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BlackBerry CIS athletes of the week: Manitoba’s Miles, StFX’s Upshaw honoured
OTTAWA (CIS) – Manitoba hockey player Addie Miles and St.
Francis Xavier basketball player Christian Upshaw are the
BlackBerry Canadian Interuniversity Sport female and male athletes
of the week for the period ending Nov. 29, 2009.
Miles, a third-year arts student from Winnipeg, was in on every
Bison goal last weekend as No. 4-ranked Manitoba (10-2) extended
its conference winning streak to 10 straight duels with a two-game
sweep over No. 9 Saskatchewan (6-3-3), 2-0 and 3-2 in overtime. The
5-foot-6 forward, who was named the game’s first star both on
Friday and Saturday, tallied a pair of assists in the series opener
and added two goals and a helper in the finale, including the
game-tying marker 8:59 into the third period and the game-winner 59
seconds into the extra frame.
Memorial basketball player Kelsey Hodgson, Montreal volleyball
player Laetitia Tchoualack and Guelph hockey player Tori Woods were
also nominated for the women’s award.
Upshaw, a fourth-year arts student from Halifax, averaged 26.5
points per contest as the No. 3 X-Men improved to 5-0 in conference
play with an 89-72 win over previously undefeated Acadia (4-2) and
an 85-72 victory over then-No. 5 Dalhousie (3-3). The 2008-09 CIS
all-Canadian opened the weekend on Friday with a 27-point,
10-assist double-double against the Axemen and followed up with 26
points, eight assists and six rebounds the next night against the
Tigers.
McGill hockey player Francis Verreault-Paul, Waterloo basketball
player Cam McIntyre and Winnipeg volleyball player Justin Duff were
the other male nominees.
Female nominees:
AUS: Kelsey Hodgson, basketball, Memorial
QSSF: Laetitia Tchoualack, volleyball, Montreal
OUA: Tori Woods, hockey, Guelph
Canada West: Addie Miles, hockey, Manitoba
(recipient)
Male nominees:
AUS: Christian Upshaw, basketball, StFX (recipient)
QSSF: Francis Verreault-Paul, hockey, McGill
OUA: Cam McIntyre, basketball, Waterloo
Canada West: Justin Duff, volleyball, Winnipeg
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