SPORTS INFORMATION BRAD NOLLER, ASST. SID 1700 SW College Topeka, Kansas 66621 785.231.1010 x1791 785.231.1091 Fax [email protected] ROUNDBALL REPORT VS MidAmerica Nazarene Lady Pioneers at Washburn Lady Blues Nov. 27 • Topeka, Kan. • Lee Arena • 5:30 p.m. DATE OPPONENT TIME Washburn vs. MidAmerica Nazarene Nov. 17 SOUTHWESTERN . W 97-61 Nov. 20 BAKER. W 92-50 UNK THANKSGIVING TOURNEY ✔ THE GAME: The Washburn Lady Blues (4-0) host MidAmerica Nov. 23 vs. Bemidji State. W 72-55 Nazarene (3-4) in Lee Arena tonight. Nov. 24 at Nebraska-Kearney . W 46-45 Nov. 27 MID-AMERICA NAZARENE. 5:30pm ✔ LADY BLUES ON RADIO: The games will be broadcast in northeast Dec. 3 University of Missouri-St. Louis . 5:30 pm Kansas on KWIC 99.3 Topeka, Kansas, with Ron Simon and Curtis Kitchen Dec. 8 DRURY . 7pm calling the action. Simon is in his 14th season as the play-by-play man for Dec. 29 BENEDICTINE COLLEGE . 3pm the Ichabods and Lady Blues. The Washburn coaches show is at McB’s Jan. 2 MISSOURI WESTERN* . 5:30 pm Sports Bar on Thursday’s from 6-7 p.m and can be heard on KMAJ 1440 Jan. 5 at Truman State* . 1:30 pm AM. Jan.7 MISSOURI SOUTHERN* . 5:30 pm Jan. 10 at Southwest Baptist* . 5:45 pm ✔ MEDIA CONTACTS: Brad Noller • Washburn Assistant Sports Jan. 12 at Missouri-Rolla*. 1:30 pm Information Director • Office 785.231.1010 x1791 • Fax 785.231.1091 • Jan. 16 NORTHWEST MISSOURI* 5:30 pm Noller’s Home 785.267..0723 Jan. 19 at Central Missouri*. 5:30 pm Jan. 23 EMPORIA STATE*. 5:30 pm ✔ THE COACHES: Ron McHenry is in his second season on the bench Jan. 26 PITTSBURG STATE* . 5:30 pm for the Lady Blues, posting a 17-14 (.548) career record. Jan. 30 at Missouri Western* . 5:30 pm Feb. 2 TRUMAN STATE* . 5:30 pm McHenry was named the head coach on May 8, 2000, taking over for Feb. 4 at Missouri Southern* . 5:30 pm Patty Dick, who retired in April. Feb. 6 SOUTHWEST BAPTIST* . 5:30 pm He became only the fifth coach in the history of the women’s basketball Feb. 9 MISSOURI-ROLLA* . 5:30 pm program at Washburn and the first new head coach since Dick joined the Feb. 13 at Northwest Missouri State* 5:30 pm Lady Blues as the head coach in the 1977-78 season. Feb. 16 CENTRAL MISSOURI* . 5:30 pm McHenry led Washburn to a 13-14 record in his first season, which was Feb. 20 at Emporia State*. 5:30 pm also his first season as a head coach at the collegiate level. Feb. 23 at Pittsburg State* . 5:30 pm Prior to his new appointment, McHenry spent the previous 11 seasons as F25-M3 MIAA Postseason Tournament . TBA a member of the men’s basketball coaching staff under current coach Bob Mar. 7-9 NCAA Division II Regional . TBA Chipman. While on the Washburn bench, he was a part of 243 wins. In Mar. 20-23 NCAA Divsion II Elite Eight . TBA addition to his basketball duties, McHenry was the men’s golf coach for eight seasons. McHenry has had a diverse coaching career. He began his career as a graduate assistant to Chipman during the 1984-85 season. He then went LADY BLUES BASKETBALL Lady Blues Basketball Career Scoring on to Perry High School in 1986 the second half slip by, the Washburn PTS where he served as assistant boys Lady Blues rallied from five points 1. Brenda Shaffer-Dahl . 2,613 2. Shelley Foster . 2,144 coach. down in the final 44 seconds to beat 3. Nikki Olberding . 1,811 McHenry quickly moved up the host Nebraska-Kearney to win the 4. Laura Mueller . 1,761 5. Latisha Yarnell . 1,558 coaching ranks in 1988 when he UNK Thanksgiving Classic. Crystal 6. Joy Benton . 1,356 assumed an assistant’s position with Walker hit a layup with 2.5 seconds 7. Amy Renyer . 1,310 8. Pam Watkins . 1,139 the Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental left on a set in bounds play to secure 9. Chauna Agosto . 1,111 10. Jennifer Butcher . 1,098 Basketball Association. McHenry the 46-45 victory. 11. Kelly Jennings . 1,090 eventually became the Sizzlers’ inter- Washburn’s victory snapped an 87- 12. Lori Roenbaugh . 1,067 13. Tiffany Lohse . 1,030 im head coach before joining the game home court winning streak for 14. Carolyn Wempe . 1,029 Washburn staff for the 1989-90 cam- the Lopers, which was the longest in 15. Brenda Soldani . 1,007 16. Carolyn Zlatnik . 957 paign. During his first year on the NCAA Division II history. The loss was 17. Rhonda Matzke . 956 18. Susie Wickham . 939 Washburn staff, McHenry was the the first at home for UNK since a 79- 19. Beth Fisher . 863 department’s academic advisor. 71 defeat against Northern State on 20. Jodi Rausch . 835 21. Becky Bridson . 724 McHenry played for Washburn after Jan. 27, 1995. 22. Jannica Beam . 723 stints at Coffeyville Community After leading nearly the entire con- 23. Janelle Johnson . 710 24. Emily Shopper . 693 College and the University of Kansas. test, Washburn watched its lead slip 25. Stacy Wewe . 683 26. Amy Bybee . 658 He started for the Ichabods during away when Nebraska-Kearney’s Beth 27. Dalene Liby . 638 the 1983-84 season. Swift made a layup to make it 40-38 28. Lisa Hoelting . 594 29. Rina Hembrough . 572 He graduated from Washburn with with 4:52 to play. The Lopers rallied to 30. Jennifer Hamman . 531 a bachelor’s degree in communica- take a 45-40 lead with 44 seconds left Career Rebounding tions and went on to earn a master’s and looked to preserve the streak. REB degree in sports administration from Carissa Goeglein pulled Washburn 1. Brenda Shaffer-Dahl • 1986-90. 1,106 2. Amy Renyer • 1989-93 . 923 Wichita State University in 1987. within 45-42 on a layup with 27 sec- 3. Pam Watkins • 1977-81. 812 McHenry and his wife, Mischa, have onds left, before Kristy Chapman 4. Joy Benton • 1981-85 . 806 5. Shelley Foster • 1991-95 . 736 three children, Danielle, Samantha pulled Washburn within a point after a 6. Latisha Yarnell • 1984-88 . 715 7. Brenda Soldani • 1980-85. 637 and Ronnie. Danielle is a freshman on missed UNK free throw. The Lady 8. Nikki Olberding • 1994-98 . 630 the University of Kansas volleyball Blues tied up the in bounds pass and 9. Jennifer Butcher • 1998-2001 . 584 10. Laura Mueller • 1988-92 . 554 team. took the ball on the alternate posses- 11. Beth Fisher • 1990-94 . 508 Bill Olin is in his third season at the sion, setting up Walker’s game win- 12. Kelly Jennings • 1986-88 . 507 13. Jannica Beam • 1989-93 . 506 helm of the Lady Pioneers, owning a ning layup. 14. Susie Wickham • 1982-84. 491 15. Tiffany Lohse • 1995-99 . 482 31-38 record. Walker, the tournament MVP, led the 16. Carolyn Zlatnik • 1974-77. 452 ✔ ABOUT MIDAMERICA way with 15 points . Goeglein also NAZARENE: The Pioneers are 3-4 made the all-tournament team after after falling in overtime at Point Loma netting eight points on the night. University on Nov. 17, having been out Washburn topped Bemidji State 72- of action for 10 days. 55 in the opener Friday night. Walker Junior guard Tracy Hardee leads had two career highs with 25 points three Lady Pioneers averaging in dou- and 13 rebounds to net her third ble figures with 13.0 points and 3.9 straight double-double. rebounds a game. Kristen Jennings is averaging 12.0 points and 7.0 ✔ SERIES NOTES: Washburn leads rebounds a game while tallying 17 the all-time series 3-0, winning the last blocks in seven games. Kelly Tucker meeting 82-55 during the 1996-97 averages 11.7 points and 4.7 rebounds season. a game. ✔ LADY BLUES IN LEE ARENA: ✔ LADY BLUES LAST TIME OUT: In 17 seasons in Lee Arena, the Lady After watching a 12-point lead in Blues are 201-50 (.801). The Lady Roundball Report Lady Blues Basketball Lady Blues Notes 3 Karen DeDonder ✔ Will redshirt the 2001-02 season with a (foot) injury. 10 Ineke Ingram ✔ Will redshirt the 2001-02 season after suffering a knee injury in preseason workouts. 11 Crystal Tutschulte ✔ Will redshirt the 2001-02 season with an (ankle) injury. 13 Carissa Goeglein ✔ Named to UNK all-tournament team with 16 points 6 rebounds vs. Bemidji State 14 Kristy Chapman ✔ Has reached double figures in every game this season. 15 Sharina Watkins ✔ Scored 8 points and dished out 2 assists vs. Baker. 20 Bethany McGraw ✔ Scored 4 points and dished out 4 assists with no turnovers vs. Baker. 21 Linsey Moddelmog ✔ Made first 3-pointer of season vs. Bemidji State. 23 Gosia Czarnecka ✔ Perfect from the floor (8-for-8) in home games this season with two 10-point performances. 25 Alison Garrett ✔ Scored 5 points and dished out 2 assists against Baker. 30 Jovanae St. Cyr ✔ Grabbed a team high 8 rebounds and had crucial tie up vs. UNK 32 Crystal Walker ✔ Set career highs with 25 points and 13 rebounds vs. BSU to earn UNK Tournament MVP honors. 42 Lora Westling ✔ Scored 19 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in debut against Southwestern. 44 Briana Kentfield ✔ Scored 8 points on 4 of 6 shooting vs. Baker. 45 Tiffany Taylor ✔ Grabbed a rebound in 3 minutes of action vs.