A sure sign of fall is upon us.
The Helen Campbell women’s basketball tournament, hosted by the University of New Brunswick Reds, unfolds this weekend.
There will be plenty of familiar faces to fans of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association, especially the Fredericton Freeze.
UNB will welcome the University of Ottawa Gee Gees, University of Lethbridge Pronghorns and Atlantic University Sport rival St. Francis Xavier University X-Women to the Richard J. Currie Center Friday through Sunday.
The Reds will face Lethbridge on Friday at 6 p.m., battle Ottawa on Saturday at 5 p.m. and face St. FX on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Gee Gees and Z-Women open play Friday at 1 p.m., play UNB Saturday an face Lethbridge at 9 a.m. Sunday. The X-Women and Pronghorns meet Saturday at 1 p.m.
UNB boasts former Freeze players Kylee Speedy, Ann Bastien, Maheva Ngassam, Leah Travers and Katie Butts on the roster. Lillian Fuller and Zoe Olscamp played last season for the MWBA’s Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Preston’s Lake City 56ers.
Ottawa comes to town with a pair of Freeze players including Allie McCarthy and Bailey Russell.
The X-Women feature Mali Straker of the MWBA’s Port City Fog of Saint John and Abby Mercer of the 56ers.
– Fredericton Freeze teammates Bailey Russell and Allie McCarthy return to NB this weekend.
