WOMEN'S BASKETBALL - UW-Whitewater Athletics

7136 or e-mail tickets@hope.edu. For one day, ticket prices are $15 for reserved adult, $12
for general admission and $10 for student general admission. For two days the prices are $25 for
reserved adult and $20 for general admission. UW-W invites alumni, parents and friends to a pregame
social Friday.
"Both teams battled to get to this point, and battled all game, but is guess that's what it's
supposed to be like this time of year," UW-W coach Keri Carollo said. "It's been a long six years,
but a fun six years. We knew if we got the pieces it would work in time."
DePauw and Whitewater tied the score six times in the first half, but it was always Whitewater
doing the catching up. The Tigers held seven point leads four times, but the Warhawks
finally regained the lead for the first time since 17:46 on a Nicole Bundy three-pointer, making it
42-41 with 1:46 left in the game. Whitewater led 46-44 going in to the locker room.
Neither team could shake the other in a second half that was a clinic in clutch shooting, resulting
in seven more ties. UW-W senior center Lindsey Buechner tied the game at 80-80 on a layup
with 1:45 left. DePauw did not score on its next possession, and UW-W's Dana Thompson made
the score 81-80 with a free throw at 0:33. Senior guard Trisha Thill stole the ball from DePauw,
was fouled, and converted both free throws to give UW-W an 83-80 lead with 0:19 left. That
proved to be the end of the scoring, although DePauw attempted a three to tie the game.
Whitewater had four players score in double figures, led by sophomore guard Kelsey
Hendrickson and sophomore center Tiffany Morton with 15 each. Buechner added 14 points and
sophomore guard Heidi Sonntag 12. Thill had a game high six assists, and Buechner notched a
double-double with ten rebounds.
DePauw junior guard Cassie Pruzin led both teams with 23 points, hitting 7-10 from three point
range. Sophomore forward Jenna Fernandez chipped in with 17 points and a team high six
rebounds. Senior guard Gretchen Haehl scored 16 points, hitting four of five threes. Haehl led
the Tigers with five assists.
DePauw made 11-15 threes (73%), the most a Whitewater opponent has hit this
season. Whitewater kept it close with 19-32 free throws, and countered with a season best 60%
from the floor. DePauw finished the season 28-4.
Whitewater will be advancing to the final four for the second time in school history. UW-W, under
head coach Dianne Jones, advanced to the 1982 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for
Women (AIAW) final four in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. That edition of the Warhawks lost to Mount
Mercy College (IA) 71-60 in the semifinal, then took third with a 61-51 win over Millersville
University (PA).
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