Brock Badgers women's basketball

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Brock Badgers women's basketball
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University Brock University
Head coachMike Rao (Since 2018–19 season)
Conference Ontario University Athletics
Location St. Catharines, Ontario
ArenaBob Davis Gymnasium
Nickname Badgers
ColorsBlue, Red, and White
     
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Conference tournament champions
1983, 2020
U Sports tournament appearances
1983, 1987, 2002, 2012, 2020, 2022

The Brock Badgers women's basketball team represents Brock University in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports women's basketball. The Badgers have won two OUA championships, winning the Critelli Cup in 1983 and 2020.

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History

Led by head coach Pat Woodburn, the 1982-83 Badgers team set a program record with 30 wins in one season, compared to merely three losses. Winning the OWIAA Championship, the Badgers emerged with the bronze medal at the CIAU (now U Sports) Championships. They would become the first Brock women's team inducted into the Badgers Athletics Hall of Fame.

In 2018, Mike Rao, a native of Welland, Ontario was appointed as head coach for the Badgers. During Rao's first season, the Badgers won 11 games, compared to 13 losses. Qualifying for the postseason, the Badgers enjoyed their first playoff victory since 2012. Reaching the second round, they were bested by the eventual national champion McMaster Marauders. His second season (2019–20) saw the Badgers enjoy a 17–5 record, along with their first appearance at the U Sports national championships since 2001–02.

Critelli Cup season

Heading into the 2019–20 season, the Badgers benefitted form a pair of transfers. Jenneke Pilling redshirted in 2018–19, transferring from the Windsor Lancers. Forward Samantha Keltos, raised in St. Catharines, arrived from an NCAA Division I school.

Samantha Keltos, who set a team record for blocks in a single game, registering nine against the York Lions on January 29, 2020, she would emerge as a postseason hero for the Badgers. Against the Western Mustangs, ranked fifth in the country, [1] in the OUA Semi-Finals, Keltos registered 17 points for the sixth-ranked Badgers, along with seven rebounds, as the Badgers prevailed in a 69–65 final. For her efforts, Keltos was recognized as both, the OUA and U Sports Female Athlete of the Week.

Challenging the Ryerson Rams on February 29, 2020, in the Critelli Cup Final, Keltos logged 42 points, resulting in an emotional victory, as it marked the Badgers first provincial title since 1983. Shooting 10-for-15 in the opening half, she wound up as the Lululemon Player of the Game honours. [2]

From three-point range, she went eight-of-nine, adding 12 rebounds, Keltos enjoyed her seventh career double-double, part of a statistical performance including three steals and a pair of assists. [3] Winning the Critelli Cup, there was a sense of serendipity for the program. Of note, the Cup, awarded to the OUA Provincial Champion, is named in honour of former Brock basketball Coach and Assistant Athletic Director Chris Critelli.

The 2019–20 season marked a storybook ending for Melissa Tatti. Earning a trio of honors, highlighted by the 2019-20 OUA Player of the Year Award, OUA First-Team All-Star recognition, plus the pinnacle of a spot on the U SPORTS First Team All-Canadians, she would also establish herself among the program's statistical leaders. Finishing her Badgers career with 1,458 points in 100 games played, it ranks second in all-time regular-season scoring. She would also graduate as the program's all-time regular season leader in five statistical categories: field goals (507), assists (423), steals (303), free throws (243) and three-pointers (201). [4]

At the 2020 U SPORTS Women's National Championships, Keltos was the Badgers scoring leader in each of their three contests. In addition, Samantha Keltos was named the Nike Top Performer (in recognition of each participating team's Player of the Game) in those three contests. Starting with 24 points in a 72–71 triumph versus the Calgary Dinos, she would follow it up with 23 points and 17 rebounds in a convincing 69–55 win versus the UPEI Panthers. In the gold medal game, marking the program's first appearance in the national championship game, she registered 21 points in an 82–64 loss [5] versus the Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball program.

In the 2020 U Sports National Championship Game, Samantha Keltos had 21 points, two rebounds and one assist. For her efforts, she was recognized as the Player of the Game for Brock. [6]

In the aftermath of the season, the Badgers were recognized as the 2019-20 OUA Female Team of the Year, an historic first in program history. [7]

U Sports Elite 8 results

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1983 N/AFirst Round
Semi-Finals		 Winnipeg Wesmen
Bishop's Gaiters 		W 47–46
L 42–60
1987 N/AFirst Round
Consolation Semi-Finals		 Laurentian Voyageurs
Toronto Varsity Blues 		L 50–80
L 53-84
2002 N/AFirst Round
Consolation Semi-Finals
Consolation Finals		 Laval Rouge et Or
Toronto Varsity Blues
Memorial Sea-Hawks 		L 55–74
W 75–67
L 67-75
2012 N/ACIS West Semi-Final
CIS West Final		 Saskatchewan Huskies
Regina Cougars 		W 66–62
L 62–85
2020 #2First Round
Semi-Finals
Finals		#7 Calgary Dinos
#6 UPEI Panthers
#1 Saskatchewan Huskies 		W 72–71
W 69–55
L 82-61
2022 #4First Round
Semi-Finals
Bronze Medal Game		#5 Acadia Axewomen
#1 Ryerson Rams
#7 Queen's Gaels 		W 85–74
L 56–64
L 57-75

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Individual leader scoring

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MIN  Minutes played
 FG  Field-goals  3FG  3-point field-goals  FT  Free-throws
 PTS  Points  AVG  Points per game
SeasonPlayerGPMinFG3FGFTPtsAvgOUA rank
2019-20 [9] Melissa Tatti21758126489039018.61st
2018-19 [10] Melissa Tatti24902137427238816.23rd
2017-18 [11] Kristin Gallant174836818522213.110th
2016-17
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13 [12] Nicole Rosenkranz2264013706433815.47th
2011-12 [13] Nicole Rosenkranz2256911008630613.99th
2010-11 [14] Whitney Gorges22686104595231914.57th
2009-10 [15] Whitney Gorges2267093405728312.912th

Statistical leaders

During the 2019-20 OUA season, Melissa Tatti would lead the conference with 18.6 points per game. In the same season, Tatti set the Brock record for most points in a single season, amassing 407 in 21 games.

International

Awards and honours

Team Awards

Most Valuable Player

The team's Most Valuable Player is awarded the TJ Kearney Award.

  • 1998-99: Shannon Hann
  • 1999-00: Shannon Hann
  • 2000-01: Shannon Hann
  • 2019-20: Melissa Tatti

Rookie of the Year

  • 2019-20: Kyanna Thompson

OUA Awards

OUA All-Stars

First Team

  • 2019-20 OUA First-Team All-Star: Melissa Tatti
  • 2019-20 OUA Second Team All-Star: Samantha Keltos
  • 2016-17 OUA First Team: Kira Cornelissen

Second Team

  • 2018-19 OUA Second-Team All-Star: Melissa Tatti [17]
  • 2016-17 Second Team: Bridget Atkinson

OUA Women’s Basketball Showcase

  • 2019 Showcase Participant: Melissa Tatti (named to Team Burns) [18]
  • 2018 Showcase Participant: Kristin Gallant (named to Team Burns) [19]

U Sports Awards

U Sports Nationals

  • 2020 U Sports National Championship Game - Nike Top Performers: Samantha Keltos, Brock [6]
  • 2020 U Sports National Championship All-Star Team: Melissa Tatti, Brock
  • 2020 U Sports National Championship All-Star Team: Samantha Keltos, Brock [6]

University Awards

Athlete of the Week

  • Jessica Morris, Brock Badgers Female Athlete of the Week (awarded November 18, 2019)
  • Samantha Keltos, Brock Badgers Female Athlete of the Week (awarded February 17, 2020 and March 2, 2020)
  • Miranda Smith, Brock Badgers Athlete of the Week (December 3, 2018) [23]
  • Melissa Tatti, Brock Badgers Female Athlete of the Week (awarded November 4, 2019, [24] January 13, 2020, January 27, 2020 and February 10, 2020)

Brock Badgers Hall of Fame

  • Class of 2005 Inductee: 1982-83 Brock Women's Basketball Team [25]
  • Class of 2005 Inductee: Maureen Kelly
  • Class of 2003 Inductee: Michele Luke
  • Class of 2001 Inductee: Diane Hilko
  • Class of 1996 Inductee: Candi Jirik

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  2. ↑ "Athletes of the Week: Dalhousie's Carson, Brock's Keltos honoured". usports.ca/. March 4, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
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