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Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff The opportunity remains for University of Waterloo basketball Warriors to prove they‘re the best team in Canada but they were only the second best team in Ontario Saturday afternoon. Unable to cope with the strong defence of the visiting York Yeomen, Warriors lost 74â€"62 to give Yeomen the Ontario Universities Athletic Association championship. The bottom fell out on Warriors in the first half after they took a 21â€"16 lead. Yeomen, paced by Mark Jones, scored 13 unanswered points with Jones making nine of his total 24. Warriors‘ 7 centre Randy Norris was shut down completely in the first half and made all of his 12 points after intermission. And Rob Froese played only about nine minutes due to a strained toe. ... and WLU hockey Hawks took their lumps in semiâ€"finals series with Western Mustangs In retrospect, Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks‘ 9â€"2 loss to Western Mustangs Thursday night at the Waterloo arena can Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff It wasn‘t UW cage Warriors‘ day be seen as the beginning of the end. Of course, it didn‘t look like much at the time, either. â€" â€" That loss, combined with a 6â€"5 loss to Mustangs two days later in London, put Hawks out of the race in Ontario Universiâ€" Wilson Cup proves elusive Warriors came back to within one point of Yeomen in the second half but never regained the lead. "I‘m not very happy about taking a licking in our own gym," said Warrior coach Don McCrae. ‘"We were really restricted to perimeter shots and that‘s not good basketâ€" ball." --\-'.I.ith much of the inside game taken away from them, Peter Savich made 26 points but was only 10â€"forâ€"25 from the field. "It wasn‘t Peter‘s fault," said McCrae. ‘"The other players kept giving him the ball and you can‘t rely on one player like that.‘"‘ Paul Boyce, who fouled out late in the second half, was Warriors‘ third highest scorer with 13. _ John Christensen had 23 points for Yeomen, one less than Jones. Tim Rider added 15. _ oo â€" 'fiu{ i't‘ {I;e loss ilu;i McCrae got at least one wish and that is to play in a regional tournament in Toronto where ties Athletic Association hockey playoff action. If the loss in the bestâ€"ofâ€"three semiâ€"finals can be called an upset, it wasn‘t the only one. York Yeomen upset the talented University of Toronto Blues, also in two games. With the possible exception of forward Doug Marsden who played a strong physical game, nobody looked very good for Hawks Thursday night. Hawks scored the first and last goals, but what happened in between was a disaster. Hawks trailed 5â€"1 after a first period in which goalie Steve Bienkowski gave up at least three soft goals. Bienâ€" kowski was replaced by backup goalie Jim Sheppard to start the second period. "There‘s no place to hide," said Laurier coach Wayne Gowing, offering no exâ€" cuses. uuflu'.oougmmwmmwo«wm mwmmv-h'hozw*“"’“ some punishing checks, Hawks did not play well and suffered a costly loss on home ice that led to their being eliminated. Mishard fi‘Brian shoto WATERLOOG Cn#odnicit WenokkE4ORY mation e, 1ees â€" PAGE ie the team will have some fan support. Now ranked second to Acadia, Warriors will meet the host University of Toronto Blues Friday at 9 p.m. at Varsity Stadium. At 7, ninthâ€"ranked McMaster Marauders meet seventhâ€"ranked Lethbridge. Winners of Friday‘s games meet Saturday at 2 and the winner of that game advances to the Canadian Interâ€" collegiate Athletic Union championships at Dalhousie University the following weekend. _ O Sixthâ€"ranked York travels to Victoria to meet Alberta and the fourthâ€"ranked host Victoria Cougars meet Western Mustangs. In the midâ€"west, fifthâ€"ranked Manitoba meets Calgary and thirdâ€"ranked University of Prince Edward Island plays eighthâ€"ranked Winnipeg. _ _ o s _ The fourâ€"team eastern regional has 10thâ€"ranked Sasâ€" katchewan up against St. Francis Xavier and Acadia meets McGill. We were just outplayed. We had all good intentions but I‘m disappointed." After Hawks‘ first goal, Mustangs® Doug MacDonald scored his first of two goals, taking advantage of a miscue while Hawks had a twoâ€"man advantage. Phil McKenzie and Tom Miszuk also scored twice for Mustangs on Thursday. Single goals went to Joe Irvin, Peter Young and Paul Thomas. Tonvy Martindale and Kevin Casey reâ€" plied for Laurier. _ __________ _ _ Saturday, Hawks fell behind 4â€"0 in the s:‘cond period and trailed 4â€"2 going into the third. Marsden scored twice Saturday in Lonâ€" don while Casey, Rob Whistle and Dave Banton had single goals. Jay Forslund and Miszuk were twoâ€"goal scorers for Mustangs as McKenzie and Young also scored. _ Aichard O‘Brien photo