SENECA WELL REPRESENTED AT NATIONALS

The Seneca College Sting made their trip to the CCAA National Championship in Edmonton, Alberta with hopes of improving on their previous trip to the big show that saw the ladies from North York finish fifth.

In the opening round game, the Sting turned in a winning performance, upsetting the fourth ranked UBC-Okanagan 77-66. Rookie, Katie Weiss, paced the Sting with 15 points, while Carlene Siopis kept pace with 14 points of her own, hitting several clutch free throws down the stretch. Natasha Thombs and Alana Vicks also hit double digits on the score board netting 12 and 11 points respectively. Vicks was simply dominant on the backboards, reeling in a game high 11 boards. Second year player, Ashley Docking, showed no signs of opening round nerves, adding 8 points to a complete game performance that garnered her Player of the Game honours.

With the Sting in a positive frame of mind, they were then pitted against the top ranked Vanier College in the Semi-Final. The Sting played the Cheetahs tough throughout the game, but the Sting were simply out matched in the end as the top seed downed the Sting 73-60 to advance to the gold medal game where the Cheetah’s eventually captured the National title. Carlene Siopis was impressive in the game, posting 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists enroute to being named the Player of the Game.

Down, but not out, the Sting mounted a rally in the Bronze Medal Semi-Final against the Lethbridge Kodiaks. Looking to All-Canadian, Natasha Thombs, for leadership the third year player did not disappoint, banking 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the game. But, the effort was for not, as the Seneca Sting had their tournament run ended with the heartbreaking loss 77-69 to the consistent Kodiaks team. Thombs was name the Player of the Game for her performance and was eventually named, for the second consecutive year, a CCAA National Championship Second Team Tournament All-star.

Congratulations Seneca on an impressive 2006-07 season.