CHESTER
      S
      CORNE,
     
     
      University
      sports
      by
      Alex
      Field
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Upcoming
      Games...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Men’s
      Baksetball
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Fri-Sat
      March
      14-16
      CIS
      Final@Halifax
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Men's
      Basketball
      Captures
     
     
      2003
      AUS
      Championship
     
    
   
   
    
     
      March
      Madness
      will
      be
      felt
      for
      a
     
     
      little
      while
      longer
      around
      UPEI
      as
      the
     
     
      Men's
      Basketball
      team,
      prepare
      the
      CIS
     
     
      championship,
      after
      the
      amazing
      run
      to
     
     
      claim
      the
      AUS
      Championship
      this
      past
     
     
      weekend.
      ,
     
    

    
     
      On
      Friday,
      the
      Panthers
      were
      able
     
     
      to
      move
      past
      their
      final
      season
      loss
      to
      the
     
     
      Dalhousie
      Tigers,
      and
      showed
      that
      they
     
     
      had
      learned
      from
      their
      mistakes
      as
      UPEI
     
     
      defeated
      Dalhousie
      65-53
      in
      quarterfinal
     
     
      action.
      Tyler
      Wood
      lead
      the
      way
      for
      the
     
     
      Panthers
      scoring
      15
      points.
     
    

    
     
      Saturday,
      the
      Panthers
      faced
      the
     
     
      three-time
      defending
      champions
      St.
      FX,
     
     
      and
      were
      able
      to
      pull
      off
      the
      upset,
      as
      they
     
     
      defeated
      the
      X-Men
      in
      a
      72-71
      nail-biter.
     
     
      Tyler
      Wood
      once
      again
      lead
      the
      Panthers
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Players
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      with
      27
      points.
      The
      win
      gave
      the
      Panthers
     
     
      a
      free
      trip
      to
      the
      CIS
      Championship,
      but
     
     
      UPEI
      still
      had
      work
      to
      do.
     
    

    
     
      Sunday,
      UPEI
      faced
      Saint
      Mary's
     
     
      in
      a
      battle
      for
      AUS
      supremacy.
      Led
      by
     
     
      fourth
      year
      co-captain
      Jeff
      Walker
      (scored
     
     
      20
      points),
      the
      Panthers
      were
      able
      to
      get
     
     
      out
      to
      an
      early
      lead,
      and
      kept
      their
      focus
     
     
      for
      the
      rest
      of
      the
      match.
      With
      four
      players
     
     
      in
      double-digit
      scoring
      including
      Walker,
     
     
      Tyler
      Wood
      (15
      points),
      Sherone
      Edwards,
     
     
      and
      Jason
      Aucoin
      (13
      points),
      the
      Panthers
     
     
      showed
      that
      UPEI
      was
      a
      team
      that
      could
     
     
      win
      using
      any
      of
      their
      players.
      In
      the
      end,
     
     
      all
      of
      the
      AUS
      took
      notice
      of
      UPEI
      Men's
     
     
      Basketball
      team,
      who
      earned
      their
      first
     
     
      AUS
      Championship
      since
      1989,
      in
      a
      74-65
     
     
      victory.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      Week
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tyler
      Wood:
      Male
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      male
      player
      of
      week
      twenty-one
      of
      the
     
     
      sports
      season
      is
      Tyler
      Wood.
      Tyler
      play
      three
     
     
      huge
      games
      this
      past
      weekend,
      as
      the
      UPEI
     
     
      Panthers
      won
      their
      first
      AUS
      basketball
     
     
      championship
      in
      over
      a
      decade.
      Friday,
      dur-
     
     
      ing
      quarter
      final
      action,
      Tyler
      scored
      15
     
     
      points
      as
      UPEI
      defeated
      Dalhousie
      65-53.
     
     
      Saturday,
      Tyler
      played
      what
      was
      possibly
      his
     
     
      best
      game
      of
      the
      year
      scoring
      27
      points,
      and
     
     
      lead
      the
      Panthers
      to
      a
      72-71
      victory
      over
      the
     
     
      three-time
      defending
      champion
      St.
      FX
      X-
     
     
      Men.
      Sunday,
      Tyler
      again
      played
      a
      solid
     
     
      game,
      and
      despite
      getting
      into
      early
      foul
      trou-
     
     
      ble,
      managed
      to
      score
      15
      points,
      as
      UPEI
     
     
      defeated
      the
      Saint
      Mary's
      Huskies
      74-65.
     
     
      With
      a
      weekend
      total
      of
      57
      points,
      11
     
     
      rebounds,
      7
      assists,
      7
      steals,
      Tyler
      was
      named
     
     
      AUS
      tournament
      MVP.
      Tyler
      is
      a
      graduate
     
     
      from
      Palm
      Beach
      Gardens
      H.S.
      in
      Florida,
     
     
      and
      is
      currently
      in
      his
      second
      year
      of
      his
      Arts
     
     
      program.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Katherine
      Walter:
      Female
     
     
      The
      female
      player
      of
      week
      twenty-one
     
     
      of
      the
      sports
      season
      is
      Katherine
      Walter.
     
     
      Katherine
      played
      a
      solid
      game
      against
     
     
      the
      Saint
      Mary's
      Huskies
      in
      the
      quarter
     
     
      finals
      of
      the
      AUS
      Basketball
     
     
      Championship
      this
      past
      weekend.
     
     
      Katherine
      led
      the
      panthers
      in
      scoring
     
     
      with
      eleven
      points
      and
      added
      two
     
     
      rebounds.
      However,
      the
      Huskies
      proved
     
     
      to
      be
      too
      much
      for
      the
      panthers
      despite
     
     
      Katherine's
      efforts,
      as
      UPEI
      lost
      the
     
     
      game
      59-42.
      Katherine
      is
      a
      graduate
     
     
      from
      Colonel
      Gray
      Senior
      High
      School,
     
     
      and
      is
      currently
      in
      her
      second
      year
      of
     
     
      the
      business
      program.
      In
      her
      spare
      time
     
     
      Katherine
      enjoys
      reading,
      soccer,
      play-
     
     
      ing
      the
      dare
      game,
      shopping,
      and
      going
     
     
      on
      road
      trips.
      Her
      future
      plans
      include
     
     
      either
      going
      to
      law
      school
      or
      becoming
     
     
      a
      forensic
      scientist.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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