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Panthers sweep U NB *— third in Canada
By The Shadow
The UPEI men’s basket- ball Panthers boosted their season record to 8-2 with three victories on the road this past week.
The wins put the Panthers in a tie with the Acadia Axemen for first place in the
AUAA Basketball Con- fernce.
Early last week, the Panthers were boosted from
fourth place in the CIAU (national) rankings.
Last Tuesday evening in Sackville, New Brunswick, the Panthers overcame a 32-27 halftime deficit to beat the Mount Allison Mounties 69-62.
Leading the Panthers in that game was point Delroy Adams, who hit for 20 points closely followed by TJ. Alleyne with 18 points.
A big factor for the Panthers was centre Trevor Willock, who had 15 re- bounds for the game.
The win avenged a one-
point loss to the Mounties
earlier in the season.
On the weekend, the Panthers were once again on the road — this time to
Fredericton to play the UNB Red Raiders.
Friday night, the Panthers rolled to an 80-64 victory over the Raiders, with Tyrone Norman scoring 26 points and Alleyne contributing 15.
VoHeybaHl season ends
By Tony Sauer
Despite valiant efforts, the UPEI volleyball Panthers were swept last weekend by the Dalhousie Tigers.
The league-leading Tigers won both matches (Saturday night and Sunday afternoon) by tallies of 3-0.
The Panthers, however, provided respectable opposi- tion, making Dalhousie work for its points.
Linda Dykerman was a bright spot for UPEI with 6 kills, an ace, and three stuffed blocks in the second match.
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Dalhousie, however, seemed to have a slight upper hand in every aspect of the game, with accurate serving, excellent smashing and blocking.
Their defense had enough depth to handle most smashes through theblocking, as well.
The matches round out UPEl’s volleyball season for 1984-85 though there is a chance of an additional tournament at home.
Good luck is wished to Coach Donna Sears and all players in next year’s cam-
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On Saturday, the Panthers literally took the UNB squad
to the cleaners, winning 82-40. The Panthers’ twenty-
point halftime lead allowed them to use their bench for
virtually all of the second.
half.
Once again, Norman led the way,with 24 points, while Trevor Willock netted 11.
The Panthers’ upcoming games will be the most im- portant ones of their season.
This weekend UPEI has two games against the Acadia Axemen, who currently hold third spot in the national rankings.
Should the Panthers win both games, they will be in sole possession of first place in the AUAA conference, and will undoubtedly move a notch higher in the national rankings.
Go to it guys!
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talking about last weekend was the Hockey Panthers’ untimely defeat by the Uni- versite de Moncton Blue Eagles, which dropped the Panthers to the‘number three spot in the nation and hiked the Blue Eagles to the fourth spot.
The game was a sellout, as about 3,000 fans packed the J. Louis Levesque Arena to see the two top teams in the AUAA do battle. The game was fast and closchecking, and the highly offensive Blue Eagles eked out the victory to move within one point of the league-leading UPEI Panthers.
What a game! The fans got into the game at least a half hour before the game even started, first applauding the tractor which cleaned the ice surface and then the blue- colored eagle which took roost in the penalty box.
The Moncton organization has a really strong booster club which was out in full force for the game. They really put the Charlottetown fans to shame with their blue wave, their clanging noise- makers, and their cheers. .
There were about 200 Island fans who managed to squeeze in among the partisan crowd which swelled— the arena, whenever they cheered though, the Moncton gang quickly silenced the vocal few.
The fans on the Island do
. have a chance to renounce
their poor involvement in the Panther games, as the P’s have four more home games at the Forum.
Edward Island Fencing Club, coached by Lother Zimmer- mann, will send eight mem- bers to _the 11th Annual Lieutenant Governors’ Chal- lenge in Halifax, Nova Scotia this weekend.
is sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Culture Recreation, and Fitness, with the Nova Scotia Fencing Association acting as hosts.
petitions Mens’ Epee, Mens’ Sabre as well as Womens’ Foil, which is the only female division currently sanctioned by the Canadian Fencing Organiza- tion.
land, New Brunswick and PEI, as well as the host N.S. team, will be competing and Charles Kaiser, a member of the UPEI squad, says the team, which has played in one tournament before Christmas, will per- form well and has a good chance of getting into the Finals.
Foil competition.
Touche!
The University of Prince
The two-day tournamment
The tourny will have com- in Mens’ Foil,
Teams from Newfound-
already
Kaiser says the team will
The Basketball Panthers moved to the number three spot in the country with their three consecutive wins: One over the Mount Allison Mounties and a two-game sweep of the UNB Red Raiders in Fredericton last weekend.
Acadia is second in the country and former UPEI Coach Dave Nutbrown who defected'to the Nova Scotia school two years 'ago for better terms and better athletic facilities will be on the campus this weekend. Chris Summer and Skeeter Mower, who made the trip to the valley with Nutbrown and are now two of Acadia’s top players, will be the target of the Panthers’ defense.
B’ball fans are in for a treat and please, if you are going to the game, at least try to get your hand clapping. Bring a banner or two paint your face bring any- thing that will make noise. (Friday 8:00 p.m.', Saturday 2:00 p.m.)
The Lady Panthers will be on the road this weekend to play Dalhousie Saturday and Acadia University Friday night. UPEI has only two losses this year and is in second place in the AUAA behind the powerhouse UNB
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The Women’s Volleyball;
team finished their season last weekend on a losing note to the 7th ranked ” Dalhousie Tigers (See story.) If you can find time to see any of the games this week- end try not to use your hands as_a cushion. HART’S NOTE
University Athletic Direc— tor Ed Hilton could not be reached for comment before deadline, but Les Smith, SU Vice-President ‘ External, commented Tuesday after a meeting with Hilton.
Hilton explained to him the Universite de Moncton sent 100 tickets over to the Island, all of which were given to booster club members and to some students who had re- served the highly prized tickets beforehand.
Smith said the Student Union was not informed about the tickets and thought the whole deal wasn’t very good for the students. '
He said he will contact the Universite de Moncton in hopes of getting more tickets for the February 15 matchup between the Panthers and the Eagles. A bus or a couple of Fan Vans may be sent to Moncton at a cost of about _. $20.00 per person; ' .
Smith wants the,~ Student Union to control the dis- tribution of the tickets thus giving the campus com- munity a fair chance at attending the game, instead of having to wait in the long line-up with the chance of not
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I must admit, though, the UPEI students who go to the games do cheer and support Panther sports, but they are overshadowed by the ma- jority of Apathetic people an excellent word to define PEI.
LETTERS
Dear Editor: .
How many UPEI students were aware that we were sent tickets to the Panthers’ hockey game in Moncton last weekend?
From what I can gather, our athletic director received tickets (I have heard numbers up to 125) tothe game.
Where did they go? Some say Booster: Club members had first choice. But I know of at least one member who stood in line for a rush ticket two hours before the game.
The students did not get those tickets. Many went over and ended up standing around the back or sitting in the midst of Moncton fans.
The reserved section (or part of it) behind the Panthers’ bench had sup- posedly been allocated to UPEI. However, -a healthy proportion of those sitting there were cheering for the Blue Eagles, and certainly the Panthers didn’t seem to re- ceive much support from that area.
Even the players didn’t have access to UPEI’s re served tickets. Several 0 their family members stoo in line with the rest of us, an some didn’t go because they didn’t have tickets.
While I am sure that allth recipients of those ticket. were dedicated fans, it seem preferable, for both player and fans, to have the voca support coming from behin rather than from across th ice.
If the athletic director can not get more tickets in ad vance, perhaps he would con sider publicizing the avail ability of the ones he doe have, and find a better wa of distributing them.
In the meantime, fan should be aware that UPE plays in Moncton again 0 February 15 and there wil
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’whole story, the same W3 done when the Blue Eagles fans travelled to PEI. MOS of the fans were boosters an some UdeM . students Wer also a little upset:
' Let’sface it, though, the’ can’t be tickets for everyon ,and his dog! I do think tha in the futre; advertisem€_n and notice of the availabiht of the tickets should 1’ improved so that misunder standings like the one 111‘? occurred last weekend W0n happen again. .
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