Chantal Vallee

Women’s basketball coach grateful for trust of team captains

Iva Peklova says she will be sad when her Lancer career is over, but she doesn’t have time to think about that yet. While the women’s basketball team will play its final game of the regular season Saturday at the St. Denis Centre, Peklova and the rest of the squad plan to enjoy an extended playoff run.

Peklova and co-captain Emily Abbott are both in their fifth and final year of varsity sport. They will be honoured during a ceremony before Saturday’s game against the Western Mustangs; tip-off is at 2 p.m.

Video presents highlights of women’s basketball fundraiser

Her time at the University of Windsor helped her to become the woman she always envisioned, says Emily Abbott. The Calgary native was one of the Lancer women’s basketball players who spoke at the team’s mimosa breakfast, December 4.

“At the end of five years of being coached by Chantal Vallee . . . one will inevitably become a strong woman, someone who can change things,” said Abbott, a fifth-year guard. “That is all a young woman can ask for.”

Glen Bacarro of GlenTV produced a video of highlights from Sunday’s breakfast. Watch it now:

Mimosa breakfast to benefit Lancer women’s basketball program

A champagne and orange juice celebratory breakfast in support of Lancer women's basketball will give fans a chance to meet the players and head coach Chantal Vallée, Sunday, December 4, at 10 a.m. in Ambassador Auditorium.

The event is a fundraiser for the team, which won its first-ever national championship last season.

“The money we raise at the breakfast helps to cover so many costs of competition,” Vallée says. “We count on an excellent showing there to make ends meet.”

Tickets are available in two price categories:

Mimosa breakfast to make women’s basketball fans part of the team

A champagne and orange juice celebratory breakfast in support of Lancer women's basketball will give fans a chance to meet the players and head coach Chantal Vallée, Sunday, December 4, at 10 a.m. in Ambassador Auditorium.

The event is a fundraiser in support of the team, which won its first-ever national championship last season.

Tickets are available in two price categories:

Basketball coach featured speaker at Chamber of Commerce scholarship luncheon

Chantal Vallée, head coach of the national champion Lancers women’s basketball team, will discuss how she built a winning program and developed the character of her players in a presentation entitled “Lead to Succeed On and Off the Court” today during the 12th annual Athena Scholarship Luncheon.

The event, sponsored by the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce, will honour the three 2011 recipients of the Athena Scholarship:

Conciliation sessions with WUFA begin today

As previously reported in DailyNews, conciliation talks between the University and the Windsor University Faculty Association continue in expectation that a successful collective agreement will be reached.

Conciliation sessions are scheduled for September 12, 14, 19, 22 and 23.