Sports
2008-09 SCIAC Women's Basketball Preview
Occidental College, who won their first
title since 1980, was picked in the SCIAC coaches' preseason poll
to repeat as league champions in the 2008-09 season. The
Tigers will return under new leadership in Heidi VanDerveer and
open their season on Friday, Nov. 21 when they host day one of the
Tip-Off Classic.
Head coach Julie Kline and the University of La Verne Leopards were
picked to finish third in the league after claiming the inaugural
SCIAC Women's Basketball Tournament Title last year. SCIAC Head
Coaches selected California Lutheran University and new head coach
Roy Dow as the "dark horse" for the season.
2008-09 players to watch include: LaVerne - Trenecca Jones, Emily
Carillo; Oxy - Brianne Brown, Stephanie Babij; Redlands - Meghan
Yetman, Allie Bueno; Whittier - Kourtney Zilbert, Essence
Scott; CMS - Cameron Hansen, Jennifer Osgood;
Pomona-Pitzer - Dierdre Chew, Rosa Lee; Caltech - Lisa Yee,
Jessica Roberts; Cal Lutheran - Maggie Neville, Nita
Simms.
The complete 2008-09 SCIAC Women's Basketball Coaches' Poll is as
follows (along with last year's record):
- Occidental College (21-6, 12-2 SCIAC)
- University of Redlands (17-9, 10-4 SCIAC)
- University of La Verne (20-8, 11-3 SCIAC)
- Whittier College (12-13, 7-7 SCIAC)
- California Lutheran University (13-12, 8-6 SCIAC)
- Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (4-20, 3-11 SCIAC)
- Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (4-21, 3-11 SCIAC)
- California Institute of Technology (4-21, 2-12 SCIAC)
