By Ryan Laverty
Talent Shortly after being named CIS Female Athlete of the Week, Jessica Foltinek tore her ACL. To make things worse, the third highest scorer in Canada West, Tanya Hautala, injured her ankle during the run for a spot at nationals. Lindsay Maundrell was another key player for the Dinos, representing on Canada West’s scoring and… Continue reading Women’s Basketball
By Sean Nyilassy and Lee Bogle
A split weekend versus the University of Saskatchewan Huskies Feb. 13-14 left the University of Calgary women’s basketball team in the soundly in the final playoff spot in the highly competitive Canada West conference. Unfortunately though, the Dinos play-offed themselves into the lair of Canada’s top ranked team, the University of Regina Cougars, Feb. 21-22.… Continue reading Close, but no cigar
By Lee Bogle
The University of Calgary women’s basketball squad faced the University of Saskatchewan Huskies Feb. 13-14 in their final games of the regular season. The festive fans at the Jack were not to be disappointed, as the play was magnifique! Oddly enough, Friday the thirteenth was a lucky affair. The Dinos deal with the Devil got… Continue reading No Way to Head Into Playoffs
By Lee Bogle and Sean Nyilassy
As we sit back and reflect on the penultimate weekend of the University of Calgary women’s basketball team’s season, we wonder how the Dinos keep surprising us by lowering their standards and falling victim to teams such as the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. Though Fri., Feb. 6 resulted in a W, had the opposition been… Continue reading In Father Time’s bad books
By Ryan Laverty
The University of Calgary women’s basketball team saw some sad slaughter and some sweet success in Saskatchewan on Saturday and Sunday. They broke a four-game losing streak this weekend, bringing them to 7-9 on the season. The Dinos met the University of Regina Cougars Sat., Jan. 31. Lindsay Maundrell and her tall socks dominated for… Continue reading Women’s basketball
By Sean Nyilassy and Lee Bogle
The University of Calgary women’s basketball team trudged north Jan. 23-24 to meet the University of Alberta Pandas. Not only did the girls from Edmonton hand our ladies a pair of losses, they also bitchslapped our city with a cold front o’ death from the north! Not too bad, you may think, until informed of… Continue reading Women basketballers lose to losers
By Lee Bogle
History was rewritten this weekend when Poland fended off the Soviet Union but fell to Germany. Or, to clarify things, the University of Calgary women’s basketball Dinos took out one superpower, namely the third-ranked University of Victoria Vikes, only to be vanquished the following night by another, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, ranked #1… Continue reading Women vivisect Vikes
By Lee Bogle
Having just lost star player Jessica Foltinek, the University of Calgary women’s basketball team struggled against an up-and-coming University of Saskatchewan Huskies team Jan. 9-10 in Saskatoon. The Husky women overwhelmed the Dinos with their, uh, size. "We struggled," commented Head Coach Shawnee Harle on the lackluster performance. "We need to learn to compete harder… Continue reading Dinos hurt by injury
By Lee Bogle
Like a dream come true, the University of Calgary women’s basketball team took down two of the top ranked teams in the country this past weekend. The University of Winnipeg Wesmen–Wespeople for those so PC-inclined–fell hard Fri., Nov. 28, 82-77, while the Bisons from Manitoba were slaughtered the next night as if the match up… Continue reading Split streak over
By Lee Bogle
The Dinos women’s basketball team can’t seem to put a decent weekend together. After two splits in two weeks, the home crowd hoped for a pair of victories against the University of Alberta Pandas, Nov. 21-22, who were 0-4 before this past weekend. But who are we kidding? "Friday was one of the most pathetic… Continue reading Can’t string two together