Tag: women’s basketball
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WNIT comes to the Kress
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The matchups have been announced for this year’s Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), bringing the first round game for the Phoenix to the UW-Green Bay campus. The team is scheduled to make its NIT debut against Elon at the Kress Events Center at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. Depending on the outcome, a game could…
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Borseth named WBCA D-I Coach of the Year
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Head Coach Kevin Borseth has been named the WBCA DI Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year for the second-straight season. The Phoenix was 16-2 in league contests, clinching its 18th-consecutive Horizon League championship this past season, and claiming the Horizon League tournament crown, as well. The award is given annually to a single coach in…
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‘Coach’ Hammerle can’t shake the title
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Log readers who know her might enjoy this fun story about founding Green Bay women’s basketball coach Carol Hammerle, who still carries the title “coach” despite having retired nearly a decade ago. Now it is with a new sport — pickleball — exploding in retirement communities and considered the fastest growing sport in America. See the…
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Notable in Green Bay athletics this week
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The Green Bay volleyball program welcomed setter Jenna Hoffstatter (Stanley, Wis.) and libero Emily Lautenschlager (Greenville, Wis.) to the 2016 fall roster. They complement setter Maddie Yoss (Brookfield, Wis.) and attacker Hanna Hoesley (Arcadia, Wis.) — who signed National Letters of Intent last November. Assistant men’s basketball coach Ben Swank was selected to the 2016 Under Armour…
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Green Bay’s Monke will graduate early
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From Green Bay athletics late last week, women’s basketball redshirt junior Mariah Monke will forgo her upcoming senior season of eligibility to graduate this May. Monke has spent four seasons on the Phoenix roster and has been a contributing member of two NCAA Tournament teams. She plans to return to her home state of Minnesota…
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And we danced
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March Madness is as much about the run leading up to the games as the games themselves. Even though NCAA action for both the Green Bay men’s and women’s basketball teams ended last Friday, campus personnel enjoyed the run and the pure joy that comes with being a part of a university community that gets…
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Global Phoenix fans show support on social media
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UW-Green Bay asked social media followers where they were watching Green Bay Men’s and Women’s NCAA basketball game on Friday (March 18). Below are a collection of responses from near and far to the #PhoenixRollCall. Friday afternoon the call went out And Phoenix fans near and far responded
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Green Bay’s double OT in Horizon Championship semi-final made for great photo action
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Phoenix fans were on the edge of their seats in the Kress Events Center when the Green Bay women finally overcame Northern Kentucky for a double-overtime victory in the semi-final of the Horizon League tournament. After trailing by as many as 16 points in the first half— its largest deficit this season — the top-seeded…
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Dancing, take two!
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We didn’t just reserve the dancing for the Green Bay men’s basketball program. UW-Green Bay is pretty excited about the Green Bay women’s chances for an upset over eight-time national champion Tennessee. Get those toes tapping and enjoy “Dancing, take two!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8DewVxKPvA&feature=emb_title
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Inside Higher Ed says women would make Sweet 16
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Inside Higher Ed’s 11th annual academic bracket shows the Green Bay women making it to the Sweet 16, based on academic performance. Who knows, they may have won the thing if they hadn’t run into Princeton. Just how do they determine academic acumen? And the men’s team would beat Texas A&M, only to lose to…