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

~ -- l)JlTISl()N II l\'()IIEN'S ll1.\SliE'l 1 ll1.\l..1l..1 25} TAYLOR UNIVERSITY 110/a11s • 2008-09 RECORD• 21-11 Overall• 10-6 Conference• ROSTER NO PLAYER POS 10 Alissa Goeglein G 11 Courtney Turner F 12 Morgan Achterhoff G 14 Morgan Mcleish G 20 Tasha Marshall G 22 Nikki Kassebaum G 24 Paige Rudolph G 30 Bethany Ballard F/C 32 Allison Reece C/F 44 Kaycee Sullivan F 54 Nellie Eskew C -- SEASON HIGHLIGHTS HT YR 5-9 Fr. 5-9 So. 5-10 So. 5-6 Fr. 5-6 So. 5-9 Sr. 5-6 Sr. 5-11 Jr. 6-0 So. 5-10 Fr. 6-2 Fr. .. - Location: Upland, Ind. Enrollment: 1,880 Colors: Puple and Gold Conference: Mid-Central College President: Dr. Eugene Habecker Athletic Director: Dr. Angie Fincannon SID: Eric Smith Qualification: At-Large HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Fort Wayne, Ind. / Concordia Lutheran Cicero, Ind. / Hertiage Christian Orange City, Iowa/ Northwestern College (Iowa) Union, Ky./ Ryle Lebanon, lnd./Lebanon Wentzville, Mo./ Webster College (Mo.) Evansville, Ind. / Evansville Memorial Indianapolis, Ind. / Warren Central New Castle, Ind./ New Castle Rushville, Ind./ Rushville Anderson, Ind./ Anderson .. The Mid-Central College Conference recognized Paige Rudolph as First Team All-Conference forthe second straight season .Bethany Ballard was named Second Team All-Conference... Ballard won back-to-back MCC Player of the Week Honors ..Rudolph was named MCC Player of the Week for the week ending January 18.. Taylor defeated two Top-10 teams in No.6Huntington (Ind.) and No. 10 ~thel (Ind.)..Rudolph recorded her 1,500th career point on Feb. 24. She is currently sixth on Taylor'sall-time scoring list.. Taylor has led the NAIA in free throw shooting percentage the last two seasons. To end this regular season, the Trojans were ranked third at 77.3 percent. NAIA TOURNAMENT HISTORY Years: 4 ( 97, '98, '05, '07/ j Record: 3-4 (.429) I Finished 1st: 0; 2nd: o; 3rd: 0 .1.lli..llifil-lost to Concordia (Neb.), 8:..78 (First Round) 1.m..llifil- def. #7 Black Hills State, 67-53, lost to #1 oDoane, 71-56 (Second Round) Wil§.1- lost to #3 Cardinal Strttch, 69-41 mI.1§1- def. #3 Dakota State, 67-56, def. #7 Iowa Wesleyan, 67-61, lostto #1 Cedarvine, 64-58 (Quartertinals) (seed in parentheses I NS - Not Seeded) : STATISTICS - /-3-PT-1 /-REBOUNDS-I HEAD COACH TENA KRAUSE (Greenville '80) Career Record: 389-266 (20 1h season) SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Date Opponent Site Score W/L 10/31/2008-MarygroveCollege--- H-80-44 -W 11/1/2008-Madonna University'---H-59-58 -W 11/7/2008-Univ of IL at Springfield--A- 73-61 -W 11/8/2008-Missouri Baptist Univ---A- 70-59 -W 11/12/2008-Univ of Saint Francis IL--H-62-76 -L 11/18/2008-CedarvilleUniv----A-56-63 -L 11/21/2008-DavenportUniversity- ---N-67-86 -L 11/22/2008-Aquinas College -----,A- 64-82 -L 11/25/2008--Univ of Saint Francis IN * --A- 89-95 - L 11/29/2008-Walsh University----H- 75-67 -W 1213/'2008-Huntington Univ •---H-61-45 - W 1216/2008-IU Southeast-----,A- 58-48 - W 12113/2008-Spring Arbor University• --A-68-73 -L 12/18/2008-Urbana University---H- 64-49 - W 12130/2008-St. Mary-of-the-Woods-- H-81-54 -W 12/31/2008-Ohio Dominican Univ---H- 76-66 - W 1/3/2009-Marian College• ---H- 72-53 - W 1/7/2009-Grace College• ----H-67-60 - W 1/14/2009-Goshen College• ----A,- 71-62 -W 1117/2009-Bethel College IN' ---H-84-66 -W 1/21/2009-lndiana Wesleyan Univ* --A-65-71 -L 1/24/2009-Univ of Saint Francis IN • -- H-54-45 -W 1/28/2009-Huntington Univ' ----,-79-84 -L 1/31/2009-Spring Arbor University •--H-68-52 - W 2/4/2009-Marian College• ----,A- 70-58 - W 2/7/2009-Grace College* ----1-1· 72-54 - W 2/14/2009-Goshen College* ---H- 72-47 -W 2/18/2009-Bethel College IN• ---A-68-78 -L 2/21/2009-lndiana Wesleyan Univ• --H- 59-64 -L 2/24/2009-Univ of Saint Francis IN---- H-84-66 -W 2/27/2009-Bethel College IN----,;.--66-54 - W 3/2/2009-Huntington Univ----A-60-65 -L ';I;, Name ------u,P-GS-MIN-AVG-FG -FGA-PCT-FG -FGA-PCT -FT -FTA-PCT -OFF-DEF- TOT -RIG-PF -A- TO-BLK-ST -PTS - P/G ~ 24 Rudolph, ---32-31-968-30.3-150 -363 -0.413-41-114-0.360-136-164-0.829-31-107-138-4.3-60-82-153-2-54-477-14.9 ;;.;i 30 Ballard, ----32-31-982-30.7-151 -325-0.465-2-4-0.500-126-164-0.768- 73-137-210-6.6-85-77- 79-22-41-430-13.4 = 22 Kassebaum----32-32-1027. 32.1-116-294-0.395-49-139-0.353-61-73-0.836-26-115-141-4.4-65-51- 74-6--18-342-10.7 • 32Reece, .......---32-31-842-26.3 -92-183-0.503-3-15-0.200-72-86-0.837-57-126-183-5.7-73-36-33-35-24-259-8.1 - 10Goeglein,---20-13-459-23.0-54-100-0.540-6-15-0.400-45-54-0.833-24-55-79-4.0-29-38-38-3--31-159-8.0 ~ 54 Eskew, Ne----.,1-1 -355-11.5-74-137 -0.540-1-4-0.250-42-56-0.750-32-61-93-3.0-63-11- 32-31-18-191-6.2 ~ 12Achterhof---32-8-469-14.7-48-105-0.457-3-10-0.300~29-43-0.674-21-47-68-2.1-35-18-45-2---20-128-4.0 ~ 20 Marshall,---32-13-722-22.6-36-132 -0.273-16-58-0.276-29-41-0.707-7-75-82-2.6-25--87- 81-1-22-117 -3.7 = 11 Turner,C---30-0 -213- 7.1-16-46-0.348--2-7-0.286-15-23-0.652-14-35-49-1.6-28-11--19-0-10-49-1.6 _; 14Mcleish,---28-0-250-8.9-9-34-0.265-0-4-0.000-22-38-0.579-7-30-37-1.3-21-17-26-0-7-40-1.4 i 44 Sullivan,----19-0-108-5.7-7-19-0.368-1-3-0.333- 7-9-0.778-5-14-19-1.0-9-2-15-1-2-22-1.2 ~ TEAM----- - - ------ ------ ------71-98-169--- - -16- - - - ~ Totals------J2- -6400- --753-1739-0.433-124 -373-0.332-584-751 -0.778-368-900-1268-39.6-493-430-611-103-247-2214-69.2 : Opponents----32 - -6207 - --749 -1938-0.386 -176 -577 -0.305-320-514 -0.623-386- 705-1091 -34.1-616-425- 536-64-312 -1994-62.3 - !Ill NAIA NA'l'IONAI.. CIIAtlPIONSDIP Team leader in points (14.9 ppg), assists (2 .6 apg) and steals (1.7 spg).