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Morningside used a torrid 65 percent second half shooting display to pull away for a 72-57 women’s basketball victory over the University of Sioux Falls in a Saturday GPAC matinee in Sioux Falls, S.D.
The Mustangs, ranked 12th nationally in the latest NAIA Division II poll, climbed to 16-9 overall and 9-5 in the GPAC.
Tanaeya Worden and Chelsie Trask shared Morningside scoring honors with 20 points. Brittany Williamson was next with 11 points, including nine in the second half, and Roni Miller contributed 10 points off the bench. The Mustangs also received solid bench production from Katie Sponder, who scored nine points to go along with a team-high seven rebounds, three steals, and two assists.
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 Morningside College is ranked 12th in the nation in the NAIA Division II women’s basketball poll released on Monday.
The Mustangs, the reigning NAIA Division II National Champions, are ranked 12th for the second week in a row.
Morningside won its only game last week with a 72-57 triumph at the University of Sioux Falls to climb to 16-9 on the season. It was the Mustangs’ 16th consecutive victory against Sioux Falls.
Morningside is one of five teams from the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) ranked in the NAIA Top 25. Hastings College is ranked No. 1, Northwestern College is fourth, Briar Cliff University is fifth, and Concordia University is 25th.
Morningside will face Northwestern in a 6 p.m. game on Wednesday in Orange City, Iowa.
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Dani Gass |
Two of the greatest women’s basketball players in Morningside College history were honored prior to the start of the Mustangs' game against Dakota Wesleyan University on Nov. 24 when the college retired the jerseys worn by Autumn Bartel and Dani Gass.
Bartel and Gass were the standouts for a 2008-09 Morningside team that ranks as one of the all-time best in NAIA Division II history. They led the Mustangs to a 38-0 record and the NAIA II National Championship as Morningside became only the second team in history to capture the NAIA II national title with an undefeated record. Morningside had a combined record of 121-22, won four Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular season championships, and won two GPAC post-season tournament championships during their four-year careers. Morningside was undefeated over the final 55 regular season games of their careers.
Both players were named to the 2009 NAIA II All-America first-team. Gass was also named the NAIA Division II National Player of the Year and the GPAC Player of the Year, while Bartel was named the Most Valuable Player of the NAIA II National Tournament and was last year’s GPAC Defensive Player of the Year.
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