Show Taking Care of Unfinished Business f w W 4 s a o s sz z r J lz y 44 a A y The 2003 2002 Lady Bruin Basketball Team Photo courtesy o of the Athletic Dept Women's basketball has goal Get back to the Championship By Elliot Roper Staff Writer Last season some key injuries played a major factor in preventing preventing preventing prevent prevent- ing the women's basketball team from winning a championship This season the bruins will settle for nothing less than their goal of getting back to the championship championship championship cham cham- game Im very optimistic I think that we could make another runt run t for a conference championship much like we did last year said coach Betsy With two early season wins coach is pleased at where the team is and how far they can go this season Since coach took over as the head coach in 1996 the Lady Bruins have won one VAC S Championship had eight Conference All-Conference players two All- All Americans and an overall record of 51 5 I and 56 34 in conference conference conference confer confer- ence play Betsy also knows how important important tant the classroom is Since she took over five of her teams have See See ALLon page page 6 Women's BASKETBALL back in the game been recognized nationally for academic excellence by finishing in the top ten With last years year's overall record of 7 24 and 4 14 in play there were some adjustments with pla players ers leaving and new players comi coming g on Its a whole different look this year I d dont don't nt know that were as athletic c as we were last year but I do think that this team is a little bit more solid in terms of r r. r balance and and scoring said Despite how young this team is with not even one player having having having hav hav- ing more than two years of college college college col col- col- col lege basketball experience they can score and do so in many ways Two weeks ago in a tournament tournament tournament ment against Northland Pioneer sophomore forward Haley Berlin scored 17 points and went 4 for 5 from nom beyond the arc In that same game forward Trisha Williams scored 13 points of her own and didn't miss a free throw going 9 for 9 Before the beginning of the season there were wen a lot of unknowns New players and team chemistry will do that to a s coach Question like How will the handle the pressure at this level Who will emerge as R the leader and go to players on this team As far as the question about the is con concerned e ed coach said she is IS very very happy I c They have learned very quick quick- J ly lYe Our freshman have come in inand inand inand and made some adjustments a amade a made the transition a little bit more quickly than I thought they would and I feel pretty good about it The progress made this last month leaves little roo room for pes pes- a Were probably going to beat a few teams that people dont don't think that we can said The next games for the Lady Bruins are in the Tournament in in Orem playing i Nov 14 The next home games will be t played in the Thanksgiving Tournament on Nov 29 nd Log on to for a F complete schedule of the 2002 03 season C |