttawa Gee-Gees, 57-39. Roach repeatedly broke down the Gee-Gees off the dribble and invariably found the open shooter as the Ravens took command midway through the first half and later delivered several critical feeds to help stave off an uOttawa rally as the Ravens advanced to face the top-seeded Queen’s Gaels in the OUA East final, where they’ll be seeking their third Canadian Interuniversity Sport national tournament berth in four years. “We just wanted to make a different impression than we did at Capital Hoops because we got our asses kicked [a 57-47 loss] in that game,” said Roach. “We made some adjustments and we worked on them all week. And we knew if we didn’t come out with full energy, it wouldn’t be pretty.” Neither squad gave much quarter in the paint as the teams scrapped to an 11-11 tie after one quarter, collapsing their defences and making scoring as painful as dental surgery. The shooting percentages (both teams under 25%) were predictably mediocre. McKenzie Sigurdson and Abeer Farhat notched treys to bookend a 10-0 run which also featured a pair of putback rebounds from Heather Lindsay. With the Ravens continuing to dominate the offensive boards and Roach aggressively breaking down the Gee-Gees defence off the dribble, Carleton took a 29-17 lead into the lockers. Roach twice drove for buckets and found Shotbolt off a pick-and-roll for a layup as Carleton extended its lead to 19 early in the second half. But the Gee-Gees shifted to a box-and-one to try to contain Roach and Stephanie MacDonald re-ignited the stagnant uOttawa offence by draining an 18-footer, pilfering the ball for a runout layup and an old-fashioned three-point play and then notching a pair of free throws. Angela Tilk and Maddie Stephen posted up for buckets in the blocks, and then MacDonald found Tilk on a beautiful inside feed as uOttawa trimmed the margin to 40-32 after three quarters. But MacDonald picked up her fourth foul on a questionable call that looked like all ball from behind, allowing Sigurdson to notch a pair of free throws. Yet, even that failed to completely quell the Gee-Gees momentum. MacDonald found Sarah Besselink for a transition layup and Stephen hit a pair of free throws. But Natasha Plaskacz answered with a trey and then Roach found Shotbolt for an uncontested layup off a bounce pass. Shotbolt added a pair of treys on another questionable call, and then added a putback and as the Ravens rebuilt a 14-point lead with three minutes to play and pulled away down the stretch. “We worked extremely hard on the boards and never game up,” said Shotbolt. “We really wanted it and we worked so our hard on our defence. We wanted a little bit of redemption from the last game we played against them. Ravens coach Taffe Charles said his troops “fed off of Elizabeth. She just does such an awesome job of basically leading this team. And all the focus was on her and that really freed up a lot of people. They did a lot of things to try and confuse us, and we took advantage of that.” After missing most of the week with nagging injuries, “Roach was awesome,” particularly in the first half, Charles added. Gee-Gees coach Andy Sparks said his troops were outworked and outmuscled. “Physically, we got pushed around. We got bullied and we sort of lived with it. … It’s been a season of difficulties for sure. I know they’re disappointed because I know as a team, if we play well we can beat them. We just didn’t have anyone step up today.” Maddie Stephen noted that “when we got it close again and they made some really big plays and we needed to stop them but we just didn’t shoot well and didn’t lock down on defence enough.” Sparks said Stephanie Macdonald “started to pick it up in the second half but it was pretty tough. Where do you go to score? They did a really nice job of playing one-on-one on our posts. So there wasn’t really a lot of double-down stuff which meant the inside-out stuff wasn’t there either. We didn’t make a shot. 39 points isn’t going to win you many games. But that’s a credit to them. They took away what we can do right now with our personnel. That’s a young team over there as well. You hoped the veteran factor would come into play, but it didn’t. We got it back to six. But they made plays and we didn’t.” Elizabeth Roach paced the Ravens with 17 on 7-16 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3-6 from the line and 5 assists. Natasha Plaskacz added 11 on 4-11 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 5 boards. Lindsay Shotbolt scored 10 on 4-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards and 3 blocks. Heather Lindsay notched 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. McKenzie Sigurdson scored 5 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Lindsey Suprunchuk added 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 9 boards, 2 assists and 3 blocks. Abeer Farhat scored 3 on 1-1 from the arc, and Stephanie Carr 1. The Ravens hit 21-60 (.350) from the floor, 3-15 (.200) from the arc and 12-18 from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 5 steals, 7 blocks, 13 turnovers and 19 fouls. Angela Tilk paced the Gee-Gees with 10 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 12 boards. Maddie Stephen added 9 on 2-4 from the floor, 5-7 from the line and 6 boards. Stephanie Macdonald notched 7 on 2-21 from the floor, 0-11 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 5 boards, 5 assists and 2 blocks. Sarah Besselink scored 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Julia Soriano scored 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 assists. Danielle Marion added 2, Charlotte Mackenzie 1, along with 2 boards, and Francesca Bellehumeur-Moya 1, while Akpene Kwamie and Kellie Forand were scoreless. The Gee-Gees hit 12-52 (.231) from the floor, 2-17 (.118) from the arc and 13-18 (.722) from the line, while garnering 32 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks, 17 turnovers and 15 fouls. The Gee-Gees (coached by Sparks, assisted by Mario Gaetano, Kim Swenson and Ian MacKinnon) also included Kellie Ring, Faith Atwell, Sophie Bruyere, Elissa de Wit, Katherine Lemoine, Courtney McPherson, Catherine Traer and Sarah Van Hooydonk.

        In the other East semi, the top-seeded Queen’s Gaels clipped the 4th-seeded Toronto Varsity Blues 67-56 after leading 19-10, 38-34 and 53-50 at the quarters. Jill Stratton hit back-to-back treys in the second half as Toronto gained momentum but the Gaels kept their composure and played solid defence, holding Toronto to just six points in the final frame. Liz Boag paced the Gaels with 21 on 8-17 from the floor, 4-10 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards, 2 assists and 4 steals. Jenny Wright notched 16 on 7-19 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 1-3 from the line, 7 boards, 7 assists and 2 steals. Gemma Bullard scored 11 on 3-12 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Andrea Priamo scored 8 on 2-8 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 7 boards. Robyn Pearson notched 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 11 boards. Abby Dixon scored 2, along with 2 boards, and Meaghan Macdougall 2, while Emily Hazlett, Maria Gill, Nicole Morse and Claire Endicott were scoreless. Hazlett nabbed 4 boards. The Gaels hit 25-69 (.362) from the floor, 8-25 (.320) from the arc and 9-16 (.562) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 13 steals, 3 blocks, 15 turnovers and 17 fouls. Alicia Van Kampen paced the Varsity Blues with 17 on 8-18 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 11 boards. Jill Stratton added 15 on 5-14 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Rachael Sider scored 13 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Liane Bailey added 5 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Vanessa Braithwaite added 4 on 2-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Kristy Chute added 2, along with 2 boards, while Rahshida Atkinson, Dierdre Edwards, Vanessa Wallace and Alanna Garner were scoreless. Edwards nabbed 2 boards. The Varsity Blues hit 21-63 (.333) from the floor, 4-13 (.308) from the arc and 10-10 from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 4 steals, 23 turnovers and 14 fouls. The Varsity Blues (coached by Michele Belanger, assisted by Mike Cruickshank, Ron Esteban and Sherri Pierce, ‘fuelling’ coach Lowell Greib, graduate assistant Valentin Crainic, strength & conditioning Adrian Lightowler, strength & conditioning Alanna Verman, nutritionist Katherine Ahokanis, staff therapist Erin Brooks) also included Jovana Momic, Atkinson, Julie Longauer, Madison Laurin, Emily Piccini, Sophia Ducharme and Jasmine Lewin.

        In the East final, the top-seeded Queen’s Gaels edged the 2nd-seeded Carleton Ravens 62-58 in overtime. The Gaels led 12-9 after one quarter and 26-25 at the half. The Ravens led 39-38 after three quarters. The score was knotted at 48 after regulation. Jenny Wright notched a critical offensive board off a free throw late in the match to knot the score. Queen’s led 48-45 with four seconds left, just after Liz Boag went 1-2 from the line. After two consecutive attempts to inbound the ball and having Queen’s knock it out of bounds, Carleton secured it inbounds and McKenzie Sigurdson drained a deep three with 0.4 seconds left on the clock to force overtime. Roach opened up the extra quarter with a back-door layup for the Ravens, quickly followed by a lay-in by Wright at the other end. The teams continued to exchange points while maintaining their suffocating defensive pressure. With under a minute to go, Roach hit one of her two from the free-throw line to tie the game at 55. Queen’s had a 3-point lead with less than 30 seconds on the clock. After being beat one-on-one by the fifth year Roach only a few possessions earlier, Emily Hazlett found herself in the exact same defensive situation with 20 seconds left. She lunged and stole the ball for a transition layup which gave the Gaels a five-point lead. Lindsay Shotbolt responded with a three-pointer with only nine seconds remaining. The Raven’s needed to foul and sent Meaghan MacDougall to the line and she hit both free-throws to ice the win. “I give a lot of credit to the team, our players never quit. They just went out there and played hard and did the things that we really wanted to do against Carleton and I couldn’t be more proud,” said Gaels coach Dave Wilson. “I know the crowd support means a lot to the players because that gets them energized and it really is a sixth person on the floor. Our fans have been great all year long and I’m really glad we could reward them with a win.” Jenny Wright paced the Gaels with 18 on 5-17 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 7-8 from the line and 9 boards. Liz Boag added 15 on 3-19 from the floor, 1-9 from the arc, 8-10 from the line and 6 boards. Emily Hazlett notched 9 on 4-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Nicole Morse scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor and 4 boards. Andrea Priamo added 4 on 2-5 from the floor and 3 boards. Gemma Bullard added 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 6 steals. Meagan Macdougall added 3 on 0-3 from the floor and 3-4 from the line. Maria Gill added 2, along with 2 boards and Robyn Pearson 2 on 1-10 from the floor and 6 boards, while Abby Dixon was scoreless. The Gaels hit 20-73 (.274) from the floor, 3-17 (.176) from the arc and 19-27 (.704) from the line, while garnering 51 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 7 assists, 9 steals, 2 blocks, 13 turnovers and 19 fouls. Elizabeth Roach paced the Ravens with 27 on 10-20 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 4-7 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Lindsay Shotbolt notched 10 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 13 boards, 2 steals and 4 blocks. McKenzie Sigurdson added 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, and 3 boards. Heather Lindsay scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor and 4 boards. Lindsey Suprunchuk scored 4 on 1-10 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 8 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Natasha Plaskacz added 3 on 1-10 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2steals. Stephanie Carr added 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc and 3 boards, while Abeer Farhat was scoreless. The Ravens hit 21-66 (.318) from the floor, 7-24 (.292) from the arc and 9-15 (.600) from the line, while garnering 51 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 9 steals, 7 blocks, 21 turnovers and 23 fouls.

        In the West final, the top-seeded Windsor Lancers clocked the 3rd-seeded Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 86-58. The Lancers capitalized on their superior size to dominate the paint and attacked effectively off the penetration dribble to break down the Hawks defence. “I think we saw what they do best and that really hurt us,” Hawks coach Paul Falco said. “Their pressure hurt us in terms of turnovers and it created a lot of transition and easy hoops for them. And their inside presence, their size inside, a couple of their post players, they really took advantage of put-backs on the boards.” Hawks forward Whitney Ellenor noted that “they’re a great team, they’re ranked number one in the country for a reason. I think we did a good job, but I think we turned the ball over too much and that’s what killed us. We would have momentum and then we would lose it by turning the ball over tonight.” The Lancers led 22-10, 45-27 and 63-49 at the quarters. Miah-Marie Langlois paced the Lancers with 24 on 9-14 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 5-7 from the line, 5 boards, 5 assists and 7 steals. Korissa Williams added 22 on 8-18 from the floor, 6-9 from the line, 6 boards, 4 assists and 5 steals. Cheyanne Roger notched 20 on 10-10 from the floor and 7 boards. Jessica Clemencon added 14 on 5-14 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-7 from the line, 10 boards and 3 assists. Emily Prevost scored 4 on 2-2 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 4 boards. Tessa Kreiger notched 2 on 2-2 from the line and 5 boards, while Caitlyn Longmuir, Kristine Lalonde, Andrea Kiss and Anna Mullins were scoreless. Kiss nabbed 4 boards and Longmuir 2. The Lancers hit 34-65 (.523) from the floor, 1-6 (.167) from the arc and 17-27 (.630) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 14 steals, 4 blocks, 15 turnovers and 14 fouls. Whitney Ellenor paced the Golden Hawks with 18 on 8-14 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 3 steals. Kaitlyn Schenck added 9 on 4-12 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2 assists. Bree Chaput scored 8 on 4-8 from the floor, 2 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Doreen Bonsu notched 8 on 3-4 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Samantha Jacobs scored 6 on 2-9 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Laura Doyle added 4 on 2-6 from the floor. Kimberley Yeldon added 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 5 boards. Lee Anna Osei added 1 on 0-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals, while Nicole Morrison, Courtney Bruce, Alexandra Spadaro and Heather Payne were scoreless. Morrison nabbed 4 boards. The Golden Hawks hit 25-69 (.362) from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 7-10 from the line, while garnering 27 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 9 steals, 2 blocks, 19 turnovers and 20 fouls.

        In the Wilson Cup bronze medal match, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks edged the Carleton Ravens 70-65 in double overtime to earn the loops third berth at nationals. Whitney Ellenor notched a bucket with 52.9 seconds to play to force overtime. “They started switching on screens a little bit, so it gave me a bit of a height advantage inside,” said Ellenor. “I think having a bit more speed on some of their post players helped me out, as well.” Kaitlyn Schenck noted that “in the locker room, it was all about grinding down on defence and making sure we got those stops. When we get those rebounds, it really helps our transition game and helps us get the easy baskets.” Hawks coach Paul Falco said “I think perseverance was a big characteristic tonight. Carleton’s a tough team. I thought the game could have gone either way, so you have to give them a lot of credit.” Ravens coach Taffe Charles told the Ottawa Citizen that “the team played well and had chances to win the game but we have a very young team and showed our inexperience. Experience is a big factor in playoff games and we didn’t have enough of it. All season long I hoped we could speed up the learning process but it does take time.” The Hawks led 9-6 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 19 at the half. The Hawks led 35-32 after three quarter. The score was knotted at 52 after regulation and at 63 after the first overtime. Ravens star Elizabeth Roach said “we gave it our all but things didn’t go our way.” Whitney Ellenor paced the Golden Hawks with 21 on 7-17 from the floor, 7-8 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Kaitlyn Schenck added 16 on 5-13 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Samantha Jacobs notched 9 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 13 boards and 3 assists. Lee Anna Osei scored 8 on 3-9 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Kimberly Yeldon added 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 4 boards. Laura Doyle notched 4 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 assists. Bree Chaput scored 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Doreen Bonsu added 2, while Nicole Morrison and Courtney Bruce were scoreless. Morrison nabbed 2 boards. The Golden Hawks hit 27-68 (.397) from the floor, 2-8 (.250) from the arc and 14-25 (.560) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 8 steals, 1 block, 13 turnovers and 20 fouls. Elizabeth Roach paced the Ravens with 20 on 7-15 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 6-9 from the line, 19 boards and 3 assists. Stephanie Carr added 13 on 6-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 1-1 from the line. Lindsay Shotbolt notched 9 on 3-12 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 10 boards and 3 assists. Lindsey Suprunchuk added 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. McKenzie Sigurdson scored 6 on 3-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 4 boards. Natasha Plaskacz added 4 on 0-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 4-4 from the line. Abeer Farhat scored 3 on 1-2 from the arc, and Heather Lindsay 2 on 1-5 from the floor and 5 boards, while Marla Corney and Amanda Niyonkuru were scoreless. The Ravens hit 24-70 (.343) from the floor, 2-10 from the arc and 15-20 from the line, while garnering 50 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 3 steals, 20 turnovers and 21 fouls. The Ravens (coached by Charles, assisted by Sarah Kennedy, Dave Malowski, Ashleigh Cleary and Ines Jelic) also included Alexandra Czich, Alia Farhat and Tauralee Tenn.

In the Wilson Cup final, the Windsor Lancers dusted the Queen’s Gaels 73-48. The Lancers broke to a 9-0 run as their defensive pressure generated turnovers and runout layups. Windsor led 23-7, 43-27 and 54-34 at the quarters. They led by as many as 24. “We’ll take that as a learning experience,” said Gaels coach Dave Wilson. Miah-Marie Langlois paced the Lancers with 25 on 10-19 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 6 boards, 8 assists and 2 steals. Jessica Clemencon notched 21 on 9-12 from the floor, 3-3 from the line and 8 boards. Korissa Williams added 14 on 6-11 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 3 boards, 3 assists and 5 steals. Jocelyn Larocque scored 5 on 2-9 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 3 boards and 3 assists. Anna Mullins added 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Cheyanne Roger added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the line, 10 boards, 2 assists and 4 blocks. Emily Prevost scored 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-4 from the line and 3 boards. Tessa Kreiger, Caitlyn Longmuir, Kristine Lalonde, Andrea Kiss and Kim Moroun were scoreless. Kreiger nabbed 4 boards and blocked 2 shots. Moroun nabbed 5 boards and Kiss 2. The Lancers hit 30-71 (.423) from the floor, 3-19 (.158) from the arc and 10-19 (.526) from the line, while garnering 52 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 13 steals, 9 blocks, 15 turnovers and 9 fouls. Liz Boag paced the Gaels with 17 on 6-14 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Jenny Wright added 17 on 7-12 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 4 boards. Meaghan Macdougall added 4 on 2-8 from the floor. Andrea Priamo scored 3 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Abby Dixon notched 3 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Robyn Pearson added 2 on 1-7 from the floor and 7 boards. Gemma Bullard added 1 on 0-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Emily Hazlett scored 1 on 0-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals, while Laura Baker, Maria Gill, Nicole Morse and Claire Endicott were scoreless. The Gaels hit 18-57 (.316) from the floor, 6-12 from the arc and 6-9 from the line, while garnering 33 boards, including 5 on the offensive glass, 7 assists, 8 steals, 1 block, 19 turnovers and 18 fouls.

        After the season, with the scheduled addition of Nipissing University in 2014-15, the OUA announced that it would restructure into a four division format and a new playoff structure. The new alignment of teams will compete under the West, Central, East, and North banners. The West division will be a five-team grouping (Algoma, Waterloo, Western, Wilfrid Laurier, Windsor), including double-header weekends in Sault Ste. Marie against the Thunderbirds within an eight game home-at-home schedule within the division. The West will also play a single game against teams from the Central, East, and North, totaling 20 games. The remaining three divisions consist of four teams playing a 19 game schedule. The Central division (Brock, Guelph, Lakehead, McMaster) will play double-header weekends at Lakehead. The North division will feature Carleton, Laurentian, Nipissing and Ottawa, while the East division will feature Queen’s, Ryerson, Toronto and York. The top three teams from each OUA division will qualify for the postseason. All twelve qualifying teams, regardless of division position, will be ranked based on RPI to determine the playoff bracket. The RPI rankings will be calculated and applied by the OUA based on regular season results against the other playoff teams. The top four teams based on the rankings will be awarded byes through the first round of the playoffs. The playoff format is fixed. In round one, 9 @ 8, 10 @ 7, 11 @ 6, and 12 @ 5. In the quarterfinals, 8-9 winner @ 1, 7-10 winner @ 2, 6-11 winner @ 3, and 5-12 winner @ 4. The highest remaining seed will host the Final Four. “This structure allows the best teams to advance to the OUA Final Fours and CIS championships, while introducing the excitement of a bracket style playoff,” said interim OUA Executive Director Bryan Crawford. “Every game matters, and we are excited to continue to feature some of the nation’s top basketball programs.”

The bronze medalist Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks: Doreen Bonsu; Courtney Bruce; Bree Chaput; Nadine Chomyc; Melissa Dally; Sarah Dillon; Laura Doyle; Whitney Ellenor; Samantha Jacobs; Nicole Morrison; Lee Anna Osei; Heather Payne; Kaitlyn Schenck; Alexandra Spadaro; Katrina Ward; Kimberley Yeldon; coach Paul Falco; assistant Cal Keil; assistant Kerri Jilesen; assistant Kate McCrae-Bristol; strength & conditioning Renata Adamczyk; strength & conditioning Conor O’Flynn; mental strength trainer Melba Amos; student trainer Kelsie Wagner

The silver medalist Queen’s Gaels: Liz Boag; Jenny Wright; Meaghan Macdougall; Andrea Priamo; Abby Dixon; Robyn Pearson; Gemma Bullard; Emily Hazlett; Laura Baker; Maria Gill; Nicole Morse; Claire Endicott; Sarah Saftich; Amy Cotton; Nicole Barnard; coach Dave Wilson; assistant James Bambury; assistant Bob Freeman

The champion Windsor Lancers: Caitlyn Longmuir; Kristine LaLonde; Korissa Williams; Andrea Kiss; Kim Moroun; Miah-Marie Langlois; Jessica Clemencon; Jocelyn LaRocque; Cheyanne Roger; Tessa Kreiger; Anna Mullins; Emily Prevost; coach Chantal Vallee; assistant Tom Foster; assistant Josh Leeman; assistant Mike Gibbala; assistant Lucas Reinier; strength & conditioning Bobby Tran