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Basketball season ends with loss at Laval

Weekly Release #20
March 3, 2008

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK:

Melanie Ouellet-Godcharles

This week’s Pilsen Pub Athlete of the Week is Melanie Ouellet-Godcharles (Gatineau, Que.) of the Women's Basketball team.

Ouellet-Godcharles led the Gaiters with 15 points in their semifinal loss to Laval on Wednesday night. Ouellet-Godcharles was 4-for-14 from the field and 5-for-6 from the foul line in 32 minutes on Wednesday night. She also made a game-high three steals in the 69-51 defeat.

HONOUR ROLL:

Jessy Roy - PG - Women's Basketball (1st year, Val d'Or, Que.) - Scored 10 points on Wednesday at Laval
Sarah Gutkin-Sweezey - F - Women's Basketball (1st year, Boucherville, Que.) - Scored 10 points and grabbed a team-high five rebounds on Wednesday at Laval.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
(10-18, 10-16 CIS, 6-10 QUBL, 4th)
Women's season ends with semi-final loss at Laval
Team Statistics

Women’s Basketball lost their only game this week, a 72-66 decision at Concordia. The loss puts the Gaiters in fourth place in the final QUBL standings.

WEDNESDAY: Bishop's 51 @ Laval 69
Box Score

The Bishop's Gaiters' Women's Basketball season came to an end tonight as they were downed 69-51 by the Laval Rouge et Or in a QUBL Semifinal in Quebec City. The defeat marks the third consecutive time Bishop's has fallen to Laval in the QUBL playoffs, and ends a streak of five consecutive QUBL Championship appearances for the Gaiters. Melanie Ouellet-Godcharles (Gatineau, Que.) led the Gaiters with 15 points, while Jessy Roy (Val d'Or, Que.) and Sarah Gutkin-Sweezey (Boucherville, Que.) added 10 points each in the losing cause. (Full release)

UP NEXT: The Gaiters have concluded their 2007-08 season.

WOMEN’S INDOOR SOCCER
(0-7-0, 8th QUISL)
Gaiters forfeit match to Concordia

Due to a lack of available players, the Gaiters were forced to forfeit their final indoor soccer match of the regular season. The game is recorded as a 3-0 win for Concordia. The loss dropped the Gaiters into eighth place in the QUISL, behind the 1-7-0 Stingers.

UP NEXT: The #8-seeded Gaiters will travel to St-Eustache to face the top-seeded Laval Rouge et Or (7-0-0) in the league quarterfinals. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Saturday, Mar. 8

Women's Indoor Soccer Quarterfinal vs. Laval, St-Eustache, 3:30 p.m.

NOTE: With the conclusion of the Men's and Women's Basketball seasons, this will be the final Weekly Release for 2007-08. Updates on the conclusion of the Women's Indoor Soccer and Women's Hockey seasons will be posted on the Gaiters' website at www.ubishops.ca/gaiters.