UPEI Lady Panthers wen 
     
    

    
     meir biggest basektball 
     
     game. of the season Saturday 
     
     as they defeated Mount 
     
     Allison Angels 68-44. 
     
     ‘ This meansythey «have 
     
     ained top spot in the 
     
     northern section of the 
     
     AUAA and a birth in the 
     
     ayoffs in the Halifax finals 
     
     next weekend. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
         
     
        
     
         
     
         
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     trolled the opening and 
     
     scored first but that was the 
     
    
   
   
    
     the game at UPEIscored on 
     
     3 Dawn MacLeod 20 footer on 
     
     their firstngSSession and 
     
     Sharon Dougals‘ two suc- 
     
     cessful foul shots on their 
     
     next possession put them 
     
     ahead to stay. 
     
    

    
     The score at half time was 
     
    
   
   
    
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     wite good. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     The Saclwillei Squad con- I 
     
    
   
   
    
     last time they‘Were ahead'ih 
     
    
   
   
    
     é, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dave "Hernfe" MacNeill, 
     
     wach of UPEI's basketball 
     
     mdy Panthers, describes 
     
     Ms team's performance 
     
     wainst Mount Allison as 
     
     He feels his 
     
     wrls played one of their 
     
     wtter games of the year, 
     
     md well they might have, 
     
     hr only on the basis of 
     
    
   
   
    
     34-22. The Lady Panthers 
     
    
   
   
    
     . came up big in all facets of 
     
    
   
   
    
     the game as they shot 42 per 
     
     cent of the floor and played a 
     
     solid -zone defence with 
     
     Douglas and Cathy’ Chandler 
     
     almost shutting down the 
     
     middle. 
     
    

    
     UPEI dominated both 
     
     boards outrebounding Mount 
     
     A 562$ with- Susan Betts 
     
     hauling down a game high 
     
     18, -many of which were in 
     
    
   
   
    
     the first 10 minutes during 
     
     e. which the tone of the game 
     
    
   
   
    
     was set. . 
     
    

    
     ‘ The intensity of which the 
     
     Lady Panthers played the 
     
     game was typified in the 
     
    
   
   
    
     final minute and 30 seconds - 
     
    
   
   
    
     with freshmen guard Karen 
     
     Rowell hit for five points and 
     
     passed off for another basket 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' as the local girls capped the 
     
     .1 routoftheAngels; ' 
     
     l The game began on an 
     
     i emotional note for the Lady 
     
     , Panthers when their captain 
     
     I and four-year veteran Sandy 
     
     Drysdale, played in her last 
     
     home 'game, was presnted 
     
     with a memento of the occa- 
     
     . sion by UPEI athletic direc- 
     
     i . tor  Hilton. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SCORING 
     
     UPEI: MacLeod 14; 
     
     Chandler 12; Douglas 10: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Drysdale 8; Betts 8; Rossiter 
     
     5: Rowell 5; MacAdam 4: 
     
     Gallant 2. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mount Azi'Burns 12; 
     
     Wheaton 12; MacVicar 10; 
     
     'Ehrlenholtz 4; Couillard; 
     
     Messier 2; Hamilton. 
     
    
   
   
    
     LADY PANTHERS PREPARED 
     
    
   
   
    
     . their 68—hh victory did 
     
    
   
   
    
     two-«a 
     
    
   
   
    
     they advance to the AUAA 
     
     playoffs this weekend. 
     
     The playoff tournament, 
     
     being held in Halifax, 
     
     will feature UPEl, UNB, 
     
     St. F.X., and Dalhousie., 
     
     In speaking with the SUN, 
     
     Coach MacNeill revealgg— 
     
     that UPEI will first‘ 
     
     confront Dalhousie, a 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Lady. Panthers Gain Position {In AUAA _ Post-S eaSo_n Action 
     
    
   
   
    
     From the Guardian' 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
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     THE LADY PANTHERS 
     
     From left to right: 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     George Morrison - Assistant 
     
     Coach, Rhody Gallant, Dawn MacLeod, Colleen Rossiter, 
     
     Sue Betts, Sharon Douglas, Cathy Chandler, Ann MacAdam, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Dave MacNeill - Coach Front: Karen Rowell and ‘ I 
     
     1; Sandy Drysdale ’ ' 
     
     team—that carvt be — top-three teams inTanada, 
     
     underestimated. Dalhousie and coaCh MaCNe'll warns 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     is ranked as one of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     that his squad will face 
     
     five or six outstanding 
     
     individuals, several of 
     
     whom will probably be 
     
     named all-Canadians. 
     
    

    
     Coach MacNeill does have 
     
     considerable respect for 
     
     his team‘s upcoming 
     
     opponents, but he is also 
     
     confident in the abilities 
     
     of his own players. He 
     
     rates this year's UPEI 
     
     team as slightly stonger 
     
     than the one he coached 
     
     last year to an undefeated 
     
     regular season. Last 
     
     season's weakness, he 
     
     declares, was inexperience, 
     
     a problem that the passing 
     
     of time has done much to 
     
     cure. Another positive 
     
     ,factor is that the l979—80 
     
     squad, unlike its predecessor, 
     
     has faced strong opponents 
     
     before the playoffs. The 
     
     result is that the Lady ' 
     
     Panthers appear prepared 
     
     for whatever may face them. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Coach MacNeill 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     In the 1979 AUAA semi-finals 
     
     the UPEl women were decisively 
     
     beaten by a nationally 
     
     ranked UNB. We at UPEI wish 
     
    

    
     four team the best in trying 
     
     to reverse that result 
     
     snow.