THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
Men’s basketball:
After picking up just their second win of the season the night before, the Huskies kept up their hot play and knocked off the Trinity Western Spartans 78–77, thanks to a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Jonathan Karwacki.
Although they trailed by nine points at halftime, the Dogs showed resilience and battled back hard in the second half. A big third quarter — where they outscored the Spartans 20–12 — set up an exciting fourth, with the teams separated by just a single point. Trailing by two with no time left, Karwacki banged home a three and helped the Huskies pull off the sweep, running their record to 3–5.
The Huskies defence kept them in it, forcing 21 Spartans turnovers. Evan Ostertag and Jauquin Bennett-Boire led the way with 17 points each, while freshmen Chan De Ciman filled the stat sheet with 13 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals in the victory.
Canada West Standing:
Lethbridge 5-1
Manitoba 6-2
UBC 6-2
Calgary 5-3
Victoria 5-3
Alberta 4-4
Regina 3-3
Winnipeg 3-3
Saskatchewan 3-5
Brandon 0-6
Trinity Western 0-8
Women’s basketball:
The top ranked team in the nation continued to roll, as they picked up a pair of convincing wins over the Trinity Western Spartans for their fourth consecutive sweep to begin the season. On Nov. 27, the Huskies used a massive first quarter to jump out front and never looked back for their eighth win of the year.
Using a 26–10 advantage after 10 minutes, the Huskies breezed through the rest of the game and rested the majority of their starters in the final frame. The Dogs’ tenacious defence throughout the game was the difference, holding TWU to just 30 per cent shooting. Their 55 points allowed per game ranks 11th in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and third in the Canada West.
Kelsey Trulsrud had a team-high 16 points, while Dalyce Emmerson, Desarae Hogberg and Sabine Dukate all recorded double figures in points. Senior Taya Keujer had a solid game off the bench, tallying eight rebounds.
Canada West Standing:
Saskatchewan 8-0
Alberta 7-1
Calgary 7-1
Regina 5-1
Brandon 4-2
Trinity Western 3-3
Victoria 3-5
UBC 2-6
Winnipeg 1-5
Lethbridge 0-6
Manitoba 0-6
Men’s volleyball:
Looking to get back to .500 on the year after a loss on Nov. 27, the Huskies were successful as they outlasted the Wesmen in a five-set 3–2 (25–15, 22–25, 25–20, 23–25, 15–13) thriller, to close out the first half of their season.
After a great opening set that saw the Dogs win big, thanks to plenty of Bison errors, the teams tightened up and turned it into a closely contested match. The Huskies maintained a high hitting percentage all game and limited their errors — in what was a solid performance all around. The teams traded sets and were tied 10–10 in the decisive fifth set, when heavy hitter Jordan Nowakowski and Andrew Nelson both hammered home points to put the Huskies up for good.
Rookie setter C.J. Gavlas seems to have adjusted nicely to his new role, recording 30 assists and two digs, while Nowakowski and Nelson tallied 17 and 13 kills, respectively. Heading into the break, the squad sits in seventh place with a 6–6 record.
Canada West Standing:
Alberta 10-0
Manitoba 10-2
Calgary 9-3
Trinity Western 8-4
UBC 8-4
Winnipeg 7-5
Saskatchewan 6-6
Mount Royal 5-7
Brandon 4-6
Thompson Rivers 4-8
UBC Okanagan 3-9
Regina 1-11
MacEwan 1-11
Women’s volleyball:
With a weekend sweep, the Huskies made it four straight victories as they improved their record to 6–6 heading into the break. Emmalyn Copping continued her strong play on Nov. 28, as she slammed 19 kills in the 3–1 (25–19, 21–25, 25–23, 25–12) victory.
The teams traded the first two sets before an intense third set, which set the tone for the rest of the match. The green and white trailed 14–9 before Copping gave the Huskies life, spiking three straight past the Wesmen to spark a run which the Huskies used to take the third set. In the fourth and final set, the Huskies took a commanding lead at 13–6 before winning the set 25–12.
This is the first time since 1998 that the women’s team has been .500 or better at the break and they currently sit in fifth place in the CanWest.
Canada West Standing:
Trinity Western 12-0
UBC 11-1
UBC Okanagan 11-1
Alberta 10-0
Saskatchewan 6-6
Thompson Rivers 5-7
Mount Royal 5-7
Calgary 4-8
Brandon 3-7
MacEwan3-9
Winnipeg 3-9
Manitoba 2-10
Regina 1-11
Women’s hockey:
With game one of the weekend series going in favour of the Mount Royal Cougars on Nov. 27, the Huskies put forth a gutsy effort in game two and pulled out a satisfying 2–1 victory, snapping the Cougars’ four-game winning streak.
After a back-and-forth first period where neither team could find the back of the net, it didn’t take long into the second period before the Dogs opened the scoring. Just 19 seconds in, fifth-year Marley Ervine scored her sixth goal of the season to draw first blood for the Huskies in their final game of the first semester. Late in the second, speedster Kaitlin Willoughby found a loose puck and put it in the empty net with just 29 seconds left in the middle period, giving the Huskies a huge 2–0 lead in the only category that matters.
Cassidy Hendricks had one of her best games of the year, making 26 saves in the victory. The win means Saskatchewan will head into the December break with a 9–5–2 record, good enough for fourth in the conference.
Canada West Standing:
Alberta 9-6-1
Manitoba 9-6-1
UBC 8-6-2
Saskatchewan 8-5-3
Regina 8-5-3
Mount Royal 8-7-1
Lethbridge 8-7-1
Calgary 3-9-4
Men’s hockey:
Losing just their third contest of the season the night before on Nov. 27, the Huskies came back hard in game two of the weekend series with a 4–2 victory over Mount Royal and got back into the win column before the December break.
Saskatchewan — the number one ranked team in the country — got off to a fast start, scoring three goals in the opening period of action. Logan Mcveigh, Kohl Bauml and Cameron Blair all scored in the first 20 minutes, en route to the victory. The Cougars did their best to make it a game, as they clawed back to within a goal in the third period, but forward Levi Cable sealed the win with an empty net goal.
With the weekend split, the Dogs remain atop the CanWest standings with a 13–3 record heading into the December break.
Canada West Standing:
Saskatchewan 13-3
Alberta12-3-1
Mount Royal 9-5-2
UBC 8-5-3
Manitoba 7-7-2
Lethbridge 6-9-1
Calgary 5-8-3
Regina 4-12
