Three Championships, MVC All Conference, No Hope

#2 posting 3.17.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
HORIZON CHAMPIONSHIP
Cleveland State beat Wright State 70-56. Dominique Butler (Milw Madison) had 16 for CSU.

IVY CHAMPIONSHIP
Cornell beat Dartmouth 64-47. Kristen Craft (Marshalltown, IA) had 13 fro Dartmouth.

MISSOURI VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP
Illinois State beat Drake 70-62. Nicole Lewis (Muskego, WI) did not score for ISU. Jill Martin (Norwalk, IA) had 16 and Lauren Dybing (St. Croix Lutheran) had 5 for Drake.

ALL TOURNAMENT
UWM's Traci Edwards (Menasha, WI) was named to the Horizon All Tournament team.

ALL CONFERENCE
The Missouri Valley Conference has released their all conference list.
Creighton had three players on the list, Drake also had three.
Missouri State had two one of which was Maggie Dwyer (Grand Haven, MI) who was named newcomer of the year.
Northern Iowa had one and that one is Jacqui Kalin (Sioux City North) was named freshman of the year.

BANQUET AWARDS
Jocelyn Anderson (Prairie Valley, IA) was honored with the Cyclone Pride Award Sunday evening at the Iowa State women’s basketball banquet.

NCAA
The Gophers are getting ready for the NCAA tournament--they hope. From the StarTribune.

Iowa State figures to get in. From the Des Moines Register.

HIGH FIVE
IOWA--33
Jill Martin, Drake (Norwalk) 16 vs Illinois State 62-70
Kristen Craft, Dartmouth (Marshalltown) 13 vs Cornell 47-64
Kelsey Keizer, Drake (Okoboji) 4 vs Illinois State 62-70

WISCONSIN--29
Dominique Butler, Cleveland State (Milw Madison) 16 vs Wright State 70-56
Brittany Korth, Cleveland State (Clinton) 13 vs Wright State 70-56

MINNESOTA
Lauren Dybing, Drake (St. Croix Lutheran) 5 vs Illinois State 62-70

D2
NORTH CENTRAL
MSU Mankato is hoping the third time is a charm with their championship game with South Dakota today. From the Mankato Free Press.

D3
Hope College will be hosting the final four, but there will be no Hope. Howard Payne of Texas beat Hope 53-49. From the Holland Sentinel.

NAIA
Northwestern, IA beat Black Hills State 91-69 on Saturday. From the Rapid City Journal.

Three Great Plains Athletic Conference teams are still standing in the NAIA final four. From the Sioux City Journal.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
United Tribes finished 0-season in the Mon-Dak Conference. This weekend they beat Turtle Mountain Community College 77-68 in the title game of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium tournament. From the Bismarck Tribune.

Next up: later today with the grab bag