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GAME 6: MSOE
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
with the newly added
10-second
backcourt
rule. A great distributor
in her own right, Huray
won’t be relied on as
heavily as the team’s
point
guard
with
the new addition of
junior-