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The CIS Champion Lancers Women’s Basketball team earned its 15th consecutive win with Saturday’s 76-35 victory over Laurier. Iva Peklova and Jessica Clemencon scored 14 points each, Bojana Kovacevic had 13 points and Laura Mullins added 12 points for the Lancers (19-2). The team will wrap up the regular season Saturday against Western (10-10) at the St. Denis Centre at 2 p.m. The Lancer’s men’s team beat Laurier 77-69. Lien Phillip scored 20 points, Josh Collins had 19 points, Enrico DiLoreto added 15 points and Evan Matthews had 11 points. Windsor (13-7) is at Brock (9-11) Wednesday at 7 p.m. and hosts Western (8-12) Saturday at 4 p.m.
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Lancers Men’s Baseball team catcher Mike Ferrato (right) works with 9-year-old Logan Isaacs of Belle River at a baseball skills camp Jan. 22 at the St. Denis Centre. The Lancers will hold a second fundamental skills clinics Sunday at the St. Denis Centre from 8-10:30 a.m. for players from 6-years-old through high school age. The session costs $60. Participants will learn a range of instruction from some of the area’s most knowledgeable players and coaches. The session will focus on hitting and pitching. For information, contact Frank Jeney at 519-253-3000 ext. 4067 or email fjeney@uwindsor.ca • photo gord bacon
Canadian Olympic dance champions Tessa Virtue of the University of Windsor and her partner and Scott Moir won the free dance competition on the weekend at the Four Continents Championships in Colorado Spring, Colo. Virtue and Moir beat out reigning world champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the U.S. Curling OUAs The Lancers Curling team will compete in the OUA championship starting Thursday at the Guelph Curling Club. The women’s team is led by skip Danielle Latendresse while the men’s team is led by skip Ethan McAlear. OUA quarter-final
Men’s hockey team set to face York in playoffs
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2/8/2012 at Waterloo Warriors
W 76-35
2/18/2012 Western Mustangs
2 p.m.
End of regular season
Men’s basketball 2/8/2012 at Waterloo Warriors
W 77-69
2/15/2012 at Brock Badgers
7 p.m.
2/18/2012 Western Mustangs
4 p.m.
End of regular season
Women’s hockey 2/10/2012 at Western Mustangs
L 4-2
2/11/2012 at York Lions
W 5-1
2/16/2012 at Guelph (playoffs)
7:30 p.m.
2/18/2012 Guelph Gryphons
4:10 p.m.
2/19/2012 at Guelph (if nec.)
2 p.m.
Men’s hockey 2/9/2012 at Guelph Gryphons
W 6-3
2/16/2012 York Lions (playoffs)
7:30 p.m.
2/18/2012 at York Lions
7 p.m.
2/19/2012 at York Lions (if nec.)
7 p.m.
Men’s volleyball 2/18/2012 Waterloo (quarter-final)
Curling 2/16-21/2012 OUA Championships, Guelph
Women’s hockey team playoff-bound
Ryan Green gave Windsor the 6-1 lead in the third period with a power play tally. Two late Warrior goals were not enough to spark a comeback.
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Saturday marked the final regular season game at Windsor Arena for the Lancers, who completed league competition with a 6-3 win over the Waterloo Warriors. Quakenbush opened the scoring for Windsor early in the game, earning many cheers from the hometown crowd. Waterloo tied the game at 1-1 shortly after and the game remained in a draw heading into the second period. The second period saw the Lancers come out firing with Parker Van Buskirk making some impressive saves to keep the Warriors off the board. Windsor scored four unanswered goals to take a dominating lead. Brett Vandehogen set Spencer Pommels up for his fifth goal and shortly after, Evan Stibbard scored his 14th goal of the season to put the Lancers up two points. Steve Ferry and Steingraber also scored for Windsor in the second period, giving the Lancers a 5-1 lead head-
Thursday night, the Lancers Men’s Hockey defeated the Guelph Gryphons 3-1. The Lancers were led by D.J. Turner’s two-goals and Van Buskirk’s heroics in net. Guelph scored 12 minutes into the opening period to take the 1-0 lead. Isak Quakenbush put the Lancers on the board five minutes later to tie the game at one with assists from Pommels and Christian Steingraber. Turner scored his first goal of the night a minute later to give Windsor the 2-1 lead heading into the second period. Tensions spilled as the Lancers tried to get the two-goal lead. Both teams were handed a couple roughing and tripping penalties. After a scoreless second, Turner put Windsor up 3-1 early in the third off a pass from Drew Palmer. The Lancers continued to challenge the Gryphons with their impressive offensive play, but Gryphons goalie Cody St. Jacques was stellar in net. Van Buskirk made 38 saves in the win for Windsor (15-12-1), which will face the York Lions (14-10-4) in the first round of the OUA playoffs. Game 1 is Thursday at Windsor Arena at 7:30 p.m. Game 2 and 3, if necessary, are Saturday and Sunday at York at 7 p.m.
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W 3-1
2/11/2012 Waterloo Warriors
Western 4 | Windsor 2
he Windsor Lancers Men’s Hockey team extended their win streak to six games and took fifth place in the OUA West division heading into the playoffs.
L 90-85
2/11/2012 at Laurier Golden Hawks
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Fans came in the hundreds to see the final game at the historic arena. Prior to the start of the game, the Lancers honoured their graduating players and paid tribute to Windsor Arena, one of the oldest in North America.
W 107-57
2/11/2012 at Laurier Golden Hawks
Windsor 6 | Waterloo 3
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2/18/2012 Silverston Classic, Ann Arbor, Mich
The Lancers Men’s Volleyball team hosts Waterloo in an OUA quarter-final Saturday at the St. Denis Centre at 7:30 p.m.
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he Lancers Women’s Hockey team lost a tough match against the Western Mustangs Friday, 4-2, before rebounding with a dominant 5-1 win over the York Lions the following day. Saturday afternoon, after allowing the Lions to score early in the first, Windsor responded with five unanswered goals. Krysten Bortolotti set Jenny MacKnight up for Windsor’s first goal of the night and the game remained tied headed into the second period. Candace Rapchak scored her 10th goal of the season early in the second period to give Windsor the lead. Manon Davis put Windsor up by two off passes from Tania Mills and Bortolotti. In a last ditch effort to tie the game, the Lions pulled their goalie for the extra attacker. Stephanie Hebert and Courtney Spoors both scored on the empty net. Lancer goalie Julia Ouroumis had 27 saves in net. Friday’s goal scorers in the loss to the Mustangs were Candice Chevalier and Jane Gaffney. The Lancers open Round 1 of the playoffs at Guelph Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Game 2 is Saturday at South Windsor Arena at 4:10 p.m. Game 3, if necessary, is Sunday back in Guelph at 2 p.m.
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