Weekend Jolts

The Vikes went a perfect 4-0 at Shields court this weekend.
Saturday's early contest saw the Vikes Women play a complete four quarters of basketball to knockoff the CIS No. 6 ranked Winnipeg Wesmen 69-56. Jane Anholt led all scorers with 20, and Vanessa Forstbauer put the defensive clamps on Amy Ogidan, the reigning CW Rookie of the Year and 4th leading scoring in the conference. Ogidan who came into the contest averaging 15 pts-a-game was held without a field goal for three quarters and finished with a season low of only 5 points.

In the late game the men dismantled the visiting Wesmen with a decisive 76-55 victory. The game for all intensive purposes was over after the first half as the Vikes big guns got the majority of the second half off. Tyler Hass led all scorers with 16 pts, while Mitch Gudgeon hauled down a game high 12 'boards. Next weekend the Vikes travel to Kamloops for a pair against Thompson Rivers. The Wolf Pack sit in last in the Pac D on both the men's and women's side. I hear that brooms are easy to find in the 'loops.

Now onto the weekend awards:

Best Vikes female- Although Anholt made this decision a little bit harder after a great game on Saturday, this award has to go to Kayla Dykstra. The star post had a double-double in both contests (15 pts 12 reb on Fri, 16 and 15 on Sat). Dykstra's effort on the weekend moved her into sole possession of first in both conference scoring (16.4 ppg) and rebounding with (10.4 rpg). Yes you read that correctly, the third-year post is averaging a double-double. And what's that your hearing, well that's a certain three letter chant.

Best Vikes male- The nod here goes to Brandon Dunlop. The third-year guard put his squad on his back Friday night, spearheading a third-quarter Vikes comeback. Dunny finished with 17pts on the night, 7 of those coming in the 3rd quarter, to lead all Vikes scorers. The poise and confidence that he showed down the stretch in a back-and-forth contest is something that Vikes fans and Head Coach Craig Beaucamp must be excited about.
And on Saturday night, well on Saturday night Dunlop didn't get lost on the way to McKinnon Gym. And just showing up to that game made Dunlop the Vikes player-of-the-weekend