March 20, 2014
Windsor's McDonnell named CIS Athlete of the Week
OTTAWA (CIS) – Hockey players Gabrielle Davidson from McGill University and Mac McDonnell from the University of Windsor are the ArcelorMittal Dofasco CIS female and male athletes of the week for the period ending March 16, 2014.
Davidson, a second-year finance student from Pointe-Claire, Que., was named MVP of the CIS championship hosted by St. Thomas University in Fredericton after she tallied a tournament-high nine points (6-3-9) in three games and led the fifth-seeded Martlets to their first national title since 2011. The 21-year-old forward opened the competition last Thursday with two goals in a 4-1 win over Laurier, scored twice more and added two assists in an 8-2 domination of Moncton on Saturday, before adding two more goals and assisting on the game-winner 37 seconds into the second overtime period in a 4-3 gold-medal win over defending champion and top-ranked Montreal, on Sunday night. Davidson, who potted a CIS-leading 28 markers in 20 games during the regular season, scored or assisted on 56.3% of her team’s 16 goals at the championship.
Basketball players Miah-Marie Langlois of Windsor and Kayli Sartori of Fraser Valley were also nominated for the women’s award.
McDonnell, a first-year liberal studies student from Allen Park, Mich., helped the Lancers capture their first OUA banner since 1998 – and the second in program history – with a 3-2 Queen’s Cup victory over visiting McGill, on Saturday night. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound forward scored midway through the second period to give Windsor a 2-0 lead and the locals held on from there. The Lancers are seeded third for the PotashCorp CIS University Cup championship presented by Co-op which gets under way on Thursday at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon.
McGill hockey player Vincent Barnard was the other male nominee.
Female nominees:
AUS: No nomination
RSEQ: Gabrielle Davidson, hockey, McGill (recipient)
OUA: Miah-Marie Langlois, basketball, Windsor
CWUAA: Kayli Sartori, basketball, Fraser Valley
Male nominees:
AUS: No nomination
RSEQ: Vincent Barnard, hockey, McGill
OUA: Mac McDonnell, hockey, Windsor (recipient)
CWUAA: No men’s competition in Canada West
Davidson, a second-year finance student from Pointe-Claire, Que., was named MVP of the CIS championship hosted by St. Thomas University in Fredericton after she tallied a tournament-high nine points (6-3-9) in three games and led the fifth-seeded Martlets to their first national title since 2011. The 21-year-old forward opened the competition last Thursday with two goals in a 4-1 win over Laurier, scored twice more and added two assists in an 8-2 domination of Moncton on Saturday, before adding two more goals and assisting on the game-winner 37 seconds into the second overtime period in a 4-3 gold-medal win over defending champion and top-ranked Montreal, on Sunday night. Davidson, who potted a CIS-leading 28 markers in 20 games during the regular season, scored or assisted on 56.3% of her team’s 16 goals at the championship.
Basketball players Miah-Marie Langlois of Windsor and Kayli Sartori of Fraser Valley were also nominated for the women’s award.
McDonnell, a first-year liberal studies student from Allen Park, Mich., helped the Lancers capture their first OUA banner since 1998 – and the second in program history – with a 3-2 Queen’s Cup victory over visiting McGill, on Saturday night. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound forward scored midway through the second period to give Windsor a 2-0 lead and the locals held on from there. The Lancers are seeded third for the PotashCorp CIS University Cup championship presented by Co-op which gets under way on Thursday at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon.
McGill hockey player Vincent Barnard was the other male nominee.
Female nominees:
AUS: No nomination
RSEQ: Gabrielle Davidson, hockey, McGill (recipient)
OUA: Miah-Marie Langlois, basketball, Windsor
CWUAA: Kayli Sartori, basketball, Fraser Valley
Male nominees:
AUS: No nomination
RSEQ: Vincent Barnard, hockey, McGill
OUA: Mac McDonnell, hockey, Windsor (recipient)
CWUAA: No men’s competition in Canada West
