SLIAC Weekly Release - Dec. 10
This week in the SLIAC is a weekly review of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. It recaps the prior weeks results and highlights upcoming events. You can also find the latest standings, statistics, schedules and awards.
HEADLINES
Six SLIAC Players
Named NSCAA All-Central Region (December 4, 2014)
Six St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's
soccer players have been named to the 2014 NSCAA/Continental Tire
NCAA Division III All-Central Region team. Congratulations goes out
to Kayla Dye, Kelly Hobbs, Brianna Pagan, Paige Pfankuch, Amy
Schield, and Dee Dee Sliter.....MORE
Fontbonne Soccer
Realigns Head Coaching Staff (December 4, 2014)
A change in coaching for both the Fontbonne University
men's and women's soccer teams will take place for the upcoming
seasons.....MORE
SLIAC Game of the
Week: Greenville vs. Principia- Women's Basketball (December 9,
2014)
This week's SLIAC Game of the Week features a battle
between the Panthers in men's basketball; Greenville College and
Principia College. Greenville will be looking for their first 3-0
start in conference play since the 2008-09 season while Principia
is in search of their first conference win this year.....MORE
SLIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
The SLIAC Players of the Week are honored for their performances during the week. Click on the sport link below to see the full list of 2014-15 Players of the Week. For this week's Player of the Week release - HERE
Men's Basketball- Clayton Whitlock, MacMurray College
Women's Basketball- Whitney Godden, Iowa Wesleyan College
Men's Basketball l Women's Basketball
SLIAC WINTER STANDINGS
| Men's
Basketball |
Women's
Basketball |
| School | SLIAC | Overall | School | SLIAC | Overall | |
| Webster |
3-0 | 6-2 | Spalding | 2-0 | 4-3 | |
| Greenville | 2-0 | 5-3 | Iowa Wesleyan |
2-0 | 3-3 | |
| Fontbonne |
2-0 | 2-5 | Webster | 2-1 | 5-3 | |
| Spalding | 1-1 | 3-3 | Eureka | 1-1 | 3-3 | |
| Eureka | 1-1 | 2-3 | Fontbonne | 1-1 | 3-3 | |
| Blackburn | 1-1 | 2-5 | Greenville | 1-1 | 2-3 | |
| MacMurray | 1-2 | 1-5 | Westminster |
1-1 | 2-4 | |
| Iowa Wesleyan |
0-2 | 3-3 | MacMurray |
1-2 | 1-5 | |
| Principia | 0-2 | 1-5 | Principia | 0-2 | 3-3 | |
| Westminster | 0-2 | 1-6 | Blackburn | 0-2 | 0-5 |
AROUND THE SLIAC
The Blackburn women's basketball team will have a busy week of
action. The Beavers will play four games over the next eight days.
Blackburn is on the road this weekend when they face Westminster in
a SLIAC meeting. They will then head out to North Park before
playing in the Pat Deacon Classic next weekend.
Eureka forward Kelsey Shoemake was a force in her team's win over
Fontbonne last weekend. Shoemake finished the game with 22 points
and 20 rebounds. She was 7-of-17 from the field including 8-of-9
from the free-throw line while grabbing eight of her 20 rebounds on
the offensive side of the ball. She is currently averaging 20.0
points and 14.0 rebounds per game this season.
The Fontbonne men's basketball team took on the #1 ranked team in
Division III, Augustana. The Griffins were unable to pull off the
upset, falling 116-62 as Augustana jumped out to a 17-0 lead to
start the game. Jared Greenlee led Fontbonne with 10 points. The
Griffins get back to conference action this weekend when they host
Iowa Wesleyan.
The Greenville men's basketball team is just one of three
undefeated teams in conference play and will be looking for their
first 3-0 start in SLIAC play since the 2008-09 season. The
Panthers have won three straight and five of their last six games.
They will face NCAA Division II foe McKendree on Wednesday night
before returning to SLIAC play against Principia on Saturday and
putting their undefeated conference record on the line.
Tiger Whitney Godden was named the SLIAC Women's Basketball Player
of the Week last week after helping her team to a pair of wins in
their conference opening games. Godden averaged 25.0 points, 2.5
rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 4.0 steals in two games on the week. She
netted 28 points in a win over Blackburn, knocking down eight
three-pointers and tying the program record for three's in a
game.
Although they are 0-2 in conference play, the Principia women's
basketball team dropped the two games by just five combined points.
The Panthers fell 58-56 to Fontbonne and 58-55 to Webster.
Principia will play just one more game before break, as they go on
the road to face Stephens College in a non-conference game on
Thursday.
The Spalding women's basketball team tested themselves last
weekend when they faced #14 ranked DePauw. After staying close
early Spalding faded as the game went on, falling 67-43. The Golden
Eagles were led by Kayla Styles with 17 points and 15 rebounds.
Spalding does not return to action until Dec. 20 when they host
Eureka College.
The Webster University basketball teams will play host to ranked
opponents on Wednesday night when they face the nationally ranked
men's and women's teams from Washington University. The Bears
women's team is ranked #5 while the men's team is ranked #4.
Women's tip starts at 6 p.m. with the men set to start at 8
p.m.
Westminster's Brandon Moore is shooting the ball with a hot hand
right now, leading the conference in three-point shooting. Moore is
knocking down 60-percent of his shots from behind the arc. Moore
has hit on 18-of-30 three-point shots and is averaging 14.0 points
per game this season.THIS WEEK'S SLIAC SCHEDULE
To see a complete schedule of this week's SLIAC action click HERE
KEEP UP WITH THE SLIAC ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Be sure to keep up with the SLIAC using various social media tools. You can follow us on Twitter (@sliac) HERE or Facebook (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) HERE
Be sure to check out the SLIAC You Tube Channel. There you will find our weekly Feature Friday series where we talk with student-athletes from around the conference and help you get to know them outside of athletics and give you an idea of what it is like to be a NCAA Division III student-athlete. This week we talked with Peyton Beeler, a three sport athlete from Westminster College. Get to Know Peyton HERE
