WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Riley Zayas]

Yeah, really strong offensive day from IWU. If they can put up 86 on a solid D1 mid-major, they are capable of competing with and outscoring most teams on their schedule. Powers had 20, Huber and Bardic each had 19, and Palmer had 13. Only turned it over 9 times, compared to ISU's 19.

[iwu70]

Really great work by the Titans against D1 ISU, also a good team.  Balanced offense, with all five starters scoring in double figures.  White is going to set some steals records again. 

Titans ranked #10 nationally in the pre-season D3hoops poll.  They have six games with pre-season- ranked top 25 teams, so plenty of chances to prove their strength, even move up in the polls.  Hope an early game.   

Should be a great season with a very veteran team . . . looking forward to it.

IWU'70

[scottiedawg]

Illinois Wesleyan Head Coach Mia Smith on the Q-Cast:

[Titan Q]

Q-cast with IWU coach Mia Smith...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzKXSUO_DPY&t=1592s

[Titan Q]

Freshman Sami Oller 6'1" has disappeared from the Titan's roster.

Sami is a sports medicine major with a plan to become a physical therapist. She decided it's too hard to juggle the demands of being a student-athlete and everything needed on the academic side.  So she is transferring to a big school, that also has has her grad degree, to just focus on academics. 

She is an impressive person.  I hope she does great at her new school.

[iwu70]

IWU pushed D1 Eastern Illinois to the brink, then losing by 3.  Shows how strong the IWU returning group is this year.  First weekend coming up -- playing Calvin, then Hope at DeVos in Holland, MI.  Should be a great weekend of D3 women's hoops, November 15-16. 

IWU'70

[iwu70]

Due to volleyball at Hope, I guess they've moved these first weekend IWU games to Calvin.  FYI.  Good interview by Q with Coach Mia Smith on the Q-cast.  Worth a listen.

A good season upcoming for the Titans.  Could be special.  An very tough schedule, an extremely talented and experienced group of Titans.

Go TITANS -- we're all behind you this year. 

IWU'70

[lmitzel]

NCC 88
St. Mary's (IN) 49

Didn't get to catch any of this this evening, but a dominant showing to open the season as the Cardinals scored the first nine of the contest and cruised from there.

Megan McClure: 20 pts, 6 reb
Biz Daly: 15 pts, 6 reb
Jocelyn Trotter: 11 pts, 10 reb, 4 stl
Grace Keiffer: 7 pts, 4 ast

[iwu70]

IWU to start their season this weekend with two tough games.  On Friday vs. Calvin, then Hope on Saturday.  I believe the games will be played at Calvin.

I don't know who will get the starting nods, but here's the depth chart Mia Smith will be working with in many situations and combinations:

PG -- White and Palmer (perhaps Feeney as a backup when back from volleyball)
2 -- Bardic and Palmer
3 -- Powers and Balli
4 -- L. Huber, Mahlum, Jacob
5 -- Knutson and Lipic

Pinesitters unlikely to get many minutes initially:   Epps, Meyers, M. Huber and Lam.  Their time will come.

An extremely tough pre-CCIW schedule.  The Mia Smith way.

It should be a grand season.

IWU'70

[Flying Dutch Fan]

IWU to start their season this weekend with two tough games.  On Friday vs. Calvin, then Hope on Saturday.  I believe the games will be played at Calvin.

I don't know who will get the starting nods, but here's the depth chart Mia Smith will be working with in many situations and combinations:

PG -- White and Palmer (perhaps Feeney as a backup when back from volleyball)
2 -- Bardic and Palmer
3 -- Powers and Balli
4 -- L. Huber, Mahlum, Jacob
5 -- Knutson and Lipic

Pinesitters unlikely to get many minutes initially:   Epps, Meyers, M. Huber and Lam.  Their time will come.

An extremely tough pre-CCIW schedule.  The Mia Smith way.

It should be a grand season.

IWU'70

Yes, the games have been moved to the VanNoord Arena at Calvin as the DeVos Filedhouse at Hope will be hosting the MIAA Volleyball tournament

[lmitzel]

NCC 86
NWU 58

The Cardinals led by 5 at halftime in Colorado, and it was a 3 point game with 6:43 left in the quarter. NCC closed the frame on a 25-7 run and ran away with this one.

Biz Daly: 26 pts, 12 reb
Megan McClure: 18 pts
Josylin Simmons-Dixie: 10 pts, 5 ast
Jocelyn Trotter: 9 pts, 9 reb

NCC plays host Colorado College tomorrow.

[iwu70]

IWU gets the season off to a good start -- IWU over hosts Calvin 79-60.

The Titans led by 15 at the half after a dominant 2nd quarter, run and jump doing its dirt.

For Calvin:

Fernandez 10
Halliwill 10

For IWU:

Balli 15
Powers 14 and 9
L. Huber 13 and 9
Bardic 12
Palmer 11

As expected an 8 player rotation to start -- with White, Balli, Mahlum coming off the bench often.  The others, plus Knutson with the starting nods.

Titans shooting 42%, 30% from three, and 76% from the FT line.

A good start.  A much tougher test likely tomorrow night vs. Hope -- at 4 p.m. Eastern time, 3 p.m. Central.

Good to see the balanced scoring and also an excellent game from Sarah Balli.


IWU '70

[Jbothe]

Any idea where Calvin's returning all conference player was last night?  Rohrer I think is the name.

Listed as a redshirt on the roster. Is that a thing in D3 for medical reasons? 

[Jbothe]

IWU is very good by the way. I can't see many D3 teams beating them this year, if any.

[scottiedawg]

Any idea where Calvin's returning all conference player was last night?  Rohrer I think is the name.

Listed as a redshirt on the roster. Is that a thing in D3 for medical reasons? 

Emma Witte (most Minutes per game in 23-24 for Calvin) was injured last year.
RyAnnRohrer (2nd most minutes per game last year) was also injured last year.
Sami DeKuiper (5th most minutes per game last year) was injured early this year.

All did not play yesterday.

Yes there is a medical redshirt to retain that year of eligibility (with various requirements).