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Lady Saints end a record breaking season Basketball team goes down in Carroll history By Shawn Baune Staff Reporter Dreams were accomplished. Then they were crushed in one night. The Carroll College Lady Saints were invited to the 24th Annual NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament despite losing in the semifinals of the Frontier Conference tourna ment. Their high hopes were quickly put down when they lost in the first round of the tourna ment. The Saints won their first regu lar season conference champi onship in 25 years by finishing the regular season 12-2 in confer ence play and 26-5 overall. This record had Carroll ranked No. 23 in the NAIA power poll before the team’s final game at the Frontier Conference tournament. At the Frontier Conference tournament held in the Butte Civic Center, Carroll was upset by No. 4 ranked Lewis-Clark State in the semifinal round. Just as the first two meetings between these teams were extremely close, so was the semifinal game at the tournament. Carroll won the first two games against Lewis-Clark State 72-69 and 78-68, respectively. The third meeting would have Lewis-Clark State defeating Carroll 72-71. Not winning the Frontier Conference tournament wouldn’t be enough to keep the Saints out of the national tournament, how ever, as they received an at-large bid to enter the national tourna ment for the first time in Carroll College women’s basketball histo ry. The national tournament was held in Jackson, Tenn., and con sisted of 32 of the nation’s top basketball teams with four eight- team brackets. The Saints drew the 7 seed of their bracket and played 2 seed Brescia University (27-5), located in Kentucky. Carroll’s first appearance was an unsuccessful one as they lost in this first round game to Brescia 56-64. Carroll stuck with Brescia through the first half until the end, when Brescia gained a four-point advantage before the half. Brescia expanded on this lead in the sec ond half to win by 8 points. According to Melissa Linder, news reporter for The Jackson, a Tennessee newspaper, Carroll coach Shawn Nelson said, “We had the chance to win but didn’t box out,” referring to the extra shot opportunities that Brescia was given by the offensive rebounds Carroll gave up to them. The first half had Carroll see ing many second and third oppor tunities whereas the second half was not as forgiving. This was unfortunate as Carroll shot only 30 percent from the field for the game while Brescia shot 42 per cent. According to Linder, Nelson commented on the loss by saying, “This is a learning experience for our program. We missed out on a big opportunity.” This had Carroll ending the season 28-7. It also, however, had Carroll gaining respect from Brescia coach, Marty Rowe, who asked Nelson after the game if he could find a date for the two teams to play each other next sea son. Cheerleading tryouts Spring-ball kicks off By Bobby Lewis Staff Reporter Cheerleading tryouts will be held Sunday, April 18, at 1:30 p.m. in the Carroll College gym. According to Pam Jones, coach of the coed cheerleading team, there will be 10 to 12 girls on the team as well as six to eight guys. This year there will be a greater focus on gymnastic abili ty and Jones said she is “looking for people with skills like hand stands, back handsprings, cart wheels, and back tucks.” “This will be a full tryout that will require current team mem bers to tryout”, said Jones. The tryout will consist of a short routine that will be evaluated on dance, cheering, and flexibility. Last year the cheer team accompanied the Fighting Saints football team to the National Championship game and attend ed an out-of-state camp over the summer. Several current team members said the camp was informative and helpful in improving their skills. On the day of the tryouts there will be a cheerleading workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. For further informa tion contact the athletic depart ment at 447-4480. By Kayla Corrigan Staff Reporter The national champions started hitting pads and running lines prepar ing for the much-anticipated football season coming up. The champs began practicing again on Thursday, March, 18. They’re not only get ting ready for the next season, but for a fun-filled afternoon of scrim mages in April. “We did it two years ago and it was a great success.” Carroll’s head coach Mike VanDiest said about the scrimmages planned for April, 17. There will be two games the afternoon of Saturday, April 17. The games will be held in Nelson Stadium. Kick off for the Grizzlies will be at noon. The Fighting Saints’ kick off will follow directly after the Grizzly scrimmage. The Grizzlies are even bringing their mascot, Monty to Helena with them. There will be tailgating and barbeques on the lawn outside the stadium after the game. Ticket prices are yet to be decided. Back i n Action Carroll Angels approved By Annie McCarvel Intern Reporter The Athletic Department has recently approved the Carroll Angels. The Carroll Angels will be a dance squad similar to the University of Montana’s Sugar Bears. They will perform on the sidelines and at halftimes of ath letic events. This hip-hop/jazz based group will begin perform ances in the fall of 2004. There will be a workshop and tryouts for anyone to attend. The workshop will be held Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the RE. Center gym. The workshop is offered to teach a two-minute dance rou tine necessary for the tryout. Tryouts will be held Thursday, April 15 from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., also in the P.E. Center. For more information please contact Kate Phipps at 447- 4596. READY TO RUMBLE As next Fall rapidly approaches, the Fighting Saint’s football team sets their sights on the first game of the 2004 season. Congratulations on an amazing season Lady Saints!!! WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2004 VOLUME 87, NO. 6
