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Athletes of the week

- March 8, 2006

To March 5, 2006:

Ryan McKay
Ryan McKay
FEMALE Ð RYAN MCKAY
SPORT Ð BASKETBALL

Ryan McKay is this weekÕs H University Female Athlete of the Week. McKay led the Tigers to a 1-1 showing at the 2006 AUS womenÕs basketball championship this past weekend. On Friday night, the number-four-ranked Tigers faced fifth seed Memorial in quarter-final action. McKay scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Tigers to a 65-48 victory. In a tough semifinal match on Saturday, the Tigers faced top seeded Cape Breton and despite a great 18-point and game-high effort by McKay, H conceded a 51-61 loss to the eventual champions to mark the end of their season. McKay is a fourth-year Kinesiology student from Fredericton, NB.


MALE Ð NIKLAS RADEMACHER
SPORT Ð VOLLEYBALL

Niklas Rademacher
Niklas Rademacher
Niklas Rademacher is this weekÕs H University Male Athlete of the Week. Rademacher led the Tigers to a 2-1 showing at the 2006 CIS menÕs volleyball championship this past weekend. On Friday night, the fifth-ranked Tigers faced the number four rank, Saskatchewan, in quarter-final action. H won an impressive straight sets victory where Rademacher led with 15 kills and five digs to advance to the semifinal round. In SaturdayÕs semi, the Tigers were up against top-seeded Alberta and their gold medal hopes were stolen by the Golden Bears as Dal lost 3 sets to 1. Rademacher contributed 17 kills. Dropping down to the bronze medal game, the TigersÕ efforts just werenÕt enough as they conceded another 3-1 loss, this time to third-ranked Manitoba. Rademacher had his best game of the tourney in the bronze medal game and came up with 19 kills. He was also recognized by CIS as a first team all-Canadian for a second time. Rademacher is a second-year Management student from Bocholt, Germany.