After last weekend's sweep over the Victoria Vikes in the conference quarterfinals, the University of Regina's women's basketball team is back in action this weekend at the Canada West Final Four in Saskatoon.
The Cougars, who enter the tournament as the No. 2 seed, will square off with the Alberta Pandas on Friday night in the semifinals. The winner will advance to the Canada West championship game against the winner of the Saskatchewan/Fraser Valley semifinal on Saturday, while the two losers will meet in the bronze medal game.
Webcast and
live statistics will be available for all four games beginning with the Saskatchewan/Fraser Valley semifinal at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. The Cougars and Pandas will tip off at 8 p.m.
Saturday's schedule will see the third place game start at 5 p.m. and the championship game at 7 p.m.
Here's a look at the four teams in this weekend's conference tournament:
No. 1 seed – Saskatchewan
CIS ranking: No. 1
Canada West record: 22-2
How they got here: Won Canada West quarterfinal over Calgary, 2-0
Key players: Kim Tulloch (Canada West MVP), Jill Humbert (Canada West first-team all-star), Katie Miyazaki (Canada West Defensive Player of the Year)
No. 2 seed – Regina
CIS ranking: No. 3
Canada West record: 19-5
How they got here: Won Canada West quarterfinal over Victoria, 2-0
Key players:
Joanna Zalesiak (Canada West first-team all-star),
Lindsay Ledingham (Canada West second-team all-star)
No. 3 seed – Alberta
CIS ranking: No. 8
Canada West record: 17-7
How they got here: Won Canada West quarterfinal over UBC, 2-0
Key players: Marisa Haylett (Canada West first-team all-star), Georgia Popovici (10.6 ppg)
No. 4 seed – Fraser Valley
CIS ranking: (none)
Canada West record: 12-12
How they got here: Won Canada West quarterfinal over Winnipeg, 2-0
Key players: Tessa Klassen (11.7 ppg), Sarah Wierks (10.4 ppg)