What are some predictions on the POY and All-Conference teams?

D3hoops.com All-west region teams

Hannah Munger: 1st team/player of the year
Kristina Williams: 1st team
Keisha Gordon: 2nd team

February 25, 2011
2011 All-NWC Women's Basketball Team

Player of the Year: Kristina Williams, Lewis & Clark
Coach of the Year:  Juli Fulks, Lewis & Clark

First Team All-NWC -
Kristina Williams, Lewis & Clark (G, 5-9, So., El Dorado Hills, Calif. - Oak Ridge)
Keisha Gordon, George Fox (W, 5-10, Jr./Jr., Vancouver, Wash. - Heritage)
Hannah Munger, George Fox (P, 6-5, So./So., Newberg, Ore. - Newberg)
Gretchen Owens, Linfield (G/F, 5-10, Jr./Jr., Glendale, Ore. - Umpqua C.C.)
Jocelyn Riordan, Puget Sound (G , 5-9 , Jr./Jr. , Lake Forest Park, Wash. – Shorecrest)
Jenele Peterson, Whitman (G, 5-7, Sr./Jr., Redondo Beach, Calif. – South)

Second Team All-NWC -
Kelsey McKinnis, Puget Sound (G, 5-8, So./So., Ashland, Ore. – Ashland)
Christina Herring, Lewis & Clark (G, 5-6, Sr., San Dimas, Calif. - Vivian Webb School)
Emily Guthrie, Whitworth (G, 5-7, So./So., Snohomish, Wash. - Snohomish)
Megan Spence, Lewis & Clark (P, 6-0, Jr., Kingston, Wash. – King's West)
Erica Schultz, Pacific (Ore.) (F, 5-10, Jr./Jr. , Medford, Ore. - North Medford)

Honorable Mention –
George Fox:  Arianna Mohsenian (W, 5-8, Jr./Jr.)
Linfield:  Kaely Maltman (F, 5-11, Fr./Fr.)
Pacific (Ore.): Paige Jensen (F, 5-11, So./So.)
Pacific Lutheran: Shelly Kilcup (G, 5-7, So./Fr.); Samantha Potter (P, 5-10, Fr./Fr.)
Whitman: Kelly Peterson (F, 5-8, So./So.); Rebecca Sexton (P, 6-3, Sr.-Sr.)

any predictions for this weekend?

So anyways.....

Big weekend in the NWC. UPS, FOX, and LC will all be fighting for that top spot.

UPS VS LC on Friday (LC senior night)
Fox vs. Linfield on Friday
Fox vs. UPS on Saturday (Fox senior night)
LC vs. Willamette on saturday

What are peoples predictions on who will win and what players will step up and shine?

the top three teams aren't all beating each other because LC beat both UPS and George Fox

How did LC beat Fox? Was anyone at the game? Who shut down munger and gordon?

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Defending Champion George Fox is Picked to Repeat

 

Spokane, Wash. - George Fox University, which has won or shared four straight Northwest Conference women's basketball titles, has been picked by conference coaches as the favorite to finish atop the conference standings again in 2010-11.

 

The Bruins picked up five of nine first place votes and tallied 81 of 90 possible points in the poll.  George Fox, under first-year head coach Michael Meek, returns First Team All-NWC guard Keisha Gordon and First Team All-NWC post Hannah Munger among three starters.

 

Lewis & Clark College is second in the poll with 71 points and picked up two of the other first place votes.  The Pioneers look forward to the return of First Team All-NWC guard Christina Herring and Second Team All-NWC guard Kristina Williams.

 

Whitman College (62 points) is third in the poll and received the other two first place votes.  The Missionaries battled through an injury-plagued 2009-10 season and will look to sophomore point guard Kelly Peterson to lead the way.

 

The University of Puget Sound is fourth in the poll with 54 points.  The Loggers also have a new coach in Loree Payne.  UPS will look to Second Team All-NWC guard Jocelyn Riordan to step in for Claire Ely, who graduated as the 2010 NWC Player of the Year.

 

Whitworth University is fifth in the poll with 44 points.  The Pirates do not return any starters from 2009-10, when they tied for third place.

 

Pacific Lutheran University (37 points) is sixth.  Six-foot post Traci Goehri will anchor the Lutes in the middle this season.

 

Linfield College (26 points) and Pacific University (25) are seventh and eighth in the poll, respectively.  Robin Potera-Haskins of Linfield is the third new head coach in the NWC this season and Second Team All-NWC forward Gretchen Owens returns for the Wildcats.  Likewise, Second Team All-NWC forward Julianne Erbe is back to lead the Boxers.

 

Willamette University (15) is ninth in the poll.  Senior guard Alex Zennan will look to lead the Bearcats up the standings this winter.

 

The Northwest Conference will use a conference tournament, comprised of the top four teams in the final regular season standings, to decide the automatic (Pool A) bid to the NCAA tournament.

 

The season officially gets underway on November 15th.

 

2010-11 Women's Basketball Coaches Pre-Season Poll:

                                                                                09-10     09-10

School                                   (1st)       Pts.        All           NWC

George Fox (Ore.)           (5)          81           28-3       16-0

Lewis & Clark (Ore.)        (2)          71           16-10     10-6

Whitman (Wash.)            (2)          62           12-13     7-9

Puget Sound (Wash.)                     54           24-5       14-2

Whitworth (Wash.)                         44           14-12     10-6

Pacific Lutheran (Wash.)               38           7-18       5-11

Linfield (Ore.)                                    26           6-19       4-12

Pacific (Ore.)                                      25           7-16       4-12

Willamette (Ore.)                            15           4-21       2-14

(First-place votes in parenthesis. Points awarded on 10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis).

 

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I agree.....Fox is still definitely the team to beat, but I would be surprised if UPS finished third. They lost their coach and their best player who averaged 20 pts. thats a huge lose. I think LC and Whitman will be the other two competitors for those top 3 spots.

Basketball season is starting up this week!

What are some thoughts on the the teams in the NorthWest Conference?

George Fox and UPS with a new coach?....can they be as dominate as last year?

Lewis and Clark looks very strong...returning 5 out of their top 6 scorers, including there leading scorer from last year who is now a sophomore.

Whitman also returning a lot?...

What do you think?