Westerville for 12th Straight Victory and Stay Unbeaten in the OAC
BEREA, OHIO -- Junior forward Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) had a career-high 25 points as the fourth-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Otterbein College, 84-69 tonight (Wednesday, January 10, 2007) in the Rike Center in Westerville. The win kept B-W tied for first place in the OAC with a 7-0 mark and set up a showdown for first place this Saturday at 12th-ranked Wilmington College.
The win was B-W's 12th straight this season and seventh in a row versus Otterbein. With its victory, B-W, ranked fourth nationally by the WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association)/ USA TODAY Division III Top-25, is now 13-1 overall. With its loss,Otterbein fell to 8-6 overall and 4-3 in the OAC.
In addition to Flowers, sophomore guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) scored 12 points for the Yellow Jackets. Otterbein was led by junior guard Sara Fee with 16 points.
In the first half, Otterbein jumped out to an early 6-0 lead at the 17:56 mark, but the Yellow Jackets came back to take thier first lead at 12-10, with a three-pointer by junior forward Stacia Shrider (Marietta/Warren Local) at the 14:24 mark. After exchanging baskets with the Cardinals, the Yellow Jackets would have the largest lead at 32-25, with a jump shot by freshman forward Ariel Brough (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) with 06:09 left in the first half. The Cardinals would come back with a 15-8 run, including a half-ending three-pointer by Ana Gamble to tie the game at the end of the half, 40-40.
In the second half, with the exception of being tied at 42-42 with a layup by Katy Miller at the 18:28 mark, the Yellow Jackets expanded their biggest lead to 16 points with 39 seconds left in the game clock with a free throw by Butzer. Flowers made the last points of the game with a couple of free throws to seal her career-high.
The Yellow Jacket women next play on Saturday, Jan. 13 when they travel to Wilmington, Ohio to play OAC foe Wilmington College in at the Fred Raizk Arena at 3:00 p.m. B-W and Wilmington, ranked No. 12 in Division III, are currently tied for first place in the OAC.
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 College Women versus Otterbein College
in an Ohio Athletic Conference game
on 1/10/2007; 7:30 p.m. in Westerville, Ohio
FINAL SCORE: BALDWIN-WALLACE 84, OTTERBEIN 69
BALDWIN-WALLACE (13-1 overall, 7-0 in the OAC): Quiring 0-0 0-0 0; Shrider 3-6 3-4 10; Mondrach 4-10 2-2 10; Flowers 10-15 5-7 25; White 0-0 4-6 4; Busser 2-3 0-0 4; Jaworski 0-1 0-0 0; Eskinazi-Budge 4-6 2-2 10; Latimer 1-3 2-2 4; Mottayaw 0-1 1-2 1; Brough 2-5 0-0 4; Butzer 3-4 6-6 12; Palivoda 0-0 0-0 0 TOTALS: 29-54 25-32 84
OTTERBEIN (8-6 overall, 4-3 in the OAC): Roth 5-8 3-4 14; Miller 4-12 0-0 9; Fee 5-8 6-8 16; Esterkamp 2-7 1-1 5; Iden 0-2 0-0 0; Gamble 6-17 0-0 14; Tonges 0-1 0-0 0; Lakas 1-2 0-0 3; Lewis 3-7 2-2 8 TOTALS: 26-64 12-15 69
HALFTIME: BW 40 OC 40. 3-point goals: B-W 1-7 (Mondrach 0-2, Jaworski 0-1, Shrider 1-2, Busser 0-1, Mottayaw 0-1),OC 5-17 (Roth 1-4, Miller 1-5, Gamble 2-7, Lakas 1-1). Rebounds: B-W 38 (Flowers 8), OC 35 (Esterkamp 9). Assists: B-W 17 (Flowers 3,Shrider 3) OC 16 (Iden 6). Total Fouls: B-W 15, OC 21. Fouled Out: BW none OC Roth. Technical Fouls: none ; Attendance: 154
Game Notes #14 at Otterbein College
The Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will travel to Westerville, Ohio on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 to play Ohio Athletic rival Otterbein College at the Rike Center at 7:30 p.m. This is the first game of two regular season meetings between the two schools.
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 generally begins 10 minutes prior to tipoff. Home games are broadcast via Internet and away games are on radio.
BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE
LOCATION: Berea, Ohio
NICKNAME: Yellow Jackets
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2006-2007 RECORD: 12-1
OAC RECORD: 6-0
LAST GAME: Beat Muskingum, 90-64, on Jan. 6 in Berea.
HEAD COACH: Cheri Harrer
B-W RECORD: 340-120
YEAR AT B-W: 17th
CAREER RECORD: same
LAST MEETING: B-W won, 72-60, on Feb. 23, 2006 in Berea.
SERIES STREAK: B-W, six straight
SERIES BEGAN: 1974-75, B-W won, 50-49
SERIES RECORD: B-W leads 40-21
NEXT GAME: Jan. 13: at Wilmington at 3:00 p.m..
OTTERBEIN COLLEGE
LOCATION: Westerville, Ohio
NICKNAME: Cardinals
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2006-2007 RECORD: 8-5
OAC RECORD: 4-2
LAST GAME: Beat Heidelberg, 64-63, on Jan. 6 in Tiffin.
HEAD COACH: Connie Richardson
OC RECORD: 217-181
YEAR AT OC: 16th
CAREER RECORD: same as above
The Pregame Setup -- The nationally-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will look to extend its winning streak to 12 straight games and remain in first place in the rugged Ohio Athletic Conference when the Yellow Jackets travel to Westerville to play Otterben College.
The Yellow Jackets enter this game with a 12-1 overall and perfect 6-0 OAC record following their 90-64victory against Muskingum College last Saturday in Berea. B-W is currently tied with Wilmington College for first place in the OAC and has won 11 straight games.
The Cardinals enter this game with an 8-5 overall and 4-2 OAC record following their 64-63 win against Heidelberg College last Saturday in Tiffin. Otterbein began the season with three straight losses but since has won three of its last four games and eight of its last 10 overall.
The B-W versus Otterbein All-Time Series -- This is the 62nd all-time meeting between longtime rivals Baldwin-Wallace and Otterbein in women's basketball. The Yellow Jackets lead the all-time series, 40-21, including six straight victories. B-W beat the Cardinals in all three meetings a year ago, including an 72-60 triumph in Berea in the OAC Tournament on February 23, 2006. The last Otterbein victory came on 2004 OAC Tornament semifinals in Berea, 59-56.
In the Last B-W versus Otterbein Meeting on February 23, 2006 in Berea: Baldwin-Wallace -- 72, Otterbein -- 60-- In the last meeting last season between B-W and Otterbein, the Yellow Jackets defeated the Cardinals, 72-60, in the OAC Tournament to advance to the OAC Championship Game. Leading the way in the B-W win was Alyson Cotter with a career-high 22 points and nine rebounds. In addition, graduated All-American guard Nikki Altenweg had 21 points and four assists. Otterbein was led by current sophomore guard Laura Roth with 12 points and five rebounds.
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 a 12-player rotation all seeing double-digit minutes on the floor. Sophomore 5'8" All-OAC guard Amanda Mondrach (Parma/ Holy Name) is expected to start at a wing position with 5'9" senior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC player Michelle White (Hudson). On the inside, look for 5'10" junior Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) and 5'8" junior forward Jessica Lattimer(Brooklyn). Sophomore 5'6" point guard Rachael Quiring (Brunswick/ Holy Name) will run the offense. Flowers leads the team in scoring with 12.2 points per game, has a team and OAC-leading 36 steals, grabs 5.5 rebounds per game and shoots 55 percent from the floor (67-of-123). Mondrach, an All-OAC player and 2005-2006 OAC Freshman of the Year, averages 9.2 ppg. and has 17 assists and 12 steals. White, a two-time All-OAC player and Academic All-OAC, scores 7.8 ppg., grabs 3.8 rpg., shoots 54 percent from the floor (39-of-72) and tops the team with 11 blocked shots. Latimer scores 6.0 ppg., pulls down 4.2 rpg. and shoots 58 percent from the floor (28-of-48). Quiring averages 4.2 ppg., second the team with 28 assists and has 11 steals.
Off the bench, look for 5'6'' senior Academic All-OAC guard Steffani Jaworski, 5'8" junior power forward Stacia Shrider (Marietta/ Warren Local), 5'8" sophomore guard Leah Mottayaw (Mansfield/ Madison), 5'8" junior guard Selena Eskinazi-Budge (Beachwood via Miami of Florida), 6'2" freshman post Ariel Brough (Powell/ Olentangy Liberty), 5'6" sophomore guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) and 5'5" freshman point guard Sandra Busser (Parma/Padua) all to see action. Jaworski averages 4.7 ppg. and is first with 10 three-pointers. Shrider scores 6.2 ppg., leads the team with 6.4 rpg. and has 25 assists and 20 steals. Mottayaw scores 3.5 ppg. and is second on the squad with eight three-pointers. Busser scores 3.3 ppg. Eskinazi-Budge is second on the team in scoring at 9.9 ppg, grabs, 3.7 rpg. and is second with 25 steals. Butzer has played in eight games and is scoring 3.6 ppg. and has 11 assists. Brough scores 2.8 ppg., grabs 2.7 rpg. and is tied for the team lead wth 11 blocked shots.
Scouting the Otterbein College Cardinals -- Look for Head Coach Connie Richardson to start 5'7" sophomore Laura Roth and 5'11" freshman Katy Miller in the backcourt and 5'10" junior Sara Fee, 5'8" sophomore Sarah Esterkamp and 5'10" senior Janel Iden on the inside. Roth and Esterkamp are tied for the team scoring lead at 14.4 ppg. Roth also grabs 3.2 rpg. and tops the team with 24 three-pointers, 67 assists and 44 steals. Esterkamp grabs 5.3 rpg., shoots 53.8 percent from the floor and has 32 assists and 24 steals. Miller scores 11.7 ppg., leads the team in rebounding with 6.5 rpg. and has 27 assists and 17 steals. Fee scores 12.2 ppg., grabs 5.8 rpg. and has 38 assists and 28 steals. Iden scores 4.9 ppg., grabs 3.9 rpg. and has 35 assists.
Off the bench, look for 5'6" freshman guard Karle Volkmer, 5'11" junior guard Ana Gamble, 5'11" sophomore forward Carla Lewis, 5'7" junior guard Britni Lakes and 5'6" sophomore guard Jessica Tonges all to see action. Gamble leads the "bench bunch" and scores 10.8 ppg. and has 20 three-pointers.
In B-W's Last Game versus Muskingum on January 6 in Berea, Ohio: Baldwin-Wallace -- 90, Muskingum -- 64-- In B-W's last game, a 90-64 victory against OAC rival Muskingum College on January 6 in Berea, the Yellow Jackets were led in scoring by Carly Flowers with a career-high 25 points. In addition, Michelle White and Amanda Mondrach each had 13 points. The win for B-W against Muskingum was its 11th straight versus the Fighting Muskies.
In Otterbein's Last Game versus Heidelberg on January 6 in Tiffin, Ohio: Otterbein -- 64, Heidelberg-- 63 -- In Otterbein's last game, a 64-63 victory over Heidelberg in Tiffin, the Cardinals were led in scoring by Sarah Esterkamp with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Joining Esterkamp in double figures was Katy Miller with 14 points and Sara Fee with 10 points.
Yellow Jacket Chatter
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 thid time in school history and the third time in the past eight years.
Eleven Straight 20-Win Seasons for B-W -- The B-W women have a streak of 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 340 victories. Harrer is 340-120 in her career with a .739 winning percentage and is in her 17th season at B-W.
Current National Rankings -- B-W was ranked third in the last WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association) Division III poll and eighth in the d3hoops.com poll. The "OFFICIAL" Division III Great Lakes Region poll, which is selected by the NCAA Selection Committee does not come out until mid-to-late January, 2007. The NCAA Selection Committee uses that poll as criterion to decide who gets into the 2007 NCAA Division III National Tournament.
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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