OUA East Team Previews
Getting to the top is one thing. Staying at the top is something completely different. In 2007 York was crowned OUA Women‘s Basketball Champions as they turned over the McMaster Marauders. Less than two years later they entered the record books again, this time for a slightly less desirable reason as they became the first ever regular season victims of the RMC Paladins. Things did not get a whole lot better for the Lions in 2009-10 as they managed just three wins as they again missed the postseason by a long way. The three wins came by way of decisions over RMC (62-42 and 87-42) and Guelph (72-71) while overall there was not a great deal to be optimistic about. If there were any bright spots, they came mainly courtesy Nadia Qahwash (Kitchener, Ont.) and Brittany Szockyj (Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON) who averaged 10.4 and 12.5 points per game respectively. In the early season barn-burner against Guelph, the young Lions showed some great resolve which perhaps hinted at a potential change in fortunes for the remainder of the season, which never really came to fruition. Having lost the second quarter 22-9 to the Gryphons, York came back in the second half to pull even at 61 when the final buzzer went. In the extra frame, York got off to a hot start, before Guelph came back at them. With seconds remaining, Kate Mowat (North York, Ont.) drew contact and went to the line with her team trailing by a Page 154
Women Schedule Nov. 5 – Windsor, 6pm Nov. 6 – Western, 6pm Nov. 12 - @ Lakehead, 6pm Nov. 13 - @ Lakehead, 6pm Nov. 19 – Waterloo, 6pm Nov. 20 – Laurier, 6pm Nov. 26 - @ Brock, 6pm Nov. 27 - @ Guelph, 6pm Dec. 4 - @ Laurentian, 6pm Jan. 7 – RMC, 6pm Jan. 8 – Queen’s, 6pm Jan. 14 – Toronto, 6pm Jan. 15 – Ryerson, 6pm Jan. 21 - @ Ottawa, 6pm Jan. 22 - @ Carleton, 6pm Jan. 28 - @ Toronto, 6pm Jan. 29 - @ Ryerson, 6pm Feb. 4 – Ottawa, 6pm Feb. 5 – Carleton, 6pm Feb. 11 - @ Queen’s, 6pm Feb. 12 - @ RMC, 6pm Feb. 18 – Laurentian , 6pm
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Personnel Key Returning Nadia Qahwash Brittany Szockyj Emily Perras Emma Dillon Kate Mowat Key Departures None Key Recruits Courtney Osborne