1986-87 Quebec City – uSports women

	Laurentian	80
	Brock	50	Laurentian	54
	Winnipeg	56	Winnipeg	47	Laurentian	52
	Toronto	53
							—–VICTORIA
	Victoria	83
	U.P.E.I.	60	Victoria	68	Victoria	54
	Manitoba	64	Manitoba	48
	Laval	51

       In the quarterfinals, held in Ste. Foy, Quebec, Victoria defeated UPEI 83-60 as Janet Fowler scored 27, Lori Clarke 15, Karla Karch 14, Kim Poland 11, Tessa Valg 10, Liz Sara 4 and Rini Sladecek 2, while Sandy Begg, Shannon Conway, Lynn Montgomery, Adele Fedorak and Joanne Nutini were scoreless. Vikings coach Kathy Shields told the Victoria Times-Colonist that “this takes a bit of the pressure off us. But it was a close game. They’re a quick, pressing team and we weren’t able to put them down with the last five minutes.” Victoria closed it out with a 9-0 run. Tracy MacEachern led the Panthers with 18. Paula Edwards added 15, Ria Bahadursingh 13, Susan Knickle 6, Cindy Doyle 4, Tracy Bowie 2 and Janet Nichols 2, while Heather Coffin, Elaine Partridge and Stephanie Knickle were scoreless.

       Laurentian thrashed Brock 80-50. The Voyageurs hit 33-67 from the floor and 14-21 from the line. The Badgers hit 19-51 from the floor and 12-24 from the line. Voyageurs coach Peter Ennis told the St. Catharines Standard that “my plan is always the same – run them until they have to go their bench and I can go to mine – that’s where the big difference is.” Badgers coach Chris Critelli said “I’m completely satisfied with what we did. We played them tough for 35 minutes but that other five minutes killed us. That is one hell of a team … You may be able to play even with them for a while but when it’s time to go to the benches, they kill you. They’ve got a bench a mile long – 12 starters.” Lisa Osborne led the Badgers with 16. Cheryl Hoekstra added 15. Hoekstra said “I didn’t know what was happening. I seemed to be okay but when I’d go to shoot my arm seemed to go stiff. After a couple of times, I lost my confidence.”

       Winnipeg nipped Toronto 56-53 as Beth Cochran scored 32. Mary Ann Kowal led the Varsity Blues with 20. Toronto led 28-26 at the half.

       In the last quarterfinal, Manitoba dumped Laval 64-51 as Jennifer George scored 22. The Bisonettes led 32-24 at the half. Marlene Levesque led the Rouge et Or with 12.

       In the semis, Laurentian defeated Winnipeg 54-47.

       In the other semi, Victoria whipped Manitoba 68-48 as Lori Clarke scored 18, Karla Karch 14, Rini Sladecek 11, Janet Fowler 11, Tessa Valg 6, Kim Poland 6, Adele Fedorak 2 and Liz Sara 2, while Sandy Begg, Shannon Conway, Lynn Montgomery and Joanne Nutini were scoreless. Kim Bertholet led the Bisonettes with 21. Ronn Payton added 9, Sandy Ronald 6, Carol Ploen 5, Jennifer George and Cheryl McCombe 2, while Donna Whitmore, Tara Watt, Tracey Shields, Charlene Mash and Heather Adam were scoreless.

       In the bronze medal match, Manitoba dumped Winnipeg 69-57.

       In the final, Janet Fowler scored five straight points in the final 80 seconds to pace Victoria to a 54-52 victory over Laurentian. The Lady Vees were ahead by four when Fowler was fouled with 1:20 to while hitting a bucket. She converted the three-point play and with 40 seconds to play, added two more free throws after being fouled on a classic pick-and-roll executed with Karla Karch. Fowler then took a charge from Laurentian’s Sharon Knowles with 36 seconds to play and ran out the clock. “Janet had a tremendous game,” Victoria coach Cathy Shields told Canadian Press. “She hit the key baskets when we needed them. I know how Laurentian is feeling. They played well but, in the end, I think our experience took over.” Shields told the Victoria Times-Colonist that “this was very satisfying because we never had control of the game until the end. … To be able to come from behind, it was a terrific game to win, a thrill.” Shields said she was worried when Lori Clarke fouled out with 1:36 to play. “You bet I was nervous. Lori is the best player in Canada. But I give our girls a lot of credit. We dug a little bit deeper. We really wanted to win it for Lori. … We kept our poise. Thee were times when our shots weren’t falling that we could have died or folded, but we didn’t.” Voyageurs coach Peter Ennis said “when you come so close you want to be the winning team. But in the last 40 seconds, they took over and took the game away from us.” Fowler led the Vikings with 24. Lori Clarke added 13, Karla Karch 8, Tessa Valg 5, Kim Poland 2, Rini Sladecek 1 and Liz Sara 1, while Sandi Begg, Shannon Conway, Lynn Montgomery, Adele Fedorak and Joanne Nutini were scoreless. Carol Hamilton led the Voyageurs with 11. Shirlene McLean added 8, Anne Rimes 8, Sharon Knowles 8, Sandy Stevenson 7, Chantal St. Martin 6, Nancy Harrison 2 and Patti Johnson 2, while Sheila Balson, Kelly Edwards, Christine Stapleton and Sheila Ivan were scoreless.

       The all-tourney team featured: MVP Janet Fowler (Victoria); Mary Ann Kowal (Toronto); Kim Bertholet (Manitoba); Sandy Stevenson (Laurentian); Karla Karch (Victoria); and Beth Cochran (Winnipeg).

       The bronze medalist Manitoba Bisonettes: Carol Ploen; Donna Whitmore; Kim Bertholet; Tara Watt; Jennifer George; Tracy Shields; Cheryl McCombe; Sandy Ronald; Ronn Peyton; Charlene Mash; Heather McAdam; coach Coleen Dufresne; assistant Cheryl Kryluk; assistant Patti Phillips; assistant Rob Campbell; athletic director Joyce Fromson; SID Werner Burokas

The silver medalist Laurentian Lady Vees: Shirlene McLean; Chantal St. Martin; Anne Rimes; Sandy Stevenson; Sharon Knowles; Nancy Harrison; Sheila Balson; Patti Johnson; Kelly Edwards; Christine Stapleton; Sheila Ivan; Carol Hamilton; Sherry Thirkill; Ann Moro; Lisa Andrews; coach Peter Ennis; assistant Angie Tekoniemi; athletic director Sandy Knox; SID Penny Timpany

       The champion University of Victoria Vikings: Lori Clarke; Janet Fowler; Karla Karch; Kim Poland; Elizabeth Sara; Tessa Valg; Irene Sladecek; Sandy Begg; Shannon Conway; Adele Fedorak; Joanne Nutini; Shelly Samuelson; Lynn Montgomery; Sandy Espeseth; coach Kathy Shields; assistant Mike McAdam; athletic director Ken Shields; SID Norm LeBus