2007-2008 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship Press Book

(1) MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE Mlfsta1e9s • 2008-09 RECORD • 33-0 Overall • 18-0 Conference • ~KGSIDE }'1USTANGS -=- ROSTER NO PLAYER POS HT 2 Nicole Van Heek G 5-10 3 Dani Gass G 5-10 5 Kayla Weerheim G 5-7 10 Sarah Culp G 5-7 15 Mackenzi Mendlik G 5-7 23 Katie Sponder G 5-9 30 Leslie Fora! G 5-10 YR Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Location: Sioux City, Iowa Enrollment: 1,900 Colors: Maroon and White Conference: Great Plains Athletic President: John Reynders Athletic Director: Jerry Schmutte SID: Dave Rebstock Qualification: Conference Champion HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Crofton, NE./Crofton H.S. Sioux City, IA/Sioux City East H.S. Hawarden, IA/West Sioux HS. Newell, IA/Newell-Fonda H.S/ Denison, IA/Denison-Schleswig H.S. Le Mars, IA.Ile Mars H.S. Chadron, NE/Chadron H.S. 31 Autumn Bartel G 5-9 Sr. Cherokee, IA/Cherokee Washington H.S. 32 Jahde Hammer G 5-5 So. Alta, IA/Alta H.S. 33 Erica Luetje G 5-9 Fr. Westside, IA/Ar-We-Va H.S. 34 Cara Anderson F 6-2 So. Fort Calhoun, NE/Fort Calhoun H.S. 35 Laura Nelson G 5-10 Jr. Jefferson, IA/Jefferson-Scranton H.S. 40 Emily Christen F 6-1 So. Anselmo, NE/Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney 44 Roni Miller F 5-11 Jr. Lawton, IA/Lawton-Bronson H.S. 50 Brittany Williamson F 6-0 Jr. Ruthven, IA/Emmetsburg H.S. ·- SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Morningside won the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular season championship with aperfect 18-0 record for the second year in arow...The Mustangs posted a30.0 record during the regular season for their first undefeated regular season 1n school history.. .The Mustangs are making their seventh consecutive appearance in the NAIA Divsion II National Tournament . .The Mustangs were NAIA II National Champions in 2004 and 2005 and reached the semifinals in 2008. NAIA TOURNAMENT HISTORY Years: 6 ('03, '04, '05, '06, '07, 'OBJ.I Record: 15-4 ( 789) I Finished 1st: 2; 2nd: O; 3rd: 1 ~ - lost to #1 Cedarvme (Ohio), 80-69 (First Round) ~- def #8 Spalding (Ky.), 94-66; def. #5 Indiana Wesleyan, 78-64, def. #3 Evangel, 66-43; def #1 Mary (N.D.), 70-62, Del. #1 CedalVllle, 87-74 (Championship) lliifil- def #8 Davenport (Mich.), 74-46; def. #4 Tabor (Kan.), 68-57; def. #7 Bethal (Ind.), 72-50; def. #2 Evangel (Mo.), 57-45; def. #1 Cedarville 75-65 (Championship) ~- def.#8114rgmia-Wlse, 82-62; lost to #4 Cardinal Stritch (11111s.), 80.S0 (Second Round) ~- def. #5 Davenport (Mich.), 79-69: lost to #1 Cedarville, 95-79 (Second Round) .2mtll- def. Berea, 104-80, def. Sl Ambrose, 70-62; def. Minot State, 87-86, lostlo Northwestern, 93-69 (Semifinals) (seed in parentheses) STATISTICS 1-3-PT-\ I-REBOUNDS-\ Career Record: 287-85 (11th season) Jill Bodammer and Megan Cloud SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Date Opponent Site Score W/L 10/31/2008-Mayville State Univ'--- N- 88-60 - W 11/1/2008-Minot State University--- N- 58-54 - W 11/7/2008-Mount Mercy College--- N-85-73 -W 11/8/2008-Grand View College A 67-62 -W 11/11/2008-Northwestem College IA--H-89-75 - W 11/14/2008-lndiana Wesleyan Univ-- N-62-54 - W 11/15/2008-Vrterbo Univ·-----A- 73-50 -W 11/18/2008--Grand View Colleg,.___H- 69-62 - W 11/25/2008-BrtarCliffUniversity ' --H-78-62 -W 11/28/2008--Oklahoma Chrtstian Univ-- H- 71-62 - W 11/29/2008-Wayland Baptist Univ--- N-80-58 -W 12/312008-Mount Marty College• --A- 73-50 - W 12/6/2008-Concordia University NE• --A- 80-59 - W 12/13/2008-Dana College• -----,l',-92-65 -W 12/29/2008--lowa Wesleyan College-- H- 76-44 -W 12/30/2008-Dakota State Univ---H- 94-71 -W 1/3/2009-Nebraska Wesleyan Univ• - H-99-44 -W 1/7/2009-Midland Lutheran College• - H-102-68- W 1/10/2009-Brtar Cliff University • ---N- 84-67 - W 1/14/2009-Univ of Sioux Falls •---,A- 91-73 - W 1/17/2009-Hastings College •---H-75-59 -W 1/21/2009-Concordia University NE• -H-84-65 -W 1/21/2009-Dord!College• ----H-76-69-W 1/28/2009-Dakota Wesleyan Univ• --H- 85-53 - W 1/31/2009-Nebraska Wesleyan Univ• -A- 72-65 - W 2/7/2009-Doane College• ----A·- 87-77 - W 2/11/2009-Univ of Sioux Falls•---H- 72-65 - W 2/14/2009-DanaCollege' ----H-93-62 -W 2/18/2009-Northwestem College IA• --A-81-67 -W 2/21/2009-Dordt College• -----A- 77-59 -W 2/26/2009-DordtCollege---- H- 81-59 - W 2/28/2009-Mount Marty Colleg1e---- H-69-62 - W 3/3/2009-Northwestem College IA--H- 64-56- W Name-----<:P-GS-MIN-AVG-FG-FGA-PCT-FG-FGA-PCT-FT-FTA-PCT-OFF-DEF-TOT-R/G-PF-A-TO-BLK-ST-PTS-PIG 31 Bartel ,A---33-33-1015 -30.8--178 -373-0.477 -52-140-0.371-98-122-0.803-30-81-111 -3.4-46-142-62-12-93--506--15.3 50\<\llliams,o----32-32-741-23.2-164-345-0.475-12-45-0.267-61-81-0.753-57-90-147-4.6-84-41-44-27-34-401-12.5 35 Nelson, L---.i3-32-740-22.4--134-334-0.401 -111-287-0.387-14-15-0.933-9-69- 78-2.4-47-21- 33-2-28-393-11.9 03 Gass, Dan---J3-33-964-29.2-119-268 -0.444-17-57-0.298-124-167-0.743- 72-172-244-7.4-58-184- 79-4-126-379-11.5 30 Fora!, L.e----33-33-866-26.2-81-176-0.460-22-68-0.324-62-82-0.756-37- 77-114-3.5 -61-71-63-2-94-246- 7.5 44 Miller, R:----:i3-1 -585-17.7-78-135-0.578-6-15-0.400- 73-103-0.709-52-79-131-4.0-73-27- 36-2-40-235- 7.1 05 Weerheim,---33-1 -643-19.5-71-157 -0.452 -28-75-0.373-25-34-0.735-18-52-- 70--2.1-45-34- 36-0---21-195-5.9 23 Sponder,---31-0-397-12.8--48-118-0.407 -9-41-0.220-18-28-0.643-24-40-64-2.1 -37-32- 39-1-33-123-4.0 Dani Gass Senior, Guard 02Van Heek, 13-0-47-3.6-5-12-0.417 -4-8-0.500-8-11-0.727-2-6-8-0.6-8-2-2-0---4-22-1.7 10 Culp, Sar 19-0-91-4.8-11-21-0.524-9--15-0.600--0-0-0.000-3-3-6-0.3-3-7-6-0---2-31-1.6 15Mendlik, ---25-0-164-6.6-10-30-0.333-4-14-0.286-6-6-1.000-5-11-16-0.6 -27-14-15-1-17-30-1.2 40Chlisten, ---14-0-68-4.9-6-14-0.429-0-0-0.000-3-4-0.750-4-6-10-0.7-10-5-17-3--2-15-1.1 33Luetje,E---22-0-133-6.0-8-27-0.296-4-16-0.250-2-4-0.500-6-7-13-0.6-6-6-7-1--3--22-1.0 32 Hammer, J---19-0-64-3.4-5-14-0.357 -1-3-0.333-5-6-0.833-0-6-6-0.3-2-6- 9-0---5--16-0.8 34Anderson ,---14-0-45-3.2-2-13-0.154-0-0-0.000-2-2-1.000-3-9-12-0.9-7-1-6-4-2-6--0.4 TEAM----- - - ------ ------ ------42-49-91-- - -10- - - - Totals-----33- -6599- --922-2045-0.451-280-788-0.355-503-668 -0.753-365-767-1132-34.3-515-595-469-61-508-2627-79.6 Opponents---33- -6542 - --742 -1765-0.420 -198 -594 -0.333-349-501 -0.697-346-847-1193-36.2-561 ~449- 795-53-260-2031-61.5 Team Leader rpg), steals ( bounds (7.4 r