Women’s cagers knocked from playoffs by Western after grounding Hawks for first playoff win in 11 years

Lyle Morissette
Sports Editor

Despite eventually bowing out in the semi-finals to the Western Mustangs in a tough to swallow 84-58 loss on Saturday night, the ‘Wolves playoff win drought—since 1999—did come to an end earlier in the week when point guard Tasia McKenna and rest of the squad dispatched the visiting Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks in a thrilling game.
McKenna scored 26 points in Wednesday night’s 70-64 home victory, and post Lindsay Druery added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Pack. Unfortunately, both were relentlessly hounded Saturday, and were big nonfactors in the scoring department, severely hindering the ‘Wolves attack and chances against a very tough Western team.
“Obviously we’re disappointed in the result of the game,” said head coach Jon Kreiner. “We never really put ourselves in a position to get any rhythm or flow. Western deserves full marks for their execution offensively and they played great defense on Tasia and Lindsay Druery. “
On the bright side of things, seventh-year head coach Jon Kreiner picked up his first postseason victory with the team after having led them to the playoffs in three of the past four seasons. Nearly all members of the team will return next year.