UPEI women's basketball heads to the medal round at the U SPORTS championship

After stunning the Ryerson Rams in an exciting 75–70 comeback win, UPEI's women's basketball team is heading to the semifinals at the U SPORTS Women's Basketball Championship in Ottawa. The Panthers take on Brock University Saturday afternoon at 2 pm Atlantic Time.   Livestreaming in English is available for free worldwide on CBCSports.ca, CBC Gem, the CBC Sports App for iOS and Android devices, with French digital coverage carried on USPORTS.LIVE.

Jenna Mae Ellsworth named U SPORTS Player of the Year

OTTAWA (U SPORTS) — Guard Jenna Mae Ellsworth of the UPEI Panthers and forward Brett Layton of the Calgary Dinos were honoured with the Nan Copp Award and Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as U SPORTS basketball Players of the Year Wednesday night, as the national award winners were celebrated at the joint All-Canadian Gala.

With the honour, Mae Ellsworth became the final member of the Top 100 players of the century, in celebration of the centennial anniversary of U SPORTS women's basketball.

Past Award Winners

First- and fourth-year students can win by participating in NSSE survey

The University of Prince Edward Island is once again inviting first- and fourth-year students to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). NSSE helps universities understand what students’ experience is, in and out of the classroom, through a confidential survey. UPEI will then use the voluntary information to guide and inform decisions that will benefit students.

Approximately 2,000 students have been invited by personal email to participate in the survey that takes about 15 minutes to complete.

UPEI Women’s Basketball is off to the U SPORTS Final 8!

The UPEI Women’s Basketball team are AUS champions after defeating the Acadia Axewomen by a score of 78-59 on Sunday, March 1 at the Subway AUS Women's Basketball Championship final in Halifax.

Vice-President Administration and Finance Jackie Podger said after the win, “The Panthers have had a great regular season and we’re all so proud of how they carried this momentum into the AUS championship. We are all so proud of our student-athletes as they wear the green and white to represent UPEI at the U SPORTS national championship next weekend. Go Panthers Go!”