Kali Pocrnic had a game-high 25 factors because the Carleton Ravens opened their title defence with a 75-58 win over the Fraser Valley Cascades on Thursday on the U Sports activities girls’s basketball Remaining 8 in Edmonton.
Jacqueline City added 12 factors, whereas Kyana-Jade Poulin had 11 factors, 10 rebounds and 6 assists for second-seeded Carleton.
Maddy Gobeil and Julia Tuchscherer every scored 15 factors to tempo seventh-seeded Fraser Valley.
The Ravens entered this yr’s match because the reigning two-time OUA champions and defending nationwide champions. Carleton now advances to Saturday’s semifinal, taking up Queen’s.
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Gage Grassick led the way in which with 19 factors, eight rebounds and 7 steals because the Saskatchewan Huskies dismantled the Calgary Dinos 85-54.
Carly Ahlstrom chipped in with 14 factors and 5 steals, whereas Maya Flindall had 11 factors off the bench for top-seeded Saskatchewan.
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Myriam Kone paced eighth-seeded Calgary with 15 factors.
The Canada West champion Huskies will subsequent face Laval within the semifinals Saturday as they search their first nationwide title since 2020 and third in program historical past.
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Julia Chadwick had a monster 25-point, 27-rebound efficiency in main the Queen’s Gaels to a 69-54 win over the Saint Mary’s Huskies.
Emma Weltz and Laura Donovan contributed 16 and 10 factors, respectively, for sixth-seeded Queen’s.
Lucina Beaumont led third-seeded Saint Mary’s – the AUS champions – with 15 factors. Alaina McMillan chipped in 11 for the Huskies, who will subsequent face Fraser Valley on Friday in a comfort recreation.
The Gaels now look to snap a tough stretch in opposition to Carleton, which has defeated them on the final two OUA finals and the 2023 nationwide title recreation.
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Lea-Sophie Verret scored a game-high 18 factors to carry the Laval Rouge et Or to a 65-57 win over the Alberta Pandas.
Frédérique Beaudry-Blais, Florence Fortin and Brinly Holt every added 11 factors for fourth-seeded Laval.
Jayden Tanner paced No. 5 Alberta with 13 factors, whereas Morgan Harris and Claire Signatovich every had 10. The Pandas will subsequent face the Dinos on Friday in a comfort recreation.
The Rouge et Or have but to style defeat this season, going 16-0 within the common season earlier than ultimately successful the RSEQ crown final Saturday.
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