Marquette & Michigan State in WNIT Finals, WNBA Draft Chances

#4 posting 4.3.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
WNIT
Marquette beat Colorado 86-72. Krystal Ellis (Racine St. Catherine) had 27 for Marquette. Angel Robinson (St. Paul Central) added 17 for Marquette. Hannah Skildum (Mounds View) had 2 for Colorado. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes about the 14 minutes of near perfect basketball.

Michigan State edged North Carolina State 58-57. The State News writes about the Spartans Staying Alive. Mia Johnson (Mpls North) had 17 for Michigan State.

AWARDS
Western Michigan's Tiera DeLaHoussaye (Detroit Country Day) has been named to the Mid American Academic All Conference Team for the second year in a row. Also making the list was Ohio's Lauren Kohn (Adrian, MI).

D2
Alsaska Anchorage's Rebecca Kielpinski (Mandan) was named to the second team All-American by Women's Division II Bulletin. From the Bismarck Tribune.

D3
COACHING NEWS
Kate Gluckman has been hired at Grinnell. From the Des Moines Register.

HIGH FIVE
MICHIGAN--46
Alyssa DeHaan, Michigan State (Grandville) 15 vs North Carolina State 58-57
Jenelle Harris, Marquette (Detroit Renaissance) 13 vs Colorado 86-72
Lauren Aitch, Michigan State (Lansing Waverly) 12 vs North Carolina State 58-57
Svetlana Kovalenko, Marquette (Houghton) 4 vs Colorado 86-72
Marissa Thrower, Marquette (Detroit Renaissance) 2 vs Colorado 86-72
Cetera Washington, Michigan State (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) 2 vs North Carolina State 58-57

WISCONSIN--37
Krystal Ellis, Marquette (Racine St. Catherine) 27 vs Colorado 86-72
Erin Monfre, Marquette (Waukesha South) 6 vs Colorado 86-72
Kelly Lam, Marquette (Brookfield East) 4 vs Colorado 86-72

MINNESOTA--36
Angel Robinson, Marquette (St. Paul Central) 17 vs Colorado 86-72
Mia Johnson, Michigan State (Mpls North) 17 vs North Carolina State 58-57
Hannah Skildum, Colorado (Mounds View) 2 vs Marquettte 72-86

WNBA DRAFT
Wisconsin's Jolene Anderson and Janese Banks have been invited to the WNBA pre-draft workout in Tampa on April 4th and 5th. Also attending will by Samantha Mahoney of Kentucky (West Bloomfield, MI).
Here is the schedule of events leading up to the draft on April 9th.
Here is a look at some prospects in the NCAA and WNIT tournaments.
Lynx coach Don Zierden has a Q&A about the upcoming draft.

Next up: later today with the IBCA Select vs Team Iowa Championship.