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SCHAUNAMAN
EARNS SECOND STRAIGHT ALL-NSIC HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
Feb. 28,
2002
Schaunaman |
Northern
senior point guard Holly Schaunaman earned her second straight
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Honorable Mention
award.
That announcement was made today by the NSIC.
Besides
running NSU's offense, the Leola, S.D., native is also a defensive
sparkplug for a team that ranks eighth nationally in rebounding
margin and 10th in field goal percentage defense. Individually,
no one on the team averages over 10 points per game. Schaunaman,
an all-region candidate, leads the team in assists and steals
and is ranked sixth in the NSIC in those categories. She averages
nine points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals per
game for the Wolves.
WOLVES
EARN THREE SEED IN 2002
NORTHERN SUN INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Feb. 24,
2002
Northern
State will be the three seed in the 2002 Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference Tournament. That announcement was made by league
officials today.
The Wolves
will host No. 6 seed Winona State Wednesday, Feb. 27 in a
first-round game at NSU's Barnett Center. The winner advances
to the semifinal round at neutral site Concordia-St. Paul.
The championship game will also be played at CSP. The winner
of the NSIC Tournament earns an automatic bid into the NCAA
II North Central Region tournament.
Northern
tied with second seed Minnesota-Duluth in conference record,
but lost in the tiebreaker. Here are the full first-round
matchups.
Wednesday,
Feb. 27
(8) Minnesota, Morris @ (1) Southwest State - 5:30 p.m.
(5) Wayne State @ (4) MSU Moorhead - 7 p.m.
(6) Winona State @ (3) Northern State - 5:30 p.m.
(7) Bemidji State @ (2) Minnesota, Duluth - 5:30 p.m.
TICKETS
FOR NSU'S FIRST-ROUND GAMES -- Ticket prices are $8 for
adults, $5 for senior citizens and $2 for students. Since
the tournament is an NSIC event, no Wolves Club passes or
student ID's can be accepted for admission. Wolves Club members
wanting to reserve their seats for the games can purchase
advance tickets at the Barnett Center ticket window Feb. 25
and 26 (Monday and Tuesday) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Doors will
open at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The basketball
game will be the last at Northern this season. First-round
winners advance to the tournament semifinals. Semifinal and
tournament championship games will take place March 2-3 at
Concordia-St. Paul. The winner of the NSIC Tournament earns
an automatic bid to the NCAA II North Central Region Tournament.
2002
Final NSIC Standings
| Southwest
State |
14-4 |
| Minnesota-Duluth |
13-5 |
| Northern
State |
13-5 |
| ^Concordia-St.
Paul |
13-5 |
| ^Minnesota-Crookston |
11-7 |
| MSU-Moorhead |
10-8 |
| Wayne
State (Neb.) |
9-9 |
| Winona
State |
4-14 |
| Bemidji
State |
3-15 |
| Minnesota-Morris
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0-18 |
| ^will
not compete in NSIC tournament |
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FREDRICKSON
BECOMES NSU'S WINNINGEST COACH, PASSING LEGENDARY BOB WACHS
Dec. 19,
2001
With Northern
State's 97-60 win over Jamestown College Wednesday night,
Curt Fredrickson became the winningest coach in Northern history,
surpassing former men's basketball coach Bob Wachs.
Fredrickson's
career mark at the milestone reads 533-126 in his 23rd year
of coaching. Wachs ended his 30-year career in 1985 with a
532-286 record.
Fredrickson
came into the 2001-02 season having won a greater percentage
of games over a longer period of time than any NCAA II coach.
In fact, there are only three coaches with a greater winning
percentage over a longer period of time at any level. Names
on that list are living legend Pat Summitt at Tennessee, basketball
icon Adolph Rupp at Kentucky, and Division III coach Phillip
Kahler at St. John Fisher's in Rochester, NY.
RAMBOW
NAMED NSIC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Nov. 24,
2001
Rambow |
Sophomore
shooting guard Carin Rambow (Litchfield, Minn.) earned Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference honors for her efforts at the
Metro State Roadrunner Classic last weekend.
In helping
NSU become the only team to exit the Classic with two wins,
Rambow scored 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds over the weekend
and was named the Classic's Most Valuable Player.
Her nine
boards in the opening game against Northwest Missouri State
(67-63 win) were a career high, as were her 17 points the
following night against host team Metro State (92-69 win).
Rambow also hit a career-best five 3-pointers in the Metro
game.
WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL PROGRAM SIGNS PAIR OF MINNESOTA PREP STANDOUTS
Nov. 14,
2001
ABERDEEN,
S.D. - Northern State University women's basketball coach
Curt Fredrickson announced today the signing of two Minnesota
high school standouts to National Letters of Intent. They
are Melissa Braaten, a 5-foot-8 guard from Stillwater, Minn.,
and Krista Rambow, a 5-9 point guard from Litchfield, Minn.
Braaten
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Braaten
was the MVP of Stillwater High School's team as a junior,
averaging 13 points a game while shooting 40 percent from
the field, 37 percent from 3-point range and 70 percent from
the free-throw line. During the past six summers, Braaten
has played for the highly successful North Tartan team. She
was also on the All-Star team at the Minnesota Elite camp
last summer.
Rambow
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Rambow
is a fourth-year varsity starter at Litchfield High School.
As a junior, she was an All-Central Minnesota selection, leading
her team in scoring with 12 points per game to go with five
assists and four rebounds per contest. During the offseason,
she was named the MVP of the Greater Mid-States Revue camp
in Sioux Falls. She was also selected to the All-Star team
at the Minnesota Elite camp.
"We have
signed two quality young ladies to help our perimeter game
in the future," Fredrickson said. "Both had outstanding junior
years and summer basketball seasons. With graduation set to
take four of our perimeter players this season, these two
athletes will fit in nicely. They will be two of the top players
in Minnesota this year and we are very excited to have both
of them join our program."
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THIRD
ANNUAL HALLOWEEN HOUSE OF HOOPS A BIG HIT
Oct. 28,
2001
Northern's
men's and women's basketball programs, in cooperation with
McDonald's, hosted the third annual NSU Halloween House of
Hoops Sunday night at the Barnett Center.
The women's
basketball team held a 3-point shooting contest, while the
men's team dressed up in their Halloween costumes and greeted
the over 200 children in attendance. Both teams ended the
night by forming a tremendous trick-or-treating line for the
children to go through with their McDonald's candy buckets.
WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL TEAM BEGINS PRACTICE
Oct. 15,
2001
Textbook
-- Baxter,
Minn., native Sara Hemquist is one of NSU's five seniors
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Northern
State University's women's basketball team began practice
Monday night.
The Wolves
will be led by a senior class of five players with extensive
experience. The Wolves will have to fill the shoes of three
departed starters from last season, but with the leadership
of this year's senior class, a solid group of underclassmen
and another great recruiting class, the team hopes to improve
on its 19-9 mark from last season.
See
the season prospectus for
a more in-depth preview.
Northern
will have its annual Maroon-Gold Scrimmage Nov. 3 at 5:30
p.m. After the women's game, the men's team will have an exhibition
game against Team Tharaldson.
Northern's
regular season opens with a tournament at Morningside College
(Sioux City, Iowa). The Wolves will take on host Morningside
Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. and South Dakota Nov. 17 at 6 p.m.
Sophomore
Carin Rambow, right, (Litchfield, Minn.) broke into the
starting lineup as a freshman last season and will help
solidify the shooting guard spot again this year. |
NSU's
home opener is Nov. 28 against Augustana College.
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