OUA WOMEN'S WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
The pool will be busy this weekend at Carleton University, as the Ravens play host to the 2012 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) women’s water polo championship from Nov. 23-25.
The Ravens have a proud tradition in women’s water polo as they have claimed the title in four of the past six years, but revenge will be on their minds after falling to the Toronto Varsity Blues in last year’s final. Carleton will be led by Kaitlyn Sennema (Ottawa) and Sarah McIlveen (Scarborough, Ont.). The duo are both entering their fourth year of play, and have been named OUA All-Stars in each of their first three seasons.
The Toronto Varsity Blues are traveling to Ottawa with a repeat on their mind, but they will have to do it without 2011 OUA All-Stars Nicole Brown and Brittany Sinclair who were lost to graduation. The Blues should have enough talent and big game experience however, as they return captain and 2011 championship MVP Casey Pottier (Kitchener, Ont.) and Breanna Gadzosa (Okotoks, Alta.), who was named the top goalie at the 2011 championship.
The McMaster Marauders will be looking to claim their first OUA title since they claimed three straight in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Veterans Nadine Asmis (Etobicoke, Ont.) and Danielle McCallum (Ancaster, Ont.) we be in the pool for the Marauders, who will be intent on a better result than their 2011 bronze medal finish. Asmis was an OUA All-Star in 2009 and 2010, while McCallum earned her all-star nod last season.
Rounding out the competition are the Queen’s Gaels and Ottawa Gee-Gees. The Gaels have lost out in the bronze medal game the past three seasons and they haven’t won the gold medal since 1992. Ottawa will be in the pool looking for their first title since 1998.
OUA WOMEN’S WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 23
5:00 pm OTTAWA vs TORONTO
6:20 pm McMASTER vs QUEEN’S
8:00 pm CARLETON vs OTTAWA
Saturday Nov. 24
12:50 PM McMASTER vs TORONTO
2:10 PM CARLETON vs QUEEN’S
4:10 PM McMASTER vs OTTAWA
6:00 PM CARLETON vs TORONTO
7:20 PM QUEENS vs OTTAWA
Sunday, Nov. 25
9:00 AM CARLETON vs McMASTER
10:20 AM QUEEN’S vs TORONTO
2:20 PM Bronze 3rd place vs 4th place
3:50 PM Gold 2nd place vs 1st place
