| (1) | Simon Fraser | 79 | ||||||
| (8) | McMaster | 43 | Simon Fraser | 72 | ||||
| (4) | Memorial | 67 | Winnipeg | 51 | Simon Fraser | 66 | ||
| (5) | Winnipeg | 75 | ||||||
| —–SIMON FRASER | ||||||||
| (2) | Laval | 74 | ||||||
| (7) | Brock | 55 | Laval | 72 | Laval | 51 | ||
| (3) | Regina | 89 | Regina | 56 | ||||
| (6) | Toronto | 72 |
The composition of the field includes the host team, four conference champions, one additional assigned berth to both the Canada West and OUA and a final berth assigned to the conference of the gold medal winning team from the previous championship.
In the quarterfinals, held in Hamilton, the 3rd-seeded Regina Cougars thrashed the 6th-seeded Toronto Varsity Blues 89-72 as Jana Schweitzer proved all but unstoppable. Both teams struggled early before the Cougars took a 6-4 lead after three minutes which they never relinquished. Regina led 44-23 at the half and contained Toronto’s efforts at a rally in the second half by playing tough defence and hitting the available perimeter jumpers. Cougars assistant Dave Taylor noted that “we had an outstanding first half. In the second half, we gave away too many rebounds. We expected Toronto to come out and play well in the second half and they did.” Blues coach Michelle Belanger said her troops “could not stop them getting open three-point shots. We played tentative offense and got few rebounds.” Guard Jana Schweitzer called it “a great start. You always want to come out firing in your first game. This is the way we want to play. This is the intensity we want to show the rest of the weekend.” Coach Christine Stapleton said her troops “really, really rebounded well in the first half. That was critical. We also took care of their high-low game. One of the things coming in that I was concerned with was defending in the paint, and I thought we did a good job of that. I’m very encouraged. I thought we played very well.” The Blues never got closer than 17 points in the second half, but they were able to stay in the game thanks to a bevy of turnovers by the Cougars. “We got careless,” admitted Regina post Phoebe De Ciman. “I don’t know if it happened because we were up. It’s more mental. It wasn’t their defence, it was us. We know how to take care of the ball, but we lose it a bit mentally. We have to keep that under wraps (today).” Schweitzer said that “everyone goes through it. Better now than later in the tournament. We just lost our focus there for a bit. We’re taking care of it. We talked about it (after the game). We realize that better teams are going to kill us if we keep doing that. … People have to cover Bree (Burgess) and Cymone (Bouchard). I just get open and, in this game, I hit some shots.” De Ciman noted that “we scored a ton of points, so that was good. All season, we’ve been battling to get over that 50-or-60-point barrier. We’re back to our old self. We’re running in transition. That’s the Cougars’ game. We just have to take care of this turnover problem.” Schweitzer paced the Cougars with 26 points on 9-22 from the line, 3-6 from the arc, 5-5 from the line 4 boards, 7 assists and 3 steals. Cymone Bouchard added 20 on 7-14 from the floor, 6-7 from the line, 9 boards and 4 steals. Bree Burgess notched 14 on 4-11 from the floor, 4-4 from the line, 8 boards and 4 assists. Phoebe DeCiman scored 11 on 4-7 from the floor and Leah Anderson 6 on 3-8 from the floor and 5 boards. Lara Schmidt added 9 off the bench on 4-7 from the floor and 6 boards. Laura Hunko scored 3, while, Crystal Heisler, Tara-Lee Crosson, Kaela McKaig, Alexis MacDonald and Harmony McMillan were scoreless. The Cougars shot 31-75 (.413) from the floor, 6-13 (.462) from the arc and 21-25 (.840) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 20 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 26 assists, 18 turnovers, 4 blocks and 11 steals. Holly Pagnan paced Toronto with 18 points on 8-19 from the floor, 3 boards, 9 assists and 3 steals. Paula Romkey scored 15 on 5-6 from the floor and 7 boards. Vanessa Richardson notched 13 on 4-13 from the floor, 5-6 from the line, 5 boards and 5 assists. Jacquie Armour scored 10 on 3-7 from the floor, 4-7 from the line and 4 blocks. Vanessa Nobrega scored 7 on 2-13 from the floor and 4 boards. Catherine Chorney added 8 points off the bench on 4-6 from the floor, while Rachel Franssen scored 4. Jen Coens, Kristen Cullen, Denise Heckbert, Stephanie Kolanos and Lina Jaglowitz were scoreless. The Varsity Blues shot 28-68 (.412) from the floor, 0-5 from the arc and 16-21 (.762) from the line, while garnering 34 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 22 assists, 19 turnovers, 6 blocks and 10 steals. The Varsity Blues (coached by Michele Belanger, assisted by Jim Henderson, Cathy Casey and Bet Naumovski) also included Stephanie Donahue and Elanna Robson.
The 2nd-seeded Laval Rouge et Or thrashed the 7th-seeded Brock Badgers 74-55. Laval won the tip, allowing Isabelle Grenier to scoreless easily in transition as the Rouge et Or exploded to a 10-4 lead. Brock dominated the boards as they rallied back within 15-13 and the teams traded the lead until Laval went on a late 8-0 run and built a 38-26 lead at the half. The Rouge et Or opened the second half with a 5-0 run and soon extended it to 55-38 before Brock responded with its own 11-0 run. But Laval quickly regained its focus and responded with its own 6-0 run to regain command and romp. “I’m glad we won our first game of the nationals,” said Laval coach Linda Marquis. “We were very disciplined except for about five minutes in the second half. We stuck with our game plan and that started with defence. And we didn’t lose our composure.” Isabelle Grenier paced the Rouge et Or with 18 points on 7-14 from the floor, 3-3 from the line, 5 boards, 7 assists and 3 steals. Elodie Gerard added 16 on 4-8 from the floor, 8.9 from the line and 5 boards. Josee Lalonde scored 14 on 5-10 from the floor, 4-5 from the line and 9 boards. Marie-Helen Pedneau notched 7 on 3-6 from the floor and 3 assists, while Chantal Bellavance scored 2 on 1-8 from the floor and 6 boards. Mireille Karangwa added 10 points off the bench on 4-7 from the floor. Caroline D’Amours added 4, Julie Dionne 2, Chantal Forest 1, Caroline St-Pierre 0, Caroline Morel 0 and Claudia Robitaille 0. The Rouge et Or shot 24-61 (.393) from the floor, 2-10 from the arc and 24-29 (.828) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 22 assists, 14 turnovers, 1 block and 8 steals. Stacey Farr paced the Badgers with 13 points on 4-13 from the floor, 5-9 from the line, 10 boards, 2 blocks and 3 steals. Nickie Thompson scored 9 on 2-9 from the floor, 5 boards and 6 assists. Vanessa Bozza scored 8 on 4-8 from the floor and 3 assists. Gennile Clifford scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor, while Erin Gauthier was scoreless. Amie Laasen added 12 off the bench on 5-9 from the floor and 20 boards. Cassie Tatham and Krysten Adams each scored 3. Danielle McGhee scored 1, while Jen Wilson, Larkin LaMarche and Laura Piccini were scoreless. The Badgers shot 20-58 (.345) from the floor, 3-11 (.273) from the arc and 12-19 (.632) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 24 fouls, 17 assists, 23 turnovers, 2 blocks and 5 steals. The Badgers (coached by Chris Critelli, assisted by Glenn Alphonse, Karen Reinhardt, Tish Jeffrey and Tracey Swift) also included Angela DeFrancesco, Fiona Tozer and Jen Wilson. Thompson told the St. Catharines Standard that “I wasn’t nervous. I knew we need to play hard and make it a game. Unfortunately, we made it a game too late. … They had a hand in our faces on every shot and they had good help. Maybe our shots were rushed a little bit but we’ve had shots rushed before and we were able to hit them.” Marquis said “we played good defence but we were a little tight at the beginning and Brock played us tough.” Badgers coach Chris Critelli said “I think Laval was the better team today but I don’t think we played our game. (We) seemed to be nervous at the beginning and the shots weren’t falling.”
The 5th-seeded Winnipeg Wesmen dumped the 4th-seeded Memorial Sea-Hawks 75-67. Memorial took a 17-10 lead as both defended well early before the game turned into a racehorse affair and the Wesmen rallied to knot the score at 21. The teams traded the lead until Winnipeg took a 27-26 lead and then extended it to 38-34 at the half, largely by dominating the boards. The Wesmen went on a 10-0 run early in the second half as they built their lead to 54-36. Although Memorial briefly trimmed the margin to seven, the Wesmen again pulled away to build their margin to 71-57. A last-ditch Seahawk effort trimmed the margin to 71-65 with three minutes to play but Winnipeg reasserted its dominance in the paint and pulled away to the win. Memorial coach Doug Partridge lamented its troops inability to box out, while Winnipeg coach Tanya McKay noted that “this was an excellent game. Memorial played well. We got the jump on them but they came back. However, we held on to finish the game off.” Heidi Schwartz paced the Wesmen with 20 points on 9-18 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 2 boards. Heather Thompson scored 16 on 6-15 from the floor, 4-7 from the line and 14 boards. Janet Wells notched 11 on 4-11 from the floor, 3-3 from the line, 10 boards and 5 steals. Dana Friesen scored 8 on 4-7 from the floor, 5 boards and 6 assists, while Brooke Bender was scoreless on 0-4 from the floor and 2 boards. JoAnne Wells scored 9 off the bench on 3-10 from the floor and 10 boards. Lee Wedlake and Angela Willerton each scored 4, while Sally Kaznica added 3. Pam Nowell, Roslyn Fast and Charmaine Izzard were held scoreless. Winnipeg shot 30-80 (.375) from the floor, 3-14 (.214) from the arc and 12-15 (.800) from the line, while garnering 53 boards, including 23 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 18 assists, 17 turnovers, 3 blocks and 9 steals. Jenine Browne paced the Sea-Hawks with 24 points on 8-22 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 6-7 from the line, 9 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Kate Flynn added 15 on 5-12 from the floor, 5-6 from the line and 5 boards. Amy Dalton scored 12 on 5-13 from the floor, 5 boards and 8 assists. Erika Stokes scored 9 on 3-8 from the floor and 9 boards, while Melissa Skanes scored 5 on 2-6 from the floor and 5 boards. Teresa Butler added 2 off the bench, while Kerri Highmore, Joanne McNeil, Sandi Ennis, Nikki Rogers, Janine Hewitt and Julie Dunphy were scoreless. The Sea-Hawks (coached by Doug Partridge, assisted by Andrea Hutchens) hit 24-66 (.364) from the floor, 3-11 (.273) from the arc and 16-21 (.762) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 16 assists, 18 turnovers, 2 blocks and 10 steals.
In the last quarterfinal, the top-seeded Simon Fraser Clan romped to their 33rd straight win of the season by whipping the 8th-seeded host McMaster Marauders 79-43. The Clan hit the score sheet first, but McMaster quickly came back nailing two three-point shots and went ahead 6-4. They extended their lead to 8-4 on a lay-up but that would be their largest and only lead of the game. Nan Copp winner Jessica Kaczowka promptly took command, teaming with point guard Teresa Kleindienst for a series of buckets in the paint as the Clan built a 43-24 lead at the half, while forcing the Marauders to commit 15 turnovers. It was a whole lot more of the same in the second half as the Clan coasted to the easy win. “McMaster hit a couple of threes early but we maintained our composure,” said Simon Fraser coach Bruce Langford. “Slowly the game came to us.” It was only the second year the Clan are participating in the CIS. Previously, they played in the U.S. small college NAIA. Simon Fraser guard Kirsten Wood prefers the Canadian game. “The CIS is a very competitive league. It’s much smaller than the NAIA where there are so many schools. Now you get to know the teams and the players,” said the fifth-year senior. “The CIS is actually a faster, more physical game. The different rules make it much faster and the pace of the game is pushed by the players. It makes it interesting and it took some adjustment.” Jessica Kaczowka paced the Clan with 23 points on 10-12 from the floor, 3-5 from the line, 9 boards and 3 steals. Teresa Kleindienst added 12 on 5-10 from the floor, 4 boards and 8 assists. Kirsten Wood scored 12 on 5-9 from the floor. Gabriela Salazar notched 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 3 boards and 3 steals. Jennifer Van De Walle scored 7 on 1-8 from the floor, 5-8 from the line and 6 boards. Danielle Langford added 13 off the bench on 4-8 from the arc. Maren Corrigal and Morgan McLaughlin each scored 2, while Devon Campbell and Jennifer McElgun were scoreless. Simon Fraser shot 30-66 (.455) from the floor, 7-19 (.368) from the arc and 12-20 (.600) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 15 fouls, 19 assists, 14 turnovers, 2 blocks and 12 steals. Sarah Cameron paced McMaster with 11 points on 4-9 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 4 boards. Christin Dickenson scored 8 on 3-7 from the floor and 2-4 from the arc. Alana Shaw notched 7 on 2-4 from the floor and 4 boards. Sue Burr scored 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 3 boards and 5 assists, while Katie Coulson was scoreless on 0-2 from the floor and 4 boards. Kristin Moore added 7 off the bench on 2-4 from the floor and 2 steals. Kristine Salmon scored 3, Sarah Sterling 2, Laurie Augustin 1, Heather Gowan 0, Amy Dodd 0 and Sarah Sinasac 0. The Marauders shot 14-39 (.359) from the floor, 3-7 (.429) from the arc and 12-18 from the floor, while garnering 26 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass, 21 fouls, 11 assists, 27 turnovers, 2 blocks and 4 steals. The Marauders (coached by Theresa Burns, assisted by Kelly Dunham and Anne Marie Thuss) also included Shannon Cope, Pinky Gaidhu, Fiona Cheng, Heather Gowan and Katie McIntyre. Burns told the Hamilton Spectator that “we started great. Then we had a span where on offence, we stopped being efficient. We’re not hanging our heads. We’re proud of our work ethic and we’re in good company. Lots of teams have lost like that SFU.”
In the semis, 2nd-seeded Laval ended 3rd-seeded Regina’s hopes of a repeat by dumping the Cougars 72-56. Both teams were hot early as Regina crept to a 15-14 lead and then extended their margin to 11 with five minutes to play in the first half. But Laval coach Linda Marquis called a time out and preached patience, ball movement and pushing the ball into the paint. The Rouge et Or responded with a 10-4 run to rally within 38-33 at the half. Laval maintained its momentum in the second half and finally took the lead at 46-44 on a Josee Lalonde bucket and then never looked back. They exploded to a 15-0 run while holding Regina scoreless for five minutes and coasted to the easy win. “We made some changes on offense at the half,” said Marquis. “But it all starts with defense, and we worked hard.” Marquis added that Grenier elevated her play. “She came out in the second half with fire in her eyes. She hit a couple of big shots, and the rest of the team fed off her emotion and confidence.” Regina coach Christine Stapleton said her troops “turned the ball over too often in the first five minutes of the second half. Laval is a team that gets energy from missed shots and turnovers. You can’t have a bad half at the Nationals, and we had one.” Cougars post Phoebe De Ciman noted that, during the decisive Laval run, “we complicated things. We didn’t go for the simple shots – and the shots we were hitting in the first half weren’t going in in the second half. Our rebounding killed us, too. We can say that Isabelle Grenier kept hitting threes on us, but it was our game. We rushed things and only scored 18 (in the second half). We held them to 39, which was OK, but we only scored 18. That’s unacceptable.” Stapleton was “disappointed in our performance. I was thinking, ‘Take care of the ball. Get out on their three-point shooters. Crash the offensive glass. Look to the open shooter.’ We just quit executing.” Burgess said “it’s tough (not to be playing for gold) because we could have won it. We were so close. We were right with Simon Fraser out there (in the Canada West final), even though they won both games. This definitely was in our hands. It’s just too bad.” Chantal Bellavance paced the Rouge et Or with 18 points on 7-15 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Isabelle Grenier scored 17 on 7-13 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 6 boards and 7 assists. Josee Lalonde scored 15 on 6-10 from the floor, 9 boards and 2 steals. Marie-Helen Pedneau notched 9 on 4-5 from the floor, 6 boards, 6 assists and 4 steals. Elodie Gerard scored 4 on 2-9 from the floor. Chantal Forest added 6 off the bench on 3-5 from the floor, while Julie Dionne scored 3 and grabbed 3 boards. Mireille Karangwa, Caroline D’Amours, Caroline St-Pierre, Caroline Morel and Claudia Robitaille were held scoreless. Laval shot 30-61 (.492) from the floor, 6-14 (.429) from the arc and 6-12 from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 15 fouls, 24 assists, 14 turnovers, 1 block and 9 steals. Bree Burgess paced Regina with 19 points on 8-18 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 9 boards and 5 assists. Cymone Bouchard scored 14 on 6-13 from the floor, 5 boards and 3 steals. Phoebe DeCiman scored 12 on 5-11 from the floor, 7 boards and 4 blocks. Jana Schweitzer scored 6 on 2-11 from the floor, while Leah Anderson scored 5 on 1-6 from the floor and 6 boards. Crystal Heisler added 3 off the bench, while Lara Schmidt scored 1. Laura Hunko, Tara-Lee Crosson, Alexis MacDonald, Kaela McKaig and Harmony McMillan were scoreless. The Cougars shot 22-65 (.338) from the floor, 1-14 (.071) from the arc and 11-12 (.917) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 13 fouls, 19 assists, 5 blocks and 7 steals.
In the other semi, Simon Fraser continued to cruise through the draw by pounding the fifth-seeded Winnipeg Wesmen 72-51. The Clan hit 6-8 from beyond the arc as they shot the lights out from the perimeter in the first half. Winnipeg had taken a 4-0 lead in the first minute before Simon Fraser responded with a 9-0 run to take a lead they never relinquished. SFU led 45-35 at the half. The Clan kept the Wesmen in check in the second half as they romped to the final but coach Bruce Langford claimed “we did not play good defense in the second half. We played good offense in the first half but not in the second, but it was good enough. We are where we want to be.” Jessica Kaczowka paced the Clan with 20 points on 7-15 from the floor, 4-5 from the line, 5 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Teresa Kleindienst scored 17 on 7-15 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc and 4 assists. Kirsten Wood scored 9 on 3-4 from the floor, 3 boards and 3 steals. Jennifer Van De Walle notched 7 on 3-10 from the floor, 7 boards and 5 assists. Gabriela Salazar scored 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 4 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Danielle Langford added 4 off the bench on 1-5 from the arc and 5 assists. Devon Campbell scored 5 on 2-6 from the floor, while Morgan McLaughlin scored 5 on 2-2 from the floor. Maren Corrigal and Jennifer McElgunn were scoreless. Simon Fraser shot 28-66 (.424) from the floor, 8-21 (.381) from the arc and 8-14 (.571) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 9 fouls, 22 assists, 8 turnovers, 1 block and 10 steals. Heather Thompson paced Winnipeg with 10 points on 4-9 from the floor and 11 boards. Janet Wells scored 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 5 boards and 5 assists. Dana Friesen scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor and 6 assists. Brooke Bender scored 4 on 2-7 from the floor, while Heidi Schwartz was scoreless on 0-7 from the floor and 2 boards. JoAnne Wells added 14 off the bench on 7-8 from the floor and 4 boards. Angela Wilerton scored 4, Sally Kaznica 3 and Lee Wedlake 2. Pam Nowell, Charmaine Izzard and Roslyn Fast were scoreless. The Wesmen shot 21-52 (.404) from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 9-12 from the line, while garnering 33 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 13 fouls, 19 assists, 18 turnovers, 2 blocks and 2 steals.
In the bronze medal match, the Winnipeg Wesmen defeated the Regina Cougars 64-47 as JoAnne Wells scored 23 and nabbed 12 boards. “Number three, that’s awesome,” said Wells. “It feels like gold to us right now. We came together and everyone contributed.” Winnipeg scored the game’s first six points. From there, there was no lead larger than six points, until the Wesmen pulled ahead 23-16 with 5:40 to play in the opening 20 minutes, as part of a 20-4 run to close the half. They led 37-20 at the intermission. Regina turned the ball over 17 times in the half, leading to 17 Winnipeg points. Neither team could get untracked early in the second half, with each team scoring only seven points in the first nine minutes. Regina finally hit a couple of long-range shots, but every time they looked like they would make a run, the Wesmen answered. The Cougars didn’t get closer than 11 points down the stretch. Brooke Bender added 10 points and added six rebounds for Winnipeg, while Heather Thompson had eight points and seven rebounds. “It’s always nice to win your last game,” said Wesmen Coach Tanya McKay. “Everyone stepped up today, and played hard. We’ve stressed tough defense all year, and in the first half, it led to a lot of transition points.” Bree Burgess led the Cougars with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Phoebe De Cimon had 10 points and seven rebounds, while Jana Schweitzer added nine points and seven boards. Wells and Burgess were selected as Saxon Players of the Game. Regina coach Christine Stapleton said “our performance wasn’t what it had to be, but we’re proud of our year.” The Cougars shot .270 from the floor and 4-23 from the arc. “We didn’t do anything differently this year (from the 2000-01 season),” Stapleton said. “We did all the same preparations we did last year. We didn’t hit the shots and we weren’t lucky. We were a bit inconsistent during the year and that inconsistency reared its ugly head during nationals. Our performance and execution has to improve. We have to be more demanding of (the players) in practice.” Phoebe De Ciman said the Cougars “dug ourselves in deep in the first half. We weren’t doing the little things. It’s the rebounding, the boxing out, the details.” The Cougars (coached by Christine Stapleton, assisted by Dave Taylor, Jodie Metcalfe and Pat Ash) also included Lara Schmidt, Cymone Bouchard, Laura Hunko, Tara Crosson, Rumali Werapitiya, Leah Anderson, Crystal Heisler, Kaela McKaig, Sarah Singer, Alexis MacDonald, Harmony McMillan and Leanne Phillips.
In the final, Simon Fraser capped a perfect (35-0) season by storming to a 66-51 victory over the 2nd-seeded Laval Rouge et Or. Laval took an early 16-9 lead as Isabelle Grenier and Josee Lalonde were hot from the perimeter. But the Clan responded with an 11-0 run and the teams battled back and forth until SFI went on a late 15-7 run to take a 37-30 lead into the lockers. They opened the second half with a 16-7 run to build their lead to 55-37 as fourth-year criminology student Jessica Kaczowka, a 6-2 post, dominated the paint. The Clan became the first team since Winnipeg in 1992 to go undefeated. “We wouldn’t have minded having a loss, we just didn’t want it to be in the last game of the season,” said Kaczowka. “When the season started, we set a goal that we wanted to be playing on the 10th of March. It’s not realistic to set a goal of going undefeated. But by the end of the season, we didn’t want to lose. They say losing is a learning experience. Well, to learn at the end of the season would really suck. We didn’t want to learn something by losing in the national championship. “It’s a huge bonus to go undefeated, but it’s not something we set out to do. I don’t know if I’m at the point yet where I realize what we’ve done. One day, all that we’ve done will just dawn on me – especially after all the things we’ve gone through in the past couple of years.” Point guard Teresa Kleindienst said Kaczowka was unstoppable. “She has been our strength all season. She’s our leading scorer and rebounder. You have to get her the ball.” Langford said the squad got into rhythm quickly during the season and the final. “These are skilled, skilled kids. We got on the same wavelength early in the year and our seniors wanted to finish strong. There’s a sense of relief. This has been a story book season. I think we played consistently and we played pretty hard. That can wear a team down.” Kaczowka said it was a fitting cap to the season. “I don’t think we could have wished for better. This exceeded our expectations, that’s for sure.” Laval coach Linda Marquis said the Clan were formidable. “There are really no weaknesses. What a year they had. They made some big shots at the end of the first half. And we didn’t start out the second half very well, they buried us. For our first experience in the final, we did as well as we can do. We’re young and there’s next year.” Clan coach Bruce Langford noted “there’s a sense of relief. This has been a storybook season. I think we played consistently and we played pretty hard. That can wear a team down.” Jessica Kaczowka paced the Clan with 28 points on 12-18 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 13 boards. Jennifer Van De Walle notched 14 on 7-14 from the floor, 6 boards and 2 steals. Teresa Kleindienst added 12 on 5-15 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc, 6 boards, 7 assists and 4 steals. Kirsten Wood scored 6 on 2-5 from the arc and 3 assists, while Gabriela Salazar scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 6 assists. Morgan McLaughlin added 2 off the bench, while Devon Campbell, Danielle Langford, Maren Corrigal and Jennifer McElgunn were scoreless. The Clan hit 29-67 (.433) from the floor, 4-21 (.190) from the arc and 4-6 from the line, while garnering 34 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 11 fouls, 24 assists, 8 turnovers and 11 steals. Josee Lalonde paced Laval with 17 points on 7-16 from the floor, 16 boards and 2 assists. Isabelle Grenier added 13 on 5-12 from the floor, 3-3 from the line and 5 assists. Marie-Helene Pedneau scored 9 on 4-7 from the floor. Chantal Bellavance notched 6 on 3-5 from the floor and Elodie Gerard 4 on 0-5 from the floor and 4-6 from the line. Caroline D’Amours added 2 off the bench, while Julie Dionne, Chantal Forest, Mireille Karangwa, Caroline St-Pierre, Caroline Morel and Claudia Robitaille were scoreless. The Rouge et Or shot 20-48 (.417) from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 10-13 (.769) from the line, while garnering 29 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass, 9 fouls, 16 assists, 19 turnovers, 2 blocks and 2 steals.
The all-tourney team featured: MVP Teresa Kleindienst (Simon Fraser); Jenine Browne (Memorial); JoAnne Wells (Winnipeg); Jessica Kaczowka (Simon Fraser); and Isabelle Grenier (Laval)
The bronze medalist Winnipeg Wesmen: Dana Friesen; Sally Kaznica; Angela Willerton; JoAnne Wells; Val Carson; Janet Wells; Lee Wedlake; Roslynn Fast; Charmaine Izzard; Heather Thompson; Melanie Talatas; Brooke Bender; Heidi Schwartz; Pam Nowell; coach Tanya McKay; assistant Doug MacGregor; assistant Jaime Hickson; consultant Dale Bradshaw; manager Jim Schrofel
The silver medalist Laval Rouge et Or: Isabelle Grenier, Elodie Gerard; Josee Lalonde; Chantal Bellavance; Elodie Gerard; Marie-Helene Pedneau; Mireille Karangwa; Julie Dionne; Chantal Forest; Caroline D’Amours; Caroline St-Pierre; Caroline Morel; Claudia Robitaille; Annie Pouliot; Anne Mailly; Andree-Anne Parent; coach Linda Marquis; assistant Genevieve Laporte; assistant Monique Parent
The champion Simon Fraser University Clan: Jessica Kaczowka; Teresa Kleindienst; Dani Langford; Jennifer Van De Walle; Kirsten Wood; Gabriela Salazar; Maren Corrigal; Devon Campbell; Jennifer McElgunn; Morgan McLaughlin; coach Bruce Langford; assistant Lani Kramer; team doctor Dr. Merth; therapist Laurie Freebaim; SID Jeremy Dunn