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Volume CXXXII, Number 18 |
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March Madness ends for elite women's basketball squad
JENN LARAIA
STAFF WRITER
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| Guard Lora Trenkle '04 drives the lane in Bowdoin's NESCAC Championship victory against the Bates Bobcats. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient) |
After a tough loss in the national quarterfinals, March Madness is over for the Polar Bears. The Bowdoin Women's Basketball Team repeated last year's feat by earning a place in the Elite Eight in the NCAA Division-III Championships. The squad ended the season with a dominating record of 26-3.
After a first-round bye and a convincing victory over Emmanuel (73-50) in the second round, Bowdoin advanced to defeat rival University of Southern Maine in the Sweet Sixteen by a score 64-47.
In the Elite Eight, however, Eastern Connecticut defeated the Polar Bears 58 to 47 and ended up advancing to the championship game. With just under seven minutes to play, it was a two-point game with Eastern Connecticut on top.
Despite strong play from Bowdoin, Eastern Connecticut pulled away to earn a victory, but not without some last-minute scoring attempts by the Polar Bears. Lora Trenkle '04 led the Polar Bears in scoring with 18 points, while Kristi Royer '03 ended her Bowdoin basketball career on a high note, scoring 16 points and crashing the boards for four rebounds.
Alison Smith '05 added five points and led the team in rebounds with 12. Justine Pouravelis '06, Courtney Trotta '04, and Lindsay Bramwell '04 also added to the Polar Bear scoring effort, netting four, three, and one point, respectively.
For their superb performance in the NCAA tournament, both Royer and Trenkle earned selections to the District I All-American team, as well to the D3Hoops.com All-American team. Royer finishes her Bowdoin career with 1,438 points, which places her second on Bowdoin's list of high-scorers. Trenkle, who has one year remaining, has already scored her 1,000th point.
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