Bethel College Women's Basketball

The women’s basketball team showed much improvement from previous years, finishing with a 6-12 KCAC record, 13-16 overall.

The Lady Threshers showed heart throughout the season, with several games determined by only a few points, including three in overtime. The team started the season at 8-4 and looked comfortable on the court despite only having two seniors on the squad.

After losing to Bethany College twice in the regular season, Bethel defeated the Swedes in the first round of the KCAC Tournament before losing to Southwestern College in the quarterfinals.

Three players received All-KCAC Honors. Amanda Hiebert, freshman from Newton, was named Freshman of the Year and was selected to the KCAC First Team and All-Freshman team. Hannah Blackburn, sophomore from Kingman, was selected to the KCAC Honorable Mention Team. Angela Wood, freshman from Wichita, also made the All-Freshman Team.

The team loses two seniors, Dana Rathbun, Bennington, and Tara Goerzen, Goessel. Rathbun is a three-year letter winner as well as a 2007 NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete. Goerzen was a transfer from Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo., this year.

View the 2008 summer sports camp schedule and download registration forms.

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I am really excited about this upcoming year. I feel like we are going to surprise a lot of teams with our talent. We have players that actually want to play and hopefully we can put everything together and be at the top of the conference this year. — Hannah Blackburn