UFV Cascades defeat University of Calgary Dinos, 63-43, at Envision Athletic Centre
Sweep Canada West quarterfinal for a second straight year.
Scoreboard:
Canada West Quarterfinal
(Cascades win 2 out of 3 playoff series 2-0)
Thursday, February 23 Cascades 63-43
Friday, February 24 Cascades 85-67
The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades women’s basketball team defeated the University of Calgary Dinos, 85-67, to win the Canada West quarterfinal best two out of three series two straight. The Cascades will now move onto the Canada West “Final Four” tournament at the home of the highest seed remaining after this weekend’s quarterfinals are complete. This marks the second straight year UFV has swept through the Canada West quarterfinals and marks the first series win at home, in the Envision Athletic Centre. The Cascades regular and post season record now improves to 14-6. While the Dinos are eliminated from the Canada West tournament they are not done playing this season, as hosts of the 2012 CIS national championship tournament, they receive an automatic bid to play in the eight team event, the weekend of March 16 to 18.
Tonight’s game had the exact script as last nights with the Dinos coming out strong establishing a quick lead and holding onto a five point advantage after the first quarter. As the second quarter started UFV’s defense starting to click holding Calgary to 12 second quarter points as they would outscored the Dinos by 11 to go into the intermission with a six point lead. Sarah Wierks, Chilliwack, BC led the Cascades with 8 points and 4 rebounds at the break.
The second half belonged to UFV as they pulled away in the third quarter with excellent shots, strong rebounding and holding Calgary to 17 points. The Cascades led by 22 points after the third quarter and held Calgary in check in the final quarter to win by a comfortable 18 point margin. UFV swept the two game series by a point differential of 38 points, surpassing the 23 point differential in last year’s sweep of Winnipeg.
The Cascades were led by Tessa Klassen, Winnipeg, Manitoba with 21 points, team leading 6 boards and 5 assists. The fifth year veteran said goodbye to the UFV faithful with a monster of a game. Sarah Wierks added 15 points and 6 boards, while Aieisha Luyken, Mission, BC and Nicole Wierks, Chilliwack, BC scored 13 points each. The Cascades out rebounded the Dinos 40 to 32 for the game.
The Dinos were led by Jessica Franz, Surrey, BC with 15 points. Tamara Jarrett, Calgary, AB and Megan Lang, Calgary, AB each scored 13 points in the loss to UFV. Jenna Kaye, Sackville, NB led the Dinos with 8 boards.
Calgary 16 12 17 22 = 67 (0-2)
UFV 11 23 33 18 = 85 (2-0)
Top Scorer: Calgary: J Franz 15 points/ UFV: T Klassen 21 points
Team Rebounds: Calgary 16+16=32/ UFV: 14+26=40
For more information on UFV Cascades athletics contact David Kent, Sports Information, 604-309-7658 david.kent@ufv.ca
Calgary vs UFV (02/23/12 at Abbotsford, BC, Envision Athletic Centre)
Box Score: Calgary vs UFV
02/23/12 6:00pm at Abbotsford, BC, Envision Athletic Centre
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VISITORS: Calgary 0-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Kiersten Hilton….. * 1-1 0-0 2-4 0 3 3 2 4 1 2 0 0 16
03 Jessica Franz……. * 5-8 0-0 4-4 2 5 7 0 14 1 6 1 3 31
05 Jenna Kaye………. * 6-12 3-5 1-3 1 6 7 2 16 0 5 1 2 33
07 Tamara Jarrett…… * 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 16
10 Megan Lang………. * 0-7 0-6 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 3 30
04 Megan Schaufele….. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 8
08 Ashley Hirons……. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
09 Alex Cole……….. 0-4 0-0 5-10 2 1 3 3 5 0 2 0 0 12
12 Erika Romanow……. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 24
13 Lawrie Saunders….. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
14 Samara Pereira…… 1-4 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 0 1 17
Team……………. 6 2 8 2
Totals………….. 13-41 3-14 14-23 13 23 36 14 43 6 27 3 10 201
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-22 40.9% 2nd Half: 4-19 21.1% Game: 31.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 0-5 0.0% Game: 21.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-13 61.5% 2nd Half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 60.9% 2,1
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HOME TEAM: UFV 1-0
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Aieisha Luyken…… * 5-15 2-9 0-0 2 3 5 3 12 6 4 0 0 35
04 Courtney Bartel….. * 2-9 2-9 0-0 5 1 6 0 6 2 1 0 1 24
05 Sarah Wierks…….. * 3-7 0-0 4-4 2 4 6 2 10 1 3 0 1 27
09 Tessa Klassen……. * 4-10 3-8 2-3 1 4 5 2 13 3 4 1 6 33
10 Nicole Wierks……. * 2-7 0-0 3-3 2 3 5 2 7 0 1 0 2 24
01 Jaslyen Kaur Singh.. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
02 Z. Smith-Haramboure. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
07 Kayli Sartori……. 2-9 1-2 2-2 2 3 5 2 7 0 2 0 1 18
11 Celeste Dyck…….. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 9
13 Alexa McCarthy…… 2-4 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 4 6 1 1 0 1 16
15 Samantha Kurath….. 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 12
Team……………. 3 2 5
Totals………….. 21-65 10-32 11-12 19 20 39 18 63 13 17 1 16 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-35 28.6% 2nd Half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 32.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-18 33.3% 2nd Half: 4-14 28.6% Game: 31.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd Half: 5-5 100 % Game: 91.7% 1,1
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Officials: Stephanie Wordley, Earl Roberts, Jim Cervo
Technical fouls: Calgary-None. UFV-None.
Attendance: 125
Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Calgary………………….. 19 10 7 7 – 43
UFV……………………… 12 20 16 15 – 63
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