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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE MARCH 6, 2014 RELEASE NO. 17 www.northernsun.org FOR IMMESDIATE RELEASE Nick Kornder • Asst. Commissioner for Media Relations • 2999 County Road 42 West • Burnsville, MN 55306 • P: 651.288.4017 • F: 952.378.1694 • [email protected] NSIC / Sanford Health Women’s Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Basketball Tournament MVP 2013-14 Women’s Basketball Standings #11 Rachel Hansen as of March 6, 2014 NSIC Overall North Division Standings G, 6-0, Sr., W-L W% W-L W% Strk Northern State 17-5 .773 Eagan, Minn. t-#11 Wayne State* 19-3 0.864 27-4 0.871 L1 Minot State 14-8 .636 Minnehaha Academy HS #20 Minnesota State 18-4 0.818 23-6 0.793 L1 U-Mary 14-8 .636 Concordia-St. Paul #19 Northern State 17-5 0.773 24-6 0.800 L1 St. Cloud State 12-10 .545 Hansen was named the NSIC/ RV-Concordia-St. Paul^ 16-6 0.727 25-8 0.758 W6 Sanford Health Tournament MSU Moorhead 12-10 .545 MVP as she helped guide the RV-Minot State 14-8 0.636 19-9 0.679 L1 Minnesota Duluth 11-11 .500 Golden Bears to their fourth tournament title. The se- U-Mary 14-8 0.636 17-10 0.630 L1 Minnesota Crookston 7-15 .318 nior averaged 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists St. Cloud State 12-10 0.545 16-11 0.593 L1 Bemidji State 5-17 .227 in Concordia’s four wins. Hansen attacked the basket MSU Moorhead 12-10 0.545 16-11 0.593 L3 aggressively and got to the free throw line 35 times in South Division Standings Augustana 11-11 0.500 16-12 0.571 L1 the tournament. Perhaps her best performance came in Wayne State 19-3 .864 an opening round win over Minnesota Duluth. Hansen Minnesota Duluth 11-11 0.500 14-13 0.519 L1 Minnesota State 18-4 .818 nearly picked up a triple double as she had 20 points, Sioux Falls 8-14 0.364 14-15 0.483 L1 Concordia-St. Paul 16-6 .727 10 rebounds and eight assists. Minnesota Crookston 7-15 0.318 10-17 0.370 L4 Augustana 11-11 .500 2014 NSIC/Sanford Health All-Tournament Team Winona State 6-16 0.273 10-17 0.370 L1 # Name P Ht Yr. Team Hometown Sioux Falls 8-14 .364 Bemidji State 5-17 0.227 9-18 0.333 L3 41 Rachel Krogman F 6-1 Jr. NSU Elkton, S.D. Winona State 6-16 .273 Upper Iowa 4-18 0.182 5-22 0.185 L11 42 Ali Wilkinson F 6-0 Jr. MSU Blue Mounds, Wis. Upper Iowa 4-18 .182 2 Ameshia Kearney G 5-9 Jr. CU Minneapolis, Minn. SMSU 2-20 0.091 4-23 0.148 L8 40 Anika Whiting F 6-2 Jr. CU Ashland, Wis. Rankings based on WBCA Poll (3/4/14) RV= Received Votes Southwest Minnesota State 2-20 .091 10 Rachel Hansen G 6-0 Sr. CU Eagan, Minn. *NSIC Regular Season Champ ^NSIC Tournament Champ USA Today Sports Women’s Basketball Top 25 Week 16 Results Week 17 Schedule 3/4/14 NSIC/Sanford Health First Round 1 Bentley (Mass.) -31 1 27-0 775 2/26 Minnesota Crookston 63 atMinnesota State 106 NCAA Central Region Tournament 2 Harding (Ark.) 3 27-1 728 2/26 Southwest Minnesota State 45 atNorthern State 73 3/14 #1 Emporia State vs. #8 Southwestern Okla. 12 p.m. 3 Gannon (Pa.) 4 25-2 679 2/26 Sioux Falls 75 atSt. Cloud State 68 3/14 #4 Wayne State vs. #5 Pittsburg State 2:30 p.m. 4 Colorado Mesa 2 25-1 674 2/26 Bemidji State 42 atWayne State 72 3/14 #2 Harding vs. #7 Concordia-St. Paul 5 p.m. 5 West Texas A&M 6 24-2 648 2/26 Minnesota Duluth 72 atConcordia-St. Paul 81 3/14 #3 Central Missouri vs. #6 Northern State 7:30 p.m. 6 Drury (Mo.) 7 24-2 627 2/26 MSU Moorhead 79 atAugustana 90 7 Emporia State (Kan.) 5 25-3 581 2/26 Winona State 66 atU-Mary 72 3/15 ESU/SWOSU vs WSC/PSU 5 p.m. 8 Central Missouri 11 23-3 544 2/26 Upper Iowa 73 atMinot State 74 3/15 HU/CU vs UCM/NSU 7:30 p.m. 9 Glenville State (W.Va.) 12 25-3 464 NSIC/Sanford Health Quarterfinals - Pentagon 10 Nova Southeastern (Fla.) 8 22-4 457 3/1 Augustana 62 vs Northern State 67 3/17 NCAA Central Region Championship 7 p.m. T11 Lewis (Ill.) 13 22-4 398 3/1 Sioux Falls 75 vs Wayne State 69 T11 Wayne State (Neb.) 9 27-4 398 3/2 U-Mary 71 vs Minnesota State 95 13 Virginia State 10 25-2 390 3/2 Minot State 52 vs Concordia-St. Paul 73 14 Bloomsburg Pennsylvania 14 23-3 383 NCAA Central Region Rankings 15 Delta State (Miss.) 17 22-4 319 NSIC/Sanford Health Semifinals - Pentagon March 5, 2014 16 Rollins (Fla.) 18 23-5 253 3/3 Northern State 57 vs Minnesota State 56 RK Team (Conf) Reg DII LW 17 Tampa (Fla.) 20 21-5 232 3/3 Concordia-St. Paul 78 vs Sioux Falls 66 RK School (Conf) In-Reg OV DII LW 18 CSUPolytechnic - Pomona 15 21-5 216 1 Harding (GAC) 24-1 26-1 2 19 Northern State (S.D.) 21 24-5 186 NSIC/Sanford Health Championship - Pentagon 2 Emporia State (MIAA) 20-3 22-3 1 20 Minnesota State 19 23-6 177 3/4 Northern State 36 vs Concordia-St. Paul 54 3 Central Missouri (MIAA) 20-3 22-3 3 21 Quincy (Ill.) 16 21-5 168 4 Wayne State (NSIC) 24-4 25-4 4 5 Pittsburg State (MIAA) 21-4 22-6 5 22 Pittsburg State (Kan.) 23 23-6 165 Full tournament bracket on page 2 of release. 23 North Georgia 22 21-5 105 6 Minnesota State (NSIC) 20-5 22-5 6 24 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) T24 22-5 74 7 Northern State (NSIC) 21-5 21-5 7 8 *Concordia-St. Paul (NSIC) 21-8 22-8 8 25 Edinboro (Pa.) T24 21-5 69 9 Fort Hays State (MIAA) 16-7 16-7 10 Receiving Votes: Concordia University (Minn.) 16; 10 Missouri Southern State (MIAA) 16-7 16-7 NR Minot State University (N.D.) 3 Dropped Out: #9 Minot State (NSIC) The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II Conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. • Augustana College • Bemidji State • Concordia -St. Paul • University of Mary • Minnesota , Crookston • Minnesota Duluth • Minnesota State University, Mankato • • MSU Moorhead • Minot State • Northern State • Sioux Falls • Southwest Minnesota State • St. Cloud State • Upper Iowa • Wayne State • Winona State • NCAA Division II Women's BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Semifinals Quarterfinals Third Round Second Round First Round March 14 March 15 March 17 March 25 March 26 March 28 March 26 March 25 March 17 March 15 March 14 1 *Lenoir-Rhyne (24-5) *Glenville St. (28-3) 1 8 Armstrong (19-7) West Liberty (20-10) 8 4 North Georgia (22-6) Bloomsburg (24-4) 4 5 Columbus St. (21-7) Virginia St. (25-2) 5 Southeast Atlantic 3 Wingate (24-5) Gannon (27-3) 3 6 Belmont Abbey (21-8) Shaw (21-8) 6 2 Clayton St. (22-6) Edinboro (24-5) 2 7 Limestone (24-5) Charleston (WV) (21-8) 7 noon 6 p.m. 1 *West Tex. A&M (27-2) *Cal Poly Pomona (22-6) 1 8 St. Edward's (19-8) Alas. Anchorage (19-8) 8 4 Colorado St.-Pueblo (22-8) Cal St. Dom. Hills (20-9) 4 5 St. Mary's (TX) (19-9) Cal. St. Chico (18-9) 5 Erie Insurance Arena South West Erie, Pennsylvania 3 Tarleton St. (21-8) Central Simon Fraser (19-9) 3 Gannon University March 25, 26 and 28 6 Tex. A&M Int'l (19-8) Western Wash. (19-9) 6 2 Colorado Mesa (28-1) Mont. St. Billings (23-7) 2 7 Midwestern St. (18-11) Academy of Art (23-7) 7 6 p.m. 8 :30 p.m. 1 Emporia St. (28-3) *Bentley (29-0) 1 NATIONAL 8 Southwestern Okla. (19-10) CHAMPION Bloomfield (20-9) 8 4 Wayne St. (NE) (27-4) Stonehill (18-9) 4 7 p.m. 5 Pittsburg St. (23-7) Dist. Columbia (21-7) 5 Central East 3 Central Mo. (25-4) LIU Post (22-6) 3 6 Northern St. (24-6) Assumption (18-10) 6 2 *Harding (29-2) Adelphi (22-7) 2 7 Concordia-St. Paul (25-8) New Haven (18-9) 7 2:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 1 *Nova Southeastern (24-4) *Drury (24-3) 1 8 Benedict (20-9) Truman (22-8) 8 4 Delta St. (24-5) Northern Mich. (22-7) 4 5 Albany St. (GA) (20-6) Quincy (22-6) 5 South Midwest 3 Rollins (24-6) Indianapolis (23-8) 3 6 Saint Leo (20-9) Wayne St. (MI) (21-7) 6 2 Tampa (22-6) Lewis (22-5) 2 7 West Florida (19-10) Mo.-St. Louis (21-7) 7 * Host Institution All times listed are Eastern. 2014 NSIC / SANFORD HEALTH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Wed., February 26 Sat., March 1 Mon., March 3 Tues., March 4 Sun., March 2 (N1) Northern State 74 A at Aberdeen, S.D.