BEREA, OHIO -- Junior transfer guard Selena E-Budge (Beachwood) scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds in her first game as a Yellow Jacket as the Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team opened its 2006-2007 season tonight (Friday, November 17) with a 68-50 victory against the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the first round of the Hope College Tipoff Tournament in Holland, Michigan. The Yellow Jackets will play in tomorrow's championsip game.
In addition to Budge, junior forward Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) scored 10 points. Junior forward Stacia Shrider (Marietta/ Warren Local) grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.
In the first half, the Yellow Jackets led by as many as 19 points at 37-18 at halftime. In the second half, Wisconsin-Eau Claire got as close as 12 points at 58-46 with 4:40 left in the game but B-W then outscored the Bluegolds 10-4 to end the contest and earn the victory.
Following its championship game appearance tomorrow (Sat., Nov. 18), the B-W women will next play on Tuesday, Nov. 21 when it hosts Cleveland cross-town and nonleague rival Case at 6:00 p.m. in the opening game of a women's and men's doubleheader on Obie Bender Night in the Lou Higgins Center in Berea. The B-W men host traditional and nonleague rival Oberlin College at 8:00 p.m. in the nightcap.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Cheri Harrer, please call her in the office at 440-826-3299 or you can reach her via e-mail at charrer@bw.edu.
Baldwin-Wallace vs Wisconsin-Eau Claire
11-17-06 6:00p.m. at Holland, Mich. - DeVos Fieldhouse
At Holland, Mich. - DeVos Fieldhouse
BALDWIN-WALLACE 68, WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE 50
BALDWIN-WALLACE (1-0): Budge 8-12 4-6 22; Flowers 4-7 2-3 10; Mondrach 4-11 0-0 9; Latimer 2-5 4-4 8; Shrider 2-8 1-2 5; White 1-4 1-2 3; Mottayaw 1-3 0-0 3; Busser 0-0 2-2 2; Jaworski 1-3 0-0 2; Brough 1-4 0-0 2; Quiring 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 25-61 14-19 68.
WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE (0-1)
Burns 8-16 5-5 21; Hakanson 4-5 0-0 8; Arciszewski 2-9 1-1 5; Houselog 2-3 1-2 5; Voelker 1-5 1-2 3; Zenner 1-8 0-0 2; Foschi, 1-7 0-0 2; Witt 0-4 2-2 2;Anderson 1-4 0-0 2; Fremstad 0-3 0-0 0; Kaye 0-0 0-0 0; Mueggenborg 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-65 10-12 50.
Scoring By-Half:
Baldwin-Wallace............... 37 31 - 68
Wisconsin-Eau Claire.......... 18 32 - 50
3-point goals—Baldwin-Wallace 4-13 (Budge 2-2; Mottayaw 1-3; Mondrach 1-3; Shrider 0-1; White 0-1; Jaworski 0-1; Quiring 0-2), Wisconsin-Eau Claire 0-8 (Arciszewski 0-1; Zenner 0-1; Foschi 0-3; Witt 0-3). Fouled out—Baldwin-Wallace-None, Wisconsin-Eau Claire-None. Rebounds—Baldwin-Wallace 52 (Shrider 13), Wisconsin-Eau Claire 33 (Burns 8). Assists—Baldwin-Wallace 9 (Quiring 3), Wisconsin-Eau Claire 14 (Zenner, Mueggenborg, Foschi 3). Total fouls—Baldwin-Wallace 14, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 20. Technical fouls—Baldwin-Wallace-None, Wisconsin-Eau Claire-None. Attendance: 412
Game Notes #1 vs. University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire
The BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE YELLOW JACKET women's basketball team will travel to Holland, Michigan and will participate in the Hope College Tournament on Friday and Saturday, November 17-18, 2006. The Yellow Jackets open the tournament against the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire on Nov. 17 at 6:00 p.m. The defending NCAA Division III national champions and host Hope plays Davenport University -- Michigan in the nightcap at 8:00 p.m. The consolation and championships games are on Nov. 18.
BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE
LOCATION: Berea, Ohio
NICKNAME: Yellow Jackets
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2005-2006 RECORD: 27-5
OAC RECORD: 17-1 (OAC Champs)
LAST GAME: Lost to Univ. of Scranton, 50-41, in Elite Eight Game of the 2006 NCAA Tournament
HEAD COACH: Cheri Harrer
B-W RECORD: 328-119
YEAR AT B-W: 17th
CAREER RECORD: same
LAST MEETING: First Meeting
SERIES STREAK: First Meeting
SERIES BEGAN: First Meeting
SERIES RECORD: First Meeting
NEXT GAME: Nov. 18 at 1:00 or 3:00 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE
LOCATION: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
NICKNAME: Blugolds
CONFERENCE: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
2005-2006 RECORD: 13-13
WIAC RECORD: 8-8
LAST GAME: Lost to UW-Stevens Point, 84-78 in the 2005-06 WIAC Tournament
HEAD COACH: Tonja Englund
UWEC RECORD: 111-32
YEAR AT UWEC: Sixth
CAREER RECORD: same
The Pregame Setup -- The Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will play its first game of the 2006-2007 season when it participate in the Hope (Mich.) College Tournament in Holland, Michigan. The Yellow Jackets will play the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire. The winner of this contest will play the winner of the Hope versus University of Davenport (Michigan) game. The winners of each game will play for the championship and the losers of each game will play in a consolation game on Saturday, Nov. 18.
The B-W Versus The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire All-Time Series -- This is the first-ever meeting between Baldwin-Wallace and The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
The Yellow Jacket Success a Year Ago -- In 2005-2006, Cheri Harrer's Yellow Jackets advanced to the "Elite Eight" of the NCAA Division III National Tournament for the third time in school history. The 27 victories tied for the second most in a single-season. B-W also won the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title but lost to OAC arch-rival Capital University in the OAC Tournament championship game. In its first three games in the NCAA tourney, B-W defeated SUNY-Oswego (N.Y.), William Smith (N.Y.) College, and Williams (Mass.) College, but fell to The University of Scranton (Pa.) in the "Elite Eight."
B-W Information and Probable Starters -- Look for Yellow Jacket veteran Head Coach Cheri Harrer to count on veteran players to lead the Yellow Jackets, including 2005-2006 All-OAC and OAC Freshman-of-the-Year Amanda Mondrach (Parma/ Parma Heights Holy Name). Overall, Harrer plays a multitude of talent with the backups often times seeing as much or more time than the projected starters.
Mondrach is expected to start at a wing position with 5'9" senior Michelle White (Hudson). On the inside, look for 5'10" junior Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) and 5'8" junior Stacia Shrider (Marietta/ Warren Local). Sophomore 5'6" point guard Rachael Quiring (Brunswick/ Holy Name) will run the offense.
Mondrach started all 32 games last season and is the returning leading scorer at 10.0 points per game. She also grabbed 3.0 rebounds, passed for 49 assists, canned 29 three-pointers and made 24 steals. White, a two-time All-OAC and Academic All-OAC player, also started all 32 contests and scored 7.9 ppg., grabbed 3.2 rpg., shot 50.4 percent from the floor and 74 percent from the foul line a year ago. Flowers started 11 times a year ago and scored 4.6 ppg., grabbed 3.4 rpg. and had 48 assists and 38 steals. Shrider started 21 contests and averaged 4.3 ppg. and grabbed a team-leading 3.9 rpg. and had 37 assists and 34 steals. Quiring battled some injuries a year ago to average 2.2 ppg. in 20 games.
Off the bench, look for 5'6" senior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC guard Steffani Jaworski (Parma/ Padua Fransiscan), 5'8" senior power forward Jessica Latimer (Brooklyn), 5'8" sophomore guard Leah Mottayaw (Mansfield/ Madison), 5'8" junior transfer guard Selena E-Budge (Beachwood via Miami of Florida), 6'2" freshman post Ariel Brough (Powell/ Olentangy Liberty) and 5'2" freshman point guard Katie Arbogast (Stow/ Akron Hoban) all to see action. Jaworski averaged 5.3 ppg. and had a team-leading 31 three-pointers. Latimer scored 6.5 ppg., grabbed 3.8 rpg. and shot an outstanding 56 percent from the field. Mottayaw scored 4.3 ppg., canned nine triples and had 27 steals in 31 games off the bench.
One player that will miss this weekend's games is sophomore point guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) with an injury. Butzer has played in the last 16 games and scores 3.3 ppg.
Scouting the Bluegolds of the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire -- Look for Head Coach Tonja Englund to also play a minimum of 12 people as the Bluegolds have a great deal of depth, including seven who saw action as a starter at one point or another during last season. The seven are 5'11" junior forward Michelle Burns, 5'11" sophomore forward/ center Brittanni Hakanson, 5'9" sophomore guard Heidi Arciszewski, 5'6" junior guard Rachel Mueggenborg, 5'9" junior guard Amanda Zenner, 6'2" sophomore center Ashley Anderson and 5'7" senior point guard Angie Foschi. In addition, 5'10" sophomore guard/ forward Brooke Hakanson and 5'7" sophomore guard Heather Witt both saw action in 21 and 18 games,respectively. Add three transfers in 5'7" guard Missy Fremstad, 6'0" forward Kali Houselog and 6"3" center Erin Voelker and Englund has a deep roster. Who will start is anyone's guess!
Burns played in 15 games overall, including 13 starts and led the team in scoring at 11.5 ppg. and grabbed 5.5 rpg. before being injured and lost for the season. Brittanni Hakanson scored 10.7 ppg. and grabbed 5.5 rpg. and shot 55 percent from the floor. Arciszewski scored 9.7 ppg., grabbed 3.5 rpg. passed for 58 assists, made 37 steals and canned 77.4 percent of her foul shots (72-of-93). Mueggenborg scored 6.4 ppg. and had 15 three-pointers in 14 games before missing the last 12 games with an injury. Brooke Hakanson scored 5.4 ppg. and had 29 triples in 21 games played. Zenner scored 4.5 ppg. and started 21 times. Anderson scored 4.0 ppg. and grabbed 2,3 rpg. Foschi scored 1.2 ppg. and Witt scored 2.1ppg.
Yellow Jacket Chatter
B-W Picked to Win the 2006-2007 Ohio Athletic Conference Title by the OAC Coaches -- B-W was picked by the Ohio Athletic Conference basketball coaches to win the OAC Tournament title in 2006-2007. The Yellow Jackets received eight of a possible nine first place votes and 80 points. OAC rivals Wilmington College (71 points), Capital University (64 points) and Otterbein College (60 points) are viewed by the OAC coaches as challengers.
B-W Picked High Nationally in Preseason Polls -- In two Division III preseason national polls, the Yellow Jackets are tabbed to finish sixth by the WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association) and ninth on the d3hoops.com Web site.
Jackets' Will Miss Cotter This Season -- B-W will play this season without the services of 5'8" junior swing player Alyson Cotter (Salem/ Senior) who will study abroad this winter. A year ago, Cotter scored 7.0 ppg., grabbed 3.7 rpg., made 25 three-pointers and canned 87.5 percent from the charity stripe on 42-of-48 attempts. Look for junior and transfer Selena E-Budge and sophomore Leah Mottayaw to be asked to pick up the slack.
The 2005-2006 OAC Regular Season Title -- B-W has won six of the past eight Ohio Athletic Conference regular season titles, including three straight. This is the first OAC outright title for B-W since 2000-2001.
TEN Straight 20-Win Seasons for the Jackets' -- The B-W women have 10 straight seasons with 20 or more victories.
In The Last Eight Years -- In the last eight seasons, Head Coach Cheri Harrer's team is an amazing 199-34 with an .854 winning percentage.
Cheri Harrer is the Winningest Women's Coach in B-W History -- Yellow Jacket veteran Head Coach Cheri Harrer is the winningest women's basketball coach in B-W history with 328 victories. Harrer is 328-119 in her career with a .734 winning percentage and enters her 17th season at B-W.
Women's and Men's Doubleheader on November 21 -- The Yellow Jacket men and women will host a rare women's and men's doubleheader on Tuesday, November 21 in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center. The women will play host to Greater Cleveland cross-town and nonleague rival Case at 6:00 p.m. and the men will play traditional nonleague rival Oberlin College at 8:00 p.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, Please visit the Baldwin-Wallace Athletics website at www.bw.edu/athletics for up to date results and statistics. For further inquiries, please contact B-W SID Kevin Ruple by phone at (440) 826-2327, by FAX at (440) 826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. B-W Head Coach Cheri Harrer can be reached by phone at (440) 826-3299, by FAX at (440) 826-2192 or via e-mail at charrer@bw.edu.
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