The AUS Conference champion Acadia Axewomen basketball team is preparing this week for the CIS Final 8 Championship. They will open the tournament against the fourth-seeded Windsor Lancers.

Seeded fifth overall, Acadia will start its road to a National title on Saturday, March 17, 5 p.m. (Mountain Time) at the Jack Simpson Gym at the University of Calgary. The eight-team competition concludes Monday, March 19 with the gold medal final at 7 p.m. local (10 p.m. AST).

A pre-game rally will be held starting at 2:30 p.m. (MT) Saturday at Moose McGuire’s, 25-1941 Uxbridge Dr. NW. Join Donnie Ehler (’83), Office of Advancement, and then proceed to the game from there. To get a map, please visit: http://www.yelp.ca/map/moose-mcguires-calgary .

Should the Axewomen win the opener, they will tip off Sunday evening at 7 p.m. in semi-final #2. Alumni are invited to get together again at Moose McGuire’s two hours before this and subsequent games involving Acadia. Look for updates on the Acadia Alumni Facebook Group page: https://www.facebook.com/messages/132700397#!/groups/2222262967/ .

Tournament pass and session tickets are available. All seating is general admission and you can order tickets online at www.godinos.com/ticketweb or purchase them at the Dinos’ ticket office on game days.

Shaw TV and NBA TV Canada will carry the two Sunday semi-final games live. Shaw TV will also carry the final live, while NBA TV Canada will broadcast the final on a two-hour tape delay (9 p.m. local / 11 p.m. ET). SSN Canada (http://www.ssncanada.ca) will have live webcasts of all 11 contests, including the main and consolation brackets. For more on the CIS women’s basketball Final 8, visit: http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wbkb/index .