TABLE OF CONTENTS Credits Introduction The 2006-07 University of Table of Contents . .1 North Dakota women’s Quick Facts . .2 basketball media guide was written and edited by assistant media relations director Jayson Hajdu with assistance from pub- lications editor Matt Schill 2005-06 Season in Review and student assistants 2005-06 Season Recap . .44-45 Ryan Hanson and Mollie 2005-06 Results . .46 Sullivan. Editorial assis- Staff 2005-06 Statistics . .47 tance provided by director Gene Roebuck . .3-6 2005-06 Box Scores . .48-53 of media relations Dan Megan Kelling . .7 NCC Recap . .54-56 Benson. Greg Ulland/Josh Johnson/Lindsay Draayer . .8 Support Staff . .9 Design by Fine Print, Inc. of Grand Forks. Special thanks to the hard work of previous UND sports information and media relations staffs. Force of the North theme Honors and Records designed by Simmons 2006-07 Season Outlook All-Americans . .58 Flint. Outlook . .10-11 Honorees . .59 Roster . .12 1,000-Point Scorers . .60-61 Carissa Jahner . .14-15 Records . .62 Photo Credits Kelsey Maffin . .16-17 Individual Single-Game Highs . .63 Players, coaches, head Karla Beck . .18-19 Individual Single-Season Records . .64 shots and action shots Ashley Langen . .20-21 Individual Career Records . .65 Val Sannes . .22-23 by Kory Wallen, Neil Overtime/100-Point Games/Notable Crowds . .66 Kayla Bagaason . .24 DeKrey and Mike Danye Guinn . .25 Mohaupt. Jordan Holthusen . .26 Kierah Kimbrough . .27 Printed By Whitney Ledger . .28 Cierra Roebuck . .29 Fine Print, Inc., Grand Jeanmarie Berg/Jossy Bergan . .30 Forks Anna Leigh Brady/Alys Seay . .31 Mallory Youngblut . .32 On the Cover Seniors Carissa Jahner History and Kelsey Maffin. Season-by-Season Summary . .68 Coaching History . .68 2006-07 Opponent Capsules Year-by-Year Results . .69-75 Non-Conference Opponents . .34-35 Series Histories . .76-82 The NCC . .36 Postseason History . .83 Augustana . .37 1997 National Champions . .84-85 Minnesota Duluth . .38 1998 National Champions . .86-87 Minnesota State . .39 1999 National Champions . .88-89 Nebraska Omaha . .40 All-Time Roster . .90-91 St. Cloud State . .41 Facility History . .92 South Dakota . .42 1 QUICK FACTS General Information 2005-06 Team Records School: University of North Dakota Total Home/Away/Neutral City/Zip: Grand Forks, N.D. 58202 Overall 34-1 19-1 / 11-0 / 4-0 Founded: 1883 NCC 12-0 6-0 / 6-0 / 0-0 Enrollment: 12,834 (Fall 2006) NCC Regular Season Finish: First Nickname: Fighting Sioux NCC Postseason Finish: First School Colors: Kelly Green and White Arena: Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (3,064) Team Personnel Information Built: 2004 Percent of Scoring Returning: 72.5 % Affiliation: NCAA Division II Percent of Rebounding Returning: 74.6 % Conference: North Central Starters Returning: 4 (Guinn, Jahner, Langen, Maffin) President: Dr. Charles Kupchella Starters Lost: 2 (Boese, Mahlum) Faculty Representative: TBA Letterwinners Returning: 11 (Bagaason, Beck, Guinn, Athletics Director: Tom Buning Holthusen, Jahner, Kimbrough, Langen, Ledger, Maffin, Athletic Department Phone: 701-777-2234 Roebuck, Sannes) Ticket Manager: Heather Reardon Letterwinners Lost: 3 (Boese, Mahlum, Werdell) Ticket phone: 701-77-SIOUX (local) Newcomers: 5 (Berg, Bergan, Brady, Seay, Youngblut) 877-91-SIOUX (toll free) Coaching Staff Starters Returning Head Coach: Gene Roebuck Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Danye Guinn G 5-10 So. 6.8 3.1 Alma Mater: Mayville State, 1969 – 4th in assists per game, 13th in NCC (3.1) Record at North Dakota/years: 498-85/20th year Carissa Jahner G 5-8 Sr. 9.7 3.7 Career record/years: 585-99/23rd year – NCC Defensive Player of Year (2x), 1st in NCC in assist/turnover Assistant Coaches: ratio (3.10) Megan Kelling (North Dakota, 2002) Ashley Langen C 6-2 Jr. 16.0 8.4 – All-NCC, Daktronics All-America honorable mention, 2nd in Greg Ulland (Jamestown, 2001) NCC in field goal percentage (61.9), 3rd in NCC scoring (16.0 ppg) Josh Johnson (North Dakota, 2004) Kelsey Maffin F 5-10 Sr. 6.2 2.6 Basketball Office phone: 701-777-3253 – Played 35 games, started 16, Made 35.7% of three-pointers Media Relations Letterwinners Lost Director of Media Relations: Dan Benson Name Pos. Ht. PPG RPG Kristi Boese F 6-1 15.2 8.4 Assistant Director/BB Contact: Jayson Hajdu Amy Mahlum G 5-2 6.5 2.2 phone: 701-777-2986 Jenna Werdell G 5-8 1.5 0.5 email: [email protected] Publications Editor: Matt Schill Key Returnees Graduate Assistant: Lisa Persuitti Name Pos. Ht. PPG RPG Kayla Bagaason G 5-11 3.9 1.0 Graduate Assistant: Brandon Wolf Karla Beck G 5-8 2.9 2.1 Mailing address Kierah Kimbrough F 6-1 9.9 4.6 Athletic Media Relations Office Whitney Ledger F 6-1 4.6 2.9 Hyslop Sports Center, Room 126 Val Sannes F 6-0 2.9 1.7 2751 2nd Avenue North, Stop 9013 Newcomers Grand Forks, ND 58202-9013 Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Media relations office fax: 701-777-4352 Jeanmarie Berg G 5-6 Fr. Betty Engelstad SC press row phone: Jossy Bergan G 5-3 Fr. 701-740-7659 (SID cell) Anna Leigh Brady G 5-5 Jr. Alys Seay G 5-8 Fr. Web site: www.fightingsioux.com Mallory Youngblut G 6-0 Fr. 2 COACHINGCOACHING STAFFSTAFF Head Coach Gene Roebuck . 4-6 Assistant Coaches . 7-8 Support Staff . 9 HEAD COACH GENE ROEBUCK Head Coach • 20th Season Mayville State (1969) Since Gene Roebuck was hired as the Region championship game, and shows no University of North Dakota’s women’s signs of slowing the frantic pace, needing Roebuck’s Coaching Record basketball coach in June 1987, he has firm- just two more victories for 500 at North UND - Lake Region ly placed the Fighting Sioux program into Dakota. Year Overall Pct. 1984-85 28- 4 (.875) the upper echelon of Division II success. The Sioux rolled to a 34-1 record last 1985-86 29- 4 (.878) But was it possible for Roebuck, even dur- season that included a perfect 12-0 mark in 1986-87 30- 6 (.833) ing his wildest dreams, to imagine what has North Central Conference play. Roebuck Totals 87- 14 (.861) evolved during his tenure at UND? capped the season by being named the North Dakota Roebuck, entering his 20th season in 2006 Russell Athletic/WBCA Division II Year Overall Pct. NCC Place 2006-07, led UND to the 18th NCAA tour- Region Coach of the Year. Roebuck also 1987-88 22- 6 (.786) 9- 5 3rd nament appearance of his tenure last sea- nabbed an astonishing ninth NCC Coach of 1988-89 19- 9 (.679) 6- 8 5th 1989-90 27- 4 (.871) 16- 2 1st son, including a berth in the North Central the Year honor of his career. 1990-91 28- 2 (.933) 17- 1 1st NCAA Division II basketball’s all-time 1991-92 24- 7 (.774) 13- 5 3rd leader in career winning percentage, 1992-93 23- 5 (.821) 16- 2 T-1st 1993-94 26- 2 (.929) 18- 0 1st Roebuck has instilled an up-tempo pace in 1994-95 23- 5 (.821) 15- 3 2nd a Fighting Sioux program that amasses 1995-96 26- 6 (.813) 14- 4 3rd wins nearly as frequently as it tallies tran- 1996-97 * 28- 4 (.875) 14- 4 3rd 1997-98 * 31- 1 (.969) 18- 0 1st sition baskets. 1998-99 * 31- 1 (.969) 17- 1 1st Roebuck’s teams have become accus- 1999-00 25- 5 (.833) 15- 3 2nd tomed to bringing home hardware. After 2000-01 29- 4 (.879) 15- 3 1st 2001-02 24- 5 (.828) 14- 4 1st national championships in 1997, 1998 and 2002-03 26- 6 (.813) 12- 4 T-3rd 1999, Roebuck guided the 2001 team to 2003-04 27- 6 (.818) 10- 4 3rd within a basket of the Sioux’s fourth 2004-05 25- 6 (.806) 10- 2 1st 2005-06 34- 1 (.971) 12- 0 1st national title in five seasons. In that season, Totals 498- 85 (.854) 261- 55 (.826) UND took home its first NCC Wells Fargo Overall 585- 99 (.855) Finals championship and have won it every * indicates NCAA Division II national champions year since (six straight). NCAA Division II tournament appearances: 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, Since 1990, UND has gone 457-69 and 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, has won 10 North Central Conference & 2006 Roebuck was the North Central Conference Coach of championships. He has produced the the Year in 1990, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, WBCA Player of the Year four times since 2005 & 2006 North Dakota Year-by-Year Under Gene Roebuck Overall Home Away Neutral NCC Home Away Non-Conf. Home Away Neutral Postseason 1987-88 22-6 9-2 11-4 2-0 9-5 5-2 4-3 13-0 4-0 7-0 2-0 0-1 1988-89 19-9 10-4 7-5 2-0 6-8 3-4 3-4 13-1 7-0 4-1 2-0 0-0 1989-90 27-4 16-0 11-4 0-0 16-2 9-0 7-2 9-1 5-0 4-1 0-0 2-1 1990-91 28-2 15-2 13-0 0-0 17-1 8-1 9-0 10-0 6-0 4-0 0-0 1-1 1991-92 24-7 12-4 11-3 1-0 13-5 6-3 7-2 9-1 6-1 2-0 1-0 2-1 1992-93 23-5 14-0 8-4 1-1 16-2 9-0 7-2 7-2 5-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 1993-94 26-2 13-1 13-1 0-0 18-0 9-0 9-0 8-1 4-0 4-1 0-0 0-1 1994-95 23-5 13-2 9-2 1-1 15-3 7-2 8-1 8-1 6-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 1995-96 26-6 13-3 9-3 4-0 14-4 7-2 7-2 10-1 6-1 2-0 2-0 2-1 1996-97 28-4 16-1 10-3 2-0 14-4 8-1 6-3 9-0 5-0 3-0 1-0 5-0 1997-98 31-1 16-0 12-1 3-0 18-0 9-0 9-0 8-1 5-0 3-1 0-0 5-0 1998-99 31-1 16-0 12-1 3-0 17-1 9-0 8-1 9-0 5-0 4-0 0-0 5-0 1999-00 25-5 13-2 9-3 3-0 15-3 8-1 7-2 9-1 5-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 2000-01 29-4 17-0 9-3 3-1 15-3 9-0 6-3 8-0 4-0 3-0 1-0 6-1 2001-02 24-5 13-1 10-3 1-1 14-4 8-1 6-3 10-1 5-0 4-0 1-1 2-1 2002-03 26-6 14-1 9-5 3-0 12-4 7-1 5-3 14-2 7-0 4-2 3-0 4-1 2003-04 27-6 12-1 10-3 5-2 10-4 6-1 4-3 17-2 6-0 6-0 5-2 5-1 2004-05 25-6 19-2 6-3 0-1 10-2 6-0 4-2 15-4 13-2 2-1 0-1 3-1 2005-06 34-1 19-1 11-0 4-0 12-0 6-0 6-0 22-1 13-1 5-0 4-0 2-1 4 Totals 498-85 270-27 190-51 38-7 261-55 139-19 122-36 208-20 117-6 65-9 26-5 45-15 HEAD COACH 1995 and has had seven NCC MVPs.