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Lancer News
S
ell-out crowds are expected when the
Lancer women’s basketball team hosts the
2014 Canadian Inter-University Sport (CIS)
Women’s Basketball Championship Final
Eight, March 14-16, at the St. Denis Centre.
“The University of Windsor is grateful
to once again be given the opportunity
to host the CIS women’s basketball
championship,” says UWindsor’s acting
athletic director Mike Havey. “We look
forward to promoting CIS and women’s
sport in our community, and are excited to
put on another memorable event that will
enhance the student-athlete experience.”
The previous staging of the event in
Windsor, held in 2011, proved a resounding
success and culminated with the host
Lancers capturing the first Bronze Baby
Trophy in school history thanks to a 63-49
gold-medal win over Saskatchewan in front
of a standing-room only crowd of 2,282.
UWindsor became—and remains—the
first team to triumph on home court since
the 1972 inaugural national tournament.The
Lancers will enter the 2014 championship
as defending three-time champions after
adding Bronze Baby titles two years ago in
Calgary and last March in Regina.
“We are thrilled to see our women’s
basketball championship return to the
University of Windsor,” says Pierre
Lafontaine, CIS chief executive officer.
“Windsor will keep setting our very high
standards expected in hosting this event. It
will be memorable.”
Closing out their decorated careers on
home court will be former BLG Award
winner and CIS female athlete of the
year Jessica Clemençon and two-time
CIS defensive player of the year Miah-
Marie Langlois. Clemençon, a French
national from St. Rambert, and Langlois, a
hometown native of Windsor, are arguably
one of the greatest one-two punches in CIS
women’s basketball history.
The combination of Clemençon’s
dominance in the post and Langlois’
precision shooting and playmaking ability
helped the Lancers to a formidable 83-5
record in conference play over the last
four years. Fourth-year Korissa Williams
had a breakthrough season in 2012-13,
averaging more than 15 points and five
rebounds per game. She was named the
CIS championship tournament MVP
after helping Windsor to a third Bronze
Baby Trophy. Both Langlois and Williams
donned the red and white for Canada at the
FISU Summer Games this past summer.
With up-and-comers such as
sophomore guard Caitlyn Longmuir, who
was named to the OUA West division’s
all-rookie squad last season, and third-year
centre Tessa Kreiger, who also represented
Canada at the 2013 Summer Universiade
in Kazan, Russia, the women have set their
eyes on adding a fourth national title in as
many years to their trophy case.
The program had a particularly historic
season in 2012-13 when the Lancers
became the first team in OUA women’s
basketball history to go undefeated since the
conference switched from 12-game to a 22-
game schedule in the 1990s. After recording
a 21-0 regular season mark, Windsor
captured its fourth conference banner in
five seasons before icing the perfect season
with a third straight national championship,
defeating host Regina in the national finals.
Lancers head coach Chantal Vallée, the
driving force behind Windsor’s program,
has garnered a sparkling 216-65 record with
Windsor heading into the second half of
the 2013-14 season, after taking over the
program in 2005-06.
Tournament passes for the 2014 CIS
Women’s Basketball Final 8 are currently
available online at
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Lancers host 2014 Canadian Women’s Basketball Championships
BY ELISA MITTON BComm ’05
Will the Lancers capture their fourth consecutive national championship this March? Photo by Robert Weitzel.
