Lancers women's basketball wins OUA title By Michal Tellos Sports Editor March 4, 2009 The wait is over, but no one on the team would say it wasn’t worth it.  The Lancers women’s basketball team has finally won an OUA championship, and they did so in front of a packed home crowd last Saturday night.
The game had all the emotional ingredients needed for a championship: arguably the best team in the nation on an incredible winning streak, hosting a team that has had a Cinderella-run through the playoffs, the Ottawa Gee-Gees.
As if that wasn’t enough, the Gee-Gees were the only team who had managed to beat the Lancers earlier this season.
But Saturday night belonged to the Lancers, who never trailed or even led by less than 10. Dominating almost the entire game, the ladies took the game by a final score of 68-51. >> | Men take first, women second, at OUA track championships By Michal Tellos
Sports Editor March 4, 2009 While an eleventh straight OUA title for the men was expected, a second-place finish for the women was an impressive surprise, especially considering the absence of star veteran Hannah Eberhard.
In the words of Head Coach Dennis Fairall, the men’s team was dominant across the board, and they could have vied for first even without Jamie Adjetey-Nelson and Derek Watkins, who scored 33 and 26 points, respectively.
“If you really look at it our men were so dominant, it was great to see. Jamie scored 33 and Derek scored 26. Combined they scored 59 points, but we won by 70. Even without them - not that we would ever want to compete without them - it would have been a very close team battle,” said Fairall.
Nelson won a gold and three silver, even though he did not compete in his signature event of the pentathlon.
He won gold with a nation’s-best jump of 7.43m in the long jump, and additionally won silver in shotput, 60-metre hurdles, and 4 x 200 metre relay. >>  | | Campus Kiss | | Men's basketball rolls over Marauders in semi By Chris Kerr
Lance Writer March 4, 2009 The Windsor Lancers men’s basketball team could have fought he McMaster Marauders without their lances.
What was to be a basketball battlefield conflict for a West Championship spot turned out to be merely a massacre as the Lancers completely dominated the game on Saturday in front of a packed St. Denis Centre.
With this win, the Lancers will gallop to London for the OUA West Championship against the Western Mustangs on Wednesday.
The game got off to a good start for the Lancers who sent a message early, and did not trail at any time.
Windsor’s towering forwards, six-foot-eight Greg Surmacz and six-foot-seven Nigel Johnson-Tyghter helped their team take a 37-23 lead after the first half. Surmacz and Johnson-Tyghter consistently drained outside shots and kept the ball on the offensive, giving the Windsor fans a good show.
Lancers six-foot guard Corey Boswell played consistently impressive throughout the game. Boswell, played like a young Damon Stoudamire. >> |
