Articles from:March 2020

• Brock Badgers to play for medal at U SPORTS women’s basketball championships

  Friday, March 06, 2020 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 5 March 2020 – Brock Sports

  Melissa Tatti’s shot with 25 seconds remaining proved to be the winner as the second-ranked Brock Badgers defeated the seventh-ranked Calgary Dinos 72-71 in their women’s quarter-final game at the 2020 U SPORTS Final 8 Basketball Championships in Ottawa on Thursday.

  With the win, Brock advances to play the UPEI Panthers (6) ‪on Saturday, March 7 at 1 p.m. in a women’s semi-final game. UPEI upset the Ryerson Rams (3) in their quarter-final Thursday. The other semi-final will be played between the winners of the Alberta (5) versus Laval (4) and Carlton (8) versus Saskatchewan (1) quarter-finals, which were taking place Thursday night.

  All four teams advancing to the semi-finals are guaranteed to play for a medal on Sunday, March 8, with the losers of the semi-final games playing in the bronze-medal game at noon and the winners playing in the championship game at 5 p.m.

  In Thursday’s nail-biting quarter-final, Samantha Keltos led the Badgers with 24 points and was named Brock’s Nike Top Performer. Keltos, who was named U SPORTS Female Athlete of the Week Wednesday, chipped in five boards while teammate Jessica Morris netted 20 points.

  Keltos called it a team victory.

  “Jess and Tatti are both great shooters,” she said. “I went up to Tatti after the game and said ‘we shared this.’ She didn’t even know we were up after she hit that shot. Jess knocks down the shots when we need her to and I’ve never played with a better point guard than Tatti. I love them both.”

  The Badgers led 39-35 at halftime.

  Tatti, the OUA Player of the Year, scored 17 points with seven rebounds and five assists.

  Brock shot 40.9 per cent from the field and 41.7 per cent from three, compared to the Calgary’s 37 per cent shooting and 34.3 percent from beyond the arc.

  For Calgary, Liene Stalidzane had 18 points and eight rebounds in a losing cause.

  The U SPORTS Championship is being broadcast live on ‪CBCSports.ca

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews: 

  * Stephen Leithwood, Communications Officer, Brock Sports/Ancillary Services [email protected], 905-688-5550 ext. 4752

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• Brock University and Niagara Parks to further environmental collaboration

  Thursday, March 05, 2020 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 5 March 2020 – R0037

  Since signing an agreement two years ago, the Niagara Parks Commission and Brock University have been working together to address needs and opportunities related to environmental stewardship.

  The partnership has been beneficial to Niagara Parks, which has used Brock research to help further improve its sustainability goals, as well as to University faculty and students, who have been able to use Niagara Parks properties such as the Niagara Glen as their classrooms and research labs.

  Now, Niagara Parks and Brock are taking that collaboration another step forward with the introduction of a new five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to be known as the Trails Assets and Tourism Initiative, which will involve the two organizations, as well as the Ontario Trails Council.

  The proposed MOU will be presented at the Niagara Parks Commission public meeting on Thursday, March 12 at Legends on the Niagara Golf Complex.

  What: Collaboration update and MOU signing between Brock University, the Niagara Parks Commission and Ontario Trails Council

  Who: Niagara Parks Chair Sandie Bellows; Brock University Provost and Vice-President, Academic Greg Finn; Ontario Trails Council President Wayne Terryberry

  When: Thursday, March 12 at 9 a.m.

  Where: Legends on the Niagara Golf Complex, 9172 Willoughby Drive, Niagara Falls, Ontario

   

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews: 

  * Dan Dakin, Manager Communications and Media Relations, Brock University [email protected], 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970 

  * Katy Wassenaar, Manager, Communications and Stakeholder Relations [email protected] 905-356-2241 x2224 

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