Streeper rules the street (and trail!) again; GNAC tourney ahead for UAA
BUDDY STREEPER OVERWHELMED THE COMPETITION AND CAPTURED HIS 8TH FUR RONDY SLED DOG CHAMPIONSHIP THIS PAST WEEKEND. THE FORT NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSHER TIED SPRINT MUSHING LEGEND DOC LOMBARD FOR SECOND PLACE ALL-TIME, TWO BEHIND RECORD HOLDER GEORGE ATTLA. STREEPER’S THREE-DAY, 75 MILE TOTAL TIME WAS 4 HOURS, 30 MINUTES AND 4 SECONDS. FAIRBANKS MUSHER GREG TAYLOR WAS SECOND, THIRD WENT TO ROOKIE MUSHER MYA HARTUM OF ALBERTA.
THE FIFTH-RANKED UAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CAPPED AN OUTSTANDING REGULAR SEASON WITH A WIN SATURDAY, 60-47 AT CONCORDIA-PORTLAND. SENIOR GUARD SAFFIYAH YASIN HAD 13 POINTS TO LEAD THE SEAWOLVES, WHO GET A GNAC TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND BYE INTO FRIDAY’S SEMIFINAL IN SEATTLE. UAA FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A 29-2 OVERALL RECORD, 19-1 IN THE GNAC.
THE UAA MEN, MEANWHILE, WILL LIMP INTO THE GNAC TOURNAMENT AFTER CONSECUTIVE LOSSES TO WESTERN OREGON AND CONCORDIA-PORTLAND TO END THE REGULAR SEASON. THE SEAWOLVES QUALIFIED FOR THE GNAC TOURNAMENT AFTER A FAIRBANKS LOSS ON THURSDAY. UAA FINISHES THE REGULAR SEASON 18-13 OVERALL, 11-9 IN LEAGUE PLAY. THE SEAWOLVES WILL PLAY THURSDAY IN SEATTLE IN THE GNAC TOURNAMENT.
UAA HOCKEY DROPPED A PAIR OF GAMES IN FAIRBANKS TO END THE WCHA REGULAR SEASON. FRIDAY, STEVEN JANDRIC HAD A NATURAL HAT TRICK TO HELP THE NANOOKS TO A 5-2 WIN, AND SATURDAY FAIRBANKS SCORED SIX UNANSWERED GOALS IN A 6-1 ROUT. WITH SATURDAY’S WIN, FAIRBANKS CLINCHED THE ALASKA AIRLINES GOVERNOR’S CUP FOR THE 11TH SEASON IN A ROW, AND HOME ICE FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF THE WCHA PLAYOFFS AGAINST BOWLING GREEN. UAA MEANWHILE, WILL TRAVEL TO MANKATO, MINNESOTA FOR A FIRST-ROUND MATCHUP WITH NUMBER ONE SEED MINNESOTA STATE. THAT SERIES STARTS FRIDAY.
UAA GYMNASTICS SPLIT A PAIR OF HOME MEETS WITH SEATTLE PACIFIC, WINNING FRIDAY AND LOSING SATURDAY AT THE ALASKA AIRLINES CENTER. THE SEAWOLVES RETURN TO ACTION THIS COMING SUNDAY IN A QUAD MEET AT DENVER.
