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Katie Woodman of the Heat goes hard to the basket during action versus Dawson College. Woodman and the Heat lost, ending their tournament in fifth place. (Photo courtesy Steve Shulhan) (Photo gallery provided by Steve Shulhan)

Update:10/03/21 at 10:51 a.m.

Kelowna.com Sports Staff

Cégep de Sainte-Foy Dynamiques have claimed gold at the 2010 CCAA women’s basketball national championship, ending a miracle run that saw the Quebec team knock off top-ranked Sheridan College in the semifinals.

Sainte-Foy beat the Mount Saint Vincent Mystics 69-59 Saturday night to capture their third-straight national title thanks to Catherine Groleau. The Dynamiques third-year player scored 24 points on 10 for 18 shooting, helping her capture both player of the game and Tournament MVP awards in the process.

Mount Saint Vincent just couldn’t keep up Sainte-Foy and just missed out on becoming the first national championship winner from the Atlantic conference in the 33 year history of the CCAA. Katherine Brien was named player of the game for the Mystics finishing with 16 points and 7 rebounds in the loss.

In the bronze medal game, No. 2 Dawson College upset No. 1 Sheridan College 67-61.

Both teams ended up in the third-place game after suffering heartbreaking upset losses. The Dawson Blues fell to the sixth ranked Mystics while the top-seeded Sheridan Bruins lost to the fifth ranked Dynamiques.

After leading for most of the game, the Blues were able to hold off a late Bruins charge to win the bronze. Bruins Sam Scull won player of the game honours for her team after her 17 point, 13 rebound performance.  For the Blues, Serginha Estime took home the award after scoring 13 points to go with seven rebounds and five steals.

Awards

MVP

• Catherine Groleau, Cégep de Sainte-Foy

First Team All-Stars

• Émilie Cloutier, Cégep de Sainte-Foy
• Katherine Brien, Mount Saint Vincent University
• Marilène Lapierre, Dawson College
• Sam Scull, Sheridan College
• Kimberly Lee, SAIT Polytechnice

Second Team All-Stars

• Katie Woodman, UBC Okanagan
• Paige Bowman, Lethbridge College
• Amencie Mercier, Dawson College
• Marie-Line Petit, Cégep de Sainte-Foy
• Amy Peveril, Mount Saint Vincent University

Fair Play Award Team

The CCAA Fair Play award recognizes a team or individual who has demonstrated the spirit of sportsmanship and respect for their opponents, officials and the game of basketball during the national championship.

• Mount Saint Vincent University

Update: 10/03/20 at 1:20 p.m.

The Okangan Heat won’t be playing for bronze after falling 62-57 to Dawson College in the first semifinal determining which two teams would play for third at the 2010 CCAA women’s basketball national championship.

The BC champion UBC Okanagan Heat faced the Quebec champion Dawson Blues in the first semifinal Saturday morning after  the host team advanced thanks to a 68-45 win over Camosun yesterday, while the Blues ended up here after losing to Atlantic champion Mount Saint Vincent in the championship semifinal last night.

Things didn’t look good for the home team in the early stages as the Blues jumped off to an 11-4 advantage, but Madison Kaneda and company battled hard to close the gap to 15-11 by the end of the first quarter, before tying the game at 17 early in the second.

Dawson started to build a lead from this point on and extended their advantage to 32-23 before an Allison Werner’s jumper closed the gap to 32-25 at the half.

The Heat struggled from the floor in the first half, converting only 27.6 per cent of their field goal attempts, while they also had difficulties containing the Blues Marilene Lapierre, who posted 16 points in the half.

The Heat came out strong in the second half, scoring the first eight points to take a one point lead over the Blues.

Unfortunately, the lead would be short-lived as Dawson came back to take a 47-41 advantage heading into the final quarter. The Blues built on thier lead in the fourth, taking a 54-46 advantage midway through the quarter, however, the Heat would come alive late in the frame led by a Kaneda three-pointer to come to within two points, 55-57.

Meghan McGill thad two opportunities to tie the game for the Heat from the free throw line, only to sink one of two free throws each time, leaving her team down a point. Her second opportunity would make the score 57-58 with 34 seconds to go, but the Blues would prove to be effective at the free-throw line down the stretch, causing the Heat to have to convert a three-pointer in their final possession to force overtime.

With 12.2 seconds, and three legitimate three-point threats on the floor, the Heat took off, but Bailey Radley rushed the shot and came up with nothing but air as the Blues took control of the ball and the game to walk away with a 62-57 victory and a spot in the bronze medal game.

Meghan McGill was named player of the game in her final appearance for the Heat following a strong 11 point, 12 rebound game, while Janice Quintos received the honour for Dawson in the wake of her 12 point, five assist, three steal performance.

With the loss the Heat’s season comes to a close as they finish in fifth place in the nation, while the Blues move on to play the winner of the SAIT/Sheridan game.

Update: 10/03/19 at 7 p.m.

Kelowna.com Sports Staff

In a rematch of the BCCAA championship, the UBC Okanagan Heat  knocked off Camosun College Chargers 68-45 to advance for a chance to play for the bronze medal of the 2010 CCAA women’s basketball national championship.

After the game, Heat head coach Heather Semeniuk was pleased with the way her team rebounded after a tough opening day loss to the Sainte-Foy Dynamiques pushed the Heat out of gold medal contention.

“I couldn’t be happier. If you have a lot invested in something, then the bigger the loss is when you lose,” said Semeniuk. “But we have great captains to lead them through this . . . and their sense of pride got them through it.”

Semeniuk said the key to Friday afternoon’s win was the Heat’s stellar play without the ball.

“Their defence is always so good,” she said immediately following the game. “And discipline, running plays and working together. When the ball goes through four or five people during a possession, it is those types of plays that bond them together.”

Camosun dominated the opening quarter before the Heat rattled off 10 straight points to take a 16-12 lead into the second quarter. UBC O continued to get stronger as the game continued and the home team opened up a  7-0 run early in the second quarter. The two teams traded buckets the rest of the way and the Heat found themselves in perfect position to capture a bronze medal game berth, leading 27-20 heading into halftime.

The Heat looked unbeatable at the beginning of the second half and strong play at both ends saw the team stretch their lead over Camosun to 38-24 midway through the quarter. UBC O was in full control as the third wound down and the game started to get out of control in the fourth when the  Heat went on a 6-0 run. Outscoring the Chargers 21-13 to finish the fourth, UBC O cruised to a 68-45 victory.

Katie Woodman was named player of the game for the Heat following a 14 point, five steal, four assist performance, while getting inspired efforts from both Kiersten Shulhan, who grabbed six points and four boards in limited minutes, and Rachelle Briscoejust, who just missed out on a double-double after putting up eight points and nine rebounds.

With the victory the Heat move on to play the loser of the Dawson versus Mount Saint Vincent semifinal match-up at 10 a.m. to see which team will qualify for the bronze medal game.

When asked, Semeniuk said she wasn’t concerned with who the Heat’s next opponent would be, preferring to concentrate on what her team need to do to be successful in their final game of the season.

“They need to take it one step at a time,” she said.  “As long as we don’t talk about results before the game, . . . we will be fine.”

Full results from Friday action:

• Game Five: Lethbridge College 64 – SAIT Polytechnic 87
• Game Six: UBC Okanagan 68 – Camosun 45
• Game Seven: Dawson College 48 – Mount Saint Vincent University 60
• Game Eight: Sheridan College 63 – Sainte-Foy Dynamiques 80

As the host team, the UBC Okanagan Heat were guaranteed a spot in the 2010 CCAA women’s basketball national championship regardless of how they finished in the regular season.

But for coach Heather Semeniuk’s team, that wasn’t enough as the Heat beat the Vancouver Island Mariners and Camosun Chargers to win the provincial title, and finish with the fourth seed.  However, the fourth seed may not have been the advantage it seemed as it matched them against the defending champion Sainte-Foy Dynamiques who were demoted to fifth despite finishing first in Quebec with an 18-2 record, as they fell to the Dawson Blues in the provincial final.

With a packed house in attendance, the Heat had no lack of hometown support, and they came out firing on all cylinders to take a 13-8 lead midway through the opening frame.  The teams traded buckets the rest of the way, with the Heat’s Madison Kaneda leading the way with six points, as the home team entered the second quarter with a 19-12 advantage.

The teams played an evenly matched second quarter with the Heat continuing to play strong ball, while the Dynamiques quietly inched back into the game.  The visitors managed to tie it up late in the quarter, before Katie Woodman put up a long two then slashed in for her own rebound and converted the put-back and the ensuing free-throw to give the Heat a 34-31 lead at the break.

Sainte-Foy came out swinging in the second half, as they caught the Heat flat-footed and went on a 14-0 run to take a 45-34 advantage midway through the third, forcing the Heat to call a timeout.  The timeout halted the Dynamiques momentum and the Heat clawed their way back into the game with a 14-5 run to end the quarter to make it 50-48 for Sainte-Foy heading into the final frame.

The Dynamiques took control again in the fourth, taking a 63-56 lead at the midway point before a Katie Woodman converted a three-point play to close the gap to 63-59, before a three-pointer by Kaneda brought the Heat within one.  Unfortunately, this would be as close as it would come, as the Dynamiques won the battle of the free throw line, shooting 83per cent to UBC O’s per cent, for an eight point difference.  Poor ball control and Sainte-Foy’s physical play took a toll on the Heat as they fell to a 79-70 defeat in a game many of the players and fans felt the team should’ve won.

Coach Semeniuk felt that it was ultimately too many turnovers and an inability to sink shots down the stretch that cost her team the game.

Kaneda was named player of the game for the Heat thanks to her 18 point, five rebound performance, but Meghan McGill with 16 points and five boards and Jenna Kantz’s 13 points, nine boards and six assists could have just as easily earned the title.  Cegep de Sainte-Foy’s Marie-Line Petit was named player of the game for her team as she posted 19 points and six steals, while shooting 8 of 9 from the free throw line, and 5 for 7 from the field.

The Heat will face Camosun Friday at 3 p.m. for an opportunity to continue on to the bronze medal game, while the Dynamiques will play Sheridan Friday at 8 p.m. to see which team will advance to the championship final.

Full results from Thursday action:

• Game One: Dawson College 79 – Lethbridge College 75
• Game Two: SAIT Polytechnic 65 – Mount Saint Vincent University 67
• Game Three: UBC Okanagan 70 – Sainte-Foy Dynamiques 79
• Game Four: Sheridan College 84 – Camosun College 51

Jenna Kantz of the Heat goes hard to the basket during action versus Camosun. (Photo courtesy Steve Shulhan) (Photo gallery provided by Steve Shulhan)

Jenna Kantz of the Heat goes hard to the basket during action versus Camosun. (Photo courtesy Steve Shulhan) (Photo gallery provided by Steve Shulhan)

The Heat women's basketball team lost their opening game to Sainte-Foy, but fought hard to finish in fifth. (Photo courtesy Steve Shulman)

The Heat and XXX tip off action at the CCAA women's basketball national championships held at UBC O this weekend. (Photo courtesy Steve Shulhan) (Photo gallery courtesy Steve Shulhan)

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