A promising start for the Whitman women's basketball team took a definitive turn for the worse in the second half as George Fox pulled away for a 66-41 Northwest Conference basketball victory Saturday night in Newberg, Ore.
Whitman, which jumped to a 15-4 lead midway through the first half, saw its season end with records of 14-11 overall and 8-8 in the NWC. The Missionaries finished in a fourth-place tie with Whitworth in the final regular season standings.
George Fox improved to 22-3 on the season and shares the NWC regular season championship with Puget Sound.
Looking to play the spoiler, Whitman held George Fox to just four points over the first 10 minutes of the game. Meanwhile, first-year guard Jenele Peterson sparked the early Missionary scoring surge with three hoops, one of them a 3-pointer. Senior Kristina Francis also scored from the 3-point arc, and sophomore Michelle Krall's free throw gave Whitman its 11-point lead with 10:36 left in the half.
The Bruins responded with two 3-point strikes and finally inched ahead, 21-19, on Katy Campbell's 3-point play in the paint with 3:01 left. George Fox led 26-23 at the break.
The second half belonged almost entirely to the Bruins. They outscored the Missionaries 40-18 and outrebounded them 21-5. For the game, George Fox enjoyed a 42-20 edge on the backboards.
Peterson with 11 points was the only Whitman player scoring in double figures. Senior Kelsey Krumdieck had eight points, while senior Emily Shubin added five points, five rebounds and three assists. Krall picked off four steals, and first-year center Rebecca Sexton had six points and three rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench.
Krumdieck finished her college playing days with career numbers that include 877 points, 412 rebounds and 119 assists. Career numbers for Francis include 497 points, 217 rebounds, 181 assists and 83 3-point baskets. Shubin, who played three seasons with Whitman, finished 401 rebounds, 394 points and 86 assists.
George Fox and Puget Sound, the regular season co-champions, split their season series en route to identical 14-2 conference marks. Puget Sound gets the top seed into the three-team NWC playoff format, however, by virtue of a tie-breaking formula. That means George Fox hosts third-place Lewis & Clark next Wednesday, with the winner to play at Puget Sound next Saturday. The winner of that game gets an automatic berth into the NCAA Div. III playoffs.
Unable to hold leads late in the second half and early in overtime, the Whitman women’s basketball team dropped an 81-76 Northwest Conference decision at Whitworth Tuesday night in Spokane.
The overtime outcome left the two teams tied for fourth place in the NWC with 8-7 conference records. Both teams play their season finales later this week at George Fox – Whitworth on Friday followed by Whitman on Saturday.
Whitman, now 14-10 on the season, had a chance or two to win Tuesday’s game in regulation. Sophomore Michelle Krall hit a pair of free throws with 1:25 left and senior Emily Shubin made one of two charity tosses with 30 seconds remaining to give the Missionaries a 68-66 lead. After Whitworth’s Cassie Snyder tied the game at 68 with a jumper in the lane, Whitman called a time-out at mid-court with 11.8 seconds left on the clock. Krall’s running jumper along the left baseline then failed to drop, sending the game to overtime.
Senior Kelsey Krumdieck gave the Missionaries an early jump in overtime, drawing a foul on Whitman's first possession and making both free throws. After first-year guard Jenele Peterson made one of two from the line to stretch the Missionary lead to three points, 71-68, with 3:54 left, Whitworth pulled even eight seconds later when Leah Pomante lofted home a 3-pointer. That was the start of a 10-2 run that had the Pirates in front 78-73 with 1:23 remaining.
Senior Kristina Francis responded with a 3-pointer at the 1:07 mark to draw Whitman to within two points, but the Pirates regained a four-point bulge when Alida Bower scored inside with just 35 seconds left. Whitman misfired on its final two field goal attempts, and Pomante hit one of two free throws with 19 seconds left to complete the scoring.
Bower, who hit seven of 11 shots from the 3-point line, finished with 30 points and 15 rebounds for the Pirates, who improved to 13-11 on the season. Pomante added 10 points and Snyder had nine.
Peterson, who was seven of 13 from the floor, finished with a career-high 22 points and four assists. Shubin also had a strong night, making eight of 12 shots from the floor while posting her third double-double of the season with 18 points and 15 rebounds.
Francis added nine points, striking three times from the 3-point line. Krumdieck just missed a double-double with eight points and eight rebounds, while Krall chipped in with six rebounds, five assists and four points. Whitman also got a nice lift from their bench. Sophomore Hilary White had seven points and four rebounds, and first-year center Rebecca Sexton contributed eight points.
The Missionaries outrebounded Whitworth 41-38 and made seven of 15 shots from the 3-point stripe. Still, they failed to match the long-range firepower of the Pirates, who drilled 11 3-pointers.
With seven different players scoring points, Whitman raced to a 25-12 lead over the game’s first 13 minutes. Whitworth closed the gap to 35-30 at intermission, but the Missionaries opened the second half on a 9-4 run to lead by 10, 44-34, with more than 16 minutes left to play. The Pirates caught up quickly and the two sides deadlocked at 46, 54, 57 and 62.
After Shubin’s 3-point play in the paint gave Whitman a 65-64 lead with two minutes left, Bower and Krall swapped two free throws each as the game moved toward overtime.
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Playing less than a day after a thrilling upset of Northwest Conference co-leader Puget Sound, the Whitman women's basketball team struggled mightily in dropping a 64-52 decision to Pacific Lutheran Saturday afternoon in Sherwood Center.
Pacific Lutheran (12-11, 5-9) raced to a 16-2 lead in the first four minutes of the game and led 35-23 at intermission. Whitman (14-9, 8-6) twice closed to within seven points midway through the second half, but the Lutes stemmed the tide in each case.
Whitman shot just 28 percent from the floor for the game, failed to capitalize on 21 Pacific Lutheran turnovers and were outrebounded 41-31.
Pacific Lutheran's Kyle Haag hit five 3-pointers and scored 18 points to spark the Lutes at the offensive end. The visitors also got 13 points from Amy Spieker and 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists from Trinity Gibbons. Emily Voorhies chipped in with eight points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots.
Sophomore Michelle Krall paced Whitman with 14 points and six rebounds. First-year guard Jenele Peterson added 10 points and six assists, and senior Emily Shubin finished with six points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists.
While Whitman missed its first seven shots from the floor, Pacific Lutheran hit seven of its first eight to open its big early lead. Haag's 3-pointer with just four minutes gone in the first half had the Lutes on top 16-2.
A jumper by sophomore Ellen Vertatschitsch and two free throws by first-year reserve Jessica Brice closed Whitman's deficit to 45-38 with 8:58 left in the second half. Rebecca Sexton, a first-year center, scored inside to again pull the Missionaries to within seven, 47-40, with 7:46 remaining. The Lutes countered by scoring eight of the next 12 points and pulled away in the final minutes.
The loss spoiled "Senior Night" for Whitman. Shubin, along with seniors Kelsey Krumdieck and Kristina Francis, played their final home game for the Missionaries.
Whitman finishes its season next week on the road, starting with a Tuesday night game at Whitworth in Spokane. Pacific Lutheran hosts Linfield next Friday.
Emily Shubin's jumper in the key with six seconds left was the difference as Whitman pinned a 53-51 Northwest Conference defeat on Puget Sound Friday night in Sherwood Center.
Whitman (14-8, 8-5), which has won four of its last five games, snapped Puget Sound's 10-game winning streak. The Loggers (18-4, 11-2) retains a share of first place in the NWC, however, because co-leader George Fox lost tonight at Lewis & Clark. Whitman trails Lewis & Clark by one game in the battle for the third and final conference playoff berth.
Shubin, a senior co-captain, led all scorers with a career-high 18 points. With the game tied at 51 and the shot clock ready to expire, Shubin worked herself free in the paint for the game-winning basket. The Loggers raced to the other end of the floor, but Claire Ely's open 3-point look from the left wing failed to drop at the buzzer.
Down 24-17 at intermission, Whitman opened the second half on a 12-0 run to lead 29-24 with more than 16 minutes still left to play. Sophomore Michelle Krall keyed the outburst with back-to-back 3-pointers, and when sophomore Hilary White hit another three at the 7:12 mark, Whitman had a 44-37 cushion. Puget Sound's Laura Hirsh countered with a Logger trey to tie the game at 46 with 3:39 left, and teammate Morgan Harter struck again from the 3-point stripe with just under a minute remaining to even the score at 51.
Missed free throws, one by Whitman and two by Puget Sound, then set the stage for Shubin's game-winner. Shubin, who was seven of eight from the floor and four of six from the free throw line, also led all rebounders with eight boards, five at the offensive end. White added 11 points for Whitman while Krall finished with eight points, five rebounds and three assists.
After shooting just 31.8 percent from the floor in the first half, Whitman warmed up for the final 20 minutes. The Missionaries made 15 of 26 shots from the floor (57.7 percent) in the second stanza, including four of six from beyond the 3-point arc.
Karen Chase paced Puget Sound with 15 points and five boards. Chase added 14 points and Marissa Cain had 11 points and six rebounds.
With Whitman missing its first five shots, Puget Sound jumped to an 11-0 lead over the first seven minutes of the game. A Jenele Peterson 3-pointer with 12:55 left in the half finally got Whitman on the scoreboard, and Shubin scored the next six Missionary points on two offensive rebound putbacks and a pair of free throws. Shubin scored again off the offensive glass with 4:46 remaining to cut Whitman's deficit to 19-15, but the Loggers eased into a seven-point halftime lead.
Whitman stays at home to host Pacific Lutheran 4 p.m. Saturday. Puget Sound travels to Spokane on Saturday to play Whitworth University at 6 p.m.
Absent its shooting touch in the first half, the Whitman women's basketball team fell behind 27-14 at the break and never recovered, falling 54-41 to Lewis & Clark Saturday afternoon in Portland, Ore.
The victory gives Lewis & Clark, 12-9 on the season and 8-4 in the Northwest Conference, sole possession of third place with four games remaining. Whitman, now 13-8 and 7-5, slipped into fourth place.
Whitman shot just 27.8 percent in the first half, making five of 18 shots from the floor. The Missionaries then opened the second half on a 7-0 run, pulling to within 27-21 on Kelsey Krumdieck's basket. Whitman inched a little closer when sophomore Michelle Krall buried a 3-pointer to cut the Lewis & Clark lead to 34-29 with 15 minutes still left to play.
For the next several minutes, however, the Missionary offense failed to click and the Pioneers pulled away.
First-year guard Jenele Peterson, who was two of three from the 3-point stripe, had 10 points and was the only Whitman player scoring in double figures. Senior Emily Shubin and Krall both finished with eight points and nine rebounds.
In the first meeting between the two teams last month in Walla Walla, Whitman beat Lewis & Clark 61-54.
Whitman returns to Sherwood Center next weekend to play its final two home games of the season. The Missionaries host NWC-leading Puget Sound at 6 p.m. Friday and Pacific Lutheran at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Hitting eight of 17 shots from the 3-point stripe, Whitman notched a 60-49 road victory over Pacific in Northwest Conference women's basketball action Friday night in Forest Grove, Ore.
Improving to 7-4 in the NWC standings, Whitman is tied for third place with Lewis & Clark. That tie will be broken Saturday night when Whitman plays Lewis & Clark in Portland.
Seniors Emily Shubin, Kristina Francis and Kelsey Krumdieck led a balanced Missionary attack against Pacific. Shubin had 13 points and five rebounds, Francis was four of eight from the 3-point line for 12 points, and Krumdieck just missed a double-double with 12 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Sophomore Michelle Krall also had a strong game, hitting two of her 3-point shots, while combining 10 points with six rebounds and four assists.
Whitman, now 13-7 on the season, led by as many as seven points in the first half, although a late Pacific rally dropped the Missionary lead to 32-30 at the break. Whitman opened the second half on a 13-6 run to wide its lead to 45-36 with 13 minutes left to play. The Boxers pulled to within 47-43 at the 7:38 mark, but Francis answered with a trey and Shubin scored inside to push the lead back to nine points with 6:40 remaining.
Pacific made a final run, closing its gap to 52-47 with 5:40 left. But Whitman pulled away for good, getting a 3-pointer from Dawna Mello and a free throw and jumper from Shubin.
The victory gave Whitman a season sweep of its home-and-away series with Pacific. The Missionaries won 70-57 on their home floor in January.
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With first-year point guard Jenele Peterson scoring a career-high 21 points, Whitman College rolled to 65-43 Northwest Conference basketball victory over Linfield College Saturday night in Sherwood Center. The victory assures the Missionaries (12-7, 6-4) of at least a tie for third place in the conference standings.
Peterson hit seven of nine shots from the floor, including both of her 3-point attempts, and is shooting 53.4 percent from the floor for the season -- one of the top marks in the NWC. With Whitman leading 33-23 at intermission, Peterson scored nine points as the Missionaries opened the second half on a 12-2 run to inflate their lead to 45-25 with 13 minutes left to play.
Kristina Francis, a senior guard, drilled a 3-pointer at the 6:30 mark to give Whitman its biggest lead of the night at 58-32. Hilary White, a sophomore guard, added 10 points off the Missionary bench. Francis had nine points, while senior forwards Emily Shubin and Kelsey Krumdieck combined for 15 points and 15 rebounds. Shubin also handed out a team-high four assists.
Linfield (9-10, 2-8) got 14 points and seven rebounds from Kate Stadeli and 10 points and five boards from Courtney McFadden. Casey Stepan added eight points.
Whitman shot 51.1 percent from the floor while holding the Wildcats to a 29.1 percent shooting percentage. The Missionaries also held a slim 32-32 advantage on the backboards.
With Shubin scoring five points, Whitman jumped to a 7-0 lead in the first two minutes of the game. White's offensive rebound and putback gave the Missionaries a 16-7 cushion with 12:30 left to play. Stepan's 3-pointer trimmed Whitman's margin to 23-20 with eight minutes remaining, but Peterson and Krumdieck answered with baskets and the home team led 33-23 at the break.
Whitman travels to western Oregon next weekend, playing NWC games at Pacific University (Forest Grove) on Friday and at Lewis & Clark (Portland) on Saturday. Linfield hosts Puget Sound on Friday and plays at George Fox on Saturday.
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With Michelle Krall and Kelsey Krumdieck combining for 29 points and Emily Shubin pulling down 13 rebounds, Whitman rolled to a 68-44 victory over Willamette in Northwest Conference women's basketball action Friday night in Sherwood Center.
Whitman (11-7, 5-4) led by as many as 12 in the first half and scored the first eight points of the second stanza to take an imposing 37-21 lead. The Bearcats (4-14, 2-7) drew no closer than 10 points the rest of the way as Whitman turned the game into a rout down the stretch. The victory keeps Whitman in a three-way tie for third place in the NWC.
Krall, a sophomore wing, led the Missionaries with 15 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots. She hit six of 10 shots from the floor, including two of four from the 3-point stripe. Krumdieck and Shubin, a pair of senior forwards, also had strong games. Krumdieck finished with 14 points and six boards while Shubin chipped in with seven points to go with her game-high 13 rebounds, five of which came at the offensive end.
Jenele Peterson, a first-year point guard, had nine points for Whitman, all from the free throw line.
Willamette's Laura Payne led all scorers with 16 points. Molly Fillion had seven points, six boards and three assists for the Bearcats, who shot just 28.3 percent from the floor for the game.
With Krumdieck scoring Whitman's first seven points, the Missionaries bolted to an 11-0 lead in the first five minutes of the game. Payne's 3-pointer with just under 12 minutes left in the half cut the Bearcat deficit to 14-11. A 13-4 Missionary burst had the home team back in control at 27-15 with four minutes left, but Willamette closed to within 29-21 at the break.
Shubins's three-point play early in the second half, followed by a Krumdieck basket, staked Whitman to its 16-point cushion with 16:30 left to play.
Whitman stays at home Saturday to host Linfield College at 4 p.m. Saturday. Willamette travels to Spokane on Saturday to play Whitworth University at 6 p.m.
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George Fox used an 11-2 scoring spree at the close of the first half and solid free throw shooting down the stretch to post a 55-47 Northwest Conference women's basketball victory over Whitman Friday night in Sherwood Center.
The Bruins maintained their grip on first place in the NWC standings, improving to 7-0 and 15-1 overall. Whitman dropped to 4-4 in conference and 10-7 overall.
Down 30-22 at intermission, Whitman opened the second half on a 10-3 run to trail by just a single point, 33-32, with 16 minutes left to play. Michelle Krall keyed the spurt with a three-point play in the paint, followed by a 3-pointer. George Fox surged back in front, getting its next nine points on four Katy Campbell buckets to grab a 42-35 edge with just under 13 minutes left to play.
That cushion proved to be adequate, even though the visitors failed to score another basket the rest of the way. The Bruins did the remainder of their scoring from the charity stripe, converting 13 of 16 free throws, to keep Whitman at bay.
The Missionaries got inside buckets from Kelsey Krumdieck and Hilary White to pull within 50-45 with just under three minutes remaining, but George Fox connected on five of eight free throws to finish off the victory.
Campbell led George Fox with 19 points. Melissa Marek-Farris had nine points and snared 12 rebounds as the Bruins outboarded Whitman 42-31. Tiffany Behary added 11 points.
Krumdieck paced Whitman with 16 points and five rebounds. Michelle Krall, who drilled a pair of 3-pointers, contributed 11 points, two blocked shots and two steals. Emily Shubin spent much of the game in foul trouble but picked off seven rebounds for the Missionaries. White had seven points and five boards.
Both teams shot just under 36 percent from the floor, although Whitman finished with three more field goals. The Bruins were 21 of 32 from the free throw line while Whitman was six of 12 from the line.
George Fox led by as many as seven points early in the first half. Emily Shubin's layin, followed by two Krumdieck jumpers, gave Whitman a 20-19 lead with four minutes left. The Bruins then closed out the half on an 11-2 run lead by eight at the break.
Whitman takes Saturday off but then stays at home next weekend to host NWC games against Willamette on Friday and Linfield on Saturday. George Fox travels to Spokane Saturday to face Whitworth in a 6 p.m. contest.
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Scoring its final 16 points from the free throw line, Whitworth rallied past Whitman 73-65 in a Northwest Conference women's basketball game Tuesday night in Sherwood Center.
Down by five points early in the second half, Whitworth (9-7, 4-3) pieced together a 15-2 scoring spurt to take a 48-40 lead with 11 minutes left to play. Natalie Orrell, who led all scorers with 16 points, made Whitworth's final basket with 6:24 remaining to put the visitors in front 55-51. From there, the Pirates made 16 of 20 charity tosses to polish off the win.
Whitman (10-6, 4-3) led by as many as five points in the first half and was up 32-31 at the break. Two hoops by Emily Shubin and one by Hilary White had the Missionaries in front 38-33 with just two minutes gone in the second half. That's when Orrell and Alida Bower combined for 13 points as the Pirates surged ahead.
After Kelsey Krumdieck's offensive rebound and putback closed Whitman's gap to 55-53 with 6:46 left, Orrell countered with a layin and Whitworth began its parade to the free throw line.
With the Pirates on top 65-55 at the 3:24 mark, Whitman turned up its defensive pressure and reeled off seven unanswered points. First-year forward Anna Forge capitalized on a pair of turnovers and finished with layins to spark the rally, and first-year guard Jenele Peterson made one of two free throws to slice the Whitworth lead to 65-62 with 1:38 remaining.
After Leah Pomante sank two free throws at the other end, Peterson drove around the right side of Whitworth's defense for a layin. Those points were waved off the board, however, by a traveling call.
Whitman made a final push when Krall completed a three-point play in the paint, pulling the Missionaries to within 69-65 with 53 seconds still left on the clock. The Pirates quickly beat the Whitman press but missed the layin to leave the door slightly ajar. A Missionary 3-point attempt failed to fall with 46 seconds remaining, and Whitworth put the game away with four more free throws.
Shooting 46.6 percent from the floor, Whitman made seven more field goals than Whitworth, which hit 45.5 percent of its field goal attempts. For the game, the Pirates converted 29 of 36 free throws while the Missionaries went to the line 12 times, making seven. With Bower pulling down 11 rebounds, Whitworth worked its way to a 35-28 advantage on the backboards.
White and Krumdieck scored 13 and 12 points, respectively, to pace Whitman. Krumdieck, who made all four of her free throws, was also four of five from the floor. The Missionaries got 10 points from Michelle Krall, nine from Kristina Francis and eight more from Peterson.
Shubin finished with a team-high seven rebounds for Whitman.
The Whitworth scoring was equally balanced. In addition to 16 points from Orrell, who was seven of seven from the floor, Cassie Snyder had 12 points and Leah Pomante finished with 10. Tiffany Corigliano added nine points and Teresa Zeitler had eight.
Whitman stays at home to host first-place George Fox University (14-1, 6-0) at 6 p.m. Friday. Whitworth welcomes George Fox to Spokane at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Box scoreWhitman fell behind by 12 points in the first half and never recovered in dropping a 65-52 Northwest Conference women's basketball game to Pacific Lutheran Saturday night in Tacoma, Wash.
Losing for the second consecutive night, Whitman slipped to 10-5 on the season and 4-2 in the NWC. Pacific Lutheran won the second time in as many nights, rising to 9-6 and 2-4.
Kyle Haag, the leading 3-point shooter in the NWC, drilled four long balls in the first half as Pacific Lutheran pulled away to a 31-19 lead at intermission. Haag, who finished with a game-high 22 points, added two more 3-pointers in the second half as the Lutes allowed Whitman no closer than nine points over the final 20 minutes.
Hilary White's layin with 3:12 remaining cut the home team's lead to 55-45, but the Missionaries failed to capitalize on a steal on the next Pacific Lutheran possession. The Lutes then made 10 of 12 free throws in the closing minutes to hold Whitman at bay.
Emily Shubin, who was six of 11 from the floor, led Whitman with 14 points and eight rebounds. Jenele Peterson made five of her eight shots, finishing with 12 points and four rebounds. Michelle Krall, who canned Whitman's only two 3-pointers of the night, added 10 points and five boards.
The Missionaries shot just 35 percent from the floor but battled the Lutes to a 34-34 standstill on the backboards.
Whitman returns home next week to play a pair of NWC games in Sherwood Center. The Missionaries host Whitworth on Tuesday and George Fox on Friday. Both games start at 6 p.m.
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The Whitman women's basketball team dropped its first Northwest Conference decision of the season Friday night, falling 61-51 to Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash. The game left both teams with 4-1 league records, tied for second place.
Whitman, now 10-4 on the season, led by as many as six points in the first half, which ended with the score tied at 27.
With Michelle Krall canning a 3-pointer and Emily Shubin adding a free throw and two-point basket, Whitman moved in front 34-31 early in the second half. But Puget Sound took control with a 14-4 run that gave the Loggers a 45-38 lead with 8:42 left to play.
After Kelsey Krumdieck's jumper cut Whitman's deficit to five points, Puget Sound pushed its lead back to 10 points with two free throws and Morgan Harter's 3-pointer. The Missionaries struck back from the 3-point, hitting three times over the final three minutes, drawing as close as six points with 1:14 remaining. The Loggers converted nine of 11 free throws down the stretch to close out the game.
Posting her second double-double of the season, Shubin led Whitman with 11 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. The Missionaries outrebounded Puget Sound 34-26 but fell victim to 22 turnovers on 12 Logger steals.
Krall was three of four from the beyond the 3-point arc to finish with nine points and five assists. Krumdieck was good for eight points, and first-year post Rebecca Sexton had six rebounds off the bench.
The two teams traded leads early in the first half, but Krall's 3-pointer capped a 9-2 run that gave Whitman a 20-14 edge with 7:03 left. Shubin's two free throws kept the Missionary lead at six, 27-21, with 3:11 remaining. But Puget Sound put six unanswered points on the board to make it 27-all at the break.
For the game, Puget Sound outshot Whitman 44.2 percent to 40 percent from the floor, although the Missionaries were seven of 14 from long range. Kristina Francis was two of four from the 3-point stripe. Krumdieck and first-year guard Kristin Innes both drained their only 3-point attempts.
Puget Sound, now 11-3 on the season, hosts Whitworth Saturday night while Whitman plays at Pacific Lutheran.
Box scoreWith senior Kelsey Krumdieck scoring 22 points and grabbing seven rebounds, Whitman College ran its Northwest Conference women's basketball record to 4-0 with a tough 61-54 victory over Lewis & Clark Saturday afternoon in Sherwood Center.
Whitman, now 10-3 on the season, took charge in the last five minutes of play, outscoring the Pioneers (6-7, 2-2) by a 15-6 margin to clinch the win.
One night after blitzing Pacific with 11 3-pointers, the Missionaries hit just one long ball against Lewis & Clark, but it was a big one. With the teams deadlocked at 48, sophomore reserve Ellen Vertatschitsch struck from deep in the left corner with 3:38 left to play to put Whitman up for good.
Lewis & Clark's Kim Kittell responded with a quick drive to the hoop, cutting Whitman's lead to 51-50, but Krumdieck countered with two free throws and Jenele Peterson and Michelle Krall followed with baskets to give the Missionaries a 57-50 edge with just 1:42 left on the clock.
The Pioneers clawed back to within three points, but Whitman beat the press and Krumdieck finished with a three-point play at the end to make it 60-54 with 16 seconds remaining. Krumdieck added a free throws in the waning seconds to complete the scoring.
Whitman also got 10 points and seven rebounds from senior Emily Shubin and 10 points, four boards and four assists from Krall, a sophomore. Rebecca Sexton, a 6-foot-3 first-year post, added six points off the Missionary bench.
Crystal Castle paced Lewis & Clark with 17 points and seven rebounds. Kittell had 13 points and four boards.
Whitman jumped in front 17-10 midway through the first half, but Lewis & Clark rallied to forge ties at 23 and 25. The Missionaries, who led 29-28 at the break, extended their advantage to 37-31 at the 17:05 mark of the second half, but Castle's 3-pointer gave the Pioneers their first lead of the game at 42-41 with 11:01 left.
Peterson converted a pair of free throws with 4:46 remaining to even the score at 48-48 and set the stage for Vertatschitsch's 3-ball, only her second of the season.
Whitman shot 45.8 percent from the floor and made 16 of 22 free throws, including 11 of 13 in the second half. The Missionaries also won the rebounding battle 31-28.
Whitman hits the road next weekend, traveling to Tacoma to play Puget Sound on Friday and Pacific Lutheran on Saturday. Lewis & Clark plays at George Fox on Friday and then hosts Willamette on Saturday.
Box scoreScoring nearly half of its points from the 3-point line, the Whitman women's basketball team outshot Pacific 70-57 Friday night in Sherwood Center.
The Missionaries, improving to 9-3 on the season and 3-0 in the Northwest Conference, canned 11 of their 18 shots from long range. First-year phenom Jenele Peterson made all seven of her shots from the floor -- five of them 3-pointers -- and finished with a team-high 19 points along four assists.
Pacific, falling to 2-9 overall and 1-2 in conference, got 23 points from Amy Pedersen, who was five of 10 from the 3-point stripe. Pedersen had 18 of her points in the first half, when the Boxers led by as many as nine points. But Whitman outscored Pacific 14-4 over the final five minutes to lead 36-33 at the break.
After making eight 3-pointers in the first half, Whitman got two more early in the second stanza and started to pull away. Peterson dropped her fifth long bomb through the netting at the 11:35 mark to boost the Missionary lead to 58-44. Whitman led by as many as 16 points down the stretch.
Peterson, who entered the game with the top field goal percentage in the NWC, is shooting 60 percent from the floor and 56 percent from 3-point range.
Kristina Francis, a senior guard, drilled four 3-pointers while adding 14 points to the Missionary cause. Sophomore Hilary White added 10 points. As a team, Whitman shot 55.8 percent from the floor for the game.
Kristina Stevens, the only other Boxer scoring in double figures, had 12 points and eight rebounds.
Pacific showed a deadly scoring touch to start the game, making nine of its first 12 shots from the floor to lead 21-15 with 11:36 left in the opening half. And when Pedersen hit a 3-pointer with 5:31 remaining, the Boxers led 29-22.
Whitman withstood the early Boxer onslaught largely because of its 3-point shooting. The first five Missionary baskets came from beyond the 3-point arc, with Peterson striking three times. White and Francis then combined for 10 points over the last five minutes of the first half to give the home team its three-point cushion at intermission.
Five different Missionaries scored hoops in the first five minutes of the second half, boosting the Whitman lead to 49-39. After Whitman extended its lead to 16 points, Pacific drew no closer than 10 points over the final 11 minutes of play.
Whitman stays at home Saturday to host Lewis & Clark at 4 p.m. in Sherwood Center. Pacific travels to Spokane, Wash., on Saturday to play Whitworth.
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Led by Meredith Danko, a quartet of Whitman first-year players combined for 73 points as Whitman rolled to an 81-23 victory in a junior varsity game at Walla Walla University in College Place, Wash.
Danko, a 5-foot-9 guard, finished with a game-high 26 points. She made 12 of 18 shots from the floor, including both of her 3-point attempts. Anna Forge, a 5-foot-10 forward from Walla Walla, added 17 points, six rebounds and six steals.
Kristen Innes, a guard, was eight of 11 from the floor, scoring 16 points to go with seven rebounds, three assists and three steals. Jessica Brice, a forward, had 14 points and six rebounds. She was two of four from the 3-point line, and six of 10 from the field overall.
Kathyrn Barich, another of Whitman's first-year players, chipped in with six points and seven rebounds.
Whitman led 31-11 at halftime and then pulled away from there, shooting 62.9 percent from the floor in the second half.
Box scoreWith sophomores Hilary White and Michelle Krall and first-year standouts Jenele Peterson and Rebecca Sexton combining for 50 points, Whitman notched its second straight Northwest Conference road victory with a 63-49 win over Linfield Saturday night in McMinnville, Ore.
"Two double-digit victories on the road to start the conference season is something we'll gladly take," Whitman coach Michelle Ferenz said. "This conference is not easy, but our youth movement came to play tonight."
White, who provides Whitman's scoring punch of the bench, scored 11 of her game-high 15 points in the second half to help Whitman pull away from a 22-22 halftime deadlock. She also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
After Peterson opened the second half scoring with a layup and Linfield's Kate Stadeli countered with a jumper, Whitman took the lead for good on two free throws by senior Kelsey Krumdieck. Krall's jumper at the 14:51 mark lifted the Missionaries to a 34-28 lead, but the Wildcats stayed close.
White's 3-pointer with 9:42 remaining finally sparked a game-breaking 11-2 run that gave the Missionaries a 51-41 advantage with less than seven minutes to play. Linfield closed to within six points, but White converted a free throw and senior Kristina Francis and Peterson followed with 3-pointers to keep the host squad at bay.
"The key to the second half is that we did a much better job of attacking Linfield's defensive pressure," Ferenz said. "That got us some easy looks at the basket. We also did a great job with our defensive rotations. We played smart defensively in the second half and forced some turnovers."
Krall played well at both ends of the floor, making six of eight shots from the field while scoring 14 points to go with four rebounds and three steals. "Michelle played really well tonight," Ferenz said. "She hit a couple of big 3-pointers, and she drew the defensive assignment on one of Linfield's best players."
Peterson, a point guard, was five of eight from the floor, scoring 11 points while committing just one turnover in 37 minutes. "Jenele is the real deal," Ferenz said. "She does a great job handling the ball, and she scores big baskets when we need them."
Sexton, a 6-foot-3 post, collected 10 points and four rebounds in just 15 minutes off the bench. "We got good contributions tonight from a number of people, and that's what it takes to win back-to-back games in this conference," Ferenz said.
The Missionaries connected on 57.7 percent of their second-half field goal attempts and shot 49 percent from the floor for the game.
Now 8-3 on the season and 2-0 in the NWC, Whitman hosts its first conference home games next weekend in Sherwood Center. The Missionaries play Pacific at 6 p.m. Friday and Lewis & Clark at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Box scoreWith 11 players denting the scoring column, the Whitman women's basketball team opened its Northwest Conference season with a 69-52 victory over Willamette Friday evening in Salem, Ore.
Getting 11 points each from seniors Emily Shubin and Kelsey Krumdieck and sophomore Michelle Krall, Whitman ran its season record to 7-3. Willamette, which rallied at the end of the first half to trail by just two points at the break, saw its record fall to 2-8.
Whitman led by as many as eight points in the first half, the last time after Shubin's jumper produced a 27-19 score with 3:28 remaining. But the Bearcats hit a pair of 3-pointers and closed the gap to 31-29 at intermission.
"We had good looks at the basket in the first half that we didn't convert," Whitman coach Michelle Ferenz said. "We also struggled a little bit with foul trouble. We started to catch fire offensively in the second half."
With a 36-34 lead five minutes into the second stanza, Whitman took charge with a 9-0 run. Krall connected from the 3-point line, Shubin converted two free throws and first-year point guard Jenele Peterson followed with a jumper. Sophomore Hilary White, who tallied 10 points off the bench, hit another trey for a 46-36 lead with 12:25 left, and the Missionary lead soon ballooned to as many as 18 points.
Whitman outrebounded the Bearcats 46-43. Shubin and Rebecca Sexton, a 6-foot-3 first-year post, snared nine rebounds apiece, while senior guard Kristina Francis collected eight more. Sexton's boards came in just 12 minutes of playing time. "Rebecca has a great size and great hands," Ferenz said.
"We're getting good contributions for a lot of players," Ferenz added. "We know our three seniors are solid, but it's good to see our first- and second-year players step up and play well. Ellen Vertataschitsch gave us a nice spark off the bench, hitting a big 3-pointer and making some excellent passes."
Vertatschitsch finished with five points, five assists and three rebounds.
Box scoreThe Whitman women's basketball team wrapped up the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 74-46 loss to nationally ranked Lewis-Clark State Sunday afternoon in Lewiston, Idaho.
Despite the loss, Whitman heads to Northwest Conference play next weekend with a 6-3 season record. Lewis-Clark State, now 11-3 on the season, is No. 16 in the latest NAIA Div. I national rankings.
The Warriors jumped in front 9-0 over the first three minutes of play and stayed in front the rest of the way. With Hilary White nailing a 3-pointer and adding two free throws, Whitman pulled to within 22-19 with 6:37 remaining in the first half, but the host squad responded with a 15-5 run to lead 37-24 at the break.
Lewis-Clark, the two-time defending Frontier Conference champion, pushed its advantage past the 20-point mark early in the second half and was not seriously threatened after that. The Warriors reeled off 31 victories a year ago and finished the regular season with a No. 2 national ranking.
Whitman, playing its first game since Dec. 8, showed definite signs of rust, committing 27 turnovers and shooting just 34 percent from the floor. White, a sophomore, led the Missionaries with 12 points. Michelle Krall, also a sophomore, added 11 points, six rebounds and three steals. Senior Emily Shubin led Whitman's rebounding efforts with seven boards.
While losing by 28 points, Whitman is not the first Northwest Conference (NWC) team to suffer a one-sided loss to Lewis-Clark State this season. The Warriors posted a pair of 34-point victories over Pacific, beat Whitworth by 42 points and cruised past Lewis & Clark by 21.
Whitman begins NWC play next weekend on the road. The Missionaries play Friday at Willamette (2-7) and Saturday at Linfield (7-2).
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Raquel Morin drilled five 3-pointers and scored 26 points to lead Cascade past Walla Walla 85-52 in Saturday night's final game of the Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic in Sherwood Center.
Both Cascade and Walla Walla finished the tournament with 1-1 records. Host Whitman took the tourney title with a 2-0 mark, while Multnomah Bible College was 0-2.
Whitman senior Emily Shubin, who sparked Whitman's Friday victory over Cascade with 14 points and 15 rebounds, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Shubin saw limited court time earlier today in Whitman's lopsided win over Multnomah, scoring four points and grabbing three rebounds in 14 minutes.
Kristina Francis, a second Whitman senior, was also named to the all-tournament team. She had 20 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in the two games.
Cascade's Morin, along with teammate Te Awhina Aranui, also earned all-tourney honors. Walla Walla's Alexis Glassman and Multnomah's Monica Atkinson rounded out the tournament team.
In Saturday night's finale, Ashleigh Herscher hit a jumper to give Walla Walla a 14-10 lead with 13:28 left in the first half. But Cascade scored the next 25 points, getting a trio of 3-pointers from Morin and two more from Kelsey Stone, to blow the game open.
Up 44-30 by halftime, Cascade needed just three minutes of the second stanza to stretch its lead to 20 points, 54-34, and Walla Walla was unable to mount a challenge the rest of the way.
Cascade's Amy Russell finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Arani snared a game-high 12 boards to with seven steals and six points.
Glassman paced Walla Walla's offense with 16 points. Karen Wheeler added 15 points and nine rebounds.
Box scoreThe Whitman women's basketball team rolled to a 98-22 victory over an inexperienced Multnomah Bible College Saturday afternoon to lay probable claim to the championship of the first Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic in Sherwood Center.
Whitman wins the title outright if heavily favored Cascade College downs Walla Walla University in the tournament finale at 6 p.m. tonight. Cascade, which lost to Whitman yesterday, has beaten Walla Walla twice this season already, once by 28 points and once by 54. Walla Walla ran past Multnomah in Friday's other tournament game.
Whitman, now 6-2 on the season, sent all 15 of its players into today's victory over Multnomah, which is in its first season of varsity competition. The loss dropped the Lions to 1-13 on the season.
Three first-year players led Whitman in scoring. Jenele Peterson tallied a game-high 16 points, and Anna Forge posted her first double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds. Jessica Brice added 11 points, four boards and three steals. The Missionaries also got nine points and five assists from senior Kristina Francis and eight points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals from sophomore Michelle Krall.
Carolyn Barger led Multnomah with seven points. Lizzie Clemen had five points and five rebounds, and Monica Atkinson added four points and three rebounds.
The tournament, which will be an annual event at Whitman, honors the late Kim Evanger Raney, who graduated magna cum laude in 2002 after leading the Missionaries in rebounding in each of her four seasons. Evanger Raney, who died in a bicycling accident earlier this year, played her prep ball at Issaquah (Wash) High School, where she was class valedictorian in 1998 and KingCo Conference 3A Player of the Year.
With the bulk of its non-conference slate now complete, Whitman is off until Sunday, Dec. 30, when it plays NCAA Div. II Lewis-Clark State in Lewiston, Idaho. Whitman then opens Northwest Conference play on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 4-5, with games at Willamette (Salem, Ore.) and Linfield (McMinnville, Ore.).
Box scoreWith senior Emily Shubin collecting 14 points and 15 rebounds, Whitman outworked Cascade 69-50 Friday night to wrap up day one of the Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic in Sherwood Center.
Improving to 5-2 on the season, Whitman pounded the backboards for 51 rebounds, nearly twice as many as the Thunderbirds. The Missionaries led 32-28 at the break, pushed their advantage into double digits by the mid-point of the second half, and then pulled away down the stretch.
"That was a good win against a very athletic team," Whitman coach Michelle Ferenz said. "We were solid at the defensive end, and our offense got better in the second half. It was great to see the kids attack the backboards the way they did. We played with a lot of energy."
Shubin, who found eight of her rebounds on the offensive glass, made seven of 10 shots from the floor and handed out three assists for good measure. "It was Emily's ability to finish around the basket that helped us pull away in the second half," Ferenz said.
Senior guard Kristina Francis added 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists to the Whitman mix. Sophomore Hilary White also tallied 11 points, and first-year point guard Jenele Peterson had 10 points and six assists. Sophomore Michelle Krall just missed a double-double with nine points and nine boards.
Raquel Morin and Robin Swain paced Cascade with 13 and 11 points, respectively. Te Awhina Aranui had nine points and eight rebounds for the Thunderbirds, who slipped to 6-5 on the season.
Cascade held its last lead of the night at 12-10 with 9:01 left in the first half. White's three-point play in the paint put Whitman back on top for good at the 8:21 mark. Poor shooting, from the floor and the free throw line, kept the Missionaries from adding to their lead prior to intermission.
Swain's 3-point bomb to start the second half pulled Cascade to within a point at 32-31. But Whitman outscored the visitors 18-7 over the next nine minutes to grab a 50-38 lead. Shubin fueled the Missionary charge with five buckets and four boards. The Thunderbirds drew no closer than 11 points the rest of the way.
Earlier in the day, in the tournament's opening game, Walla Walla University ran past Multnomah Bible College 84-48. The tournament concludes Saturday with Whitman playing Multnomah at 2 p.m. and Walla Walla facing Cascade at 6 p.m.
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The tournament, which will be an annual event at Whitman, honors the late Kim Evanger Raney, who graduated magna cum laude in 2002 after leading the Missionaries in rebounding in each of her four seasons. Evanger Raney, who died in a bicycling accident earlier this year, played her prep ball at Issaquah (Wash) High School, where she was class valedictorian in 1998 and KingCo Conference 3A Player of the Year.
In ceremonies prior to the game, Whitman athletic director Dean Snider noted that "basketball statistics and academic achievements do not come close to capturing the essence of Kim as a person, or to conveying the positive impact she had on the people who were blessed to know her. A fierce competitor on the basketball floor, she was a joyful, uplifting and inspirational presence off the court. Often described as both a rock and a magnet, Kim attracted all types of people. She was one of those rare individuals with a gift for making people feel better about themselves and about life in general.
"A beautiful, intelligent, talented and giving young woman, Kim enjoyed a life that was much too short," Snider said. "Kim’s Classic is meant to honor her memory and also celebrate the joy she found in the opportunity to be part of a team and play a game she loved." Box scoreAlexis Glassman, a first-year guard, scored 24 points and added nine steals, six assists and five rebounds to lead Walla Walla University to an 84-48 victory over Multnomah Bible College Friday afternoon in the opening game of the Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic in Sherwood Center on the Whitman College campus.
Glassman, who hit 10 of 13 shots from the floor, was one of three Wolves scoring in double figures. Karen Wheeler had 19 points, making eight of 10 shots from the field, and seven rebounds, and Emily Painter combined 14 points with six boards.
Carolyn Barger hit four 3-pointers and topped Multnomah Bible with 18 points. Teammate Monica Atkinson chipped in with 14 points while making four of her five 3-point attempts.
Walla Walla jumped in front early in the game, but the Lions reeled off eight unanswered points to narrow its deficit to 23-17 with 10:03 left in the half. But the Wolves quickly regained control, outscoring their foes 19-8 to close out the half with a 42-17 lead.
Walla Walla continued its hot-shooting to start the second half, notching 18 consecutive points to push its lead past the 30-point mark. The Wolves raised their season record to 3-10, dropping Multnomah Bible to 1-12.
Brianne Bechtel and Lacey Carlson nearly posted double-doubles for Walla Walla. Bechtel had eight points and 10 rebounds, and Carlson finished with nine points and nine boards.
Multnomah Bible faces Whitman, the tournament host, at 2 p.m. Saturday. Walla Walla plays Cascade College at 6 p.m. Saturday.
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First-year players Jenele Peterson and Rebecca Sexton combined for 25 points and senior Kelsey Krumdieck added 13 as Whitman rolled to an 80-25 non-conference victory over Walla Walla University Tuesday night in College Place, Wash.
With Peterson scoring 12 of her game-high 14 points in the first six minutes of play, Whitman took charge from the outset, building leads of 14-2 and 29-6. Improving to 4-2 on the season, the Missionaries were up 38-10 at halftime and maintained control throughout the second stanza.
The loss dropped Walla Walla to 2-10 on the season.
Whitman outrebounded the Wolves 45-25 and forced the home team into 32 turnovers. Senior Emily Shubin grabbed a game-high for 12 rebounds for the Missionaries while scoring six points on just four shots from the floor. Sexton, a 6-foot-3 center, snared eight rebounds to go with her 11 points.
Whitman used all 15 of its players and all but two hit the scoring column. One of those two, sophomore Michelle Krall, chipped in with four assists and four steals.
Alexis Glassman paced Walla Walla with six points. Ashleigh Herscher added five points and six rebounds for the Wolves.
Despite an off night from the 3-point line, Whitman shot 48.6 percent from the floor while holding Walla Walla to a 25 percent shooting performance. The Missionaries made just three of 15 shots from long range, with senior Kristina Francis making two of her three attempts. Peterson was one of two from the 3-point stripe.
Both Whitman and Walla Walla return to action Friday and Saturday when Whitman hosts the inaugural Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic in Sherwood Center. Evanger Raney, who played basketball at Whitman and graduated in May 2002, died in a bicycling accident earlier this year.
Whitman is slated to play Cascade College at 6 p.m. Friday and Multnomah Bible College at 2 p.m. Saturday. Walla Walla plays Multnomah Bible at 2 p.m. Friday and Cascade at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Box scoreA career-high 20 points from sophomore Michelle Krall wasn't quite enough as the Whitman women's basketball team dropped a 68-56 decision to NCAA Div. II Northwest Nazarene University Saturday afternoon in Nampa, Idaho.
Whitman, which trailed by just two points at halftime, saw its early season record slip to 3-2. The veteran Crusaders, who return much of last year's 16-11 squad, ran their record to 4-1.
"Except for one stretch in the second half, we played extremely well," Whitman coach Michelle Ferenz said. "Our kids came to play, and they held their own against a very good scholarship team."
Krall made six of 10 shots from the floor, including two of four from the 3-point line, to tally her game-high 20 points. She also made six of eight free throws and collared five rebounds.
Sophomore Hilary White came off the bench to score 14 points, making eight of 10 free throws. Senior Kelsey Krumdieck added 12 points, making five of eight shots from the floor, and five rebounds.
Northwest Nazarene held the early advantage, jumping in front 17-6 over the first 11 minutes of play. Krall's 3-pointer with five minutes left in the half cut Whitman's deficit to 20-16. White converted three free throws and Krumdieck sank two more in the closing minutes to pull the Missionaries to within 24-22 at the break.
Following Krall's jumper, Whitman trailed 37-33 with 14 minutes left in the second half. But Krista Oliver countered with back-to-back 3-pointers as the Crusaders began pulling away. Katy Sullivan added three more treys over a two-minute span to push NNU's lead to as high as 14 points.
Jumpers by Krall and Rebecca Sexton, a first-year post, trimmed Whitman's deficit to nine and eight points with about five minutes left, but the Missionaries drew no closer the rest of the way.
Northwest Nazarene deployed a balanced attack with six players scoring between eight and 11 points. The taller Crusaders also muscled their way to a 44-28 domination of the backboards.
Whitman continues its non-conference slate when it plays at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Walla Walla University. Whitman then hosts the first Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic next Friday and Saturday in Sherwood Center.
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Leads of nine points in the first half and four points in the second stanza slipped away as the Whitman women's basketball team dropped a 65-56 non-conference decision to Eastern Oregon Monday night in Sherwood Center.
Eastern Oregon, an NAIA Div. II school, outscored Whitman 14-5 over the final 4:48 to account for its final margin of victory. The Mountaineers, defending co-champions of the Cascade Collegiate Conference, ran their early season record to 3-0.
The loss was the first of the season for NCAA Div. III Whitman, which opened play earlier this month with three victories in southern California.
After Eastern Oregon jumped in front 12-2 in the first three minutes of play, Whitman tightened its defense and held the Mounties scoreless for the next eight minutes. Meanwhile, the Missionary offense reeled off 15 unanswered points to put the home team in front 17-12. Kelsey Krumdieck’s three-point play triggered the Whitman surge, which also included five points from Hilary White and four from Emily Shubin.
Michelle Krall’s 3-point bomb, followed by a pair of inside buckets from first-year forward Jessica Brice, gave Whitman its biggest lead of the night at 24-15 with 6:56 left in the first half. But the Mounties rallied behind Tiffanie Ulmer’s 10 points to grab a 31-26 lead at the break.
Whitman regained the upper hand over the first seven minutes of the second half. Jenele Peterson, a first-year point guard, scored eight of her team-high 12 points during a 16-7 run that produced a 42-38 Missionary lead with 13:28 remaining. Kristina Francis added to the push with a pair of 3-pointers.
Eastern Oregon responded with six straight points, but Krall’s trey at the 8:18 mark produced Whitman's last lead of the night at 45-44. Laurie Olsen hit all three free throws after being fouled on a 3-point shot, giving the Mounties a 47-45 advantage. Buckets by Krumdieck pulled Whitman even at 47 and again at 51 with 4:52 left on the clock.
Elise Hawes and Breana Olson nailed 3-pointers as part of a 10-0 run that vaulted Eastern Oregon into the driver’s seat with just under two minutes remaining.
Peterson with 12 points and Krumdieck with 10 were the only Missionaries scoring in double figures. Shubin had nine points and eight rebounds, and Francis added eight points, four assists and four rebounds.
Olsen topped Eastern Oregon with 19 points, while Ulmer added 18 points and nine rebounds. The Mounties also got 12 points from Olson, and Sheena Henderson just missed a double-double with 10 points and eight boards. Eastern Oregon won the rebounding battle 37-23.
Whitman returns to the road this Saturday for a 1:30 p.m. game at Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho.
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In what must have seemed like a home game for a handful of players, the Whitman women's basketball team ran its early season record to 3-0 with a 64-42 thumping of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) in non-conference action Monday evening in Claremont, Calif.
Jenele Peterson, a first-year point guard from Redondo Beach, Calif., tallied all 12 of her points as Whitman bolted to a 31-19 halftime lead. Peterson was five of seven from the floor in the first half, making two of three shots from 3-point range. She did not take any shots after the break.
Hilary White, a sophomore forward from Carlsbad, Calif., took over in the second half, notching 12 of her game-high 15 points as the Missionaries maintained a double-digit lead for all but 19 seconds of the final 20 minutes. White played 23 minutes off the Whitman bench, hitting three of five shots from long distance.
The Missionaries also got 12 points from Kelsey Krumdieck, a senior forward from San Diego, and six points from Michelle Krall, a sophomore wing from Poway, Calif. Emily Shubin, a fifth Whitman player with ties to California, combined seven points with a team-high seven rebounds. Shubin, a senior forward from Bellevue, Wash., transferred to Whitman after playing two seasons of college lacrosse at the University of Southern California and Santa Clara University.
While Whitman leaned heavily on its California connections, CMS got 10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds from Anna Martin, a first-year forward from Seattle's Holy Names Academy. Sasha Goldkorn led the Athenas with 11 points.
Beating CMS for the second time in less than a year, Whitman made a dozen steals while forcing the Athenas into 28 turnovers. Eight Missionaries handed out a total of 14 assists, while CMS was credited with just three.
In a tournament game last December in Spokane, Whitman squeaked past CMS 49-46. The Athenas had an otherwise strong season, notching a 15-10 record overall and placing second in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The SCIAC is California's NCAA Div. III equivalent of Whitman's Northwest Conference.
For the second time in two games, Whitman coach Michelle Ferenz got all 16 of her players into the game. Sophomore post Heather Welch chipped in with four points and two rebounds in nine minutes on the floor.
Whitman plays its home opener next Monday, hosting Eastern Oregon at 6 p.m. in Sherwood Center. The Mountaineers were co-champions of the Cascade Conference a year ago, qualifying for the NCAA Div. II playoffs. Eastern Oregon lost in the first round to finish with a 25-7 record.
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Improving to 2-0 to start the season, the Whitman women's basketball team cruised to a one-sided 60-36 victory over Pomona-Pitzer Saturday afternoon in Claremont, Calif.
Whitman controlled from start to finish, building a 25-11 lead by halftime while holding the Sagehens to just three field goals in the opening 20 minutes of play. All 16 players on the Whitman roster got into the game, and 11 Missionaries broke into the scoring column.
Senior Kelsey Krumdieck paced Whitman with 11 points. Kristina Francis, also a senior, added 10 points, while sophomore Michelle Krall combined nine points with eight assists and five rebounds. Jenele Peterson, a first-year point guard, contributed nine points. Senior Emily Shubin grabbed a game-high nine rebounds, sparking Whitman to a 37-31 edge on the backboards.
"We're still not in sync offensively, but that's typical for this time of year," Whitman coach Michelle Ferenz said. "We're just further along defensively than we are offensively. We did a good job again with the rebounding and defense, and we cut down on the turnovers."
The second half in particular gave Ferenz a chance to see her entire roster, including eight first-year players, in action. "We're just working our way through different combinations and line-ups to see what works and what doesn't," she said.
Whitman's first two games were part of the Tip Off Classic, a tournament hosted by Pomona-Pitzer and La Verne. Whitman's Krumdieck and Shubin were named to the all-tournament team.
Whitman concludes its three-game NCAA Div. III swing through California when it plays at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at 5 p.m. Monday. Following a break for Thanksgiving, Whitman plays its home opener on Monday, Nov. 26, against NCAA Div. II Eastern Oregon. That game begins at 6 p.m. in Sherwood Center.
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The Whitman women's basketball team knocked off the University of La Verne, the defending Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) champion, 53-47 Friday afternoon in the season opener for both schools in La Verne, Calif.
Senior Emily Shubin led the way for Whitman with 11 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Kelsey Krumdieck, also a senior, added 11 points and seven boards for the Missionaries, who outrebounded La Verne 43-26. Kristina Francis, Whitman's third senior, hit for nine points, making four of six shots from the floor.
Sophomore Hilary White gave the Missionaries a huge lift off the bench, just missing a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds in just 16 minutes. She hit all three of her 3-point attempts.
"It wasn't pretty at the offensive end, but we did a great job rebounding, and we played good defense," Whitman coach Michelle Ferenz said. "We had too many turnovers and didn't execute the offense very well, but we did get a lot of players into the game."
La Verne held its last lead at 9-8 with 15:37 left in the first half. After Whitman regained the lead on a Francis 3-pointer, the Missionaries stretched their lead to 23-18 on Krumdieck's three-point play in the paint with 3:45 remaining. Shubin's bucket at the buzzer gave Whitman a 25-22 lead at the break.
The Leopards twice pulled even on the scoreboard early in the second half, but Whitman seized control with an 11-1 spurt that produced a 40-30 Missionary advantage with 12:07 left on the clock. Three-pointers by White and sophomore Michelle Krall fueled the outburst.
A few minutes later, the Missionaries made a second run, scoring 10 unanswered points to grab a 51-33 cushion with 4:34 left to play. With Whitman coach Michelle Ferenz going deep into her 16-player roster, La Verne outpointed the Missionaries 14-2 down the stretch to close the final gap.
Whitman sent 14 players, including six first-year athletes, into the game. The Missionaries shot 45.8 percent from the floor in the first half and finished at 39.6 percent for the game. Whitman made five of its 10 3-point attempts. La Verne shot just 34 percent from the field.
Marissa Raya and Lindsey Shiomi, two All-SCIAC players from a year ago, led La Verne with 18 and 13 points, respectively. Treneca Jones, last season's SCIAC Player of the Year, did not start for the Leopards and finished with five points in 19 minutes.
Whitman's victory over La Verne was its second in as many years. Last December in Walla Walla, Whitman rolled to an 80-58 triumph over the Leopards.
Whitman plays a second SCIAC opponent, Pomona-Pitzer, at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Box scoreSenior Kelsey Krumdieck scored 16 points and sophomore Michelle Krall added 10 to lead the Whitman women's basketball team to a 67-41 exhibition victory over a Whitman alumni squad Saturday night in Sherwood Center.
Sunny Gulberg, a 2002 graduate and Whitman's career leader in 3-point baskets, connected on a pair of long bombs and led the alumni with 10 points. The alumni also got eight points and five rebounds from both Leyla Khastou ('06) and Marcella Weissbeck Ritz ('95), while Lizzy Washburn ('06) chipped in with six points and seven boards. Megan Higgins ('06), Whitman's career leader in assists, handed out three assists to go with seven rebounds.
Krumdieck, a two-time Northwest Conference Player of the Week a year ago, made seven of nine shots from the floor to spark the Whitman varsity's offense. Krall made two of the varsity's five 3-point hoops. Senior Emily Shubin combined six points with six rebounrds, and senior senior Kristina Francis hit a pair of 3-pointers to account for six points. Sophomore Hilary White had four assists and four rebounds.
Rebecca Sexton, a 6-foot-3 first-year center from Fox Island, Wash., made all four of her shots from the floor, finishing with eight points and eight rebounds in 16 minutes on the floor. Kristin Innes, a first-year guard from Kent, Wash., contributed seven points and three boards. Anna Forge, a first-year forward from Walla Walla, snared a game-high nine rebounds in just 11 minutes.
All eight of Whitman's first-year players saw court time. Jenele Peterson, a 5-foot-7 point guard from Redondo Beach, Calif., started for the varsity and had four points, three steals and two assists.
Shea Morrissey ('07) and Laura Vertatschitsch ('06) also played for the alumni. Kalla Vavra, a Whitman junior not playing with the varsity this season because of chronic injuries, and current assistant coach Alyssa Latham also played for the alumni.
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