Chantal Vallee

League pays homage to Lancer women’s basketball

Ontario University Athletics recognized the three-peat by the Lancer women’s basketball team with two of its top honours Thursday, naming the squad Team of the Year and head coach Chantal Vallée its Female Coach of the Year.

In her eighth year at the helm of the Lancers, Vallée led Windsor to an undefeated season, its fourth OUA title in the past five years, and its third straight Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship.

Awards banquet recognizes achievements of student-athletes

Even as she prepares to graduate, Meaghan Pototschnik says Windsor will always be her home.

“I will always be proud to say I am a Lancer,” the fourth-year nursing student said Wednesday as she accepted the DeMarco Award as the top female combining academic and athletic achievement during the annual Evening of Excellence at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts.

The golfer won a second straight provincial individual title while earning A-level grades. Massimo Megna, co-captain of the Lancer men’s soccer team, won the men’s DeMarco Award.

Lancers win third straight national title in women’s basketball

The Lancer women’s basketball team defeated the host Regina Cougars 66-57 Sunday to win Windsor’s third straight Bronze Baby Trophy as Canadian Interuniversity Sport champions.

Guard Korissa Williams was named the tournament’s most valuable player. She told a national audience watching on the Score network that it is “an honour” to play on the squad, which went undefeated through the season. Williams scored 46 points through three games at the tournament.

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