HUSKIES SCOREBOARD:
Women’s Hockey:
Game 1
[alert type=white ]BISONS 0, HUSKIES 3[/alert]Kaitlin WIlloughby: 3 G
Lauren Zary: 2 A
Game 2
[alert type=white ]BISONS 5, HUSKIES 1[/alert]Julia Flinton: 1 G
Leah Bohlken: 1 A
Game 3
[alert type=white ]BISONS 2, HUSKIES 1 (5OT)[/alert]Lauren Zary: 1 G
Cassidy Hendricks: L, 40 saves
It was a heartbreaking end to the Huskies season as they were defeated 2–1 in their best-of-three quarter-final series with Manitoba. In the decisive game three, the Huskies and Bisons fought for almost eight periods of hockey, with Venla Hovi scoring the winning goal midway through quintuple-overtime. The game lasted five hours and three minutes.
Men’s Basketball:
[alert type=white ]HUSKIES 73, COUGARS 66[/alert]Shawn Lathan: 17 pts, 11 rebs
Alex Unruh: 11 pts, 3 asts
[alert type=white ]HUSKIES 74. COUGARS 84[/alert]Evan Ostertag: 24 pts, 5 rebs
Shane Osayande: 17 pts, 15 rebs, 4 blks
Women’s Basketball:
[alert type=white ]HUSKIES 78, COUGARS 83[/alert]Laura Dally: 35 pts, 3 asts
Dalyce Emmerson: 14 pts, 9 rebs
[alert type=white ]HUSKIES 81, COUGARS 72[/alert]Sabine Dukate: 25 pts, 8 rebs
Dalyce Emmerson: 19 pts, 13 rebs
Ending the regular season with a matchup against their provincial rivals, the Huskies split the weekend games with the second place Regina Cougars. With the victory, the Dogs ran their season record to 18–2 and clinched the top seed for the CanWest basketball playoffs. The squad will now have a first round bye, before hosting a quarter-final series on Mar. 4–6.
Men’s Volleyball:
[alert type=white ]COUGARS 0. HUSKIES 3[/alert]Andrew Nelson: 10 kills, 4 blks, 3 aces
Jordan Nowakowski: 10 kills, 6 digs
[alert type=white ]COUGARS 1, HUSKIES 3[/alert]Jordan Nowakowski: 17 kills, 3 blks
C.J. Gavlas: 35 asts, 6 digs
The Dogs are heating up at the right time, as they made it six straight wins to close out the regular season. Led by a trio of fifth-years, the Huskies are peaking at the right time and have momentum heading into the post-season. Finishing with a 12–8 record, the Huskies will be the fifth seed in the CanWest and will travel to Winnipeg to take on the Wesmen on Feb. 26–28.
Women’s Volleyball:
[alert type=white ]COUGARS 1, HUSKIES 3[/alert]Taylor Annala: 10 kills, 3 blks
Sabrina Balisky: 7 kills, 8 digs, 4 aces
[alert type=white ]COUGARS 0. HUSKIES 3[/alert]
Emmalyn Copping: 14 kills, 5 digs, 3 blks
Jennifer Heuser: 15 digs, 1 ast
FAST FACTS:
The women’s hockey team played the longest hockey game in Canada West history in their game three loss on Feb. 21. The game lasted 139:02, and went into the eighth period.
The men’s wrestling team captured the CanWest championship on Feb. 13, posting 54 team points in the meet. It’s their first banner since 1986.
THEY SAID IT:
“It stings looking back on the game, and I know it will for a long time — especially for the graduating players. But at the same time, I have zero regrets about that game. I know every player worked as hard as they possibly could and I am proud of everyone on our team for displaying determination thoughout the entire 139 minutes.” — Marley Ervine, fifth-year forward for women’s hockey team.
CANADA WEST STANDINGS:
x- clinched playoff spot
Women’s hockey:
W-L-OTW-T
Alberta x 15-9-1-3
UBC x 13-9-3-3
Regina x 12-10-5-1
Saskatchewan x 11-9-3-5
Manitoba x 13-13-0-2
Calgary x 9-12-3-4
Lethbridge 9-14-4-1
Mount Royal 8-14-3-3
Women’s volleyball:
W-L-T
UBC Okanagan x 22-2
Trinity Western x 20-4
Alberta x 20-4
UBC x 17-7
Brandon x 15-9
Thompson Rivers x 12-12
Mount Royal x 11-13
Calgary 10-14
Saskatchewan 10-14
Winnipeg 8-16
MacEwan 7-17
Manitoba 3-21
Regina 1-23
Women’s basketball:
W-L
Saskatchewan x 18-2
Alberta x 17-3
Regina x 17-3
Calgary x 15-5
Victoria x 9-11
UBC x 9-11
Trinity Western x 8-12
Winnipeg 8-12
Brandon 7-13
Lethbridge 1-19
Manitoba 1-19
Men’s hockey:
W-L-T
Saskatchewan x 22-6
Alberta x19-7-2
Mount Royal x 17-8-3
Manitoba x 13-13-2
Calgary x 12-12-4
UBC x 11-13-4
Lethbridge 11-15-2
Regina 7-21
Men’s volleyball:
W-T-L
Alberta x 23-1
Manitoba x 19-5
Calgary x 18-6
Winnipeg x 15-9
Saskatchewan x 15-9
Trinity Western x 14-10
Mount Royal x 13-11
UBC 13-11
Thompson Rivers 10-14
Brandon 7-17
UBC Okanagan 4-20
MacEwan 3-21
Regina 2-22
Men’s basketball:
W-L
Calgary x 17-3
UBC x 16-4
Manitoba x 15-5
Lethbridge x 12-8
Regina x 11-9
Winnipeg x 10-10
Alberta x 10-10
Victoria 9-11
Saskatchewan 8-12
Brandon 1-19
Trinity Western 1-19