REGULAR SEASON
| Bishop’s | 10-2 | Andrea Blackwell | |||
| McGill | 6-6 | 16-15 | Chris Hunter | ||
| Laval | 4-8 | Linda Marquis | |||
| Concordia | 4-8 | Louisa Zerbe | |||
In the regular season, Bishop’s finished atop the standings with a (10-2) record.
Playoff non-qualifier Concordia Stingers: Isabelle Tetreault, Sharron St-Croix, Suzy Czelnai, Sylvia Corbett, Cathy Millar, Roberta Boyle, Lori Lozo, Catherine Gagnon, Tracey Ball, Tanya Guitman, Fio Castagnola, Sue Plaza, coach Louisa Zerbe, assistant Paddie Chiara, assistant Paul Meaney
In the semis, Laval upset McGill 60-59 as Sonia Ritchie hit the winning free throws with nine seconds on clock. “No, I wasn’t nervous at all,” Ritchie told the Montreal Gazette. “It’s part of the game, shooting foul shots. Why be nervous.” Ritchie hit both to ice the win. Linda Marquis was fretting, wondering whether she should have exercised the option of taking the ball out of bounds instead of accepting the free throws. “I said to myself that maybe I’d decided too quickly to let her shoot. I said right away I’d have her shoot because she’s one of the top three foul shooters in the country. Then I started thinking about it.” Ritchie finished with 13 points. Chantal Denis led Laval with 18. With the four-oint lead, Laval had a cushion to survive Debby Morse’s trey at the buzzer. Martlets coach Chris Hunter said his troops suffered from a lack of “maturity, at least in a basketball sense. We start two first-year players and one sophomore up front and that hurts us experience-wise.” Tracy Hayman led McGill with 15, but only three in the second half. “In the first half, she was aggressive,” said Hunter. “She got the ball and took it to the basket. In the second half, suddenly she wasn’t getting the ball and taking it in.” Tina Fasone paced McGill with 22. The Martlets shot .290 from the floor in the second half. During a six-minute stretch in the second half, McGill scored three points while Laval clawed back from a 45-36 deficit.
In the final, Bishop’s defeated Laval 67-54 as Melanie McPhee scored 18. “It was a team effort. We just tried to execute our offence and keep it simple,” McPhee told the Montreal Gazette. Bishop’s led 35-25 at the half as MacPhee scored 14. “Myself, I tried to be relaxed and play it like any other game.” Cynthia Johnston added 16 for the Gaiters, including 12 in the second half. Nathalie Boucher led Laval with 13.
The bronze medalist McGill Martlets: Tina Fasone; Jane Ross; Tracey Hayman; Beth Armstrong; Caroline Senay; Keva Glynn; Josee Larocque; Julia Cowans; Alison Korn; Cydney Hodder; Jackie Thompson; Julie Rousseau; Corrie Stepan; Debbie Morse; coach Chris Hunter; athletic director Robert Dubeau; SID Earl Zuckerman
The runner-up Laval Rouge et Or: Nathalie Boucher; Sonia Ritchie; Chantal Denis; Isabelle Lauziere; Nathalie Caron; Lucie Bellemare; Chantale Cantin; Pascale Arguin; Christine Lessard; Nathalie Dufour; Chantal Belanger; Annie Caron; coach Linda Marquis; assistant Monique Parent; athletic director Gilles D’Amboise; athletic co-ordinator Elaine Harvey; SID Yvan Breault
The champion Bishop’s Gaiters: Cynthia Johnston; Andrea Lackey; Alice Hartling; Christina van Barneveld; Sandra Mullins; Lesley Buness; Kathy Williams; Penny Begic; Ellen Palmer; Kerry Brock; Nadine Smith; Melanie MacPhee; coach Andrea Blackwell; assistant Toni Kordic; assistant Carole Miller; assistant Linda Schamer; trainer Steve King; manager Ivonne Heally; athletic director Bruce Coulter; SID Eddie Pomykala