The Assiniboine College Cougars swept Lake Region State College in American Collegiate Hockey Association’s women’s Division 2 action at the Sportsplex on the weekend.

On Sunday morning, Kali Remillard, Abby Dixon and Victoria Mann each scored twice, and Jenna Walker, Kadence Cress, Katie Falkevitch and Isabelle Gottselig added singles in a 10-1 victory.

Rachel Halldorson made 19 saves for AC (9-2-0-0), with Keira Kawula stopping 55 shots for Lake Region.

On Saturday evening, Walker had four goals and two assists, Dixon sniped twice and Kylee Emms-Finnsson, Gottselig, Remillard, Cress and Kasey Fouillard added singles in an 11-3 Cougars rout.

Gary Howard, former Brandon University men’s basketball coach, died on Wednesday. He was 85.

Howard ran the team from 1968 to 1974, before he spent two decades with the University of Calgary men’s team.

Howard was a four-time Canada West coach of the year after his six seasons at BU.

In 1973-74, Howard led BU to a 6-10 record in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, going 14-20 overall.

Riley Brunet brought a new dimension to the Brandon University Bobcats’ attack on Saturday, and it was nearly enough to help knock the UBC Okanagan Heat out of first place.

The fourth-year middle blocker posted a career-high eight kills with just two errors, adding seven blocks, but the Bobcats lost 3-2 (25-19, 25-27, 24-26, 26-24, 15-12) in their Canada West men’s volleyball match at the Healthy Living Centre on Saturday.

“They’re a great team, man. There’s a reason they’re first in the conference,” Brunet said, adding he’s feeling good about his offensive game. “That’s what I was working out in the off-season, and it’s tough switching setters but I’m very confident with the chemistry between me and Kale (Fisher).”

The first set was tied 13-13 when Liam Pauls and Liam Kindle combined for three untimely errors to go down 17-14.

The Brandon University Bobcats were two points from a perfect end to the semester and their first weekend sweep in more than three years.

But a marathon of a match ended with a near-minute-long rally and an attack BU just barely couldn’t corral.

UBC Okanagan snuck away from the Healthy Living Centre with a 3-2 (21-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-21, 19-17) victory on Saturday.

“It shows we can compete,” said Bobcats head coach Kailan Robinson. “We’ve been working a lot on our competitive energy, closing out games when we haven’t in the past. We’re getting better, so at least we’re seeing improvements.”

Munroop Gill scored a career-high 33 points and seven rebounds to lead the Brandon University Bobcats to an 85-62 victory over the host Saskatchewan Huskies in Canada West men’s basketball action on Saturday.

Sultan Bhatti added 14 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists for Brandon (6-6), while Easton Thimm led Saskatchewan (2-8) with 16 points.

BU lost 102-99 to Saskatchewan on Friday night. The Bobcats head into the break in fifth place in Canada West’s Prairie Division.

In the women’s game, Ella Averill scored 13 points, but no other Bobcat hit double-digits in a 114-50 loss.