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OTTAWA (CIS) - Hannah Haughn, a field hockey player from the University of British Columbia, and Raphaël Bélanger-Vaillancourt, a soccer player from University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, were named the CIS female and male athletes of the week on Wednesday. Haughn, a first-year kinesiology student from North Vancouver, B.C., was named MVP of the CIS championship after she helped the top-seeded Thunderbirds capture their second straight McCrae Cup title - and their record 14th all-time - in Toronto. The 5-foot-3 midfielder was stellar at both ends of the field in guiding UBC to four wins and a draw in five contests, including a convincing 3-0 victory over the host Varsity Blues in the gold-medal final. Prior to the tournament, Haughn received the Joyce Slipp Award as CIS rookie of the year and was announced as a second-team all-Canadian. StFX rugby player Tyson Beukeboom, Sherbrooke soccer player Marie-Ève Jacques and Guelph rugby player Britt Benn were also nominated for the womens award. Bélanger-Vaillancourt, a second-year student from Laval, Que., earned back-to-back game-MVP nods as he led the Patriotes to their first RSEQ title since 2001 thanks to a pair of penalty kick wins at the conference Final Four. The sophomore goalkeeper was sensational in both PK sessions, stopping two of four shots in a 1-0 semifinal victory over UQAM and three of five kicks in a 2-1 gold-medal win against first-place Laval. Bélanger-Vaillancourt and UQTR will compete at this weeks CIS championship in Quebec City, starting with a quarter-final matchup against Alberta on Thursday. Soccer players Andrew Murphy of Cape Breton and Mark Reilly of McMaster, as well as Saskatchewan volleyball player Bryan Fraser were the other male nominees. Cheap Jerseys From China . Del Potro, who was told by doctors not to play with the inflamed left wrist, defeated Stepanek 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in the opening match of the series and then broke down crying afterward as he addressed cheering fans at the outdoor clay-court venue. Stepanek suggested afterward that Del Potro may have exaggerated the injury -- a bit of gamesmanship -- to gain Argentina an advantage. Cheap Jerseys . The Tigers are carrying 11 pitchers and there was speculation Porcello could be left out since hes not part of the starting rotation for this series, but both he and Smyly can be options to pitch in long relief. http://www.azulvirtual.org/hot.html . -- Clint Bowyer and his crew chief both needed jobs at the end of last season.Canadas Milos Raonic faces Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the third round at the Australian Open tonight. You can watch the match live on TSN, as early as 11:30pm et/8:30pm pt. The match will begin following the conclusion of a womens doubles match. Thus far, the 13th-ranked Raonicc has defeated two players from the Czech Republic to advance to the third round.dddddddddddd Raonic defeated Jan Hajek in the first round, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 and then ousted Lukas Rosol in the second round, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, 6-3. Kohlschreiber is currently ranked 17th in the world. ' ' '