Bethel College Women's Basketball

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Season Preview

Returning nine letter winners and all five starters from one of the youngest teams in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) has raised the bar of expectations for 2009-10. Last year’s team ended the season with a 11-13 record, a fourth straight year of improvement under Coach Mark Fox and his staff.

Returning starters are senior forward Hannah Blackburn, Kingman, junior forward Amanda Hiebert, Newton, junior guard Angela Wood, Wichita, junior guard Rachael Bachman, Emporia, and junior guard Krishna Phifer, Humble, Texas.

Blackburn was named to the All-Conference team. She averaged 14.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game last season, good for 6th and 1st respectively in the KCAC. Hiebert averaged 13 points and 5.7 rebounds before going down with a season-ending knee injury in the 9th game of the year. Wood returns off a season in which she averaged 12.1 points per game, good for 12th in the conference, while connecting on 85% of her free throw attempts, which placed her 2nd in the KCAC. Bachman also sustained a knee injury that limited her number of games, but she still managed to average 8.5 points and 4 rebounds per game. Phifer and Jessica Muckenthaler, junior from Emporia, split time at the point guard spot – each doing a very good job of running the team. Phifer averaged 5.3 points per game, and the coaches are looking for her to elevate her ability to run the show and lead what could be a very exciting offense.

Two other returning juniors are Holly Anthony, Sterling, and Kelsie Wilson, Dodge City. Both saw significant time last year and gained valuable experience which will add to the depth of the team this year. Anthony was 2nd on the team in rebounding, while Wilson led the team in charges taken.

Returning sophomores include forward Jordyn Blanson, Oklahoma City, and twin guards Brittney and Brandi Moral from Ulysses. All three will be asked to raise their level of contributions as they’ve had a year to adjust to college basketball and the always rugged KCAC.

Fox and his staff welcome five new faces to the program, four freshmen and one transfer. Samantha Askew, 6’transfer from Dodge City Community College, brings added size and strength into the post along with a background of success in the Jayhawk conference. Freshmen Jerri Dawn Sumner, Ochelata, Okla.; Sabrina Westmoreland, Springdale, Ark.; Lindsay Waltner, Freeman, S.D.; and, Rachelle VanGundy, Emporia, will all add valuable depth as each brings a unique skill-set to the team.

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I’m really excited for the upcoming year; everyone seems to be meshing well with strong leadership from the upperclassman. Our team has grown together through adversity, but it has taught us perseverance and determination. We are excited to have a group of girls that are committed to O.N.E. common goal.— Rachael Bachman