UOIT’s Tori Campbell named a CIS All-Canadian

University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) goaltender Tori Campbell of Lethbridge, Alberta was named a Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) All-Canadian as a member of the 2013-2014 all-rookie team. The announcement was made on March 12 at the Scotiabank CIS championship banquet hosted by St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Campbell, a first-year Criminology and Justice undergraduate student, finished first among all Ontario University Athletics (OUA) freshmen goaltenders with 1.54 goals against average as she earned 10 wins, the most of any goaltender in the seven-year history of the UOIT women's Ridgebacks hockey program. She posted a 10-5-1 conference record with three shutouts while finishing in the top five among all OUA goaltenders with an impressive .932 save percentage. In 14 of her 16 outings, she allowed two goals or less.

“What a great honour for Tori,” said Karen Nystrom, Head Coach, UOIT Ridgebacks women’s hockey. “She came into the season as a rookie but played like a veteran, giving the team a chance to win every night.”

Campbell played a big role in the Ridgebacks reaching the playoffs for the second straight year while the team set program highs for wins (13) and points (27) in a season.

Joining Campbell on the CIS all-rookie squad were defenders Stephanie Digness of the University of Waterloo and Caitlin Fyten of the University of Manitoba, and forwards Kaitlin Willoughby of the University of Saskatchewan, Breanne Lanceleve of Saint Mary’s University and Vickie Lemire of the University of Ottawa.

Campbell is the second UOIT women’s hockey student-athlete to be named an all-Canadian. UOIT Captain Jill Morillo, a fifth-year Nuclear Engineering and Management student, is the only other, as she was a CIS all-Canadian and the recipient of the Marion Hilliard award in 2012.

The Scotiabank CIS championship starts on Thursday, March 13 at the Grant Harvey Centre and culminates on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Atlantic Time with the gold-medal final, live on the Sportsnet networks. All nine games from the six-team competition will also be webcast live on www.CIS-SIC.tv