Tigers Weekend Recap

Men’s Volleyball

The UNB Varsity Reds took home the AUS championship on Friday night beating the Tigers 3-1 in the third and final match of the best of three series in front of a packed Dalplex crowd.

UNB came out strong grabbing the first set 25-20. Samuel Alves closed out the set with a big kill.

Dalhousie rallied back with their season on the line, taking the second set 25-18 but the Varsity Reds proved to be too much, taking the next two sets 25-23 and 27-25.

Pascal McCarthy was dominant for the Varsity Reds recording a game high 20 kills. It was Matthew Donovan getting it done for the Tigers with 14 kills.

The AUS men’s volleyball awards and all-star team were announced following the match. Dalhousie head coach, Dan Ota received coach of the year honours while Jonathan Macdonald, Matthew Donavan, Adam Sandeson and Kristen O’Brien were named to the AUS all-star team.

Women’s Basketball

The women’s basketball team was eliminated from the AUS playoffs on Friday night, falling 69-56 in their quarter-final matchup against the Cape Breton Capers.

Dalhousie fell behind early on after the Capers opened up a 21-12 lead in the first quarter. Heading into the fourth quarter the Capers found themselves up 22 points but the Tigers managed to put together a solid fourth quarter outscoring the Capers 21-12.

Diedre Alexander had her best game of the season with 20 points shooting 9-13 from the field and was rewarded with a spot on the championship all-star team.

Men’s Basketball

The men’s basketball team won their second straight AUS title over the weekend, defeating the UPEI Panthers 87-85 in the championship game at the Scotiabank Centre.

On Saturday evening the Tigers beat the Saint Mary’s Huskies 75-74 in dramatic fashion booking their ticket to the AUS championship final.

Trailing 37-32 at the half against the Huskies, the Tigers dug deep completing the comeback. Ritchie Kanza Mata hit a pair of clutch free throws down the stretch.

Kashrell Lawrence was the Subway Player of the Game with 31 points and six rebounds.

Sunday afternoon’s matchup between the Tigers and Panthers was another thriller. The Panthers came out strong in the first quarter led by Tyler Scott who had 10 points in the opening 10 minutes.

After two quarters of play, the Panthers led 87-85. The Tigers started to find their groove in the third quarter outscoring the Panthers 25-20, taking a 61-57 lead into the fourth quarter.

Ritchie Kanza Mata came up clutch once again hitting some key free throws and buckets in the final minute icing the Tigers AUS championship.

Kanza Mata and Kashrell Lawrence were named to the championship all-star and Lawrence was named championship MVP for the second straight year.

The Tigers now advance to the 2016 Arcelormittal Dofasco CIS Men's Basketball Final 8, hosted by the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., March 17-20.