George Fox women's basketball news

  • Coppolino steps down at George Fox
    March 01, 2023
    In April 2019, Michael Coppolino went from New York to Oregon to take over a Division III women's basketball program with a history of success, but history did not repeat itself.
  • All-Decade: Celebrating the best of the best
    July 27, 2020
    At a time when most headlines describe what has been lost, we could all use something to celebrate. Here's our second ever All-Decade team honoring the greatest Division III women's basketball players over the past 10 years. Men will follow later in the year.
  • Sensible Sports Marketing/Sport Tours Selections Special
    March 01, 2020
    86 tickets have been punched to the Division III NCAA tournaments. 42 spots remain for the two championships. Who do we think makes it and who is likely to stay home? You can watch the Hoopsville Special On Demand here.
  • Saturday women: Back where we began
    February 29, 2020
    Remember when UW-Oshkosh, George Fox, Emmanuel and Christopher Newport were ranked to start the season? Their rankings are gone, but their seasons will keep going after winning titles on Saturday. Plus there were great finishes in the Centennial and ASC title games.
  • Hoopsville Podcast: May Edition
    June 06, 2019
    It may be the offseason, but we are still hard at work keeping track of what is going on in Division III basketball. This month, hear from two coaches who made unexpected job changes plus we dive into what is going on in the MIAC. It is the May Edition (in early June) of the Hoopsville Podcast!
  • Bruins look to the Sky(line) for next coach
    April 26, 2019
    Michael Coppolino will move from Newburgh (N.Y.) where he led Mount St. Mary back to prominence in the Skyline to Newburg (Ore.) where he'll be charged with keeping George Fox as national title contenders.
  • George Fox coach jumps to D-I
    March 27, 2019
    Michael Meek has become the fifth Division III women's basketball head coach to jump directly to a Division I head coaching job in a little more than 24 months, as the George Fox coach will make a short trip to the University of Portland.
  • First round: Saints rally, Thunder roll
    March 02, 2018
    Marymount rallied from a four-point deficit to beat MIT while Trine and George Fox won their first round showdowns with ranked foes. Elsewhere Amherst's defense set a new record and Ithaca ousted SUNY Geneseo.
  • Women's top 25 poll released
    February 12, 2018
    Winners of 18 consecutive games, Rose-Hulman enters the Top 25 for the first time in program history. Plus the gap between George Fox and Whitman narrows and Chicago inches toward the Top 10. Get the latest Top 25 ranking here.
  • Saturday women: Let's wrap this up
    February 10, 2018
    No. 8 DePauw rallied past Kenyon to win its sixth NCAC title in seven years, No. 13 Scranton secured the top spot in the Landmark and No. 1 Amherst completed another perfect regular season. Meanwhile a win for George Fox and a loss for Ohio Northern kept the NWC and OAC races interesting entering the final week of the season.
  • Women's top 25 poll released
    January 29, 2018
    Last week's losses shake up this week's rankings as Marymount and George Fox return to the poll and Wisconsin Lutheran makes the Top 25 for the first time ever. How far did Bowdoin fall after losing to Amherst? How much did Chicago rise after winning at Rochester? Check the full list to find out.
  • Balanced Bruins ready for battle
    January 10, 2018
    If you’re a believer in recent history, the winner of Friday’s Whitman-George Fox game will win rest of its regular-season games. And if you're a George Fox fan, you're hoping the Bruins' balance carries the day. Nathan Ford has more in Around the West.
  • Saturday women: UR snaps Saints' streak
    November 18, 2017
    Rochester ended Thomas More's regular-season winning streak that lasted almost five years while Bowdoin handed St. Thomas its first regular-season loss in two years. Elsewhere Wisconsin Lutheran's most prominent basketball family had a big day and George Fox knocked off Trinity (Texas).
  • Hoopsville: Crunch Time
    February 16, 2017
    Regional rankings show teams moving around. Regular season games are wrapping up; conference tournaments are beginning. It is crunch time in Division III. On Hoopsville, Dave McHugh talks to teams that are either leading their conference or trying to shake things up as the season concludes. Almost all of them do not know if they will be playing in March. Watch the show On Demand.
  • Ten more elite point guards
    February 03, 2017
    In December Ryan Scott gave you his list of the top 10 point guards in Division III basketball. You suggested some others and so Ryan returns with 10 more elite point guards with several from teams that traditionally get less attention, like UC Santa Cruz.
  • Thomas More vacates 2015 national title
    November 15, 2016
    The Thomas More women’s basketball program received sanctions and probation stemming from violations occurring in 2014, including revoking the program’s 2014-15 Division III women’s basketball national championship.
  • Fancy meeting you here
    March 29, 2016
    After leading George Fox to a national championship in 2009, Scott Rueck built Division I Oregon State from a team with just two players to a Final Four participant. In honor of his stellar season and in preparation for the weekend's festivities in Indianapolis, here is a link to our story on the Bruins' perfect run to the Division III title in 2009.
  • 2016 women's tournament preview
    March 04, 2016
    Three undefeated teams enter the 2016 NCAA tournament, including both of last year's national finalists. Is Scranton's return to glory complete? Can George Fox get back to the national semifinals without a home game? Can anyone stop Thomas More? Here's our best guess on those questions and more.
  • Saturday women: Shades of 2014
    February 27, 2016
    DePauw and FDU-Florham, which won national titles in 2013 and 2014, needed conference titles just to keep their seasons going on Saturday. Both got what they needed. Get that plus all the game results as dozens of automatic bids get handed out in our early women's roundup.
  • Bruins Beat Pirates, Advance to NWC Tournament Championship
    February 25, 2016
    The No. 2-ranked George Fox women's basketball team hosted the Pirates of Whitworth University in the Northwest Conference Tournament semifinal, Thursday night, as the Bruins cruised to a 95-64 victory.
  • George Fox fights its way to 25-0
    February 24, 2016
    A little early-season adversity was just a minor hiccup for the George Fox women, as the Bruins learned what kind of fight they had and rolled from there.
  • Friday: Fox, Whit stay on top
    January 15, 2016
    George Fox defended its home court against Whitman in a showdown of ranked NWC women's teams. On the men's side, No. 1 Whitworth's game against Willamette was a lot closer than their records would suggest while Emory knocked NYU off the unbeaten list. That and more in the Friday wrap.
  • Saturday women: Cats and Camels top big dogs
    December 12, 2015
    St. Catherine and Conn College knocked off highly ranked foes while Sydney Moss made a record-breaking return to the court for Thomas More. Plus George Fox mounts an incredible comeback and York wins a battle of unbeatens. All that and more in our recap.
  • It's unanimous: Thomas More picked to repeat
    October 29, 2015
    With four starters back, and yes, one of them being Sydney Moss, our voters didn't have to look far to find their preseason No. 1 team. But how does the rest of the poll shake out? The D3hoops.com women's basketball preseason Top 25 is in.
  • Much More than enough
    March 21, 2015
    Thomas More ran through George Fox's press and ran away with the national championship, completing an undefeated season. Hours after being named Player of the Year, Sydney Moss notched the first triple-double of her career in the Saints' 83-63 victory.
  • Running down a dream
    March 21, 2015
    Thomas More and George Fox are one game away from completing a dream season with each one standing in the way of the other. We talked with Saints' point guard Abby Owings and Bruins' forward Justine Benner about their semifinal victories and Saturday's championship game.
  • Final Four meet the press
    March 20, 2015
    Before the national semifinalists meet on the court in Grand Rapids, they met the media off it. Watch all four press conferences recorded on Thursday at Calvin College to get ready for tonight's Final Four games.
  • Title game is two perfect
    March 20, 2015
    Thomas More and George Fox won their national semifinal games setting up a battle of undefeated teams for the 2015 national title on Saturday night. It will be the first time that both national finalists are undefeated in the Division III tournament's 33-year history.
  • From fourth place to the Final Four
    March 17, 2015
    George Fox was picked to be in the Final Four -- the Final Four of the Northwest Conference, that is. But few thought the Bruins could return to the final weekend in 2015. Rob Knox has more in a Road to Grand Rapids feature.
  • Elite 8: Bruins, Saints go marching in
    March 14, 2015
    Thomas More overpowered St. Thomas and George Fox led nearly wire-to-wire at Calvin. They will join Tufts who eliminated the defending champs and first-time Final Four entrant Montclair State in Grand Rapids next weekend. Here's the recap from the Elite 8.
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