Golden Eagle Women's Basketball
Shawn D. Smith, Sports Information Director • 218-281-8414 (work) • 319-431-2545 (cell) • smithsd@umn.edu Minnesota Crookston 4-3; 1-2 NSIC Head Coach: Mike Roysland At UMC: 59-109 Career: 59-109
Top Players So. F 21 Katrina Moenkedick 14.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg So. G 12 Alexa Thielman 15.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg
Northern State 5-2; 1-2 NSIC Head Coach: Curt Fredrickson At NSU: 728-273 Career: 728-273
Top Players Jr. F 41 Rachel Krogman 16.9 ppg, 9.4 rpg Jr. G 34 Megan Mutchler 13.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg
On Tap For This Weekend
Fri., Dec. 13 Minnesota Crookston at Northern State • 6 p.m. • Wachs Arena Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/northern/wbball/ Live Video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/northern.portal# Sat., Dec. 14 Minnesota Crookston at MSU Moorhead • 6 p.m. • Alex Nemzek Hall Live Stats: http://web.mnstate.edu/livestats/basketball/xlive.htm Live Video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/msum.portal#
Golden Eagle Quick Hits Filling The Void Coming into the season, the two biggest voids the Golden Eagles had to fill were from the graduation of 1,000 point scorer Brittani Wiese at guard and from all-time rebounding leader Laurie Tyson in the post. The Golden Eagles have done a good job at answering both questions so far this year in different ways. At guard, Alexa Thielman (So., G, Buffalo, MInn./Health Science) has had a major part in filling the void of Wiese. Thielman has had two games scoring over 20 this season, including a career-high 30 points in a win against Bemidji State. Thielman comes in averaging 15.3 points per game, which currently leads the team. Thielman had a strong freshman campaign but has improved leaps and bounds so far through the first seven games of her sophomore season. Thielman averaged 6.2 points and 2.6 rebounds as a freshman. In the rebounding department, the Golden Eagles have done things by committee this season but have done a decent job in replacing Tyson’s 7.6 boards per game. UMC ended last season avaraging 39.3 rebounds per game and their leading rebounder was Wiese with 4.3 boards per game. This season, UMC is averaging 39.9 rebounds per contest with Katrina Moenkedick (So., F, Perham, Minn./Early Childhood Education) averaging 6.6 rebounds per game and Thielman averaging 6.0 boards per game. Coming Back From A Pair of Losses The Golden Eagles will look to rebound from a tough weekend at home last time out as they fell to St. Cloud State University and University of Minnesota Duluth. Hit The Road Jack! The University of Minnesota Crookston has had the luxury of playing their first seven games of the year in the friendly confines of Lysaker Gymnasium, this weekend the Golden Eagles will hit the road for the first time this season as they head to Northern State University and Minnesota State University Moorhead. The Golden Eagles will close the 2013 calendar year with three road affairs as they face the Wolves, Dragons and Bemidji State University. Sophomore Class The Golden Eagle sophomore class has played a big role in their success this season, thus far. Moenkedick and Thielman, both sophomores, lead the Golden Eagles in scoring with 15.3 points and 14.6 points per game, respectively. Redshirt sophomore Jaya Perkins (G, Lakeville, Minn./Criminal Justice) has also played a big role averaging 7.4 points, while Christine Thorn (G, St. Michael, Minn./Early Childhood Education) comes in averaging 5.7 points per game and Erika McRoberts (F, Byron, Minn./Health Science) comes in averaging 4.6 points per game.
MSU Moorhead 4-3; 2-1 NSIC Head Coach: Karla Nelson At MSUM: 227-151 Career: 227-151
Top Players Sr. F 50 Megan Strese 12.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg Sr. G/F 33 Morgan Zabel 16.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg
2013-14 Schedule Non-Conference Schedule 11/12 Valley City State Crookston, Minn. W, 63-48 11/15 William Penn Crookston, Minn. W, 91-63 11/19 Mayville State Crookston, Minn. L, 91-69 11/20 Finlandia Crookston, Minn. W, 98-61 11/30 Bemidji State Crookston, Minn. W, 104-84 12/6 Minnesota Duluth Crookston, Minn. L, 88-69 12/7 St. Cloud State Crookston, Minn. L, 85-70 12/13 at Northern State Aberdeen, S.D. 6 p.m. 12/14 at MSU Moorhead Moorhead, Minn. 6 p.m. 12/20 at Bemidji State Bemidji, Minn. 6 p.m. 1/3 Upper Iowa Crookston, Minn. 4 p.m. 1/4 Winona State Crookston, Minn. 4 p.m. 1/10 at #17 Wayne State Wayne, Neb. 6 p.m. 1/11 at #10 Augustana Sioux Falls, S.D. 4 p.m. 1/17 Northern State Crookston, Minn, 6 p.m. 1/18 MSU Moorhead Crookston, Minn. 4 p.m. 1/24 at Minot State Minot, N.D. 6 p.m. 1/25 at U-Mary Bismarck, N.D. 4 p.m. 1/31 at Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, S.D. 6 p.m. 2/1 at SW Minnesota St. Marshall, Minn. 5 p.m. 2/7 U-Mary Crookston, Minn. 6 p.m. 2/8 Minot State Crookston, Minn. 4 p.m. 2/14 #25 Concordia Crookston, Minn. 6 p.m. 2/15 #12 Minnesota State Crookston, Minn. 4 p.m. 2/21 at St. Cloud State St. Cloud, Minn. 6 p.m. 2/22 at Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minn. 4 p.m.