Major women's sport leagues in North America regional associations of U Sports: Canada West Universities Athletic Association, Ontario University Athletics, Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec, and Atlantic University Sport. After interconference playoffs have been played, eight teams compete for the Gladys Bean Memorial Trophy, awarded to the U Sports Women's Soccer Championship team. The regular season is eight to nine weeks long, depending on the conference, and, as of 2016, opens on the Labour Day weekend. Teams play between 13 and 16 regular season games, depending on conference or division, with teams typically playing a home-and-home series with every other team in their conference or division.
David DeLaunay David DeLaunay David DeLaunay was a French-born resident of St. Louis. DeLaunay led a group of 11 Osage men and one indigenous Indian woman Sacred Sun to France in 1827. Whilst leaving St.Louis, their raft was wrecked causing them to lose all their furs, and half of the Osage decided to return to their village. The others decided to go on and met up with DeLaunay and traveled down the Mississippi River to New Orleans and then New England. Delauney and his crew then sailed for Le Havre, France arriving on July 27 1827 . At first they were greeted