Rustlers to host 2024 women’s bball nationals

Lakeland College will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the college’s first women’s basketball team in 2024 as the hosts of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Women’s Basketball Championships.

We are incredibly excited to host this prestigious event and to showcase everything Lakeland College has to offer to all those who attend.

All games will take place on Lloydminster campus March 13-16, 2024. This will be the first time Lakeland has hosted the championships since 2013, when the team finished in second place and earned their first-ever CCAA medal.

“We are incredibly excited to host this prestigious event and to showcase everything Lakeland College has to offer to all those who attend,” said the college’s director of athletics Alan Rogan.

“We know that it will be a great week of basketball and an event that participants will remember.”

The Lakeland Rustlers’ women’s basketball team last attended the CCAA championships in 2022, finishing third overall and returning home with a bronze medal. They’ve been nationally ranked in six seasons over the last seven seasons, compiling a conference record of 126-34 during that period.

“The Rustlers are such an important part of the Lakeland family,” said Alice WainwrightStewart, president and CEO of Lakeland College. “We are so proud of our women’s bas - ketball team and their achievements, and can’t wait for the opportunity to cheer them on at home.”

The tournament will feature eight teams from across Canada: conference champions from the Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST), ACAC, Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference (MCAC), Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA), Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) and Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA), as well as two wildcard teams and the host Rustlers.