REGULAR SEASON
NB/NS | NB/PEI | |||||||
Dalhousie | 16-0 | Carolyn Savoy | U.P.E.I. | 8-2 | George Morrison | |||
New Brunswick | 10-6 | Coleen Dufresne | Mt. Allison | 7-4 | Janet Robinson | |||
St. Mary’s | 10-6 | Helen Castonguay | Memorial | 7-5 | Glenn Taylor | |||
Acadia | 3-13 | Terry Deane | Moncton | 0-11 | Christine LeBlanc | |||
St. FX | 1-15 | Cindy Dean | ||||||
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Acadia Axettes: Cindy Brown, Anne Burley, Cheryl Crabbe, Ann Doggett, Gay Gertridge, Margo Schurman, Angela van Barnevald, Darcie Arnold, Cherri Brown, Pam MacIntosh, Kelly Maher, coach Terry Deane
Memorial Beothuks: Anne Brown, Karen Baggs, Pam Quirk, Debbie White, Kathy Joy, Vicki Walsh, Rae Dicks, Kathie Eaton, Andrea Garland, Wanda Piercey, Kim St. John, coach Glenn Taylor
Mount Allison Mounties: Gail Burns, Willa Dwyer, Janet MacVicar, Tracy Duggan, Susan Hamilton, Myrick, Nowlan, Putnam, Chapman, Lewis, Wheaton, McLachlan
St. Francis Xavier X-Ettes: Adele Belliveau, Pat Campbell, Linda Barcauskas, Shauna Campbell, Marcelyn McGinn, Marianne Dabrowski, Mary George, Donna MacDonald, Mary McCormick, Debbie Murphy, Beth Peckham, Marguerite Robichaud, coach Cindy Dean
In the semis, the 4th-seeded St. Mary’s Belles stunned the previously undefeated host and top-seed Dalhousie Tigers 66-63. Dianne Chaisson paced the Belles with 24. Sharon Simpson added 18. Carol Rosenthal paced the Tigers with 22. Anna Pendergast added 21. The Tigers led 38-33 at the half as Anna Pendergast and Carol Rosenthal dominated the floor. But Dal inexplicably shut down in the second half. “The girls knew they were supposed to run, they knew they were supposed to press,” Tigers coach Carolyn Savoy told the Dalhousie Gazette. “We weren’t overconfident. I just think the girls started to think, ‘hey, they might beat us’. … St. Mary’s has been after our hide all year. It seems all they came to do was to beat us.” The Belles took the lead with four minutes to play and the Tigers froze in fear, repeatedly fouling the Belles. The Belles consistently took the option of inbounding, rather than shooting free throws and essentially ragged the clock until Karen McKellar iced it with a pair of free throws with three seconds to play.
In the other semi, the New Brunswick Red Bloomers dispatched the Prince Edward Island Panthers 88-58 as Laura Sanders scored 19, Joanne McLean 18, Leslie Nason, Lynn Estabrooks 11 and Ann McClellan 9. Cathy Chandler led the Panthers with 26.
In the final, the New Brunswick Red Bloomers defeated the St. Mary’s Belles 68-54 as Joanne MacLean scored 26 and Ann McLellan 15. The Red Bloomers led 27-15 at the half. Diane Chaisson paced the Belles with 17. Sharon Simpson added 13.
After the season, Memorial replaces coach Glenn Taylor with Bill Redden, who’d assisted the men’s team for 12 years.
The co-bronze medalist Dalhousie Tigers: Carol Rosenthal; Jill Tasker; Anna Pendergast; Heather MacLean; Gina Horrocks; Sandy Pothier; Savannah Metcalf; Cathy Hamilton; Erica Weatherbee; Lisa Woodworth; coach Carolyn Savoy
The co-bronze medalist Prince Edward Island Panthers: Cathy Chandler; Susan Betts; Dawn MacLeod; Karen Rowell; Ann McAdam; Libby Baldwin; Velvet Charters; Dale Anne Enman; Sharon Douglas; Rosemary Gallant; Wendy MacEwen; coach George Morrison
The runner-up Saint Mary’s Huskies: Anita Quillan-Boyd; Laura Houle; Sharon Simpson; Diane Chaisson; Michelle Doyle; Annalie Vandenburg; Kathy Ells; Karen McKellar; Cathy Hanrahan; Dianne Young; Tracy Vanier; Maureen Houlihan; coach Helen Castonguay; assistant Cathy Ells; manager Chris Ann Smith
The champion New Brunswick Red Bloomers: Ann McClellan; Joanne MacLean; Jill Jeffrey; Sandra Hill; Lynn Estabrooks; Carolyn Gammon; Carla Goude; Caroline Hamilton-Irving; Sharon Keays-Wade; Marleigh Moran; Lesley Nason; Carla Ryder; Laura Sanders; Ann Steeves; coach Coleen Dufresne