Playing for Clarkson University at the Mar. 18-20 NCAA women’s hockey Frozen Four in New Hampshire, Ottawa Lady Sens products Katelyn Fournier and Amanda Titus and Nepean Jr. Wildcats alum Josiane Pozzebon lost 3-2 in overtime to top-seeded Boston College in the semi-final round.
The Clarkson Golden Knights were 30-5-5 overall this season.
Their former Provincial Women’s Hockey League junior teams were both knocked out of the first round of the playoffs this season.
The University of Vermont skier Dom Garand of Ottawa earned first-team All-American honours by placing 4th in both the slalom and giant slalom at the March 9-12 NCAA alpine championships in Colorado.
Ottawa native Marial Shayok experienced March Madness in his sophomore season with the University of Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team, scoring 10 points in 12 minutes of action in his team’s opening round victory over Hampton, producing 12 in 25 minutes in the 2nd round against Butler, 5 in 22 for a Sweet Sixteen triumph over Iowa State, and then seeing just 6 minutes with a single point as the Cavaliers were upset in the Elite Eight by Syracuse.
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