2018-19 Women's Basketball News
Washington Named Blue Jays Women's Basketball Head Coach
April 25, 2019
Director of Athletics Matt Mitchell has announced Talisha Washington (’13) as the eighth Head Women’s Basketball Coach in Westminster history.
Carr, Mangelsdorf, Todt Join SLIAC Hall of Fame; Mitchell to Receive Distinguished Service Award
April 11, 2019
Angie Carr, Wylie Mangelsdorf, and Marty Todt will join the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Hall of Fame as inductees of the Class of 2019. In addition, Matt Mitchell will receive the 2019 Lee McKinney Distinguished Service Award.
Wright Named Tigers Head Coach
April 11, 2019
Iowa Wesleyan University Director of Athletics, Derek Zander, has announced the hiring of Temaine Wright as the head women's basketball coach.
Adams Named WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
March 25, 2019
Westminster College's Kendahl Adams was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches' Association All-America Honorable Mention team for her performance during the 2018-19 season.
Massner Named CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America
March 13, 2019
Iowa Wesleyan's Darby Massner was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® NCAA Division III women's basketball team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
51 Student-Athletes Earn SLIAC Winter All-Academic Team Honors
March 12, 2019
A total of 51 student-athletes have been named to the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic team for the 2018-19 winter season.
Adams and Martin Honored by D3hoops.com
March 12, 2019
Kendahl Adams and Alex Martin were honored by D3hoops.com as All-Central Region performers for the 2018-19 season in women's basketball.
Adams Selected For WBCA All-Star Game
March 06, 2019
Kendahl Adams was selected as one of 18 senior women's basketball All-Stars selected to participate in the inaugural Beyond Sports Women's Collegiate All-Star Game presented by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).
Record Season Closes for Greenville
March 02, 2019
The Greenville women's basketball team made their second appearance at the NCAA Division III national tournament and fell to George Fox 85-53 to end their record-setting season.
Greenville to Face George Fox in Opening Round
February 26, 2019
The women's basketball team will head to the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division III tournament hosted by WashU in St. Louis, Mo. The Panthers qualified for their second NCAA national tournament by winning the championship of the SLIAC tournament on Saturday. Greenville (23-4) has tied the school record established in 2016-17 for wins in a season, and they will play No. 11 George Fox (24-3) on Friday at 5 p.m. in Washington University Field House.
Panthers are 2019 SLIAC Women's Basketball Champions
February 23, 2019
The 2019 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship game lived up to its billing as the top two seeds of the tournament, Greenville University and Spalding University, met on Saturday. The foes split the regular season matchup and the championship game was just as even with 11 lead changes and 4 ties. But after 40 minutes of play, it was Greenville that claims the 2019 SLIAC tournament title with a 72-66 win.
Martin Caps Career as Player of the Year
February 21, 2019
Alex Martin capped her career off at Spalding University as the 2018-19 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year, becoming just the second player in program history to take home the conference's top award.
Massner Named CoSIDA Academic All-District
February 21, 2019
The Google Cloud Academic All-District® Women's Basketball Team, selected by CoSIDA, was released this morning. For the second straight year, Darby Massner (SR/Mediapolis, IA) received first team honors. She was one of 37 student-athletes in NCAA Division III and was one of six individuals representing District 8.
Top Seeds to do Battle in Championship Game
February 21, 2019
After missing out on the last two SLIAC Women's Basketball Tournaments Spalding University finds themselves in the 2019 Championship game where they will face Greenville University. Spalding, the #2 seed, defeated #3 seeded Westminster 75-67 in the first game of the night while top-seeded and host Greenville bested Webster University 68-65 in overtime in the night's second game.
Greenville, Spalding, Webster, Westminster Ready For Tournament Chase
February 19, 2019
The 2019 SLIAC Women's Basketball Tournament field features the only four teams that recorded double-digit conference wins this season; Greenville University, Spalding University, Webster University, and Westminster College. It marks the first time since the 2015-16 season that at least four teams have reached that mark.
SLIAC Players of the Week - February 19
February 18, 2019
Micah Paulson, from Principia College, and Rylee Stafford, from Fontbonne University, are the final Player of the Week winners from the 2018-19 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference basketball season.