Women's Basketball:  Release Notes

Wilmington’s Streck Named to WBCA State Farm Division III All-America Team

     Atlanta, Ga. - Wilmington senior forward Katie Streck (Dayton) has been named to the 10-player Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association NCAA Division III State Farm All-America team.

     Streck averaged 16.1 points and 6.7 rebounds and was named the 2008 Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Josten's Trophy national finalist. She led Wilmington to a 21-8 overall record and a second straight trip to the NCAA Championship.

      Streck is the third Wilmington player to be named to the WBCA All-America Team.

D3Hoops.com Men’s and Women’s All-Great Lakes Region Teams

     Sterling, Va. – Wilmington senior Katie Streck (Dayton) was named to the D3hoops.com Women’s All-Great Lakes Region First Team.

      Capital junior Nate Stahl (St. Henry), Heidelberg senior Andrew Lemmon (Port Clinton) and John Carroll senior Terry Walsh (Lakewood) were named to the D3hoops.com Men’s All-Great Lakes Region Second Team. Earning second team honors on the women’s side was Otterbein junior Laura Roth (Cincinnati) and Muskingum junior Jessica McKenzie (Hopwell).

      Capital senior Steve Kyser (Sylvania) and Otterbein senior Ross Banaszak (Delaware) earned Men’s All-Great Lakes Third Team honors.

      John Carroll freshman Lee Jennings (Stow) earned third team honors on the women’s side, in addition to being named the regions Rookie of the Year.

Hope Beats Baldwin-Wallace in NCAA Second Round

Yellow Jackets Defeated D’Youville, 83-53, in First Round to Advance

-Story provided by the Baldwin-Wallace Sports Information Department

     (BEREA, OHIO) — Senior guard Jordyn Boles scored 20 points on Saturday, March 8, 2008 as the undefeated and No.1-ranked Hope (Mich.) College women’s basketball team defeated seventh-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College, 68-48, in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium of the Lou Higgins Center in Berea in the Championship Game of the B-W Regional

     Hope, now 29-0 overall, advances to the third round/ Sectional Tournament and plays the winner of the University of Puget Sound (Wash.) versus George Fox (Ore.) University game next Friday, March 14 at aa site to be determined by the NCAA Selection Committee on Sunday, March 9. With its loss, B-W ends its season at 27-3 overall, a 14-game win streak and one game shy of the single-season school mark for victories.

     In the first half, Hope jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead at the 17:36 mark when Boles made a layup. The Flying Dutch increased their lead to 17 points at 29-12 with 8:20 left when sophomore guard Philana Greene made a layup.

     Hope’s lead grew to 20 points at 32-12 with 7:46 left before B-W went on a 10-0 run to cut the Flying Dutch advantage to 10 points at 32-22 with 3:23 left when junior guard Amanda Mondrach (Parma/ Parma Heights Holy Name) made a three-pointer.  Hope then countered with a 9-0 run of its own to lead at halftime, 41-22.

    Hope first half advantage came by the way of making 60.7 percent of its field goals (17-of-28), including four-of-five from three-point range, and outrebounding B-W, 28-8.

    In the second half, Hope increased its lead to a game-high 28 points on three separate occasions with the last being at 61-33 with 7:11 left when freshman backup center Carrie Snikkers made a layup.

    In addition to Boles for Hope, Snikkers had 15 points and junior backup forward Courtney Knox had 10.  For B-W, junior guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) led the team with 11 points.

Wilmington falls to Washington in NCAA First Round

-Story provided by the Wilmington Information Department

     (GREENCASTLE, Ind.) — Halsey Ward hit four three-pointers, the final bomb coming with 12 seconds to play, as Washington (Mo.) edged Wilmington, 73-72, in NCAA Tournament first-round play at DePauw University Friday night.
     The loss ends Wilmington’s season at 21-8 while Washington heads to the second round at 19-7.
“It was a great game between two very good teams,” Wilmington head coach Jerry Scheve said. “Neither team blinked. They got the lead in the first half and we came back at them, and they battled back in the second half. Losing a game on a late shot is always tough, but it was fitting that this game was decided the way it was.”
     The Bears late-game heroics followed a frantic second-half comeback as Washington U. battled back from a 12-point deficit. It was a second-half comeback that didn’t look necessary in the game’s early moments.
Wilmington scored the game’s first three points when Gina Hyle (Lawrenceburg, Ind./McAuley) buried a bomb, but Washington answered with five straight points to take the lead.
      The Lady Quakers spent the balance of the first half playing from behind. The Bears expanded their lead to 20-11 before WC senior All-American Katie Streck (Dayton/Carroll) loaded the squad on her shoulders and scored 10 straight points as Wilmington cut the deficit to 24-21.
     With starters Marianne McGoron (Hamilton/Fenwick), Jackie Hauke (Sardinia/Whiteoak) and Kortney Kin (Upper Sandusky/Riverdale) sidelined with foul trouble, Wilmington’s bench was thrust front and center. Freshman Kristin Bingley (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) hit a three-pointer and Steph Prechtel (Wadsworth) scored, as Wilmington stayed close. Streck, who scored 17 points in the opening frame, finished the half with a three-point play that tied the score at 35.
   “I told them after the game that the thing I might remember most about the game will be how well our bench played,” Scheve said. “Kristin comes in and hits a three on her first touch, and Steph has always been solid. Anne Haky did a really good job of leading us on the floor, and Allie Meranda is Allie Meranda. She gives such a tremendous effort. We felt good coming out of halftime tied.”
     Like Streck in the first half, Hyle was the go-to player in the second. The senior forward scored six points as Wilmington opened the half with a 16-6 run to take a 51-41 lead.
The lead grew to 12 when Hauke hit a trey at 12:43, but the Bears launched their own long-distance assault. Ward hit three threes, the third at 7:58 to complete an 18-5 run and give Washington U. a 63-61 lead.
     Hyle scored six straight as Wilmington bounced back to take a 67-63 lead. Hyle and Kin scored to keep Wilmington in a precarious lead, 71-70. Meranda (Georgetown) hit a free throw to extend the lead to 72-70 with 33 seconds to play.
Ward, though, had the final say as the junior guard struck from deep to sink the dagger and end Wilmington’s season.
Hyle led the Lady Quakers with 24 points. Streck closed her career with a double-double, scoring 17 points and 10 rebounds. Kin scored 10.
    Wilmington out-rebounded Washington, 40-34.
The loss ended the careers of Streck, Hauke, Hyle and Haky (North Olmsted/Bay). Streck finishes with 1,629 career points, third best on the WC all-time scoring list and 11th in Ohio Athletic Conference history. Her 714 rebounds rank eighth on the WC all-time list. Hauke’s career stats include 792 points and 158 made three-pointers. Hyle scored 611 points and claimed 344 career rebounds. Haky, who had four assists against Washington, finished with 222 career assists, good for eighth place on the WC all-time list.
   “This is the second straight year we’re graduating 3,000 points, but these kids are also great students, people and leaders,” Scheve said. “They came in four years ago to a program that had known a lot of success. Over the course of those four years, they grew as much as people and leaders than any group I’ve ever had. They grew up a little every year and they learned a lot from people who passed it down to them. I don’t think we were the most talented team in the world this year, but their desire to compete and be successful were the most important factors in the team’s overall success.”