Final regular season standings (10): Malaspina (16-2), Douglas (14-4), Fraser Valley (14-4), Thompson Rivers (11-7), Okanagan (9-9), Capilano (8-10), Trinity Western (8-10), Langara (7-11), New Caledonia (2-16), Camosun (1-17).
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Camosun Chargers: Erinn Cousins, Amy Smith, Tricia Booth, Sarah Milligan, Erin Would, Janelle Turner, Erin Smith, Kerrie Johnson, Eiko Anderson, Jean Stankov, Katherine Foulis, Kim Marsh, Emily Vucic, coach Irene Wallace, assistant Jenny Stewart
Langara Falcons: Shira Hassanali,
New Caledonia: Arminder Chatta, Lynette Gagnon, Nicole Young,
Trinity Western Spartans: Stephanie Reimer, Janice Berends, Christina Avey, Joanna Kowalenko, Anna Chinnery, Jamie Mullaney, Elise Neufeld, Lora Constantinescu, Carissa Spithoff, Amber Harris, Ashley Huebner, Shea Terry, Julie Van Nes, Johanna Rimer, Natalie Brhelle, coach Kendell Kauffeldt, assistant Bev Kauffeldt
In the quarterfinals, the Fraser Valley Cascades whipped the Capilano Blues 79-57. The Blues (coached by Greg Zavediuk, assisted by Wendy Palmer, Shelby Blesch and Cheryl Woods) included Carlie Paxton, Linnae Bee, Corianne Nielsen, Valerie Ho, Krissy Johnson, Ambur Hamilton, Lisa Clark, Linsey Stewart and Judy Carlick.
In the other quarterfinal, the Okanagan Lakers stuffed the Cariboo (Thompson Rivers) Sun Demons 77-66. Lauri Wipfli was chosen player of the game for the Sun Demons after scoring 19. Sandra Bedford added 11 and Kristine Teichman 11. The Sun Demons (coached by Jeff Speedy, assisted by Linda Speedy and Molly Russell) also included Rebekah Parr, Linda Bishop, Kim Meilleur, Meg Rose, Kelly Cannings, Desiray Fenrick, Kirstine Niemi, Sukh Heer, Diane Fawcett and Leena Vedd.
In the semis, the Fraser Valley Cascades defeated the Douglas Royals 77-62.
In the other semi, the Malaspina Mariners pounded the Okanagan Lakers 55-42.
In the bronze medal match, the Douglas Royals dispatched the Okanagan Lakers 68-60. The Lakers included Jennifer McLean.
In the final, the Malaspina Mariners defeated the Fraser Valley Cascades 58-56 in overtime as Marilou Leonin scored 16, Anne Kranenburg 10, Gina Sage 8 and Marlees McCory 7. Kranenburg hit two free throws with 1:24 to play in overtime and the Cascades failed to score on three possessions in the last 28 seconds. Mariners coach Tom Elwood told the Nanaimo Daily News that “if you’re going to do it that many times (miss shots), it’s destiny. I thought we were going into double overtime because we were passing the ball around like it was a hot potato.” Sage drove for an off-balance layup past Cascades guard Erin Brooks with 3.2 seconds to play to force overtime. It circled the rim twice before dropping through the net. Sage said “that was kind of our little game play to take it to the hoop if I could. I didn’t think about it – for the first time, I guess, in the whole game – I just did it. I don’t even know if I had my eyes open.” Leonin told the Harbour City Star that things looked grim at the half. “I was really doubtful. But then we came out with a 9-0 run and we were right back into it.” Donna Lovett paced the Cascades with 18. Martha Craig added 10. Malaspina broke to a 12-3 lead but Leanne Kiley hit a trey to ignite an 11-2 Cascades rally to knot the score at 14. The Cascades led 34-20 at the half but the Mariners ripped off a 9-0 run after the break. The Cascades led 55-52 with 2:46 to play in overtime when Leonin and Sage pilfered balls for runouts which led to Mariner runouts.
The bronze medalist Douglas Royals: Carrie Rogers, Stacy Reykdal, Audrey Curran, Nicole Johanson, Kristin Bennett, Tammy Neufeld,
The silver medalist Fraser Valley Cascades: Martha Craig; Gillian Kirk; Lindsay Fennell; Donna Lovett; Erin Brooks;
The gold medalist Malaspina Mariners: Gina Sage; Marilou Leonin; Angela Duursma; Jaime Lormier; Anne Kranenberg; Shelley Macleod; Marlees McCrory; Maraina Lightly; Jaime Dubyna; Sherry Jardine; Cindy Kloos; coach Tom Elwood; assistant Katie McLeod