The 2010 CCAA Women’s National Basketball Championships are right around the corner, as teams gear up and ready themselves for a weekend of face paced competition. The championships will be hosted at the University of British Columbia-Okanagan, March 18-20th.


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As the final preparations take place, National Women’s Basketball Convenor, Mireille Beland, comments on the upcoming championships, “The 2010 National Championship will be a very competitive one. All 8 teams attending the tournament were ranked in the top 15 this season. We also have Sheridan, Dawson and Sainte-Foy present who were ranked #1 at some point this season. Sainte-Foy will try to win their third in a row but will have to face BCCAA winner and host UBC-O in the first round”.

The 2010 CCAA Championships features the top 8 women’s teams in Canada, seeded in the following order:

1.Sheridan College
2.Dawson College
3.SAIT
4.UBC-Okanagan
5.Cégep de Sainte-Foy
6.Mount Saint Vincent University
7.Lethbridge College
8.Camosun College

The CCAA All Canadian Awards Banquet will precede the competition, beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17th. Hali Burns of Sheridan and Shannon Matheson of George Brown will be honoured as CCAA All-Canadians. Burns is also nominated for CCAA Player of the Year while Matt White of Fanshawe is up for the CCAA Coach of the Year.

The competition will begin on the following day, the schedule is as follows:

Thursday March 18
Game 1: Dawson def. Lethbridge 79 – 75
Game 2: MSVU def. SAIT 67 – 65
Game 3: Cégep de Sainte-Foy def. UBC Okanagan 79 – 70
Game 4: Sheridan def. Camosun Hat 84 – 51

Friday March 19
Game 5: SAIT def. Lethbridge 87 – 64
Game 6: UBC Okanagan def. Camosun 68 – 45
Game 7: MSVU def. Dawson 60 – 48
Game 8: Cégep de Sainte-Foy def. Sheridan 80 – 63

Saturday March 20
Game 9: Dawson def. UBC Okanagan 62 – 57
Game 10: Sheridan def. SAIT 76 – 70
Game 11: Lethbridge def. Camosun 76 – 64

Bronze Medal Game: Dawson def. Sheridan 67 – 61
Gold Medal Game: Ste. Foy def. MSVU 69-55

1st All-Tournament Team:
Emilie Cloutier, Cegep de Sainte-Foy
Katherine Brien, MSVU
Marilene Lapierre, Dawson College
Sam Scull, Sheridan College
Kimberly Lee, SAIT

2nd All-Tournament Team:
Katie Woodman, UBC Okanagan
Paige Bowman, Lethbridge College
Amencie Mercier, Dawson College
Marie-Line Petit, Cegep de Sainte-Foy Amy Peveril, MSVU

Tournament Most Valuable Player:
Catherine Groleau, Cegep de Sainte-Foy

Fair Play Awards:
Mount Saint Vincent University