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Lancer look-alikes of the week?? OUA Athlete of the Week Mac McDonnell of the Men's Hockey team and Greg "Cheese" Simone of the Men's Volleyball team, both rocking their ginger genes proud with beards to boot. We need an in-person side-by-side comparison!

(March 19, 2014)

(photo source: Windsor Lancers & CEV)

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Hey Lancers - are you missing Men's Volleyball now that spring has arrived? Well fret no more! Windsor Lancer Blase Wasser joined LancerMVBlog as he sat down with some of his teammates for some post-season Q&A. 

He's joined in the video by teammates Shawn Reaume, Andrew Chelladurai and Greg "Cheese" Simone. Find out the answers to team trivia such as:

Who is the funniest on the team?

Favourite on/off-court memories

Team pranks

…and lots of on-camera giggles from Cheese. Check it out!

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Lancer Men's Hockey Brings Home the OUA Gold!

(the Lancer Men's Hockey team with their OUA banner and Queen's Cup trophy)

Going into the playoffs ranked 4th in the OUA West division, the Lancer men stunned the rest of Ontario with their commendable performances. In the semi-final series against Western, Windsor came back from a one-game disadvantage to best the Mustangs in the best-of-three showdown. 

The Lancers' championship opponent, the McGill Redmen, have won four of the last six OUA banners and the 2012 CIS title, and were not to be trifled with. Since McGill was playing under OUA regulations, an Ontario team must host the championship game, giving Windsor the home-ice advantage at South Windsor Arena last Saturday. 

The game started off great for the Lancers, with Evan Stibbard scoring a mere 17 seconds into the first period. Although the Redmen outshot the Lancers 16-13 in the first, goalie Parker Van Buskirk saved all 16 shots to keep the score 1-0 heading in to the second period. 

McGill didn't back down with 20 shots in the second, but Windsor pumped in 2 goals off of 11 shots by Mac McDonnel and Kenny Bradford to make the score 3-0 for the Lancers. A fully-packed arena proved to motivate the hometown heroes as they headed confidently into the third period. 

The Redmen were not done with the Lancers yet, as they tapped in two goals of their own by Vincent Barnard and David Rose to give McGill fans hope at 3-2 with 3 minutes left. The goals were sparked by back-to-back penalties by Windsor, which according to Windsor Sports Information Officer Adam Ali, "seemed to rejuvenate the OUA East division-winners".  The rowdy South Windsor crowd wouldn't have any of it and cheered the boys through the rest of the period to finish with a final score of 3-2 for the Windsor Lancers and the OUA title.

(Lancer forward Mac McDonnell)

For his efforts, Parker Van Buskirk was awarded the player of the game, while teammate Mac McDonnell was chosen as Windsor and OUA athlete of the week (we will have to see when the CIS release is made). The young first-year forward and OUA All-Rookie selection not only scored the second goal for the Lancers, but played a pivotal role in the team's overall offence strategy.

View the Lancer Men's Hockey Page HERE.

View the CIS University Cup Championship Page HERE.

To watch the Lancers in action in Saskatoon click HERE.

(Tuesday, March 18, 2014)

(photo source: University of Windsor Lancers). 

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#BattleForBronzeBaby COMPLETE!

The Lancer Women's Basketball Team accomplished what only one other team has done: win the national championship 4 years in a row!

The Lancers had no doubt as they won the Bronze Baby Trophy in a convincing score of 71-45 over the Saint Mary's Huskies on Sunday evening at the St. Denis Centre. Tournament MVP Miah-Marie Langlois had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in her final game as a Lancer, while fellow tournament all-star and fifth-year Jessica Clemençon pitched in 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Clemençon was also awarded the R.W. Pugh Fair Play award, while Langlois takes home the MVP for an unprecedented three times (for both men and women).

The team's fourth consecutive national banner has been accomplished only by Laurentian, who won five straight titles from 1975-1979. Clemençon started Windsor's run with the first six points in the first several minutes of the game, while teammate Jocelyn LaRocque hit a three with 1:21 to go in the fourth to cap the game for the Lancers.

(Birthday Girl Anna Mullins cuts her share of the championship net.)

The road to the gold-medal game fappeared smooth for the Lancers as they beat both their quarter- and semi-final opponents by margins of 28 and 20 points respectively. The Lancers took down OUA bronze medalists Laurier Golden Hawks in the first round of the CIS Championships, now rebranded to the 2014 Arcelormittal Dofasco CIS Women's Basketball Final 8. After holding a 43-25 lead at halftime, the Lancers only let the Golden Hawks come within 13 to win the game 81-53.

The semi-final win over the University of Fraser Valley Cascades did not come as easily as the quarterfinal, as the Lancers trailed by one at halftime and only shot 19.4%. In the second half, the Windsor women upped their percentage to 34.1% and outrebounded Fraser Valley 51-43 to take the game 65-45.

Langlois ended the tournament with 58 points, only second to St. Mary's Huskies' Justine Colley with 65 points. Clemençon, LaRocque and Korissa Williams finished with 50, 30 and 29 points, respectively. The tournament was a wonderful showcase of not only the athletic talent here in Windsor, but the capacity of our athletics department to host larger-scale sport events. The St. Denis Centre and the vivacious crowd thanks to the loyal Party Army and Lancer fans were alive this past weekend and hopefully the Lancer Men's Volleyball Team can have their moment in the CIS spotlight in the upcoming future.

(photo sources: Edwin Tam and Anna Mullins)

(March 17th, 2014)