Carleton Ravens women's basketball

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Carleton Ravens women's basketball
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UniversityCarleton University
Head coachDani Sinclair (Since 2021-22 season)
ConferenceOUA
Location Ottawa, Ontario
ArenaRavens’ Nest
Nickname Ravens
ColorsBlack, white, and red [1]
     
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Conference tournament champions
2017, 2018, 2023
Conference regular season champions
2018
U Sports Championships
2018, 2023, 2024

The Carleton Ravens women's basketball team represent Carleton University in the Ontario University Athletics of U Sports women's basketball. The Ravens have won two national championships, in 2018 and 2023. The Ravens have also won the OUA Critelli Cup conference championship three times, in 2017, 2018, and 2023. Between 2009 and 2018, the Ruth Coe Award, recognizing Carleton University’s Female Athlete of the Year, was won by seven female basketball players. Additionally, the program served as host team for the 2020 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship, contested at Ottawa's TD Place Arena.

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In 2023, both the women’s and men’s teams won the national titles, something no school had accomplished since 1985, when the Victoria Vikes were double champions.

History

From 2007 to 2019, the Ravens were coached by Taffe Charles. An assistant coach with the women’s program in 1995, he would join Dave Smart’s coaching staff with the Ravens men’s team in 1998, enjoying five U SPORTS national championships, before returning to the women’s program in 2007.

Under Charles’ leadership, the women’s team captured the 2010 OUA East Division title, qualifying for the OUA East postseason finals. It would mark the first of five division titles. The Ravens would top the East Division in 2013, 2014 and 2018, while the 2016-17 season saw a first place finish in the OUA North Division. Clinching its first appearance in the U Sports Final 8 in 2011, the program would return to the biggest stage in Canadian university basketball in 2013, 2017 and 2018.

The 2012-13 season saw the Ravens among the top five in the national basketball rankings, defeating the Ottawa Gee-Gees to win the East Division Final. Finishing the 2016-17 season with an 18-1 mark, its highest win total in the 45-year history of the program (since broken), the Ravens would enjoy the milestone of a number-1 ranking in the national polls, reaching the summit on November 15, 2016. Reaching the U Sports Final 8, the Ravens defeated the Victoria Vikes in the quarterfinals, enjoying their first-ever win at the tournament.

Winning the OUA conference title in 2017 and 2018, the Ravens enjoyed a perfect 29-0 record, for their first-ever undefeated season, capturing the Bronze Baby for the first time in 2018. [2] Defensively, the Ravens stymied their competition during the championship season, averaging merely 45.9 points per game, resulting in the finest defense in U Sports.

Elizabeth Leblanc was a key player during the 2017-18 season, culminating in a perfect 29-0 season, highlighted by the program's first national championship. Statistically, Leblanc averaged 26.7 minutes per game, signifying her third straight season of leading the team. With 10.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.1 blocks per game, Leblanc also won the U Sports Defensive Player of the Year Award, the first player in Ravens history to do so.

The season also saw Heather Lindsay garner some hardware, capturing the Carleton Ravens Athletics Outstanding Graduating Female Athlete award. In what proved to be her last campaign as a Raven, Lindsay reached the plateau of 100 regular season appearances, complemented by 82 starts. With career averages of 11.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, she graduated by surpassing the 1000-point career mark.

During the 2018-19 season, Nicole Gilmore reached career-highs in many categories. Starting with 14.3 points-per-game, 7.7 rebounds per game, plus shooting 40.5 per cent from the field, she received the Carleton Ravens Outstanding Graduating Female Athlete Award.

Season-by-season record

National championsLost championshipConference championsLeague leader
SeasonWLPFPAFinish
2003–04715119812737th, OUA East
2004–05517112012817th, OUA East
2005–061012126812675th, OUA East
2006–07517127214776th, OUA East
2007–08814128013075th, OUA East
2008–09148138811843rd, OUA East
2009–10184147311191st, OUA East
2010–11184143012091st, OUA East
2011–12175149411572nd, OUA East
2012-13155133710482nd, OUA East
2013-14166129011721st, OUA East
2014-15910111310472nd, OUA North
2015-16 [3] 145128910612nd, OUA North
2016-1718112969701st, OUA North
2017-18230166610551st, OUA East
2018-19185153212422nd, OUA East
2019-20157149812732nd, OUA East
2020-21Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021-2211511299012nd, OUA East
2022-23193164612642nd, OUA East
2023-24211177411781st, OUA East

Capital Hoops Classic

Ottawa victoriesCarleton victories
YearSiteWinning teamLosing teamSeriesAttendanceNotes
2008Scotiabank PlaceCarleton53Ottawa43CAR 1–09,124Inaugural edition of Women's game
2009Scotiabank PlaceCarleton62Ottawa53CAR 2–010,523
2010Scotiabank PlaceCarleton53Ottawa40CAR 3–08,074
2011Scotiabank PlaceCarleton71Ottawa63CAR 4–07,565
2012Scotiabank PlaceOttawa59Carleton55CAR 4–17,022
2013Scotiabank PlaceCarleton68Ottawa50CAR 5–16,208
2014Canadian Tire CentreOttawa57Carleton47CAR 5–26,604
2015Canadian Tire CentreOttawa46Carleton40CAR 5–310,780Highest attendance record
2016Canadian Tire CentreCarleton73Ottawa50CAR 6–310,105Largest margin of victory
2017Canadian Tire CentreCarleton57Ottawa44CAR 7–310,030
2018Canadian Tire CentreCarleton57Ottawa41CAR 8–38,579
2019Canadian Tire CentreOttawa61Carleton52CAR 8–49,004
2020TD PlaceOttawa77Carleton75CAR 8-58,103
2022Ravens NestCarleton63Ottawa43CAR 9-5
2023TD PlaceCarleton66Ottawa60CAR 10-5
2024TD PlaceCarleton78Ottawa72CAR 11-56,137

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
2015-16 [4] Heather Lindsay1947312605030215.95th
2014-15 [5] Lindsay Shotbolt1438961113016311.620th
2013-14 [6] Alyson Bush22727107910032315.09th
2012-13 [7] Alyson Bush20592105443128514.310th
2011-12 [8] Alyson Bush22620111275230113.711th
2010-11 [9] Kendall MacLeod2251679196824511.122nd
2009-10 [10] Alyson Bush226347328442189.91

International

Awards and honours

All-Canadians

OUA Awards

OUA All-Stars

First team

  • 2018-19 OUA First-Team All-Star: Nicole Gilmore
  • 2016-17 OUA First-Team: Heather Lindsay
  • 2016-17 OUA First-Team: Catherine Traer

Second team

  • 2017-18: OUA Second Team All-Star - Heather Lindsay
  • 2016-17 Second Team: Elizabeth Leblanc
  • 2015-16: OUA Second Team All-Star - Heather Lindsay

OUA Showcase

  • 2019 Showcase Participant: Alyssa Cerino, Carleton (named to Team Burns) [13]
  • 2019 Showcase Participant: Nicole Gilmore, Carleton (named to Team Belanger)
  • 2018 OUA Showcase Participant: Alexandra Trivieri (named to Team Charles) [14]

U Sports Awards

U Sports nationals

  • 2018 U SPORTS Final 8 Championship MVP: Elizabeth Leblanc
  • 2018 U SPORTS Final 8 Championship All-Tournament Team: Elizabeth Leblanc

U Sports All-Canadians

  • 2019 Second Team All-Canadian: Nicole Gilmore [15]

University honors

Ruth Coe Award

Outstanding Graduating Women’s Athlete of the Year

Team awards

This is an incomplete list

Most Valuable Player

  • 1996-97: Karin Brown
  • 1997-98: Rosie Warden
  • 1998-99: Rosie Warden
  • 1999-00: Tamara McNulty
  • 2000-01: Rosie Warden
  • 2001-02: Anne McDonnell
  • 2002-03: Dasa Farthing
  • 2003-04: Ashley Kimmett
  • 2004-05: Sarah Kennedy
  • 2005-06: Dasa Farthing
  • 2006-07: Susan Shaw-Davis
  • 2007-08: Tanya Perry
  • 2008-09: Ines Jelic
  • 2010-11: Ashleigh Clearly
  • 2011-12: Kendall MacLeod
  • 2012-13: Alyson Bush
  • 2013-14: Alyson Bush
  • 2014-15: Lindsay Shotbolt [19]
  • 2015-16: Heather Lindsay [20]
  • 2016-17: Heather Lindsay
  • 2019-20: Alyssa Cerino [21]

Alumni Award

  • 2014-15: Abeer Farhat
  • 2015-16: Abeer Farhat

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