Wesmen Athletics
Wesmen Season Ends With Game Two Loss In Regina
The Women's Basketball Team Fell Short In A 84-70 Decision To The Regina Cougars In Game Two Of The Canada West Quarter Final Series..
Canada West Women's Basketball Quarter-Finals - best of three series
Game Two - Wesmen 70 Regina 84 Boxscore
The University of Regina Cougars completed a two-game Canada West quarterfinal series sweep over the Winnipeg Wesmen with an 84-70 victory Saturday night in Regina, Saskatchewan.Lindsay Ledingham led all scorers with 19 points for the Cougars and pulled down a team-high nine rebounds Michelle Clark scored 16 to go along with six assists, while Joanna Zalesiak scored 13 and added six rebounds and six assists. Danielle Schmidt also had 13 points and seven rebounds for Regina.
Five Winnipeg players scored in double figures in the loss, led by Stephanie Kleysen’s 15 points. Yael Kaplan had 14 points, while Ogidan and Alex Warburton both scored 13 and Tia Coulter added 11. Coulter also grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds, notching the game’s lone double-double.
"Our kids competed very hard tonight, they left everything on the floor", said Wesmen head coach Tanya McKay.
Unlike Friday’s win, which saw the Cougars open up an early lead and essentially cruise to victory, Winnipeg posed more of a challenge in game two.
The Cougars opened up an early eight-point lead in the first quarter thanks to a quick start from fourth-year forward Lindsay Ledingham and led by 19 at one point in the second, but Winnipeg kept within range and cut the deficit to 14 at halftime after Amy Ogidan hit a tough runner at the buzzer.
The Wesmen chipped the lead down to single digits after scoring five points on back-to-back possessions in the third, but the Cougars got the lead right back up to 19 after going on a 13-2 run over a two-minute span late in the quarter.
Danielle Schmidt opened up the fourth quarter with an early three-pointer for the Cougars, but the home side was kept off the board for over four and a half minutes as Winnipeg reeled off 10 unanswered points to cut the lead to eight with five minutes left in the final frame. Regina went on to score 12 of the next 13 points to seal the victory.
Note: Fifth year players Amy Ogidan, Mackenzie Prasek and Heather Hildebrandt all played their final games in a Wesmen uniform.
" A big congratulations to Amy and Mac for finishing their five years with the Wesmen and to Heather for playing her fifth year with the team", added McKay.
Game One - Wesmen 52 Regina 93 Boxscore
The University of Regina Cougars took a 1-0 lead over the Winnipeg Wesmen in a best-of-three Canada West quarterfinal series after a 93-52 win Friday night in Regina, Saskatchewan.Lindsay Ledingham led the Cougars with 15 points, while Joanna Zalesiak and Alyssia Kajati both scored 14. Kajati also added 10 rebounds.
Alyssa Grant led the Wesmen with 15 points, while Amy Ogidan added 14 points and pulled down a team leading six rebounds.
The Cougars were on fire to start the contest connecting on six of their first eight attempts from three-point land to help them lead 32-15 after the first quarter.
Regina led by 20 at the half, then put the game away after the break by holding Winnipeg to just seven points in the third quarter. The Cougars held a massive 56-32 rebounding edge during the contest. Regina also shot 47% from the field compared to 27% for the Wesmen.
The two teams will play on Saturday night in Game 2 of the quarterfinal series. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
