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[Women's Basketball] Trisha Stafford-Odom Introduced As New Concordia Women's Basketball Coach

Brian Gaul — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:45:00 -0600

Concordia University is proud to introduce Trisha Stafford-Odom as the ninth women's basketball coach in program history. Stafford-Odom will take the reins of the program immediately and her first season will be in 2013-14. She takes over an Eagles program that hasn't made the NAIA Tournament since 1997.

[Women's Basketball] Canitez Named NAIA Player of the Year by the WBCA

Sheri Pine — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:35:00 -0600

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - For the second year in a row, Tugce Canitez has been named the NAIA Player of the Year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. On Monday evening, Canitez received the award at the WBCA Awards Ceremony in New Orleans where she was accompanied by Westmont head coach Kirsten Moore.

[Women's Basketball] In the Times

Sheri Pine — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:50:00 -0600

Nationally syndicated columnist Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times has written a story about Coach Kirsten Moore and the NAIA Champion Westmont Women's Basketball Team which appears in today's Easter Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times, along with photos from Los Angeles Times photographer Mel Melcon.

[Women's Basketball] Westmont Women Win It All

Sheri Pine — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:20:00 -0600

FRANKFORT, Ky. - (Box Score |Bracket | Postgame Comments-Video) Westmont captured the program's first-ever national championship tonight with a 71-65 win over Lee (Tenn.) in the championship final of the 2013 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship at the Frankfort Convention Center.

[Women's Basketball] Westmont Advances to NAIA Women's Basketball Championship Game

Mike Daniels — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:35:00 -0600

And then there were two. Westmont (Calif.) closed the most defensive Fab Four in NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championships history with a 59-49 upset of top-ranked Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) to advance to its first NAIA title game in program history.

[Women's Basketball] Westmont Women in First-Ever NAIA Semifinal

Sheri Pine — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:10:00 -0600

The Westmont women's basketball team will make its first-ever appearance in the NAIA Div. I Women's Basketball National Championship against No. 1-ranked Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) on Monday, March 18, at 8:00 pm (Eastern)/5:00 pm (Pacific).

[Women's Basketball] Warriors Defend Their Way to the Semifinals

Sheri Pine — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:55:00 -0600

In the lowest scoring game in NAIA Women's Basketball Division I National Tournament history, Westmont (28-4) avenged a loss earlier in the season to Westminster of Utah (29-4). The Warriors defeated the Griffins 39-36 in the quarterfinal match-up to advance to Monday's semifinal game against Freed-Hardeman of Tennessee (34-1).

[Women's Basketball] Hot Kentucky Tamales

Nicolette Kirkland — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:30:00 -0600

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Vanguard's Russ Davis, one of the NAIA's most successful coaches, has been known to bring nearly as much intensity on the sideline as his teams do on the floor. On Friday, however, in the 2013 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championships, he got to relax a little as his squad coasted past William Woods (Mo.) (26-7), 85-60, to punch its ticket to the quarterfinal round of the tournament.

[Women's Basketball] Westmont Front Court Shines in Second Round Win

Sheri Pine — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:35:00 -0600

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Westmont (27-4) forwards combined for 57 points as the number-one seeded Warriors posted a 77-70 win over fourth-seeded Rogers State of Oklahoma (24-10) in the second round of the NAIA Women's Basketball National Tournament. As a result of the win, the Warriors advance to tomorrow's quarterfinals where they will meet second-seeded Westminster of Utah (29-3).

[Women's Basketball] Warriors Advance to Second Round

Sheri Pine — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:45:00 -0600

FRANKFORT, Ky. - On a day when Westmont (26-4) struggled with its shooting accuracy, Tugce Canitez came through big for the Warriors by posting 27 points, pulling down 12 rebounds and dishing off six assists. As a result, number one seed Westmont got past eighth-seeded Cumberlands of Kentucky (18-13) by a score of 63-58 in the first round of the NAIA National Women's Basketball Tournament.

[Women's Basketball] Feral Lions Finish Hornets in NAIA First Round

Nicolette Kirkland — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:10:00 -0600

FRANKFORT, Ky. – No. 8 Vanguard (24-3) took care of business in its first round contest with No. 26 Southern Poly (Ga.) (25-6) at the 33rd Annual NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship, defeating an athletic Hornets' squad 82-76 in regulation.

[Women's Basketball] Vanguard Women Win GSAC Tournament Championship

Sheri Pine — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600

IRVINE, Calif.– The NAIA's No. 8-ranked Vanguard held No. 3 Westmont scoreless over the final 5 minutes of play, and Esther Timmermans scored 6 of the game's final 7 points to lead the Lions to a 63-57 upset of regular-season champion Westmont in the championship game of the Golden State Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at CU Arena on the campus of Concordia, Tuesday evening.

[Women's Basketball] Canitez Earns Fourth and Final NAIA Player of the Week Honors

Sheri Pine — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:00:00 -0600

KANSAS CITY, Mo - Tugce Canitez of Westmont (Calif.) has been named the NAIA National Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Canitez, who is the final weekly honoree for the 2012-13 season, was selected based on her performances from Feb. 25 - March 3 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/unaffiliated group winners.

[Women's Basketball] Westmont Women Headed to Championship Game

Ron Smith — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:15:00 -0600

The Hawks of San Diego Christian (17-15) brought something a little different into Murchison Gymnasium on Friday night for their game with top-seeded and third-ranked Westmont (25-3). In the end, however, the bottom line looked familiar as the Warriors prevailed 62-47 in the Golden State Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament semifinal game.

[Women's Basketball] Women's Hoops Advances to GSAC Championship Game

Nicolette Kirkland — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:45:00 -0600

COSTA MESA, Calif. - Vanguard earned the right to play in the regionally televised Golden State Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship with its 78-55 win over sixth seed Biola University on Friday evening. All-GSAC senior forward Esther Timmermans (Melbourne, Australia) paced the Pride with 22 points and seven rebounds.