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2009-10 State Farm MVC Championship Information MAKE YOUR TEAM THE HOME TEAM AREA HOTEL INFORMATION Several Westport Plaza hotels are The 2010 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Wom- offering special room rates to fans en’s Basketball Championship returns to The Family Arena traveling to the 2010 State Farm MVC in St. Charles, Missouri, after a successful event in 2009. Women’s Basketball Championship. The four-day tournament will feature all 10 MVC schools A list of the participating hotels and vying for the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tour- team assignments appears below. nament. Fans can also obtain additional hotel Valley fans are encouraged to make their team the home information by visiting: team during the tournament, which begins on Thursday, March 11 and concludes on Sunday, March 14. www.mvcstcharles.com Now in its 15th year of existence, the State Farm MVC Women’s Basketball Championship has truly become a weekend event. In 2009, nearly 10,000 fans TEAM HOTEL INFORMATION attended the league’s second-ever neutral site event at The Family Arena. Sheraton Lakeside Chalet The championship weekend begins on the evening of March 11 with opening- (314) 878.1500 round action starting at 5 p.m, with a fi rst-ever awards ceremony taking place be- sheratonwestport.com tween the fi rst and second contests. The quarterfi nals begin at noon on March 12, 800.822.3535 with the semifi nals starting at 5 p.m. on March 13. The championship concludes with a 2:30 p.m. championship game on March 14. In 2010, the Sheraton Lakeside Chalet will serve as the host hotel for www.mvcstcharles.com the following teams: Bradley Braves Tournament Schedule SIT WITH YOUR SCHOOL! Evansville Purple Aces Thursday, March 11 Opening Round Here are the best ways to guarantee seat- Illinois State Redbirds Game 1 ing within your school’s section at The Indiana State Sycamores #8 Seed vs. #9 Seed -- 5:05 p.m. Family Arena: UNI Panthers Awards Ceremony -- Between Games Southern Illinois Salukis Game 2 A) Complete the ticket application on the #7 Seed vs. #10 Seed -- 8:35 p.m. MVC Ticket brochure and return it with payment to your institution’s athletics Sheraton Plaza Tower Friday, March 12 Quarterfi nals ticket offi ce; (314) 878.1500 B) Buy tickets in person at The Family Game 3 sheratonwestport.com Arena box offi ce; 800.822.3535 #1 Seed vs. Game 1 Winner -- 12:05 p.m. C) Place a credit card order by calling your Game 4 school’s ticket offi ce at the phone number In 2010, the Sheraton Plaza Tower #4 Seed vs. #5 Seed -- 2:35 p.m. on the back of the ticket application. Game 5 will serve as the host hotel for the fol- #2 Seed vs. Game 2 Winner -- 6:05 p.m. CREDIT CARD ORDERS BY PHONE lowing teams: Game 6 MetroTix – (314) 534.1111 #3 Seed vs. #6 Seed -- 8:35 p.m. Creighton Bluejays MMVC C PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE Drake Bulldogs V Saturday, March 13 Semifi nals Purchase tickets online through the State Missouri State Lady Bears C Game 7 Farm MVC Women’s Basketball Champion- Wichita State Shockers ship web site (www.mvcstcharles.com). Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner -- 5:05 p.m. C Game 8 FANS/BANDS/CHEERLEADERS HHAMPIONSHIP Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner -- 7:35 p.m. $50 Seating all sessions; $15 Adult per session; Doubletree Westport St. Louis A $10 Senior/Student/Youth per session; (314) 434.0100 M Sunday, March 14 Final P $7 per session, General Admission doubletreewestport.com Game 9 Championship Game -- 2:35 p.m. I 800.222.8733 O All times Central and subject to change. N S H I P 179 2008-09 State Farm MVC Championship Review Ninth-Seeded Evansville Makes OPENING ROUND: QUARTERFINALS: Game 1: The Family Arena - St. Charles, Mo. - March 12 Game 3: The Family Arena - St. Charles, Mo. - March 13 Improbable Run, Claims State No. 9 Evansville 58, No. 8 Southern Illinois 53 No. 9 Evansville 73, No. 1 Illinois State 60 Farm MVC Women’s Basketball Evansville fg-a ft -a rb pf tp a st min Evansville fg-a ft -a rb pf tp a st min Championship Bamberger, Stephanie 2-3 7-8 6 1 13 3 0 35 Bamberger, Stephanie 2-6 0-0 5 1 5 0 0 29 Jennings, Robyn 2-5 4-4 5 2 8 0 1 28 Jennings, Robyn 3-9 0-0 4 3 8 0 1 30 Novosel, Shannon 6-13 5-7 6 2 18 1 0 34 Novosel, Shannon 1-8 10-12 7 2 13 1 3 31 SAINT CHARLES, Mo. - Ninth-seeded Evansville Austi n, Ashley 2-7 5-6 3 4 9 0 0 35 Austi n, Ashley 6-13 8-12 8 2 22 4 0 34 became the lowest-seeded team to claim the State Gallagher, Amy 1-4 0-0 2 1 2 1 0 17 Gallagher, Amy 2-5 2-2 5 0 6 1 1 24 Farm MVC Women’s Basketball Championship Lewis, Jordan 0-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 9 Lewis, Jordan 1-2 1-2 0 0 3 1 0 15 title, after an improbable postseason run and a Sperka, Kelsey 1-1 0-1 2 2 2 1 0 15 Sperka, Kelsey 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 9 last-second shot, giving the Purple Aces a 47-45 Falkenstein, Chelsea 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Benson, Eva 3-4 2-2 3 2 8 0 0 19 win over Creighton. Singleton, Hannah 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Batey, Kate 2-2 0-0 0 0 5 2 0 9 Benson, Eva 2-4 0-0 6 3 4 0 0 11 TEAM 9 The win clinched the second MVC Tournament Batey, Kate 1-2 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 10 Totals 21-50 23-30 41 10 73 10 5 200 title for Evansville and gave the Purple Aces the TEAM 3 conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tourna- Totals 17-42 21-26 34 18 58 6 1 200 Percentages: FG: .420; 3-Pt. FG: .421; FT: 23-30, .767 ment, where they dropped an 80-45 decision to No. 2 seed Texas A&M. Percentages: FG: .405; 3-Pt. FG: .429; FT: 21-26, .808 Illinois State fg-a ft -a rb pf tp a st min Evansville advanced to the championship game with Jackson, Shala 1-5 0-0 5 3 2 1 0 31 a 58-53 opening-round win over No. 8 Southern Il- Southern Illinois fg-a ft -a rb pf tp a st min Bracey, Ashleen 8-16 6-6 9 1 22 0 1 39 linois, a 73-60 quarterfi nal victory over top-seeded Griffi th, Adrianne 2-6 3-4 7 5 7 0 2 24 Lewis, Nicolle 2-9 0-1 6 0 4 0 1 17 Illinois State and a 84-81 overtime semifi nal win Gibson, Jasmine 5-13 0-0 4 4 10 1 1 29 Cirone, Kristi 5-14 4-6 3 2 16 3 2 35 over a fourth-seeded Bradley. Smith, Erica 2-8 4-5 6 4 8 5 2 39 Krick, Maggie 4-18 0-0 7 5 9 3 2 36 Hart, Alex 1-3 0-0 2 4 3 1 1 26 Banks, Brea 0-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 1 Creighton advanced to its second MVC Champion- Bailey, Kaci 2-5 0-0 1 0 6 1 0 24 Sandstead, Ashley 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 ship title game in three seasons from the No. 2 Presswood, Christi ne 6-13 3-4 1 1 15 2 2 29 Clift on, Amanda 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 3 0 13 seed, downing Wichita State, 49-41, in the quar- Stepherson, Eryn 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Broadway, Kati e 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 terfi nals and 53-35 decision against No. 3 seed Myers, Karlee 1-2 0-3 0 0 2 1 1 12 Shelton, Kenyatt a 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 8 Drake in the semifi nal. Swingler, Katrina 1-6 0-0 7 2 2 0 0 15 Hanley, Emily 3-3 1-2 2 3 7 0 3 16 TEAM 7 TEAM 6 Thursday, March 12 - Session I (1,301) Totals 20-56 10-16 35 20 53 11 9 200 Totals 23-70 11-15 40 19 60 10 10 200 Gm. 1: No. 9 Evansville d. No. 8 Southern Ill., 58-53 Gm. 2: No. 10 Wichita St. d. No. 7 Missouri St., 52-51 Percentages: FG: .357; 3-Pt. FG: .214; FT: 10-16, .625 Percentages: FG: .329; 3-Pt. FG: .176; FT: 11-15, .733 Halft ime: Southern Illinois 25, Evansville 23 Halft ime: Evansville 31, Illinois State 27 Friday, March 13 - Session II (1,423) Att endance: 1,301 Att endance: 1,423 Gm. 3: No. 9 Evansville d. No. 1 Illinois St., 73-60 Game 2: The Family Arena - St. Charles, Mo. - March 12 Game 4: The Family Arena - St. Charles, Mo. - March 13 Gm. 4: No. 4 Bradley d. No. 5 Indiana St., 70-49 No. 4 Bradley 70, No. 5 Indiana State 49 No.