BEREA, OHIO -- Junior forward Stacia Shrider (Marietta/Warren Local) had a career-high 15 points as the fifth-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Mount Union College, 77-52, tonight (Wednesday, December 6, 2006) in the Timken Physical Education Building in Alliance. The win was B-W's fourth straight.
With its win, B-W is now 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the OAC. Its only loss is a 68-66 buzzer-beater to top-ranked and defending national champion Hope (Mich.) College on November 18. Mt. Union evens its overall slate at 3-3 and is 0-1 in the OAC.
In addition to Shrider, the Yellow Jackets got 14 points and nine rebounds from junior forward Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) and 10 points from senior guard Steffani Jaworski (Parma/Padua). Mt. Union was led by freshman guard Annie Montgomery with nine points.
In the first half, the Yellow Jackets broke from a 2-2 tie to lead by as many as nine points on four seperate occasions, with the last one being at 23-14 at the 5:26 mark when Shrider hit a short jumper. B-W then increased its lead to 20 points at intermission to make the score 38-18.
In the second half, B-W went on a 12-2 run to lead by 30 points at 50-20 at the 14:09 mark when freshman center Ariel Brough (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) made a jump shot. The Yellow Jackets extended their lead to as much as 39 points at 63-24 at the 10:29 mark when Jaworski scored a lay-up and made a free throw to convert a three-point play. The Purple Raiders got as close as 23 points at 73-50 at the 2:32 mark when freshman forward Stef Schwartz made the second of two free throws.
The Yellow Jacket women will be back in action on Saturday, Dec. 9 when they host OAC rival Ohio Northern University in the Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea at 3:00 p.m.
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 him via e-mail at charrer@bw.edu
Baldwin-Wallace College versus Mt. Union College
12/6/2006; 7:30 p.m. at the Timken Physical Education Building; Alliance, Ohio
FINAL SCORE: BALDWIN-WALLACE 77, MT. UNION 52
BALDWIN-WALLACE (5-1 overall, 2-0 OAC): Quiring 2-4 0-0 4; Shrider 6-8 2-2 15; Monrach 1-3 1-2 3; Flowers 6-11 2-2 14; White 2-3 2-2 6; Jaworski 4-5 1-1 10; Budge 4-5 1-2 9; Latimer 1-2 0-0 2; Busser 0-1 0-0 0; Mottayaw 2-5 0-0 5; Brough 2-7 0-0 4; Abbey 1-2 0-0 2; Butzer 1-1 0-0 2; Watson 0-1 1-2 1; Diaz 0-1 0-0 0 TOTALS: 32-59 10- 13 77.
MOUNT UNION (3-3 overall, 0-1 OAC): Montgomery 2-3 4-4 9; Friedrich 4-12 0-0 8; Drayer 4-11 0-0 8;
Schwartz 3-4 1-2 7; Williams 3-6 0-0 6; Ross 3-6 0-1 6; Simmons 1-5 2-2 4; Gerenyi 1-3 0-0 2; Geiger 1-4 0-0 2; Carroll 0-0 0-0 0; Picket 0-1 0-0 0; Chilani 0-1 0-0 0; TOTALS: 22-56 7-9 52
HALFTIME: B-W 38-18. 3-point goals: B-W 3-8 (Mottayaw 1-1; Jaworski 1-2; Schrider 1-2; Quiring 0-2; Mondrach 0-1), MUC 1-10 (Montgomery 1-2; Freidrich 0-5; Simmons 0-1; Gerenyi 0-1; Geiger 0-1). Rebounds: B-W 34 (Flowers 9), MUC 24(Freidrich 4; Ross 4; Drayer 4). Assists: B-W 13 (Shrider 3; Quiring 3), MUC 10 (Geiger 3). Total Fouls: B-W 13, MUC 11. Fouled Out: none. Technical Fouls: none. Attendance: 181
Game Notes #6 vs. Mount Union College
The BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE YELLOW JACKET women's basketball team will travel to Alliance, Ohio to play Ohio Athletic Conference rival Mount Union College on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 in the Timken Physical Education Building at 7:30 p.m. This is B-W's second OAC game and Mt. Union's first.
RADIO -- Select Yellow Jacket women's basketball games, home and away, are broadcast by campus radio station WBWC, 88.3 FM, and via the WBWC Internet Web site at www.wbwc.com. The pregame show begins 15 minutes prior to tipoff.
BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE
LOCATION: Berea, Ohio
NICKNAME: Yellow Jackets
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2005-2006 RECORD: 27-5, 17-1 OAC
2006-2007 RECORD: 4-1
OAC RECORD: 1-0
LAST GAME: Beat Capital, 53-50, in Berea on Dec. 2.
HEAD COACH: Cheri Harrer
B-W RECORD: 332-120
YEAR AT B-W: 17th
CAREER RECORD: same
LAST MEETING: B-W won 83-47 on Feb. 8, 2006 in Alliance.
SERIES STREAK: B-W, seven straight
SERIES BEGAN: 1964-65, B-W won, 39-36, in Berea
SERIES RECORD: MUC leads, 32-31
NEXT GAME: Dec. 9: HOST ONU; 3:00 P.M.
MOUNT UNION COLLEGE
LOCATION: Alliance, Ohio
NICKNAME: Pruple Raiders
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2005-2006 RECORD: 13-13 overall, 8-10 OAC
2006-2007 RECORD: 3-2
OAC RECORD: 0-0
LAST GAME: Lost to Westminster, 55-43, in Alliance on Nov. 29.
HEAD COACH: Suzie Venet
MUC RECORD: 16-15
YEAR AT MUC: Second
CAREER RECORD: 27-31
The Pregame Setup -- The fifth-ranked (d3hoops.com) Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will look to win its fourth straight game this season and its eighth straight against Ohio Athletic Conference arch-rival Mount Union College when it travels to Alliance to play the Purple Raiders.
The Yellow Jackets enter this game with a 4-1 overall and 1-0 OAC record following their 53-50 victory versus 25th-ranked against Capital University last Saturday (Dec. 2) in Berea. B-W has won three straight games with victories against Case Western Reserve University (78-50), Oberlin College (107-39) and Capital.
The Purple Raiders enter this game with a 3-2 overall and 0-0 OAC record following their 55-43 loss against Westminster (Pa.) College last Wednesday in Alliance. Mount Union has lost its last two contests after opening the season with three straight wins.
The B-W Versus Mt. Union All-Time Series -- B-W and Mt. Union have previously met 63 times in women's basketball with the Mount Union leading the all-time series, 32-31. B-W won the last meeting in Alliance on February 8, 2006 by the score of 83-47. The Yellow Jackets have beaten the Purple Raiders seven straight times with the last Mt. Union win coming on December 18, 2002 in Alliance by the score of 66-63. The first-ever meeting was during the 1964-1965 season when B-W won, 39-36, in Berea.
In the Last B-W versus Mount Union Game on February 8, 2006 in Alliance: Baldwin-Wallace -- 83, Mount Union-- 47 -- In the last meeting between the Yellow Jackets and Purple Raiders, on Feb. 8, 2006 in Alliance, B-W beat Mt. Union, 83-47, for its seventh straight victory against its arch-rival. Leading the way for the Yellow Jackets was 5'8'' All- OAC and 2005-2006 OAC Freshman of the Year Amanda Mondrach (Parma/ Holy Name) with 14 points and current 5'9" senior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC forward Michelle White (Hudson) with 13 points. In addition, current junior forward Stacia Shrider (Marietta/ Warren Local) tallied 10 points and grabbed a team-high rebounds. The Purple Raiders were led in scoring by then graduated seniors Kyla Hogan and Alicia Williams with 11 points each.
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. Overall, Harrer goes deep on her bench, with as many as 12 players seeing action.
Mondrach is expected to start at a wing position with White. On the inside, look for 5'10" junior Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) and Shrider. Sophomore 5'6" point guard Rachael Quiring (Brunswick/ Holy Name) will run the offense. Mondrach averages 9.2 points per game with seven assists and five steals. White scores 7.6 ppg., grabs 4.4 rpg. and has six steals. Flowers is second in scoring at 10.8 ppg, grabs 4.6 rpg., shoots 52.2 percent from the floor (24-of-46) and tops the squad with 15 steals. Shrider scores 4.0 ppg. and tops the team with 6.6 rpg. Quiring scores 2.8 ppg. and tops the team with 10 assists.
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 5'5" freshman guard Sandra Busser (Parma/ Padua) all to see action. Budge tops the team in scoring at 13.2 ppg., is second with 5.2 rpg., first with four three-pointers and second with 13steals. Jaworski scores 3.4 ppg. Latimer scores 5.2 ppg. and grabs 4.4 rpg. Mottayaw scores 4.0 ppg. Brough scores 3.0 ppg., grabs 3.8 rpg. and is tied with Budge for the lead with four blocked shots. Also add 5'6" sophomore guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) to the mix. She returned last week from an injury that forced her to miss the first three games of this season and scored 12 points against Capital last Saturday.
Scouting the Purple Raiders of Mt. Union -- Look for Head Coach Suzie Venet to start 5'6" junior point guard Ellie Geiger, 5'6'' freshman wing Meghan Simons, 5'9'' senior guard/forward Lauren Friedrich, and 5'9'' sophomore forward Brooke Ghilani and 5'9'' junior forward Ashley Ross in the post. Geiger averages 4.8 ppg. and passes for 1.4 assists per game. Simons tallies 8.0 ppg. and has canned a team-leading seven three-pointers. Friedrich leads the starters with 7.8 ppg. and pulls down 3.2 rpg. Ghilani leads the team in rebounding with 7.4 rpg. and scores 4.8 ppg. Ross scores 6.6 ppg. and grabs 5.4 rpg.
Off the bench, look for Venet use freshman point guard Haley Drayer, 5'5'' junior point guard Dana Gerenyi, 5'6'' senior guard/forward Caitlin Carroll, 5'8'' freshman guard Brielle Sautter, and 5'1'' sophomore center Steph Schwartz. Drayer leads the team in scoring at 8.2 ppg. and grabs 4.8 rpg.
In B-W's Last Game versus Capital on December 2 in Berea: B-W -- 53, Capital -- 50 -- In B-W's last game, a 53-50 victory versus 25th-ranked Capital University in Berea, the Yellow Jackets were led by Selena Eskinazi-Budge with a team-high 14 points and seven rebounds. She also had an assist, three blocked shots and two steals. In addition, Jessica Butzer had a career-high 12 points and canned five-of-six shots from the floor, including both of her three-pointers. B-W overcame a 26-25 halftime deficit
In Mt. Union's Last Game versus Westminster (Pa.) College on December 2 in Alliance: Westminster (Pa.) -- 55, Mount Union -- 43 -- In Mount Union's last game, a 55-43 loss to Westminster (Pa.) College in Alliance, the Purple Raiders dropped to 3-2 overall. Despite the loss, the Purple Raiders were led by freshman guard Hayley Drayer with 12 points and three steals. Junior point guard Ellie Geiger scored 10 points and freshman guard Megan Simons and senior guard/forward Lauren Friedrich each tallied six points. Ashley Ross and sophomore forward Brooke Ghilani led the team with five rebounds each.
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. You can readmore about OAC Women's Basketball weekly in the OAC Weekly Release which comes out late on Monday or earlyTuesday. You can access it off of the OAC Web site Front Page at www.oac.org.
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. The Yellow Jackets also have won four of the past eight OAC Tournament titles.
Third "Elite Eight" Appearance in NCAA Tourney in Last Eight Years -- When B-W played in the "Elite Eight" of the 2005-2006 NCAA Division III National Tournament, it marked the third time in school history and the third time in the past eight years.TEN Straight 20-Win Seasons for B-W -- The B-W women have 10 straight seasons with 20 or more victories.
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 332 victories. Harrer is 332-120 in her career with a .727 winning percentage and is in her 17th season at B-W.
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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