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ECC falls in NJCAA tourney opener Mar 20, 2013 12:00 AM
A slow start doomed the Elgin Community College women's basketball team in a tournament-opening loss at the NJCAA Division II national finals in East Peoria on Wednesday. ECC dominated the final 23 minutes against St. Clair County Community College of Port Huron, Mich., but the 31-9 hole the Spartans dug for themselves through 17 minutes resulted in a 71-62 defeat, snapping a 13-game winning streak.
Baylor, Notre Dame, UConn, Stanford repeat as top seeds Mar 18, 2013 12:00 AM
For the first time ever, the top four seeds are the same for consecutive seasons. Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame and Stanford all earned No. 1 spots when the field was announced Monday night.
Allen, all-frosh roster embrace the challenge at Harper Mar 16, 2013 12:00 AM
After a succesful high school coaching career with stops at Lake Park and Burlington Central, Cray Allen decided he wanted more. "It's college," the first-year Harper softball coach said of his most recent endeavor, which begins with Sunday's scheduled doubleheader at Prairie State College.
Pa. lacrosse team bus crashes; pregnant coach dies Mar 16, 2013 12:00 AM
A tour bus carrying a college's women's lacrosse team to a game went off the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Saturday and crashed into a tree, killing a pregnant coach and the driver and sending others to hospitals, authorities said.
Purdue’s Mingo knows how to pay it forward Mar 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Purdue senior Drey Mingo stole the show in the championship game against Michigan State at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. She scored a game-high 24 points and hit 10 of her 11 field goal attempts in the Boilermakers' 62-47 victory. She's also making a huge impact off the court by helping and inspiriing others, as Patricia Babcock McGraw explains in this edition of Women's Watch.
ECC thinking big for nationals Mar 15, 2013 12:00 AM
The Elgin Community College women's basketball team is in the NJCAA Division II national finals for the first time in program history. But don't think for a minute the 13th-seeded Spartans are simply content to be making the trip Downstate to East Peoria. This group on Spartan Drive means business.
Local trio headed to Division III Final Four Mar 13, 2013 12:00 AM
Three former Daily Herald all-area girls basketball standouts are playing in the Final Four. South Elgin alum Cortney Kumerow, Bartlett graduate Lisa Palmer and Crystal Lake South product Katie Burton are members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's basketball team that will play in the NCAA Division III Final Four this weekend at Hope College in Holland, Mich. All three players had key roles in Whitewater advancing to the national semifinals.
Big Ten, Sears Centre saw positive signs with tourney Mar 11, 2013 12:00 AM
After calling Conseco Field House in Indianapolis home for 17 of the last 18 years, the Big Ten's move to the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates for the conference's women's basketball tournament this past weekend met with favorable reviews. While attendance was lower than the average in Indianapolis, it didn't totally disappoint officials from either the conference or the venue.
Purdue takes Big Ten women’s title at Sears Centre Mar 10, 2013 12:00 AM
Big Ten women thinking bigger than conference tournament Mar 10, 2013 12:00 AM
Purdue won yet another Big Ten women's tournament title on Sunday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, but now what? Where does Purdue and every other Big Ten team bound for the NCAA Tournament go from here. It's been a while since the league has experienced a major postseason breakthrough.
Mingo leads Purdue women to Big Ten crown Mar 10, 2013 12:00 AM
Drey Mingo, Purdue's 6-foot-2 graduate student forward, scored 24 points on 10 of 11 shooting and pulled down 8 rebounds as the third-seeded Boilermakers won their second straight tournament title, beating Michigan State 62-47. It is Purdue's conference-record ninth tournament crown.
Elgin CC women headed to JUCO nationals Mar 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Elgin Community College sophomore Carly Saraceno and her teammates weren't sure how to react Saturday. They had, after all, just made school history with a 50-47 victory over Kishwaukee in the Region IV Division II District L championship game at Illinois Valley Community College to send the Spartans to the NJCAA National Tournament for the first time.
Spartans knock off top-seeded Penn StateMar 9, 2013 12:00 AM
No one could have predicted Penn State would shoot just 22.4 percent Saturday. But then no one could have predicted Michigan State would play defense like it did either. The fourth-seeded Spartans put the clamps on Penn State upsetting the top-seeded Nittany Lions 54-46 in the semifinals of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. Michigan State (24-7) will take on third-seeded Purdue (23-8) at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Purdue’s tough D helps take down Nebraska Mar 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Senior forward Sam Ostarello scored 18 points and had 9 rebounds, while junior guard Courtney Moses scored 16 points and junior guard KK Houser added 13 as the defending conference tournament champion Boilermakers downed No. 2 seed Nebraska 77-64 in Saturday's first semifinal at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
Norville wins 3 more national titlesMar 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Batavia graduate Melissa Norville was mildly disappointed in the 60-meter hurdles finals of the NCAA Division III Women's Track & Field Championships on Saturday at North Central College in Naperville. If she didn't clip that hurdle, she figured she would have lopped a second off her time. As it was, Norville's time of 8.52 seconds set a national meet record.
Michigan State women oust rival Michigan 62-46 Mar 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Klarissa Bell scored 20 points as Michigan State defeated rival Michigan 62-46 in the second round of the Big Ten tournament Friday night.
Hampshire grad Dumoulin is one who definitely gets it Mar 8, 2013 12:00 AM
For someone who not only played most of the time on her previous teams, but who also starred on those teams, this has been a bit of a strange year of basketball for Hampshire graduate Cassie Dumoulin. That doesn't mean it's been all bad. To the contrary, Dumolulin had the time of her life wearing the orange and blue No. 10 uniform for the University of Illinois this season.
Bentley, Lucas lead Penn St. past Ohio St., 76-66 Mar 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Alex Bentley scored 20 points, Maggie Lucas added 18, and No. 8 Penn State beat Ohio State 76-66 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament.
Purdue women top Wisconsin 74-62 Mar 8, 2013 12:00 AM
KK Houser scored 15 points and Purdue defeated Wisconsin 74-62 on Friday in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
Big 10 has good chance of getting a team into Final Four Mar 8, 2013 12:00 AM
The Big Ten hasn't had a women's basketball team reach the NCAA Final Four since 2005 when Michigan State was the national runner-up. The conference has had just one national champion since the NCAA started crowning women's basketball champions in 1982 — Purdue in 1999. Only four other times has the Big Ten been represented in the Final Four — Minnesota in 2004, Purdue in 2001 and Iowa and Ohio State in 1993. But if the national RPI rankings are any indicator, that could change this year.