WBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[GAVA]

One of Mary Washington's players transferred to RMC

Hopefully she will be able to contribute. I think RMC will have 2 seniors and 0 juniors......a very young team.

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

One of Mary Washington's players transferred to RMC

Hopefully she will be able to contribute. I think RMC will have 2 seniors and 0 juniors......a very young team.

RMC suspisous    Mary Washington a very talented young team

[baller116]

This will definitly be a rebuilding year for RMC, but I wouldn't count them out just yet. Silva was definitly one of a kind but it took more than just her to get them as far as they did the past two years. The two seniors and returning starters- morgan and shaffer are among the elite talents in the ODAC who are coming in with alot of experience. Also, division I transfer marta merkel is back from injury and she will be a key player for this team.  They may be smaller this year after losing many post players, but they will certainly be one of the fastest teams in the ODAC. And a correction- there are 2 seniors, and 3 juniors this year.. this is with the addition of the transfer from mary washington.  And the 3 players that left would have been juniors, not seniors, but the team certainly is young. Hiltunen and Reisbeck had great freshmen years last year and they will contribute even more so this year. Like I said, this team may be young but they are still capable of alot...

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

I think RMC could still be solid.  I saw the post players play and thought they were a little soft on the inside. (There is nothing wrong with it, some of the best hands I have seen for posts)  They were slow though.  GC in 75-61 lost had two girls out rebound the giants of RMC.  We had no one over 5'11.  If you say the team will be faster then, I can't see how they won't finish near the top, because overall team speed last year was not very fast.  Speed can make up alit of things in basketball.

[baller116]

i dont know what team you watched last year, but RMC was by far the fastest team in the odac and used that to their advantage helping them get to the elite eight. this year they will be even faster with the addition of many new guards, so it will be interesting to see what Coach LaHaye does as far as using 2 posts or just one.

[fairmont1113]

who is the favorite???

I would have to go with Bridgewater. Yes, they lost their leading scorer, Marsha Kinder, but that is about all she did....score. She was a great player, but she will not be as greatly missed as players like Jennifer King (Guilford) or Megan Silva (RMC). Bridgewater has four solid returning starters who are looking very good so far in preseason, and they also have some good potential in several freshmen.

So, for a team that finished #23 in the country with a trip to the sweet 16 who only lost one starter, I think they will be very good.

Definitely don't sleep on RMC. They definitely will have a good team back, although no where near at the level they were the past couple years. When you lose two All-Americans (Orton and Silva) you just aren't going to be as good.

What is the deal with VWC? I know they had no seniors on last year's squad, but did everyone come back?

About Lynchburg....I have heard some bad things about Coach Tobey, although they are not from the best of sources. So, can anyone explain to me why Tobey has only two returners to her team (Jessie Bridge and Caroline Wesley, both seniors) and 13 freshmen!!! I heard she was not the most popular of coaches with some of her players, which I guess would explain why practically no one came back. Can anyone fill me in on that situation?

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

i dont know what team you watched last year, but RMC was by far the fastest team in the odac and used that to their advantage helping them get to the elite eight. this year they will be even faster with the addition of many new guards, so it will be interesting to see what Coach LaHaye does as far as using 2 posts or just one.

They very well were the fastest team of the 3 ODAC teams I saw play.  The post players were some of the slowest I have seen.

[mybleedinghands]

About Lynchburg....I have heard some bad things about Coach Tobey, although they are not from the best of sources. So, can anyone explain to me why Tobey has only two returners to her team (Jessie Bridge and Caroline Wesley, both seniors) and 13 freshmen!!! I heard she was not the most popular of coaches with some of her players, which I guess would explain why practically no one came back. Can anyone fill me in on that situation?

5 players graduated, one isn't even in school right now, much less Lynchburg, and the only one who could ahve returned that would ahve made any differene was eirka seay, hwo was a turnover machine. I'd rather have all these freshman than what could have returned.

[fairmont1113]

According to the Women's DIII News Preseason Top 25 the BC Eagles are ranked #12 in the nation!


1. The University of Scranton
2. Southern Maine
3. Baldwin-Wallace
4. Hope
5. New York University
6. DePauw
7. Bowdoin
8. Messiah
9. Wisconsin-Stout
10. Carroll
11. Bates
12. Bridgewater
13. Mary Washington
14. Hardin-Simmons
15. Calvin
16. Wheaton
17. Wisconsin-Stevens Point
18. Wilmington
19. St. Benedict
20. Washington (Mo.)
21. McMurray
22. Williams
23. Maryville (Tenn.)
24. Simpson
25. Salem State

[mybleedinghands]

whats the website for DIII news, i couldn't find it.

[fairmont1113]

I got my information from the Bridgewater Athletics site.....here is the link to the article by Bridgewater's SID, Steve Cox...
http://www.bridgewater.edu/Sports/news/wbbpreTop25.htm

[mybleedinghands]

Record watch!

Lynchburg Caroline Wesley has the potential to set several new records or establish herself in the top 3 in some categories.

Points: currently has 913, so she should easily be the 6th player in LC history with 1000. If she averaged 304 like she has over her first three seasons, she will have amassed 1217 points, good for third all-time

Field goals: has 331. if she gets 110 field goals (which is her average over three years), she will have amassed 441 field goals, good for third all-time

FG%: currently boasts a 50.5% fg percentage (331/656), which is good for second all-time now, with the best beaing 50.7%

free throws: has amassed 251 free throws. second played is 268 so she could easil break that, and she also has a chance at being #1, with the record setting at 358.

free throw %: sits at 78% (251/322), which is third all-time. second best is 78/8% and record is 79.5%, so if she shoots enough free throws at the 81% mark like last year, she could conceivably be at least second

boards: has 614 currently. if she amasses 205 like she has averaged the past three seasons, she will finish with 819, good for third all-time

blocks: already currently in second place with 133. the record is 151, so if she blocks shots at the pace she did her freshman and sophomore year she will demolish that record, she'll most likely barely beat the record at the very least.

[Wydown Blvd.]

Are these school records that you are referring to?

[mybleedinghands]

Are these school records that you are referring to?

yes

[baller116]

I think that the Bridgewater team is talented but not talented enough to be ranked in the top 25.. Yes, they had a great season last year, but they also lost their top scorer in Kinder. I just dont think they have the weapons to be up there. I still think that RMC is more talented, even without Silva and Orton.