Lancer men’s volleyball teamThe Lancer men’s volleyball team will compete in the provincial final four this weekend for the first time in more than a decade.

Men’s volleyball to challenge for provincial title

Its first playoff win in more than 10 years has the Lancer men’s volleyball team playing in the Ontario University Athletics final four this weekend. The squad will face the No. 1 ranked—and tournament host—McMaster Marauders on Friday night in Hamilton. The 8 p.m. start will be webcast live at www.oua.tv.

The OUA has three berths to the national championships in Saskatchewan, so three of the final four teams will advance. The bronze medal game will be played Saturday at 5:30 p.m., with the gold medal game following at 8 p.m.

The women’s hockey team will open the playoffs against the Toronto Varsity Blues, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in South Windsor Arena. Windsor will welcome back fifth-year forwards Bree Polci and Jenny MacKnight, as well as head coach Jim Hunter, all of whom are coming off a silver-medal performance with Team Canada at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Spain.

The men’s hockey team will continue its west division semi-final series against the Lakehead Thunderwolves on home ice Saturday, February 21. The no. 8-ranked Lancers opened the best-of-three series with a 4-3 win Wednesday in Thunder Bay. Game two is at South Windsor Arena at 7:30 p.m. Game three, if necessary, will play out Sunday, same time, same place.

The Lancer curling teams will hit the ice in Guelph this weekend for the OUA Championships. The women are led by skip Katie Bolt, while the men are once again skipped by Peter Jensen. Action kicks off Thursday and concludes Monday afternoon with the gold medal games.

Track and field closes out the regular season this weekend at the Silverston Invitational, hosted by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Heading into their final weekend of regular season competition, the Lancer men are ranked No. 1 in Canadian Interuniversity Sport while the women are slotted into the No. 8 spot.

Men’s and women’s basketball will end their regular season on Saturday, in Waterloo to play the Laurier Golden Hawks. The No. 1 women tip off at 1 p.m. and the No. 5 men’s squad will play at 3 p.m.

Find a full preview of the weekend’s action at goLancers.ca.