WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[bballfan13]

Be sure to tune into Hoopsville this Thursday night as John Ross will be on the program.

[bballforever]

And so it begins.............

[oldknight]

OldKnight, like Sac, is one of our most esteemed and credible information sources on this board, but OldKnight may want to check his source for Steffani Snikkers' whereabouts.  (Perhaps she did enroll at GVSU, but she is a Hope student.)

Anyone know what happened to Steffani Snikkers at Hope this year?

Not 100% sure, but I heard she is recovering from some sort of injury.  Apparently didn't participate in Fall workouts or tryouts.

Between her junior and senior years in high school, Steffani had knee surgery (going from dim memory it was an MCL), and she recovered in time to play her last year of prep ball. This past summer she tore the ACL in the other knee. She then enrolled at GVSU.

GVSU?  I'm told she's enrolled at Hope, not playing at the moment but participating in some JV team activities, doing work study, etc..

Not quite as credible it seems, but hopefully still esteemed. You are right, Steffani is still at Hope. My apologies for fumbling that ball. Her ACL surgery has not yet happened--it is scheduled for next week--but since Steffani was already enrolled when her injury occurred in summer ball, she entered classes in Holland in September.

[realist]

Calvin 77 St. Thomas 72.  Interesting to note these same two schools will be playing Sat. p.m. for the V Ball championship.
Nice win for Calvin, and payback to team that knocked them out of NCAA in March.
Next up is WSP which doesn't appear to have lost much.

[Roundball999]

OldKnight, like Sac, is one of our most esteemed and credible information sources on this board, but OldKnight may want to check his source for Steffani Snikkers' whereabouts.  (Perhaps she did enroll at GVSU, but she is a Hope student.)

Anyone know what happened to Steffani Snikkers at Hope this year?

Not 100% sure, but I heard she is recovering from some sort of injury.  Apparently didn't participate in Fall workouts or tryouts.

Between her junior and senior years in high school, Steffani had knee surgery (going from dim memory it was an MCL), and she recovered in time to play her last year of prep ball. This past summer she tore the ACL in the other knee. She then enrolled at GVSU.

GVSU?  I'm told she's enrolled at Hope, not playing at the moment but participating in some JV team activities, doing work study, etc..

Not quite as credible it seems, but hopefully still esteemed. You are right, Steffani is still at Hope. My apologies for fumbling that ball. Her ACL surgery has not yet happened--it is scheduled for next week--but since Steffani was already enrolled when her injury occurred in summer ball, she entered classes in Holland in September.

Not to worry, I'm just glad to know that I'm not crazy

Good to see the Calvin and Hope women representing the MIAA well with nice wins yesterday.

[pointlem]

OldKnight, you are always esteemed . . . and usually credible. 

But surely Steffani is at Hope for more than basketball (and isn't attending, after her ACL injury, only out of inertia related to BB).  And hopefully she will be able to play in another year?  (If the Calvin women's program can benefit from the Kamp and Verkaik family farm systems--three Verkaiks on the Calvin varsity now, and two starting yesterday!--perhaps Hope women can similarly enjoy the Snikkers family talent?)

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Quote from: oldknight on Yesterday at 09:32:10 pm:
Not quite as credible it seems, but hopefully still esteemed. You are right, Steffani is still at Hope. My apologies for fumbling that ball. Her ACL surgery has not yet happened--it is scheduled for next week--but since Steffani was already enrolled when her injury occurred in summer ball, she entered classes in Holland in September.
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[oldknight]

OldKnight, you are always esteemed . . . and usually credible. 

But surely Steffani is at Hope for more than basketball (and isn't attending, after her ACL injury, only out of inertia related to BB).  And hopefully she will be able to play in another year?  (If the Calvin women's program can benefit from the Kamp and Verkaik family farm systems--three Verkaiks on the Calvin varsity now, and two starting yesterday!--perhaps Hope women can similarly enjoy the Snikkers family talent?)

My family and I do know Steffani has more interests than basketball but certainly hoops was part of the equation in going to Holland. She was ball girl on Unity Christian's high school team when my daughters played with her talented older sister. Later I watched Stef play about 25 high school games. As much as she loves basketball I think whether she returns to the court depends a lot on how well her surgery goes and whether she is willing to commit to a long and difficult rehab process for the second time--and on her other knee. During her junior year she was a very difficult matchup for her high school opponents because as at 5'10", and physically very strong, Steffani usually played in the backcourt and could overwhelm even good players when she went inside. In the district final, she led her team to a district championship over a very good West Catholic team that simply could not matchup with her once they were forced to play man-to-man in the 4th quarter of that game. After her first knee injury before her senior year Stef was still good but I don't believe she ever got back the self-confidence in that knee any player needs in order to be their best. With a second surgery on the other knee, I wonder if she will make one more try. I just don't know.

[sac]

Stevens Point 82 Calvin 63

Hope 64 Wilmington 37

[Mr. Ypsi]

Stevens Point 82 Calvin 63

Hope 64 Wilmington 37

Oh, goody - IWU is AT UWSP next month!   (And we already lost to #6 UMU.)

Oh well, we have a tradition of losing to teams in the regular season then beating them in the postseason!  (Oh, wait - that is only a tradition last season.  Previously we would beat WashU or one of the WIAC powers in the regular season, then be ousted in the playoffs. )

[Roundball999]

Good luck to the Flying Dutch and Coach Morehouse as they try for Coach Mo's 400th win at Defiance tomorrow evening.  In my opinion you won't find a more honest, sincere and decent man than Coach Mo, who also happens to be an outstanding coach and program builder.  With a career winning % of about .860 and 14 consecutive 20-win seasons, I have to think he will be among the fastest D3 women's coaches to reach the 400 win milestone - even if it doesn't come tomorrow night.

[wwjjdd]

Done.

[hope1]

nice job brain on  400

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Coach Mo - job well done!!!  For you "stat junkies" out there:

100th victory - game 138
200th victory - game 250
300th victory - game 358
400th victory - game 468

which means:

1st 100 victories - record was 100-38 (.725)
2nd 100 victories - record was 100-12 (.893)
3rd 100 victories - record was 100-8  (.926)
4th 100 victories - record was 100-10  (.909)

Simply amazing!

[sac]

...and Brian's only about 43 years old.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

...and Brian's only about 43 years old.

Gotta love this pic from his first season (the player on the left, Lisa Timmer Schoonveld, is the wife of Hope AD Tim Schoonveld)