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Hurricanes Women's Basketball: Recieves Awards at Annual Awards Banquet
Monday, April 2, 2012
At the 2012 Annual Holland Hurricanes Awards banquet women's basketball players were recognized for thier efforts on the court.
Award winners included:
Most Improved Player -Lindsay Shupe
Top Defensive Player - Rickeia Richardson
Most Dedicated Player - Rachel Scoville
Most Valuable Player - Lindy ...more
Hurricanes Women's Basketball: Recieves Awards at Annual Awards Banquet
Lindy MacDonald Recieves her MVP Award from Coach Mike Connolly
At the 2012 Annual Holland Hurricanes Awards banquet women's basketball players were recognized for thier efforts on the court.
Award winners included:
Most Improved Player -Lindsay Shupe
Top Defensive Player - Rickeia Richardson
Most Dedicated Player - Rachel Scoville
Most Valuable Player - Lindy MacDonald
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2012 ACAA Basketball Championships:Hurricanes Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball preparing to host best of the ACAA at 2012 Ch
Charlottetown - The Holland Hurricanes men's and women's basketball teams will be in action Friday at Holland College as the 2012 ACAA Basketball Championships get underway in Charlottetown.
In women's action, the Hurricanes enter the weekend as the four-seed. The women (10-11) will face the five-seed (also 10-11) UNBSJ Seawolves at 11 a.m. The men's basketball 'Canes (13-8) are the three-seed and will face the sixth-seeded MTA Mounties (9-12) at 3 p.m. If the women win they'll advance to face either STU or MSVU on Saturday afternoon. A men's win would mean a match-up with the STU Tommies Saturday night at 8 p.m.
Women's Preview
The Hurricanes enter the weekend quietly confident about facing the Seawolves. Two weekends ago they swept the Seawolves in two games on the very same court, winning by scores of 83-66 and 80-75. The two wins give the Hurricanes confidence entering the weekend, but the team is fully-aware the UNBSJ is a very capable team. The Seawolves finished the regular-season with a 91-70 win over the third-seeded MTA Mounties.
Head Coach Mike Connolly is excited to be hosting this year's championship and says his team is also looking forward to the challenge.
"We are obviously very excited about hosting the event. To be able to play an event of this stature on our home-court is a great advantage. We're really looking forward to Friday's game. Playing at home always has its distractions, but we have talked a lot about using the excitement as a positive and staying focus on the job at hand," explained Connolly.
The Hurricanes have a definite size advantage over the Seawolves. In their recent meeting Holland College controlled the boards and was able to get a lot of easy buckets in the post.
Connolly commented, "We definitely want to use our size. Jennifer Hinds was huge for us again them last time and we'll be counting on her to have another big game. We'll need big contributions from everyone. As has been the case all season, it will come down to our decision making. We have looked very good when we take care of the ball, share the ball and take good shots. I love our chances if we can do those things well. We have been very good at practice this week and I'm confident we'll have great game Friday."
Guard Lindy MacDonald also talked about hosting and the first-round match-up.
"It's going to be great. The atmosphere is always great in the playoffs and getting to host on our home-court will be pretty exciting. We all are really hoping for a big crowd for all of the games," said MacDonald.
"There is no question UNBSJ is going to give us a good test. At the same time, I really believe that if we play like we're capable of, we'll come out on top," explained MacDonald.
Men's Preview
The men's team is 3-0 this season against the MTA Mounties. Most recently, the Hurricanes defeated the Mounties 88-76 on February 12th.
Three wins over MTA gives Head Coach George Morrison confidence about the match-up, but the veteran coach also knows just how tough it is to beat the same team four-times in a season.
"History definitely tells us that beating an opponent four times in a season has its challenges. We need to be ready for a team hungry to beat us," said Morrison.
He also explained, "At the same time I think MTA is a good match-up for us. They have some size that can give us problems, but I do feel we present some tough individual assignments for them as well."
"We're not a team that is going to over-power anyone. We do however have some talented players who play well together. If we can play to our strengths and have our guards knock-down open looks, I think we have the ability to do big things this weekend," added Morrison.
Hurricanes leading scorer Leo Morris is definitely ready to get on the court this weekend.
"We are so ready to play. This weekend is what you play for all season long. When you start practice in September, this is the weekend you're starting to look forward to. We are all focused on taking it game-by-game this weekend. MTA is going to be ready to play and you can count on us being ready as well. If we can get past them we'll have a great semifinal game with STU to look forward to," explained the forward from Nassau, Bahamas.
With NSAC hosting the 2012 CCAA Men's Basketball Championship this year, both the ACAA Champions and runners-up will receive a spot in the national event as the host Rams have given up their spot in the event.
For all the results during the 2012 ACAA Basketball Championships go to: http://hollandcollege.com/acaa_2012/. You can also get the latest tournament results by following the Hurricanes on Twitter at www.twitter.com/hc_hurricanes.
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Hurricanes Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball teams to finish regular-season home against STU and on road against NSAC
Hoops for Hope - The Holland Hurricanes and your local Canadian Red Cross - Saturday's games will be a fund-raiser for the local organization.
Charlottetown - The Holland Hurricanes men's and women's basketball teams will be at home Saturday afternoon hosting the STU Tommies in their final regular-season home games of the season. Game times are 6 p.m. for the women and 8 p.m. for the men. The teams will conclude the regular-season on Sunday when they travel to Truro to face the NSAC Rams with games also at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. The Hurricanes will also host the 2011-12 ACAA Basketball Championships next weekend (March 2-4).
Women's Preview
The women's basketball team enters the weekend with a 9-10 record, good for fourth in the ACAA standings. Saturday, the ‘Canes will face the undefeated (19-0) STU Tommies. The Tommies have been dominant this year and the Hurricanes will have their hands full with the Fredericton team. Mike Connolly is really pleased with his teams play of late and he's optimistic about the match-up.
"It's going to be a big test for us. It looks like we are going to be down a couple of bodies who have school commitments this Saturday (starters Lindsay Shupe and Bridgette Foley), but nonetheless we are looking forward to the challenge. STU has a great well-coached team. We just have to work to play our game and not let them take us out of we are trying to do. Our intensity and decision making has been a lot been in the last few weeks, we need that to continue," said Connolly.
Sunday when the Hurricanes face NSAC, they'll face a team playing their last game of the season. Coach Connolly knows that is never a team you can take lightly.
"They'll have some athletes finishing their careers and their seasons. I'm sure they will be looking to finish with a win. We need to be prepared to play. It's important that we enter the playoffs on a positive note," added Connolly.
Outside of some major upsets happening this weekend, the women's team looks destined for a four versus five playoff match-up with the UNBSJ Seawolves next weekend, a team the Hurricanes just defeated twice last weekend.
Saturday's game will also honour graduating women's basketball Hurricanes Rickeia Richardson, Kaitlyn Burridge, Rachel Scoville, Lindsay Shupe and Bridgette Foley.
Men's Preview
The men's basketball team will take to the court this weekend with a 12-7 record. Two wins this weekend and a King's loss to MSVU Friday night would give the Hurricanes second-place and a first-round bye in the ACAA Championships. A loss to STU and a win over NSAC on Sunday along with a King's loss to MSVU and the Hurricanes will finish third. Two losses would see the Hurricanes finish fourth.
Saturday's game against STU will be a good battle for the ‘Canes. They are currently 1-1 with the Tommies in league play. In their last match-up the Tommies handed the Hurricanes a 76-52 loss in Fredericton. The Hurricanes will also be without leading scorer Leo Morris on Saturday. Morris has been forced to miss the weekend do to a serious family issue. He'll rejoin his teammates on Monday.
For Head Coach George Morrison, it's business as usual.
"We are preparing for a very good STU team. They have a good mix of size and guard play. It is going to take a very good effort to get the win against them on Sunday. We have to commit to playing team basketball, moving the ball and knocking down open looks. We're going to need to shoot well against them. We'll also need everyone hitting the glass and rebounding," said Morrison.
Similar to the women's team, the Hurricanes will face an NSAC who are not't bound for the ACAA Championships. Different from the women however is that the NSAC Rams are hosting the 2011-12 CCAA Championships in Truro from March 15-17. As hosts, the Rams have a host spot in the event. The Rams have yet to announce whether they will take the host spot or pass it along to the ACAA runner-up based on their results this season.
Morrison is not taking the Rams for granted.
"They added some pieces at Christmas and have challenged some of the better teams in the league. It is a team we should beat, but I don't expect it to come easy," explained Morrison.
Saturday's game will also honour men's basketball graduating players Matthew Morrison, Alex MacLeod, Jamie Gray and Jordan Bruyere.
The Local Canadian Red Cross will also be on hand as the Red Cross and the Holland Hurricanes will present "Hoops for Hope" - raising money and awareness for the Local Canadian Red Cross. Fans will have a chance to participate in half-time competitions helping raise money for the organization.
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Please see the attached photos of Matthew Morrison and Rickeia Richardson.
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