Westminster Women Capture First-Ever SLIAC Crown
FULTON, Mo. - Westminster College captured its first-ever St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball title with an 81-63 victory over Blackburn College Saturday in Carlinville, Illinois. The Blue Jays (16-5, 13-0 SLIAC), who have won a school-record 11 games in a row and tied the school record for wins in a season with the victory, host the four-team conference tournament on Thursday and Saturday, February 24 and 26, in Fulton.
Freshman Leigh Ann Lutz (California, Mo./California) scored a career-high 28 points to lead Westminster to victory over Blackburn (9-14, 8-6 SLIAC) Saturday. Sophomore Kenna Cornelson (Oklahoma City, Okla./Casady) finished with 13 points and junior Liz Klaffenbach (Battle Ground, Wash./Prairie) pulled down a team-high six rebounds for a Westminster squad which led 50-18 at halftime, and shot 49 percent from the field, 43 percent from 3-point range and forced 31 Blackburn turnovers in the game.
SLIAC Tournament Notes: The 2011 SLIAC women’s basketball tournament will be held On Iba Court in Historic Westminster Gym…The semi-finals are scheduled for 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Thursday, February 24, and the championship game is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 26…Although Westminster has secured the top seed, the second, third and fourth seeds have not been determined…The SLIAC tournament winner earns an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Courtesy Westminster College (Mo.) sports information
