UW-Stevens Point enters our rankings for the first time in more than seven years while Washington and Lee is ranked for the first time in our poll's history. Plus, RIC rises to its highest ranking and Johns Hopkins jumps to No. 14. Check it out here.
One night after setting the Division III women’s basketball single game scoring record, No. 1 Hope poured in 99 points in an impressive win over Illinois Wesleyan. Elsewhere, the WIAC completed a dominant weekend with wins by No. 4 UW-Whitewater, No. 13 UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Oshkosh.
Shirley Egner, the winningest coach in WIAC women's basketball history announced her retirement from coaching. Over 33 years at UW-Stevens Point, Egner's teams won 572 games and the 2002 national championship.
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.
The ninth annual D3hoops.com Classic will light up Las Vegas once again between Christmas and New Year's with 18 games on the slate for the South Point Arena. Who is making the trip and who's playing whom? Here's the list.
Alverno lost its head coach and athletic director to UW-Stevens Point earlier this offseason. On July 7 the Inferno selected former Pointer All-American and MSOE head coach Jessica Ott to fill those two vacancies.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – UW-Eau Claire overcame a nine-point deficit after three quarters to defeat the No. 17 UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team 59-57 on Saturday evening at Zorn Arena.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The No. 17 UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team closed the game on a 13-0 run to record a 63-51 victory in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play on Wednesday evening at Berg Gym in the team's Play4Kay game.
RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Taylor Douglas scored a career-high 21 points off the bench but No. 18 UW-River Falls outscored the No. 16 UW-Stevens Point women’s basketball team 28-13 in the fourth quarter to defeat the Pointers 77-67 on Saturday afternoon at the Karges Center.
WHITEWATER, Wis. – Lauren Anklam scored a career-high 28 points to lead the No. 16 UW-Stevens Point to its sixth win over a ranked opponent this season by virtue of a 72-64 win over No. 15 UW-Whitewater on Wednesday evening at Kachel Gymnasium.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – In a matchup of top-15 teams, the No. 14 UW-Stevens Point women’s basketball team cut an eight-point deficit in the final three minutes to two but came up empty on its final possession, falling 61-59 to No. 11 UW-Oshkosh on Saturday afternoon at Berg Gym.
MENOMONIE, Wis. – The No. 14 UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team overcame a six-point deficit with 1:33 remaining in regulation to outscore UW-Stout 13-5 in overtime to claim a 69-61 win on Wednesday night at Johnson Fieldhouse.
LA CROSSE, Wis. – Mickey Roland scored a career-high 19 points off the bench and the No. 19 UW-Stevens Point women’s basketball team made eight consecutive free throws in the final 54 seconds to defeat UW-La Crosse 55-48 on Saturday evening at Mitchell Hall.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – A strong effort from the bench helped the No. 19 UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team record its fifth win over a ranked opponent this season with a 63-52 win over No. 18 UW-River Falls in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) action on Wednesday evening at Berg Gym.
OSHKOSH, Wis. – The No. 14 UW-Stevens Point women’s basketball team saw its nine-game winning streak come to an end as No. 20 UW-Oshkosh outscored the Pointers 43-22 in the second half to win 60-46 in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play on Saturday afternoon at Kolf Sports Center.
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The No. 14 UW-Stevens Point women’s basketball team led from start to finish to earn head coach Shirley Egner’s 500th career victory with a 67-48 road win over UW-Platteville on Wednesday evening at Bo Ryan Court.
Bethel is showing it has put the early-season injuries behind it and St. Thomas paid dearly, while Stevens Point got past Whitewater and Thomas More cruised. That and more in the early Saturday women's roundup.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The No. 24 UW-Stevens Point women’s basketball team outscored No. 6 UW-Whitewater 22-11 in the fourth quarter to record its eighth consecutive victory 63-56 in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) matchup on Saturday afternoon for Alumni Day at Berg Gym.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The No. 24 UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team closed the game on an 8-1 run to open Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play with a 59-52 win over UW-Eau Claire on Wednesday evening at Berg Gym.
DE PERE, Wis. – Lauren Anklam (Ringle, WI/D.C. Everest) scored a career-high 27 points as the UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team won its third game in four days with a 67-62 win at St. Norbert on Saturday evening at Schuldes Sports Center.
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team ran its winning streak to five games with a 58-49 win over Edgewood after fighting off a late comeback bid by the Eagles on Thursday afternoon at JustAGame Fieldhouse.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team shot 60.0 percent on its way to a 26-point halftime lead and coasted to a 68-50 road win over Illinois Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon at Dennie Bridges Court at the IWU Shirk Center.
No. 13 Wheaton became the first team to solve No. 24 North Central's system this year while No. 3 Amherst dominated archrival No. 15 Williams. Meanwhile UW-Stevens Point pulled UW-Oshkosh back to the pack in the WIAC.
The defending women's national champion, two 20-win men's teams are among the 14 teams spanning from Maine to Oregon converging on Las Vegas for the 2014 D3hoops.com Classic.
Just a week left in the regular season means plenty of teams are fighting for a postseason berth. Dave McHugh talked to Emory, Lyndon State, and MSOE men's programs along with Baruch, Ohio Wesleyan, No. 21 Rhodes, UW-Stevens Point, and Wheaton (Mass.) women's programs. Watch it On Demand!
INDIANOLA, Iowa – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball teams' late game charge was not enough as it fell to host Simpson College Saturday night in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament, 88-84.
WHITEWATER, Wis. – Senior guard Sam Barber (Schofield, WI/D.C. Everest/Winona St.) tied a career high with 34 points and junior forward Myranda Tyler (Grafton, WI/Grafton) added 18 as the UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team held on for a 76-71 overtime win over UW-Whitewater in Kachel Gym Sunday afternoon to bring home the 2013 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament trophy. With the victory, the Pointers earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament for the sixth year in a row.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team slid past UW-Eau Claire Saturday evening 51-49 as senior Sam Barber (Schofield, WI/D.C. Everest/Winona St.) became just the 19th Pointer in program history to surpass the 1,000-point mark.
What started as an idea after the demise of Pride of Maryland Tournament became a national showcase that debuted to rave reviews. Plus, UW-Stevens Point made big noise early.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Jessica Brito (Danville, IL/Bismarck-Henning) scored 13 points off the bench for the UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team as it defeated Marian University 68-19 Tuesday evening.
New women's rankings released
January 02, 2024UW-Stevens Point enters our rankings for the first time in more than seven years while Washington and Lee is ranked for the first time in our poll's history. Plus, RIC rises to its highest ranking and Johns Hopkins jumps to No. 14. Check it out here.
