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Carleton College athletics carleton women’s basketball notes - jan. 16, 2004 Game contact eric sieger, sid, [email protected] 13 2003-04 carleton knights Carleton, St. Benedict No. 9/15 Carleton College (12-0,9-0 MIAC) (12-0, 9-0 MIAC) clash in battle of MIAC at November unbeatens No. 19/21 St. Benedict (12-1, 10-0 MIAC) 29 George Fox University (Ore.)$ . .W 76-70 Carleton, winners of 12 consec- 30 Luther College (Iowa)$ . W 69-53 utive games, faces its toughest Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004 • Claire Lynch Hall, St. Joseph, Minn. December challenge of the season to date 1 p.m. • Radio: KYMN 1080 AM 3 Bethel College* . .W 70-45 when it travels to St. Joesph, 6Augsburg College* . .W 81-53 Minn., to face the College of St.Benedict. KNIGHT NOTES & TRENDS 8College of St. Catherine* . .W 72-64 The Blazers are the only other undefeated team in MIAC play and Individual Player Notes 10 St. Olaf College* . .W 76-69 are coming off a huge win over Gustavus Adolphus, who was previous- • Megan Vig tallied 16 points and 13 Bemidji State University . .W 57-52 ly unbeaten in conference play. The winner of this game will be the lone five rebounds against St. Thomas in January unbeaten in MIAC competition, and thus will have sole possession of her first game since being named 3Macalester College* . .W 65-51 first place in the conference. St Benedict finished last year with a 20-2 MIAC player of the week 5St. Mary's University* . .W 67-55 conference record, which left them tied with Carleton and Gustavus for •Linnea Engel scored 18 points in 7 Concordia College, Moorhead* . .W 71-57 the MIAC regular season championship. back-to-back games last week 10 Hamline University* . .W 73-61 Carleton is ranked ninth in the latest ESPN/USA Today/WBCA against St. Mary’s and Concordia. 14 University of St. Thomas* . .W 72-60 coaches poll and 15th by D3Hoops.com. St. Benedict is currently •Katie Freeman’s 16 points in 17 College of St. Benedict* . .1 p.m. ranked 19th in the coaches’ poll and 21st by D3hoops.com. Saturday’s win over Hamline was a 19 Gustavus Adolphus College* . .7:30 p.m. new career high. 21 Bethel College* . .5:30 p.m. Broadcast information •Kristi Colbenson has scored in dou- 24 Augsburg College* . .1 p.m. Saturday’s game will be broadcast by KYMN 1080 AM, which covers ble figures in 10 of Carleton’s 12 28 College of St. Catherine* . .7:30 p.m. the Northfield area and the south metro of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Jeff games. 31 St. Olaf College* . .1 p.m. Johnson will be on the call. The game can also be heard worldwide on •Cassie Hammond tallied 11 points February the internet at Knights Online (www.carleton.edu/athletics/broadcasts/). and eight rebounds against 2 Macalester College* . .7:30 p.m. Vig MIAC Player of the Week Hamline, the second time she’s 4 St. Mary's University* . .6 p.m. Megan Vig was named the MIAC’s player of the week after averaging scored in double figures. 7Concordia College, Moorhead* . .1 p.m. 19.3 points and 7.0 rebounds a game last week. The sophomore led the •Beth Freeman didn’t score in dou- 11 Hamline University* . .7:30 p.m. Knights to three victories last week to run the team's winning streak to ble figures for the first time all sea- 14 University of St. Thomas* . .1 p.m. son vs. Hamline, but she tallied a 18 College of St. Benedict* . .7:30 p.m. 11 games, the second-longest in school history. She shot 53.7 percent career-high six assists. 21 Gustavus Adolphus College* . .1 p.m. from the floor and made 5-of-9 three-point attempts during the three- Team Notes $ - Elite West Region Invitational game stretch. She tallied a career-high 25 points and grabbed nine * - indicates MIAC contest rebounds in Carleton's 71-59 victory over Concordia-Moorhead on •Carleton is one of only seven Wednesday. She tallied 20 points on 9-for-14 shooting in Saturday's unbeaten teams remaining in 73-61 victory over Hamline, marking the first time in her collegiate Division III. career she's scored 20 or more points in consecutive games. The sophomore added 13 points and eight rebounds in Monday's Carleton leads the MIAC in scoring triumph of St. Mary's. It marks the first time in Vig's career she's been named the conference's player of the week. She was an defense (57.7 ppg allowed) All-MIAC first team selection as a first-year player in 2002-03, as well as the MIAC's sixth person of the year and a member of •The Knights lead the MIAC in the MIAC All-First Year team. turnover margin (+6.17) and reboun- Knights continue stretch of tough games, will be home for stretch run ing margin (+5.3) •Carleton has forced more turnovers Including Wednesday’s win over St. Thomas, Carleton will face three of the five other 2003 MIAC Playoff qualifiers in a one- than it has committed in 11 of 12 weekspan. After Saturday’s game against fellow 2002-2003 MIAC tri-champion, St. Benedict, Carleton will meet the other team games. that tied for the regular season MIAC title, Gustavus Adolphus, when the Gusties come to the West Gym on Monday, Jan. 19. Last year, Carleton was 6-2 against the top four finishers in the final MIAC standings and 10-2 against the eventual MIAC Playoff qual- ifiers. Monday’s home contest against Gustavus starts a stretch in which the Knights play nine home games in their final 12 contests. Over the last four seasons, the Knights are 38-4 at home , 31-3 in MIAC play. Engel breaks theft record Senior forward Linnea Engel broke Carleton’s all-time steal record, previously held by Anna Bandick (1986-90), in matching her career high with seven steals in the Jan. 7 contest against Concordia. Bandick’s 216 steals in her four-year career stood for more than a decade, but Probable Carleton Starting Line-up Engel’s seven-steal effort against the Cobbers gave her 10 Kristi Colbenson Jr. G 11.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.3 spg 219 for her career. Engel is averaging 3.8 steals per 32 Linnea Engel Sr. F 12.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.6 apg, 3.7 spg game this year to lead the MIAC, and if she continues on 34 Katie Freeman Jr. G 7.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.3 spg that pace, she’ll be the first Carleton player to amass 45 Megan Vig So. F 16.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.3 spg, 1.0 bpg over100 steals in a single season, which would smash 50 Beth Freeman Jr. C 10.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.0 spg Carleton’s current single season steal record of 77, set Key reserves by Katherine Frewing in 1991-82. Engel is one of only 14 Cassie Hammond Fy. F 6.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 49.2 FG % 20 Andrea Korb So. G 2.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.4 spg three Carleton players (Bandick and Frewing being the 24 Kari Christianson So. G 4.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.3 spg, more… Office of Sports Information www.carleton.edu/campus/athletics One North College Street, Northfield, Minnesota 55057 phone 507.646.4185 fax 507.646.5550 2003-04 carleton college knights No. Player Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School) Pronunciation 10 Kristi Colbenson Jr. G 5-9 Rushford, Minn. (Rushford-Peterson) KOLE-bin-sun 13 Kate Krueger Jr. G 5-3 Kirkland, Wash. (Seattle Prep) KROO-ger 14 Cassie Hammond Fy. F 6-0 Falls Church, Va. (Robinson) 20 Andrea Korb So. G 5-5 Tonganoxie, Kan. from TONG-ga-nok-see 21 Abby Kalland Sr. G 5-7 Northfield, Minn. KULL-and 24 Kari Christianson So. G 5-9 Twin Valley, Minn. (Norman Co. East) KARE-ee 32 Linnea Engel Sr. F 5-10 Shoreview, Minn. (Mounds View) 34 Katie Freeman Jr. F 5-11 Richfield, Minn. 45 Megan Vig So. F 5-11 Northfield, Minn. 50 Beth Freeman Jr. F 5-11 Richfield, Minn. 52 Andrea Dahl Fy. P 6-0 Maple Grove, Minn. (Totino-Grace) DOLL other two) to tally 70 or more steals in a single season, as Engel posted 71 thefts last year. Engel has notched more than 50 steals in each of her first three seasons at Carleton and has 42 steals in Carleton’s first 11 games, MIAC leaving her only eight away from 50 for the year. No player has accomplished that feat all four years at Carleton. Last time out – Carleton 72, St. Thomas 60 Megan Vig scored 16 points and Carleton erased a 15-point first-half deficit to beat visiting St. Thomas, 72- Standings 60. Kristi Colbenson and Linnea Engel each tallied 12 points and six rebound for the Knights. The Tommies held a 35-28 halftime lead, but the Knights used a 13-4 run to start the second half to take a 41-39 lead. After St. Thomas then battled back to take a 49-43 lead, Carleton went on a 13-2 run to take a 56-51 MIAC Overall advantage with little more than two minutes remaining.