University Athletic Association

[spiritof86]

Very nice weekend for the lady bears. The short of the news could be all about Manning- she was unstoppable both nights. The long of it would have to highlight the hard work of Beehler, the redemption Sat Night of Rebecca Parker, and the clutch shooting of Sarah Schell. Schell made all of the difference vs the match-up zone, she found the holes brilliantly and made shots. Carroll was definately game, but they did not have enough shots in them to win.

Anyone going next weekend? Not that far too drive. I will not be going, but a listening party (NWC football style) will be taking place at my pad.

[Wydown Blvd.]

Kudos to Rebecca Parker.... definately her comeback night vs. Carroll... 16 boards.... pretty nasty considering beehler also had 9 that night...

Definately going to the Hope game. Less than a four hour drive on I-70. Too easy. Thank goodness its not in Michigan.

[spiritof86]

Safe drive to everyone travelling to games this weekend. Did anyone catch the nice story on KSDK about the lady bears? Basically your typical "its about the journey not the destination" piece, but still it was nice to hear comments from Coach Fahey, Manning, and Beehler.

I am curious as to what the atmosphere will be like at the 5PM game tomorrow. Dead? Or possibly not.

Good luck to the team. I have a good feeling.

[Pat Coleman]

D3hoopsNet, under contract from NCAAsports.com, will be broadcasting the entire DePauw sectional. Coverage starts a half-hour before tipoff and includes a preview of all four sectionals, plus in-game "live look-ins" at other sectionals in progress.

Gordon Mann on the call, with Wes Anderson joining for the sectional opener.

http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/

[jagluski]

At the half...

#6 Hope 55, #3 Wash U 45

The first half has been a half of runs.  Hope took a 37-18 lead and Wash U rallied back to tie the game at 43 with 3 minutes left in the half.  Wash U then started to turn the ball over and foul and Hope ended the half on a 12-2 run to take a 55-45 lead.

The Bears have been a second half team all year...let's hope(no pun intended) it continues.

[jagluski]

Wash U battled back in the 2nd half to take a 1 point lead and then Hope stretched the lead back to 10.  The Bears rallied again and Kelly Manning had a 3-pt attempt with less than a minute left to give the Bears the lead.  It missed.  Brea Ebels of Hope went back down and made a jumper to push the lead back to 4.

Congratulations to the Bears for a great season and to Kelly Manning, Danielle Beehler, and Katie Benson for great careers.  It's too bad the Bears couldn't get Coach Fahey back to the Final Four.

Final Score
#6 Hope 92, #3 Wash U 89

[jagluski]

Jessie Graham made 6 more 3's tonight for Rochester making a total of 20 for the tournament, two short of the all time record, ironcially held by Stacey Liebs(spelling?) of Wash U in 5 games.  Graham only had 3 games.

Nonetheless, Rochester fell to Scranton 66-63.  They were down 63-56 with a minute to go and Taryn Mellody of Scranton(83% on the year) missed two straight front ends.  Jessie Graham made a 3 and a 2 to cut the deficit to two.  Mellody was fouled again and made both free throws.  Rochester went down and scored and then Allison Matt was fouled with 9 seconds left.  She missed the first, made the second.  Danielle Muller missed a three at the buzzer.

The UAA season is over.

[deiscanton]

Jagluski--

To be helpful, the Wash U player that you are referring to that has the 22 3 pointers made for the DIII tournament is Stacy Leeds.  Going into this season, she was #3 on the Wash U list in 3 point FG percentage (minimum 50 3's made for career) at .395.  Stacy Leeds was #2 on the Wash U list at 3 point FGs made going into this season at 143-- just 16 behind Laura Crowley.

[vook]

The NY Times recently published an article on heckling at college basketball games.  Someone submitted this letter to the editor in response:

"The ugly treatment of players at Division I basketball games has seeped down into Division III. I attend women's games at N.Y.U. For the first few years, the games were fun. The season N.Y.U. won the national championship was exhilarating. But the feeling in the gym has gotten uglier. Instead of just rooting for N.Y.U., some fans have started taunting opponents."

[spiritof86]

Great season bears. The hump was too hard to get over again. Sad to see Manning not get that trip to the Final Four. Congrats to a great Hope team.

[jagluski]

Congratulations to Kelly Manning for being named 1st team all-region and player of the year in the region and Danielle Beehler for being named 2nd team all-region.

All-America teams are announced from Springfield this weekend.

[deiscanton]

Congrats to Jaime Capra and Caitlin Malcolm of Brandeis for being named second-team all-region in the Northeast.

If any of you reading this are going to Springfield this weekend to check out the action as fans of DIII women's hoop, I will be heading out from Boston Friday morning (probably on the 8 AM Peter Pan Bus run to Springfield-- arriving in Springfield just after 10 AM) to catch the action for both Friday and Saturday.  (Part of the benefit of having these games so close to where I live for this season and next.)  To Mark Simon, John McGraw, and Gordon Mann, I will make sure to stop by and say hello to you.

 

[mark_reichert]

Does anybody know whether there was a ceremony for the 25th Anniversary team at Springfield and whether it was caught on any video I might be able to watch?

PS  This makes the fourth year out of five that the championship team knocked the Lady Bears out before the Final Four.  Perhaps unlike everybody since the 2001 Bears, Hope will return to the tournament to defend their title.  And perhaps Southern Maine and Scranton will stop hosting sectionals on their way to Final Four trips.

[gordonmann]

Mark:

There was a ceremony at the half of the championship game with five of the six 25th Anniversary team members present.  Laurie Trow Kelly was coaching her Northern Arizona team in the first round of the Division I tournament against Baylor.

Perhaps you might reach out to Springfield College to see what kinds of archived coverage are available.

We had Alia and Coach Fahey on during our pregame.  I'm always struck by how tall Alia is every time I meet her.

[deiscanton]

Speaking of that ceremony which honored the 25th Anniversary team at the half-- if there was a blooper, it was corrected later on in the ceremony.   The announcer announcing the team first talked about the accomplishments of the players from the 80's-- I believe that Page Lutz of Elizabethtown was mentioned first, followed by the player from Concordia-Moorehead.  The announcer then went on to talk about Tasha Rodgers and her accomplishments, and then said "Our final honoree is Coach Nancy Fahey from Wash U.", and then the announcer talked about Coach Fahey's accomplishments.  I thought to myself, "Uh oh, you forgot about Alia Fischer, and she is also on the court."  It turned out that someone forgot to hand the announcer the sheet mentioning Fischer's accomplishments when the announcer was making the presentations.  The mistake was recognized, and corrected, and Alia Fischer's accomplishments were then mentioned and the award was then presented.  Each person got her award as her name was called.

In addition, I talked to Tasha Rodgers on Friday-- she is currently working in the financial industry.  In addition, I was relieved to finally see Alia Fischer make it in to be honored on Saturday.  I hope that I do get a chance to see them again someday-- I enjoyed my brief chats with them over the weekend.

I had a terrific time in Springfield the past few days, and I would like to give my congratulations to Hope College-- that women's basketball team clearly proved themselves to be the best team in DIII this season.