WBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[kiltedbryan]

Quarterfinal results:

John Carroll   38   at   Capital 55       
Mount Union   65   at   Baldwin-Wallace 61
Otterbein       70   at   Ohio Northern 81       
Muskingum   55   at   Wilmington 80

Semifinal results:

#6 Mount Union 39 at #2 Capital 52
#4 Ohio Northern 65 at #1 Wilmington 73

Saturday Final:

Capital @ Wilmington @ 3 pm

[dubctrn]

Congrats to the Lady Quakers of Wilmington, Going Back  to the Big Dance with a Decisive win over Capital!

[Old Pro]

So Marietta passes over applicants with much better experience and record in selecting head coach. Strange!

[David Collinge]

2007-08 schedule update:

OAC:
Baldwin-Wallace:  men; women
Capital:  men; women
Heidelberg (not posted)
John Carroll (not posted)
Marietta:  men; women
Mount Union:  men; women
Muskingum (not posted)
Ohio Northern (not posted)
Otterbein (not posted)
Wilmington:  men; women

[David Collinge]

The competition in this conference is far too good for this board to sit idle.  Maybe I can find some time now and then to post updates, which may in turn attract the occasional reader who appreciates OAC women's hoops.

Here's the current standings, based on my best guess at tiebreakers:

1. Baldwin-Wallace 6-1 (lost at home to Capital) / 13-1 overall
2. Ohio Northern 6-1 (lost at B-WC) / 11-3
3. Wilmington 5-2 (lost at home to B-W and at ONU) / 11-3
4. Capital 5-2 (lost at home to ONU and at Wilma) / 10-3
5. Heidelberg 3-4 (beat JCU and Ott) / 7-6
6. Otterbein 3-4 (beat JCU) / 7-7
7. John Carroll 3-4 / 8-6
8. Mt. Union 2-5 (beat Musky) / 5-9
9. Muskingum 2-5 / 6-7
10. Marietta 0-7 / 3-10

So far this season, I've seen six OAC games and I've yet to see the OAC team lose: I saw ONU (beating Kenyon 68-57), Capital (beating CMU 77-39 and Wash U. 66-58), Muskingum (beating Kenyon 56-49), and Otterbein (beating Franklin 89-64 and St. Mary's of IN 79-65).  I hope to catch B-W and Wilma sometime, somewhere.  In the meantime, I can use Kenyon as a common measuring stick.  ONU came back from down 9 early to beat Kenyon like a drum.  Musky also beat the Ladies pretty well, but Kenyon played reasonably well in Ada and very poorly in New Concord.  Kenyon also played poorly in losing to St. Mary's the night before Ott rang the Belles.  And Kenyon was able to beat Ohio Wesleyan in Delaware, something that Capital could not accomplish.  However, Capital's defeat of Wash U. (which still had Jaimie McFarlin at the time) was mighty impressive.  I'd make ONU a slight favorite among this quartet.

If there's anyone out there with an interest in OAC women's hoops, please feel free to jump in!

[David Collinge]

Big upset tonight as homestanding B-WC falls to crosstown rival JCU 80-73.  Ohio Northern moves into the conference lead, edging Muskingum 64-60 in Ada.  Capital also slips at home, losing to Heidelberg 57-56.  Wilmington (73-62 over Otterbein) and Mt. Union (72-59 over Marietta) also record home wins.

Updated standings:
Ohio Northern 7-1 / 12-3
Baldwin-Wallace 6-2 / 13-2
Wilmington 6-2 / 12-3
Capital 5-3 / 10-4
Heidelberg 4-4 / 8-6
John Carroll 4-4 / 9-6
Otterbein 3-5 / 7-8
Mt. Union 3-5 / 6-9
Muskingum 2-6 / 6-8
Marietta 0-8 / 3-11

[newcardinal]

Congratulations on all of the players on the D-3 All Decade Team.

Update on Kendra (Meyer) Hunter

It was an honor to see D-3 hoops  name Kendra to their all Decade team.

After Capital, Kendra spent two years as student assistant womens basketball coach while obtaining her masters degree at the University of Chicago.

The next two years she was the assistant Womens basketball coach at North Central College. Then the past two years as the assistant athletic director.

She just retired in the fall of 2008 to raise my 5th grand child. If D-3 had a coed basketball team, I would have my team ready in about 15 years.

Keep up the good work! Always enjoy you web site.

[Pat Coleman]

Feature on the front page of interest to Final Four participants and fans here.

Faces of a champion

[ScotsFan]

There are some local headlines here in Wooster affecting the OAC.  Heidelberg's longtime coach, Karen McConnell was announced as the new girl's basketball coach at Wooster High School.  Seems like the high school really got a quality coach.

Meanwhile, a Wooster High School alum and current Orrville High School girls coach, Marcie Alberts looks like she will be McConnell's replacement at the Berg.  Marcie was an All-Ohio performer on the court and she led WHS to the state finals her senior year.  She also was a stand-out at Ohio State and had a brief stint in the WNBA with the Cleveland Rockers.  She's had a pretty impressive record with Orrville winning 3 district titles in her time as head coach there.  I would think that she would be considered a good hire for the Berg as well.

[OshDude]

If anyone's interested in the D-III regional volleyball tournaments, I have a fairly extensive blog that covers the St. Thomas and Oshkosh (where Heidelberg will be) regionals. It's not bad in national terms, either. Stop by and tell me what you think.

[OshDude]

Any volleyball fans? I posted on my blog a Nationals Guide similar to the ones I did for the St. Thomas and Oshkosh regionals. Check it out if you're interested in Ohio Northern and/or D-III VB.

[David Collinge]

Congratulations to Capital head coach Dixie Jeffers on her 500th career victory tonight, 61-53 at Wittenberg.  Congratulations, Coach Jeffers!

[Old Pro]

Let me first say that I am in no way meaning to be unkind to the current staff or players at Marietta! They are a great bunch of kids & Coaches, who work very hard each and every night. I guess this question is directed at the Athletic Administration or to whomever has an opinion. In addition, I realize how tough the OAC is overall. However, I simply don't understand why the program has gone through a number of coaches and isn't improving very much at all? The Men's program seems to be able to compete? I just don't get it?

[seventiesraider]

 Looking forward to a big year from the Lady Raiders this year as they jumped out to a 3-0 start and take on Hiram tomorrow.

[Dr. Acula]

I think Suzy has done a very nice job.  They seem to be improving every year and she seems to have them heading toward a point where they'll be in the top 3-4 teams in the OAC almost every year.  Would I like to see them win OAC titles?  Of course, but it they do get to that point where they're consistently in the top third of the conference I would be very pleased.  In my mind it's all about being consistently competitive.  If they're competing for titles and competing with the top teams, that's all I can ask.   

As for this year, they have a lot back.  I saw Amanda Rose and Lauren Forquer play numerous times at Green and they are both very solid players.  Rose is like a Lamar Odom type...she does it all.  She may have been their leading rebounder last year in fact.  Tessa is a nice player to kind of lead the younger girls and be their go to girl.  She's not a superstar, but this team seems to be pretty deep so no one girl needs to carry them every night.  I think they went around 16-8 last year (or close to that).  I think around that or a game or two improvement is realistic.