WBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

UMU leads 43-34 at the half.

UPDATE: JCU roars back to take the lead with 11:27 left, and now leads 65-63 with 8:06 remaining.
UPDATE: An 11-2 run put UMU back on top by 7, but JCU answered with a 9-2 run to tie it up at 76.  Just inside 3:00 to play, and we're knotted up 78-78.
UPDATE: Two free throws, a steal, and a trey give UMU an 83-78 lead, 2:19.
UPDATE: JCU answers with a three and a quick timeout.  83-81, 2:07.  Mount scores out of the timeout, 85-81, 1:28 left.
UPDATE: Mount has been dominating the glass of late, using this strength to get putbacks and free throws.  Raiders looking to close it out with 87-82 lead at 0:29.
UPDATE: Mount wins, 92-84.  Rosa LaMattina made five free throws in the final 0:24 to seal the win and tourney title for the 25-3 Raiders.

[seventiesraider]

John Carroll played hard but only had 8 ladies see floor time. They paid for it during the stretch run. Mount played 13-14, and subbed every time the clock stopped. Number 3 for JCU played a hell of a game, but was so exhausted in the final two minutes that she put up a three point shot that never got within 3 feet of the rim. (Nobody should play 39 minutes)

Rosa LaMattina, Amanda Rose and Cory Wiedt starred for a Mount Union team that came to Run, Gun and have some Fun.

JCU-Fan-You guys were very good. Thanks for playing our fight song (whether you knew it or not)

[seventiesraider]

OAC All-Tourney Team:

Ohio Northern: Jeanne Bockey
Capital: Hilary Kuhns
John Carroll: Missy Spahar and Lee Jennings
Mount Union: Rosa LaMattina

MVP- Mount Union's Cory Wiedt who lead Mount in scoring in the final game

Nice to see over a thousand pack the MAAC for the final.

In all fairness, based on a herculean performance in the final game, Lee Jennings could easily have been the MVP.

Hard to put any single player in the spotlight for Mounr. In the quarterfinal game, Rosa LaMattina and Katie Crider led scorers, semis it was Amanda Rose and Cory Wiedt and Finals it was Rosa and Cory.

[seventiesraider]

If mount is actually in the bracket that D3Hoops predicted, it's gonna be a fight from game one. Calvin, Denison, Hope and Thomas More

[David Collinge]

OAC All-Conference team and special awards announced (pdf).

Coach of the Year: Suzy Venet, Mt. Union
Player of the Year: Amanda Schroeder, Baldwin-Wallace
Freshman of the Year: Missy Spahar, John Carroll

Congratulations to all the award winners!

[jcu_fan]

JCU-Fan-You guys were very good. Thanks for playing our fight song (whether you knew it or not)

What's the Mt. Union fight song?  There's a song that the Mt. Union band was playing often.... that's not the Mt. Union fight song?

It was fun playing back and forth with the Mt. Union band.  They've got an excellent brass section.  A very good sound.

[seventiesraider]

What's the Mt. Union fight song? They've got an excellent brass section.  A very good sound.

http://www.mtunionfootball.com/sounds/fightsong.mp3

I think if you looked closely it was a Pep/alumni/faculty band. What people won't do to keep from spending 7 bucks at the gate  

[Mr. Ypsi]

How about that first-round match: the Stagg Bowl, played by women in shorts!

[jcu_fan]

I think if you looked closely it was a Pep/alumni/faculty band. What people won't do to keep from spending 7 bucks at the gate  

That's what I thought.  Yeah, that wasn't us playing that song.  Trust me, after hearing after every Mt. Union touchdown for the last 15 years, I am SICK of that song...   

[seventiesraider]

I like Mount Union's chances tonight at Thomas More. Massey ranks MT 10th in power, TM 17th, MT 52nd in SofS and TM 132. Mount 12th in offense TM 58th

Go Ladies

[seventiesraider]

Time for a new season tomorrow night

[deiscanton]

I just wanted to pop in and say congrats to Heidelberg for their big victory over Emmanuel in the EC Saints Invitational.   I attended that game today.   Heidelberg came back from down 20 with 4:07 remaining in the first half to defeat a talented but very young Emmanuel squad, 70-69.  Emmanuel was playing their first game of the season, and is the defending Great Northeast Athletic Conference champion.

Just a few notes from the Boston area, where I live--

(1)  One of the Heidelberg starters this season is #32 Megan Miller, who played at Owens Community College in the Ohio JUCO circuit last season.  Miller had 15 pts and 7 rebounds in the victory at Emmanuel today.

(2)  On the bench for Heidelberg this season is #52 Molly Schriber, who is also known as the goalkeeper on the Heidelberg women's soccer team.  Schriber had 5 pts today and got a technical foul late in the second half for roughing up one of the Emmanuel rookies.

Heidelberg plays #4 William Paterson on Sunday in the championship game at Emmanuel, but I will be at Brandeis at that hour to see Brandeis take on #16 Colby.   

[seventiesraider]

Mount Union off to a 3-0 non-conference start. Look to move up a couple in the Top 25

[seventiesraider]

Mount at home on Black Friday at 5

[seventiesraider]

Mount double monkey stomp over Allegheny