. By Nancy Ross
' The L'a’dy Panthers spent ‘
a successful weekend at home playing 'DalhOusie and St. Mary’s. These games were important because of a three- way tie for second place in
the AUAA standings. The *
two victories on the weekend assured UPEI of sole pos- session of_second place, with a record of 8-1.
On Saturday, the Dal- housie Tigers came to Alumni Gymnasium to play the Panthers. UPEI led the game with their agressive play and outstanding rebounding as the game opened. The firSt - three minutes remained
scoreless and Dal and UPEI missed on their initial shots from the floor.
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Finally the Lady Panthers started scoring and they never looked back. '
At half time the Lady Panthers led 34-22; and they had led the Tigers by twenty points at times.
v In the latter part of the game Coach Dave McNeil used his bench and the Panthers agressiveness in- creased. The final score —— UPEI 66, Dalhousie 52.
On Sunday, while many sport fans were packing the Forum to see the highly— publicized Hockey Panthers play the unbeaten Moncton squad, the Lady Panthers were tearing up the court before a much smaller crowd. The Lady Panthers hosted the St. Mary’s Belles and revenged their only loss this
All eyes are on the ball as Panther Guard Delroy Adams feeds teammate Tejan Alleyne-
season.
The Lady Panthers were led by~Paula Edwards, who played an outstanding game and proved to be a scoring threat from anywhere on the court. Edwards had a total of 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. The team leader Libby Baldwin was able to keep her team in control while netting 14 points for herself.
The tough defense of the Lady Panthers in the first part of the first half kept St. MU from scoring within the key.
St. Mary’s put on a drive
causing UPEI to get tough _
and take a couple of fouls. The Belees were pretty hot from the foul line.
Halfway through the first
down low during UPEl’s victory over the Dalhousie Tigers at Alumni Gymnasium Saturday
afternoon. (Photo: Yorston)
. 7 Volleyball smashing in weekend play
By Tony Sauer
UPEI split its volleyball matches with St. FX this weekend, winning on Satur- day 3-2 and losing Sunday 3-1. ~
Saturday’s match was well— played by both sides. and ended with a tense fifth game which UPEI won 15-13. UPEI took on an early 11-3' lead, but St. FX rallied to make the game a close one.
St. FX exhibited good serving throughout the match
only to be countered by a superb smashing and block- ing game by UPEI.
Linda Dykerman had an outstanding match with a service ace, a team-leading 24 kills, and 3 stuffed blocks.
Sunday’s match was more one-sided as St. FX, domi— nating throughout, won 3-1.
As coach Donna Sears put it, “We weren’t as smart on offense or defense.”
“We had outstanding
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efforts from our subs,” she
added, saying the team needed to win both matches to make the playoffs.
UPEI plays league-leading Dalhousie next weekend at home, 8 pm. on Saturday and 2 pm. on Sunday. This will round out the season for UPEI this year, as they will probably finish fifth in the AUAA behind Dalhousie,
Moncton, UNB, and Mount
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half, the Belles pressured and
I took their 30—17 deficet to a decent 40-17 slump.
in the second half, with
ten minutes remaining UPEI
led SMU 70-55. The Lady
Panthers kept the zone tight,
forcing shots from the out- side. The pace quickened in the last part of the second half and both teams went to
Lady Panthersrward Sonia Edwards gets fouled as
* Panthers Outmusde Dal and SMU
. the fast break.
In the last few minutes of the half, UPEI put on a drive and a desperate SMU team tried to control an explosive Panther line-up. V
The Lady panthers de- feated the St. Mary’s Belles 187—74. This encounter was .regarded as the game of revenge and the Lady
Dalhousie Tigers Saturday afternoon. UPEI won the game.
Hoop Panthersdouble Dal: fourth In nation
By The Shadow
On Friday night, the Panthers overcame a sluggish first half to defeat the Dal- housie Tigers 58-53, upping their record to 4-2.
Both clubs found the early minutes of the game rough going. Turnovers piled up, and very few shots connected.
UPEI point guard Delroy Adams kept the Panthers in the game with a few jumpers from the outside.
With 8 minutes gone by, and UPEI holding on to a 9-7 lead, the Panthers began penetrating the tenacious Tiger zone defence. Slowly but surely, the Panthers began to connect on inside passes to T.J. Alleyne and Trevor Willock.
The Dalhousie squad re- taliated with a consistent outside attack by guard Brian Lennox, but could not over- come a sudden UPEI surge, and found themselves down 27 to 19 at half time.
The Panthers opened the second half with two quick baskets by Adams, and looked solid throughout the first five minutes of the half, as they continued to penetrate’ the Tiger’s defence with ease.
Dal stayed in the game With ‘
some offensive moves from 6 foot 5 forward George Leacock and 6 foot 4 swing- man Bo Malott to keep the UPEI lead within 10 points.
With 14 minutes to go, UPE fell into a slump, and Dal began closing the gap. The Tigers capitalized on the Panthers’ turn0vers by hit- ting several hoops in a row to come within 3 points of the Panthers. ' .t‘ .
Then the Panthers made their move. With the score 4340 at the ten-minute mark, Tyrone Norman hit a jumper to start things off. UPEI con- tinued to attack the Tigers
with 6 straight points from T.J. Alleyne to give the Panthers a 51-40 lead.
This surge
carried over to defense as well, holding the Tigers score- less for five whole minutes.
Finally, the Tigers got back on track with an inside hoop by Leacock. The Tigers came
back hard and once again closed the gap to 6 points,
but the Panthers held them off with some fancy moves by Trevor Willock.
The Tigers played the game right up to the final whistle, but the Panthers prevailed, winning 58-53.
High scores for the Panthers were Willock and Alleyne with 16 points apiece. Willock had 15 rebounds, and Alleyne 9.
For the Tigers, Leacock and Malott had 14 points each.
The UPEI offense was hindered somewhat by the loss of centre Mike Morgan,
in the middle of the game. Morgan, who has been having a variety of injuries in the last week, appears to have
broke some bones in his foot. ‘
Word is that Morgan has at least a four week recovery period. Hopefully, he will return for the playoffs.
Meanwhile, Dan Stober- man, a 6 foot 4 freshman from Toronto, is starting in
Morgan’s place. Stoberman definitely deserves a hand for
. ~ his effort in thegarnu, , ,1
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Pantiers came out on top this '.me.
With the weekend victories behind them, UPEI now sets its’ sights on upsetting the unbeaten University of New Brunswick next weekend on the road. The team then travels to Maine for two exhi- bition games.
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On Saturday afternoon, the UPEI Panthers won their second game against the Dal- housie Tigers, boosting their record to 5—2, and holding on to third spot in the AUAA
basketball conference. The Panthers took the court on Saturday, with
of offenseeswingman Tyrone Norman
leading the way in the open- ing minute, shooting 6 for 6 from the field to give the Panthers a 22-11 lead at the 12 minute mark.
The Tigers, however, were not without their own of- fense. Bo Malott hit eight points in a row to keep Dal- housie active, then the Tigers’ point guard Ron Wright took over to grab three jumpers to bring the Tigers within 4 points at halftime.
The second half saw the Panthers hanging onto a slim lead as Malott snared a hoop every second time down the floor.
With 13:40 to go, the Panthers were up 39-37 when they made their move. Norman and guard Delroy Adams took two baskets each, then Tejan Alleyne pulled up the slack, with 8 points in 5 minutes, to give the Panthers a 61-49 lead with 4 minutes to go in the game.
The Panthers hung on to win 71-60.
'iigher scorers for the Panthers were Norman with 20 points, and Trevor Wil- lock with 18 points. Willock had 12 rebounds to lead the Panthers in their 43-30 con» quest of the boards.
For the Tigers, Malott had 19 points and W fit had 16.
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