Sweeping success for Lancers track and field By Ryan Rogers and Michal Tellos Sports Editor and Lance Writer March 5, 2008 The Lancers men’s and women’s track and field teams swept the OUA championships as they both captured first place over the reading week.  The women’s team, ranked fourth by Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) won with a score of 174 points, way ahead of Western who had 157 points at the end of the competition. The women competed directly with the top two women’s teams in the country, as Western and Guelph are seeded in the first and second spots nationally. This was the women’s fourth straight OUA title, and their thirteenth in the past 18 years. >> | Men's basketball eliminated early by 77-71 loss By Ryan Rogers Sports Editor March 5, 2008 The Lancers men’s basketball team was dealt a silencing blow to their best-laid plans with a devastating loss, and consequent elimination from the OUA playoffs, to the Western Mustangs over the reading week.
The Lancers were afforded a bye for the quarter finals of the playoffs due to their outstanding record of 17 wins and five losses, which placed them atop of the OUA West Division, and so this was their first game of the playoffs.
While loaded with veterans and experienced starters, like Kevin Kloostra, Ryan Steer, Greg Allin and Greg Surmacz, the Lancers were eliminated in their first playoff game of the year, as they were set to defend their Wilson Cup championship from last season. >>  |
| Campus Kiss | | Historic season ends for lady Lancers basketball By Ryan Rogers Sports Editor March 5, 2008 HAMILTON – The Lancers Women’s Basketball team closed out their record-breaking year against the nationally ranked McMaster Marauders in the Western Conference Finals over the reading week, losing 64-53.
After a close match up with the Western Mustangs, where the women won 71-69, the Lancers took their third playoff game of the post season on the road to the brand new David Braley Athletic Centre at McMaster University to qualify for the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championships.
Theresa Burns, head coach of the Marauders said, “It was a battle the whole way. We knew that Windsor was so strong a team and we really had to fight on every single possession tonight.”
She continued, “We talked about making sure we hit the floor and tied them up and it was just, ‘Don’t leave anything on the floor tonight.’ You have to give it everything you have.” >> |
