The 1987-88 basketball sea- son was by far the most suc- cessful ever for a Lady Panther Team. The Lady Panthers roared through the regular season with a perfect 14-0 record. For the third year in a row the Lady Panthers were to host the AUAA Champi- onships at ancient Alumni Gym. The previous year the Lady Pan- thers had defeated the Dalhousie Tigers 59-57 for their first ever championship. In the first game Dalhousie upset UNB 50-40 to advance to the finals. The Lady Panthers met an Acadia team which had given them some trou- ble a few weeks earlier. That scenario would not repeat. itself as the Lady Panthers roared out to an early lead despite some foul problems. Actually the fowl problems helped UPEI as the Lady Panthers were able to rest their key players for much of the The axettes tried to get back in its game but Turn overs proved too costly. It was to be a rematch of the past two years to see who would walk away with the AUAA Championship.

The Lady Panthers came into

game.

the game knowing a loss would wipe out their great regular sea- son, while Dalhousie had nothing to lose. A capacity crowd filled every inch of Alumni Gym ex- pecting a great game between two great teams. They would not be disappointed. |

Dalhousie jumped out to the

early lead, but the Lady Panthers _

led by senior Tracy MacEachern clawed their way back into the game. As the case was all year it was the Lady Panthers de-

fence who led them to the front. -

Janet Nichols great work under the boards sparked the Lady-Pan- thers to a 35-23 lead at half time.

UPEI picked up, in the sec- ond half where they left off in the first. Applying immense defen- sive pressure the Lady Panthers were able to up their lead to 16

points. Dalhousie called timeout.

and from there whittled away at the lead. -The Tigerettes were able to get within four points then Nadine Enman hit some clutch free throws to give UPEI some breathing room.

The Game was still up for

‘grabs until the smallest player,

Ria Bahadursingh stood tallest. She picked off a Dalhousie pass and was fouled. Her two free throws salted away the victory and gave the Lady Panthers a 58-51 victory and their second successive AUAA Championship. Janet Nichols was named MVP of the tournament. Bahadursingh and Smith were voted All-Stars. Dave MacNeill was named Coach of the Year for the 4th straight year.

From there the Lady Panthers went to the CIAU Tournament in Lethbridge, Alberta. UPEI ar- rived with a 5th place ranking, their highest ever. They met number,4 ranked Toronto in their first game.

The Lady Panthers rebounded from a six point half-time Deficit to de-* feat the University of Toronto 66- 59. Janet Nichols was named the Player of the Game as she scored 13 points and hauled down a big 19 rebounds. Rookie Stephanie

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Smith led the Lady Panthers in scoring with 18 points and 9 re-

bounds despite an injured foot.

Next the Lady Panthers met the number | ranked team from Calgary. The size of Calgary proved too much and UPEI was hurt when Tracy MacEachern was unable to play because of her

injury. The Lady Panthers then met the Victoria Vikettes where they ran into foul trouble and lost a heartbreaker, 55-50.

The year was still the best ever for the Lady Panthers as they returned with a 4th place finish, the best ever for a UPE] woman’s basketball team.

Intercollegiate Scoreboard

October 28: .

Men’s Basketball (Acadia Tip Off)

Women’s Basketball (Concordia Tournament)

October 29:

Soccer Hockey

Men’s_ Basketball (Acadia Tip Off) Women’s Basketball (Concordia Tournament)

October 30:

Hockey

Women’s Basketball (Concordia Tournament)

Soccer

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UPEI 83

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. McMaster 95

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. Acadia 69

rs. McGill 66

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. Concordia 63

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