MARIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES
NACC
Standings
NACC OVR
1. Concordia Wis. 1-0
4-0
2. Benedictine
1-0 1-3
3. Alverno
1-1 2-1
4. Rockford
0-0 2-1
5. Lakeland
0-0 1-2
6. MSOE
0-0 1-2
7. Wis. Lutheran
0-0
1-2
8. Aurora
0-0 1-3
9. Dominican
0-0 0-4
10. Marian
0-0
0-4
11. Concordia Chi. 0-1
0-2
12. Edgewood
0-1
0-4
Around the
NACC
Saturday, November 30 Time
* Dominican at Marian
4:15
* Rockford at MSOE
4:15
* Aurora at Concordia Wis. 4:15
* Benedictine at Edgewood 4:15
* Concordia Chi. at Lakeland 4:15
* Wis. Lutheran at Alverno
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Wednesday, December 4
* MSOE at Marian
* Alverno at Concordia Chi.
* Wis. Lutheran at Lakeland
* Edgewood at Concordia Wis.
* Rockford at Dominican
* Benedictine at Aurora
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GAME 5: DOMINICAN
VETERAN PRESENCE TO LEAD THE WAY
The Sabres return five players from the 2012-13 squad, led by seniors Dani Huray and
Sarah Albert. Huray tied the single-season record with 123 assists last season, averaging
nearly five helpers per game. Albert, who was the 2011-12 three-point percentage
champion among all divisions, is just 22 three-pointers shy of taking over second place
all-time in Marian laurels.
OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS
Head Coach Bill Peters has named his captains for the 2013-14 season and they are:
Seniors Dani Huray and Sarah Albert, junior Amelia Mirsberger and senior student
assistant coach Kelsey Moore.
WHO ARE YOU, WHO WHO
There are several new faces on the roster this season, nine to be exact. The list of
newcomers features eight freshmen and junior college transfer Sarah Olewinski, who
hails from Waukesha and attended UW-Waukesha a season ago.
Freshmen Molly Kovarik and Jessica Roberts trade in their soccer and volleyball
apparel, respectively, for a basketball uniform. Women’s basketball and women’s hockey
are the only teams on campus with multiple two-sport athletes.
RECORDS MAY FALL
Sarah Albert has shown to be one of the purest shooters in the conference, if not in the
nation. The Howards Grove native averaged 49.6 percent from three-point range in her
first season as a Sabre back in 2011-12. She followed it up with a 42.4-clip last year for a
career average of 45.7 percent.
She needs just 12 three’s, after going 10-for-20 through three games this season, to take
over second place on the all-time list and remains 71 three’s shy of tying Brook Haen
(‘11), who has a program-best 204.
Albert currently holds the career standard in free throw percentage, going 86.1 percent
(99-for-115) in her third season.
PRESEASON POLL
The Marian University women’s basketball team was picked to finish eighth in the 2013-14
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Preseason Poll, as voted on by the NACC head
coaches and sports information directors.
Three-time defending champion Wisconsin Lutheran was the majority pick to repeat
once again, garnering 18-of-the-24 first-place votes for 281 poll points, after going 25-3 a
season ago, including a perfect 17-0 in league play.
2013-14 NACC Preseason Coaches’ and SIDs’ Poll
1. Wisconsin Lutheran (18), 281
2. Concordia Wisconsin (6), 264
3. Benedictine, 226
4. Lakeland, 190
5. Alverno, 186
6. Edgewood, 174
7. Concordia Chicago, 169
8. Marian, 104
9. Rockford, 97
10. Aurora, 74
11. MSOE, 62
12. Dominican, 45
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GAME 5: DOMINICAN
2013-14 Season Preview
he 2013-14 season presents a fresh start for the Marian
University women’s basketball team as a host of
veteran returners look to guide a team loaded with nine
newcomers eager to get the program back to the Northern
Athletics Collegiate Conference tournament for the third time
in four years.
Head Coach Bill Peters, who enters his fourth season
at the helm, was accustomed to making the postseason
after averaging 14 wins in his first two seasons at his alma
mater. Last year was a different story, however, as the Sabres
stumbled to a four-win campaign with a squad that lacked size
and depth.
This year, those issues have been addressed and there’s an
added motivation to get back to where Peters and his leaders
believe the program belongs.
“I expect to get back to the conference tournament, Peters
”
said. “To be .500 and battling for one of the top-eight seeds is
our baseline goal.
”
Three players that started all 25 games last year return to a
lineup that now features more size, depth and overall balance
that the squad lacked. Senior Dani Huray (Little Chute, Wis./
Little Chute), who tied a school record with 123 assists last
season, will share team captain responsibilities with fellow
seniors Sarah Albert (Howards Grove, Wis./Howards Grove)
and Kelsey Moore (Sister Bay, Wis./Gibraltar), as well as,
junior Amelia Mirsberger (New Holstein, Wis./New Holstein).
Huray
leads
a
backcourt that features
a host of ball handlers,
which proves more
important this year
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