Washburn cruises into women’s championship
Conor Nicholl
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — I recently finished reading famous sports broadcaster Dick Enberg’s autobiography “Oh My!”
Back in the 1970s, Enberg was the television voice of the UCLA Bruins – the same Bruins that won nine championships in 11 years.
Enberg talked about how UCLA exuded confidence – every time they stepped on the floor, everyone knew they were going to win.
I have that feeling with the Washburn University women’s team. No one can stop this squad. The Lady Blues are the defending national champions and have won 48 straight games. Few teams can even compete with them.
Today, in the first game of Day 2 action, Washburn defeated No. 5 Missouri Western 73-60 in a game that really wasn’t that close. The Lady Blues took the lead at the 15:13 mark of the first half and led comfortably throughout.
Mo. West tried to make a comeback, but it just seemed everybody knew who was going to advance to final. In the parity-driven MIAA, Washburn is the only team that laps the field. No. 2 Emporia State University dominated teams for most of the season, but even they are vulnerable to a loss.
This afternoon, ESU couldn’t get their last shot to fall and fell to No. 3 Central Missouri State University by three points, 63-60.
While teams like ESU and CMSU have terrific players, no one can match the Washburn’s overall talent.
No player in the MIAA – or possibly Div. II – is as fast as Lady Blues guard Jennifer Harris, the unanimous conference MVP. The New Jersey transfer finished with 27 points, many of them coming off steals or lightning-fast dribble-drives.
They also have senior point guard April Roadhouse – she can do more without scoring points than possibly any collegiate player I have seen.
She finished with a team-high nine rebounds, four assists and just two points (on free throws in the 80 seconds) and exercised calm over the entire team on the offensive and defensive ends.
Similar to Truman’s Chip Sodemann, Roadhouse exudes confidence and experience. She doesn’t turn the ball over and plays tremendous defense.
Brooke Ubelaker and Amanda Holmes are also very talented players who can score in double figures and rebound very well.
No team can beat that squad-not tomorrow and probably not this season.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — I recently finished reading famous sports broadcaster Dick Enberg’s autobiography “Oh My!”
Back in the 1970s, Enberg was the television voice of the UCLA Bruins – the same Bruins that won nine championships in 11 years.
Enberg talked about how UCLA exuded confidence – every time they stepped on the floor, everyone knew they were going to win.
I have that feeling with the Washburn University women’s team. No one can stop this squad. The Lady Blues are the defending national champions and have won 48 straight games. Few teams can even compete with them.
Today, in the first game of Day 2 action, Washburn defeated No. 5 Missouri Western 73-60 in a game that really wasn’t that close. The Lady Blues took the lead at the 15:13 mark of the first half and led comfortably throughout.
Mo. West tried to make a comeback, but it just seemed everybody knew who was going to advance to final. In the parity-driven MIAA, Washburn is the only team that laps the field. No. 2 Emporia State University dominated teams for most of the season, but even they are vulnerable to a loss.
This afternoon, ESU couldn’t get their last shot to fall and fell to No. 3 Central Missouri State University by three points, 63-60.
While teams like ESU and CMSU have terrific players, no one can match the Washburn’s overall talent.
No player in the MIAA – or possibly Div. II – is as fast as Lady Blues guard Jennifer Harris, the unanimous conference MVP. The New Jersey transfer finished with 27 points, many of them coming off steals or lightning-fast dribble-drives.
They also have senior point guard April Roadhouse – she can do more without scoring points than possibly any collegiate player I have seen.
She finished with a team-high nine rebounds, four assists and just two points (on free throws in the 80 seconds) and exercised calm over the entire team on the offensive and defensive ends.
Similar to Truman’s Chip Sodemann, Roadhouse exudes confidence and experience. She doesn’t turn the ball over and plays tremendous defense.
Brooke Ubelaker and Amanda Holmes are also very talented players who can score in double figures and rebound very well.
No team can beat that squad-not tomorrow and probably not this season.
posted by Anonymous at Saturday, March 04, 2006
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