Lady Raider Basketball Opens 2007-08 Season With Wolf's Bus Lines Tournament
Nov. 14, 2007
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - The Shippensburg University
women's basketball team opens its 2007-08 season at home on Friday and Saturday
by hosting the 10th annual Wolf’s Bus Lines Tournament at Heiges Field
House. The tournament begins on Friday with two games beginning at 4:00 p.m.,
and 6:00 p.m., and ends with the consolation and championship games on Saturday
at the same times, respectively.
The Lady Raiders will welcome Hillsdale from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (GLIAC), Tiffin, an independent member of Division II,
and West Virginia Wesleyan of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (WVIAC).
Hillsdale will play West Virginia Wesleyan at 4:00 p.m., on Friday followed
by Shippensburg versus Tiffin at 6:00 p.m. The two winners will then play
in the championship game on Saturday at 6:00 p.m., after the consolation
game at 4:00 p.m.
Both of Shippensburg's games on Friday and Saturday will broadcast live on
Shippensburg University student radio station WSYC 88.7 FM and on the internet
at raiders.ship.edu.
Shippensburg enters the season after posting a five-game improvement over
their record from the 2005-06 season and will look to parlay last year’s
17-11 overall record into a second-straight appearance in the PSAC Women’s
Basketball Championship and 13th in the last 14 seasons.
With the return of six letterwinners, highlighted by senior Megan Fogle (Wrightsville/Eastern
York) and sophomore Lauren Beckley (Fairfield/Fairfield), as well as the
addition of two talented newcomers, the Lady Raiders are expected to be a
serious contender for the program’s league-leading seventh PSAC championship.
“The leadership and skill of Megan and Lauren should carry us a long way,” said
head coach Kristy Trn. “They have the best experience on the team and
will be called upon to help their younger, less experienced teammates learn
and grow.”
Tiffin enters their first season of full-fledged membership in Division II
this season after going 14-15 a year ago in NAIA. The Lady Dragons will compete
as an independent before entering the GLIAC for the 2008-09 season. Head
Coach Pam Oswald takes over the reigns for Tiffin this year and brings along
successful Division II experience from Wheeling Jesuit where she served as
an assistant coach for the past three seasons.
The Lady Dragons are led by junior guard Kylene Spiegel who led the team
in scoring (12.1 avg.), assists (4.7 avg.) and steals (1.9 avg.) last season.
She was chosen as a Preseason All-Independent selection by the Independent
Collegiate Athletic Association (ICAA) after earning All-ICAA honors following
her freshman and sophomore seasons.
Hillsdale is guided by head coach Claudette Charney, who returns for her
sixth season and will be working with a revamped team that has to find a
way to replace seven letterwinners and six seniors from last year's team
that finished with a 19-9 overall record and advanced to the finals of the
GLIAC Women's Basketball Championship.
The Chargers were picked to finish second in the 2007-08 GLIAC preseason
poll and received three first-place votes while senior forward Julie Slot
was picked for the South Division Preseason All-GLIAC Team. Slot is the team's
leading returning scorer and rebounder from a year ago when she averaged
5.8 points and 2.0 rebounds.
West Virginia Wesleyan returns three of its top four scorers from last season,
led by All-American candidate Sarah Van Horn who was second on the team in
scoring at 18.2 points per game while leading the team in rebounding, averaging
9.1 per contest. The Bobcats were picked to finish eighth out of 16 teams
in the WVIAC Women's Basketball Coaches' Poll after going 11-16 overall and
9-9 in the WVIAC.
Head coach Steve Tierney returns for his sixth season at West Virginia Wesleyan
and in addition to Van Horn, also welcomes the return of senior guards Brandi
Wynn and Lucia Darling who ranked third and fourth, respectively, on the
team in scoring behind Van Horn. Wynn averaged 10.8 points while Darling
posted 9.7 per game.
Wolf’s Bus Lines, a hallmark of motorcoach transportation in South
Central Pennsylvania since 1947, is a family-owned business that now continues
its operation in the third generation of family. The company is celebrating
its 60th anniversary this year. For more information, please visit the Wolf's
Bus Lines Web site at http://www.wolfbus.com/
Above, left to right: Head
Coach Kristy Trn, senior guard Megan Fogle, sophomore forward Lauren
Beckley, and Tracy Wolf, Vice President of Wolf's Bus Lines, Inc.
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