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     Hoop realities 
     
    
   
   
    
     UPEI's winning women of basketball 
     
    
   
   
    
     According to coach 
     
     Tracy Ellsworth, the key to 
     
     success in AUAA women’s 
     
     basketball is a fine mix of sen- 
     
     jor experience and quality rook- 
     
     ies. If this is the case, then this 
     
     season’s women Panthers 
     
     appear well on their way to 
     
     unlocking the door to the league 
     
     championship. 
     
    

    
     “We' recertainly looking 
     
     to win the AUAAs. [But 
     
     there’s] a lot of work ahead of 
     
     us yet.” Ellsworth says that if 
     
     they win the title, they're look- 
     
     ing to represent the AUAA 
     
     well at the national level. 
     
    

    
     UPEI is currently two 
     
     points ahead of Memorial Uni- 
     
     versity in the league standings, 
     
     and boast a record of 11-2. 
     
     The women split their last 
     
     games against Memorial with 
     
     close scores, and will be play- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ing their last last weekend of 
     
     the season in Newfoundland. 
     
    

    
     Eirann Rigby and 
     
     Jennifer Johnson have been 
     
     contributing substantially to the 
     
     strong season, with 22 and 20 
     
     points per game respectively. 
     
     Marie-Claire Couture rounds 
     
     out the triad of veteran perim- 
     
     eter players. Ellsworth notes 
     
     that their play has been instru- 
     
     mental. 
     
    

    
     “They want to win badly 
     
     this year,” she said. “They 
     
     lead by example, as well as by 
     
     voice.” 
     
    

    
     But the team does not 
     
     stop with these leaders. 
     
    

    
     “Our second lineup is 
     
     comparable to other teams’ 
     
     starters,” said Krista Connolly, 
     
     a second year forward. 
     
     “We've got more than one 
     
     person scoring all the points... 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Connolly adds that, with 
     
     eight rookies, the team is one 
     
     of the youngest in the AUAA. 
     
     This is complementary to 
     
     UPEI’s fast, athletic game. 
     
    

    
     The level of play in the 
     
     AUAA this season has been 
     
     on track with the past number 
     
     of years, Ellsworth says, with 
     
     all of the league's teams play- 
     
     ing very competitively. The 
     
     team must be prepared every 
     
     night in order to do well. 
     
    

    
     With seven games left in 
     
     the regular season, Ellsworth 
     
     says that the team is capable 
     
     of going 7-0. Whether they 
     
     willor not, she says, is upto the 
     
     team. 
     
    

    
     “We've been ready more 
     
     often than not,” she said. “I 
     
     have high hopes and so does 
     
     the team.” 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Cadre + 10February 1998 
     
    
   
   
    
     UPEI/Myron’s I.B.L. Week #11 
     
    
   
   
    
     Monday, Feb. 9th 
     
     Alumni vs. Spacejam 
     
     AVC _ vs. Da Bills 
     
    
   
   
    
     Criminals vs. The Slobs 
     
     Crazy _ vs. Billy K. 
     
    
   
   
    
     10pm Bezerkers vs. Dale C. 
     
     Team X__ vs. Court Jesters 
     
    
   
   
    
     8pm 
     
    
   
   
    
     Spm 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tuesday, Feb. 10th 
     
    
   
   
    
     Crazy vs. The Gamecocks 
     
     Jen S. vs. Dale C. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Da Bills vs. Alumni 
     
     AVC _ vs. Court Jesters 
     
    
   
   
    
     10pm Spacejam vs. Brotherhood 
     
    
   
   
    
     opm 
     
    
   
   
    
     UPEI/Myron’s |.B.L. Week #12 
     
    
   
   
    
     Monday, Feb. 16th 
     
     8pm Alumni vs. AVC 
     
    
   
   
    
     Team X vs. Spacejam 
     
     9pm Criminals vs. Billy K. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tuesday, Feb. 17th 
     
     Alumni vs. Dale C. 
     
     Jen S. vs. Team X 
     
     9pm Da Bills vs. Brotherhood 
     
     10pm Bezerkers vs. Court Jesters