Final regular season standings:
N (5): Grant MacEwan (16-0); Grande Prairie (10-6); Red Deer (6-10); Augustana (4-12); NAIT (4-12)
S (5): Mount Royal (14-2); SAIT (12-4); Lethbridge (8-8); Medicine Hat (6-10); Prairie Bible (0-16)
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Augustana: S Stacheruk, G Klinger, L Peacock, M Ellsworth, Michelle Helstein, L Schmidt, S Lillies, A Ryan, P Huzel, J Bodwell, A Wallace
Medicine Hat: Lori MacDougall, Jennifer Todd, Wendy Closkey, D Pierce, Lisa Datchkoff, Melissa Carlson, Kerri Walburger, L Bukowicki, A Stevenson, S Gienger, B Mumm, D Jansen, R Mundt, Usa Walburger, coach Dean Harrison
NAIT Ookchicks: Cheri Travis, Leanne Kuhl, Marcia Moulton, Theresa Sulit, Melanie Hanrahan, Aimee Reichert, Crystal Lam, Amanda Bellerose, Crystal Anderson, Andrea Power, Carmen Lansing, Carli Meropoulis, Jeanine Auch, coach Gregg Meropoulis, assistant Susan yackabowski, manager Marci Cooper
Prairie Bible: D Griffith, C Duthie, B Tatlock, K Duguid, S Bucknell, M Lee, W Feil, R Williams, L Dostal, N Tensen, T Hayward
In the quarterfinals, the Lethbridge Kodiettes thrashed the Grande Prairie Wolves 79-51. Dawn Thomas paced the Kodiaks with 22. Tara Dudley added 17, Lisa Walburger 14 and Amber Otrahalak 10. Angie Lockhart led the Wolves with 14. The Wolves (coached by Kelly Ohlhauser) also included S Urness, E King, S Bauman, Jenn Allen, L Page, K Stucklschwaiger, Krista Marsh, M Shumey, C Foster, J Parker, L Braithwaite. Ohlhauser was suspended for the game for having collected three technical during the regular season. Ohlhauser told the Grande Prairie Herald Tribune in a telephone interview that his absence “was probably a factor but we didn’t execute our game play and ran into foul trouble. It wasn’t the effort we needed in a big game like that.”
In the other quarterfinal, the SAIT Trojans dumped the Red Deer Queens 67-56 as Kerri Rath scored 14. Jen Baker led Red Deer with 18. Cori Rawlusyk added 11. The Queens (coached by Sharon Hamilton) included Cori Rawlusyk, Jennifer Baker, Melissa Metz, Noree Claerhout, Angela Lajeunesse, K Wason, Martha Hoffman, Kristi Lorenz, K Golanski, A Leischner, K Lord, K Batycki and J Lozenby. Hamilton told the Red Deer Advocate that “we took only 23 shots in the first half. If we had shot more, it would have been a tighter game … (In the second half) we attacked and got them into foul trouble. We got back into the game but SAIT kept hitting key shots. We just couldn’t pull ourselves out.”
In the semis, top-seeded the Mount Royal Cougars crushed the Lethbridge Kodiettes 75-52. “We didn’t play well today,” said Kodiaks coach Dawn Keith. “We just didn’t have it They jumped on as right away, hit a couple of quick shots and were fired right from the start. We didn’t play with the same emotion, and we’re a team that has to play with emotion and excitement. Maybe we used it all up Friday.” Lisa Walburger paced the Kodiaks with 21. Dawn Thomas and Tara Dudley each added 11.
In the other semi, the second-seeded Grant MacEwan Griffins whipped the SAIT Trojans 77-55.
In the bronze medal match, the SAIT Trojans crushed the Lethbridge Kodiettes 82-58. The Kodiettes (coached by Dawn Keith) included Lisa Walburger, Rena Hickle, Sarah Hunt, Amber Otrahalak, Dawn Thomas, Tara Dudley, K Janakka, S Woolf, M Marek, N Farley, S Walker, R Verhelst and J Jarvis.
In the final, Mount Royal nipped Grant MacEwan 65-54.
The bronze medalist SAIT Trojans: Janette Junghans; Sherron Kearl; Sarah Bohne; R. Hauser; L. Brown; L. Gordon; S. Howell; S. Allen; M. Theroux; Kerri Rath; K. Kolotylo; M. Hunt; Megan Bowler; Michelle Coninx; D. Marshall; C. Wood; E. Wood;
The silver medalist Grant MacEwan Griffins: Sara Armstrong; J. Wolsey; K. Hutchinson; Katie Berghofer; S. Undershute; Brandy Bilodeau; Alana Green; J. Olson; T. Carter; M. Gray; K. Simon; S. Cain
The gold medalist Mount Royal Cougars: Callie Lomenda; Jill Sutherin; Ariana Kane; Marianna Raguz; Kerri DeZutter; Shannon Selmser; S. Nibler; B. Niemen; C Cumming; D McCurrie; C. Marino; A. Eirikson; E. Meima; coach Theresa Elhatton