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N E W S , N U G G E T S & U P D AT E S November 23, 2015 Contact NNU Athletics: 467-8505
DON’T MISS IT United Heritage Mayor’s Cup Game 2, Tuesday at C of I, 7 pm
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Coming Up Men’s Basketball DATE OPPONENT 11-24 at College of Idaho (Exhib.) 11-27 Eastern Oregon 12-3 at Alaska 12-5 at Alaska Anchorage 12-12 Dominican 12-14 at Cal St. Los Angeles
TIME 7 pm 7 pm 9 pm 9 pm 2 pm 8 pm
Women’s Basketball DATE OPPONENT 11-27 at Westminster 12-1 at Central Washington 12-5 at MSU Billings 12-14 The College of Idaho 12-31 St. Martin’s 1-2 Seattle Pacific
TIME 2 pm 8 pm 1 pm 7 pm 5:15 pm 5:15 pm
Track & Field DATE OPPONENT TIME 12-12 at Jackson’s Open 9 am at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID 1-15 at Ed Jacoby Invite & Multi 2:30 pm at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID 1-16 at Ed Jacoby Invite & Multi 9 am at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID NOTE: All Start Times Nampa Time NOTE: Home Games In Bold
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Northwest Nazarene Crusader Athletics
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NNU’s seniors Linnea Phillips (top left), Elayna Rice (top right), Taylor Van Valey (bottom left) and Jenna Caywood (bottom right) celebrate “Senior Night” with their families and coaches Doug English and Jeanette Jenkins prior to a straight-set win over MSU Billings on Thursday.
News:
The Crusaders went 3-for-3 at home this past week, getting a pair of straight-set wins on the volleyball court, then an 80-75 victory by the men’s basketball team on Saturday against visiting Cal State Los
Angeles. The road didn’t prove as welcoming for the NNU women’s basketball team, though, as they fell at No. 3 ranked Cal Baptist on Thursday and at Point Loma on Saturday. While it was a limited week of Crusader action on the hardwood, NNU also racked up awards as 8 women’s soccer student-athletes were named to the GNAC All-Academic Team, and 7 men’s soccer student-athletes were also honors. One of those men’s soccer players earning academic honors was Erik Anderson who was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, as well. And, five volleyball players were tabbed as GNAC All-Academic Team members during the week, also. Photos by NNU Athletics VOLLEYBALL: The Crusaders finished off NNU men’s soccer player Erik Anderthe regular season on a high note this week, roll- son was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American this week.
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ing to straight-set wins over Central Washington, 25-22, 25-20, 27-25, and Montana State Billings, 25-18, 25-11, 25-16. Tuesday, in a crucial match that will affect NCAA tournament berths — announced today at 5:30 pm (MT) and can be seen at nnusports.com/ncaa — the Crusaders came out rolling, pulling away late in the first two sets, then erasing a 24-20 deficit in the third set to complete the sweep. Taylor Van Valey led the way with 14 kills, while Kendra Bodine had 12 kills and 14 digs, and Elayna Rice chipped in 10 kills and 9 digs. Linnea Phillips added 14 digs on defense and Hailey Cook dished out 46 assists in the win. On Saturday, NNU said “Thank You” and “Farewell” to seniors Van Valey, Phillips, Rice and Jenna Caywood, sending them out in style with a sweep of the Yellowjackets. Bodine had 11 kills and 9 digs in the victory, while seniors Rice and Phillips had 14 and 12 digs, respectively. Their senior teammates, Caywood and Van Valey, had 6 kills and 6 blocks, and 6 kills and 4 blocks, respectively. ON TAP: It’s wait and see time as the selection show for the NCAA National Tournament will be at 5:30 pm (MT) today. The Crusaders are looking for a second straight berth to the NCAA tournament, and the third NCAA berth in program history. Watch the selection show live online at nnusports.com/ncaa. MEN’S BASKETBALL: An 8 day lay-off didn’t bother the Crusaders a bit as they jumped up by 12 points in each half and held off a late charge by Cal State Los Angeles for an 80-75 win on Saturday, the first victory of the season against an NCAA Division II foe for NNU and new head coach Scott Flemming. Senior point guard Mike Wright had a huge afternoon in the win, scoring a game-high 28 points and adding a game-high 8 assists. Photo by Kari Stetson NNU’s Mike Wright had 28 points and 8 assists Saturday. Detwon Rogers also was strong in his second game for NNU with 15 points and 7 rebounds, while Bouna N’Diaye added 12 points and 7 boards and Joel Devastey scored 11 points in the win. ON TAP: It’s everyone’s favorite rivalry — Part 2. The Crusaders play game 2 of the United Heritage Mayor’s Cup series at The College of Idaho on Tuesday at 7 pm. NNU won the first match-up, 100-96, in overtime at the Johnson Sports Center. The game will be the 200th meeting between the teams, and can be seen live online at www.ktvb.com. Once done with the Coyotes, the Crusaders take a brief break to enjoy Thanksgiving, then host Eastern Oregon on Friday night at 7. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The NNU ladies continued a long season-opening road trip — 7 games away from home — with contests at NCAA National Runner-up Cal Baptist on Thursday, and Point Loma on Saturday. The week proved a tough one as the Crusaders fell 89-69 to the Lancers, and Photo by Kari Stetson 80-67 to the Sea Lions. NNU’s Bouna N’Diaye had 12 points and 7 Lexi Tubbs led the way both nights, scoring 19 points against CBU, and she had rebounds Saturday. 12 points and 8 rebounds against PLNU. CoCo Gall added 10 points and 8 rebounds on Thursday, and freshman Raquel Jardine had 11 points and 7 rebounds in Saturday’s contest. ON TAP: The road trip continues at Westminster in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday for the NNU women, who then prepare for GNAC play on Dec. 1 and 5, opening the league slate at Central Washington and MSU Billings. (Continued):
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Nuggets: • • • •
• The volleyball team finished No. 2 in the GNAC and nation in blocks per set (2.90). • Volleyball player Madi Farrell finished No. 1 in the GNAC in blocks per set (1.49) and No. 4 in the nation, and No. 1 in the GNAC in hitting percentage (.367) and No. 13 in the nation. Volleyball player Hailey Cook finished No. 2 in the GNAC in assists per set (10.62) and No. 33 in the nation. Women’s basketball player Taylor Simmons now needs 73 steals to become NNU’s all-time leader in steals. The men’s basketball team leads the GNAC in 3-point field goal percentage (46.2) having made 24-of-52 3-pointers. Men’s basketball player Mike Wright leads the GNAC in assists per game (8.0).
Updates:
20 Crusader Student-Athletes Named to All-Academic Team
This past week, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference named its All-Academic Teams for men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball, and the Crusaders raked in the honors for their work in the classroom as well as the playing fields and hardwood. To be eligible, players must be in at least their second season with the team and have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA.
Erik Anderson
Stephen Davidson
Ryan Foo
Marshall Hartley
Nathan Murphy
Collin Raymond
Austin Thomas
Rachel Ball
Makena Dandley
Sarah Jenkins
Mabinty Kanu
Rebekah Kelley
McCrea Nirider
Laura Seymour
Kayla Williams
Hailey Cook
Jacquelyn Johnson
Linnea Phillips
Elayna Rice
Taylor Van Valey
Men’s Basketball
Overall GNAC Team W L T W L T Pts Alaska 4 0 0 0 — Western Oregon 4 0 0 0 — Central Wash. 3 0 0 0 — NW Nazarene 2 0 0 0 — Seattle Pacific 3 1 0 0 — Alaska Anch. 6 3 0 0 — Western Wash. 4 2 0 0 — St. Martin’s 2 2 0 0 — MSU Billings 1 2 0 0 — Concordia 1 2 0 0 — Simon Fraser 1 3 0 0 — Today’s Games Concordia at Boise St.; MSU Billings at Mary Tuesday’s Games Hawaii Hilo at St. Martin’s; Northwest Nazarene at College of Idaho, 7 pm Thursday’s Game Middle Tennessee at Alaska Anchorage Crusader Games Friday Eastern Oregon at Northwest Nazarene, 7 pm
Women’s Basketball
Overall GNAC Team W L W L GB Alaska Anch. 10 0 0 0 — Central Wash. 3 1 0 0 — Alaska 3 2 0 0 — Seattle Pacific 2 2 0 0 — St. Martin’s 1 2 0 0 — NW Nazarene 1 3 0 0 — Concordia 1 3 0 0 — Western Wash. 1 3 0 0 — Simon Fraser 1 3 0 0 — Western Oregon 1 3 0 0 — MSU Billings 1 4 0 0 — Today’s Game Simon Fraser at Cal St. L.A. Tuesday’s Games Seattle Pacific at Point Loma; Pepperdine at Alaska Anch. Wednesday’s Games George Mason or W. Kentucky at Alaska Anchorage; Whitworth at Central; Wash. Crusader Games Friday Northwest Nazarene at Westminster, 2 pm
Volleyball
Overall GNAC Team W L W L MB Alaska Anch. 26 2 18 2 — Western Wash. 23 5 17 3 1 Central Wash. 20 7 16 4 2 NW Nazarene 19 9 16 4 2 Simon Fraser 15 13 11 9 7 Concordia 18 10 10 10 8 Alaska 6 21 6 14 12 Western Oregon 8 21 5 15 13 Seattle Pacific 7 21 5 15 13 MSU Billings 6 23 5 15 13 St. Martin’s 2 25 1 19 17 X-Clinched GNAC Championship End of Regular Season Dec. 3 Matches NCAA West Regional, Teams and Site TBA Dec. 4 Matches NCAA West Regional Semifinals, Teams and Site TBA Dec. 5 Matches NCAA West Regional Final, Teams and Site TBA
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THE WEEK IN PICTURES
Photo by Kari Stetson
LEFT: NNU senior libero Linnea Phillips make a dig Tuesday. ABOVE (From left): Athletic Director Kelli Lindley, NNU legend Martha Hopkins and Associate Vice President of Development Mark Wheeler in a halftime ceremony Tuesday. RIGHT: Pol Olivier drives against Cal State L.A. on Saturday.
Photo by Kari Stetson
LEFT: Detwon Rogers goes strong to the hole against Cal State Los Angeles on Saturday. ABOVE: Paul Mangum’s family along with Kelli Lindley and Joel Pearsall during a halftime ceremony on Saturday. RIGHT: Joel Devastey with an NNU fan after Saturday’s win.
Photo by NNU Athletics
LEFT: Seniors Taylor Van Valey, Jenna Caywood and Elayna Rice await a serve during their second-to-last home match, against Central Washington, on Tuesday. RIGHT: NNU’s own “ESPN GameDay” crew at the Crusader volleyball match Tuesday night.
DON’T MISS IT United Heritage Mayor’s Cup Game 2, Tuesday at C of I, 7 pm
Contact NNU Sports Information: 467-8474
Follow the Crusaders online: www.nnusports.com
No Place Like Home
ARE WE IN?
Watch the NCAA Selection Show at 5:30 (MT) tonight to find out if NNU moves on nnusports.com/ncaa
Coming Up Men’s Basketball DATE OPPONENT 11-24 at College of Idaho (Exhib.) 11-27 Eastern Oregon 12-3 at Alaska 12-5 at Alaska Anchorage 12-12 Dominican 12-14 at Cal St. Los Angeles
TIME 7 pm 7 pm 9 pm 9 pm 2 pm 8 pm
Women’s Basketball DATE OPPONENT 11-27 at Westminster 12-1 at Central Washington 12-5 at MSU Billings 12-14 The College of Idaho 12-31 St. Martin’s 1-2 Seattle Pacific
TIME 2 pm 8 pm 1 pm 7 pm 5:15 pm 5:15 pm
Track & Field DATE OPPONENT TIME 12-12 at Jackson’s Open 9 am at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID 1-15 at Ed Jacoby Invite & Multi 2:30 pm at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID 1-16 at Ed Jacoby Invite & Multi 9 am at Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, ID NOTE: All Start Times Nampa Time NOTE: Home Games In Bold
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Northwest Nazarene Crusader Athletics
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NNU’s seniors Linnea Phillips (top left), Elayna Rice (top right), Taylor Van Valey (bottom left) and Jenna Caywood (bottom right) celebrate “Senior Night” with their families and coaches Doug English and Jeanette Jenkins prior to a straight-set win over MSU Billings on Thursday.
News:
The Crusaders went 3-for-3 at home this past week, getting a pair of straight-set wins on the volleyball court, then an 80-75 victory by the men’s basketball team on Saturday against visiting Cal State Los
Angeles. The road didn’t prove as welcoming for the NNU women’s basketball team, though, as they fell at No. 3 ranked Cal Baptist on Thursday and at Point Loma on Saturday. While it was a limited week of Crusader action on the hardwood, NNU also racked up awards as 8 women’s soccer student-athletes were named to the GNAC All-Academic Team, and 7 men’s soccer student-athletes were also honors. One of those men’s soccer players earning academic honors was Erik Anderson who was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, as well. And, five volleyball players were tabbed as GNAC All-Academic Team members during the week, also. Photos by NNU Athletics VOLLEYBALL: The Crusaders finished off NNU men’s soccer player Erik Anderthe regular season on a high note this week, roll- son was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American this week.
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ing to straight-set wins over Central Washington, 25-22, 25-20, 27-25, and Montana State Billings, 25-18, 25-11, 25-16. Tuesday, in a crucial match that will affect NCAA tournament berths — announced today at 5:30 pm (MT) and can be seen at nnusports.com/ncaa — the Crusaders came out rolling, pulling away late in the first two sets, then erasing a 24-20 deficit in the third set to complete the sweep. Taylor Van Valey led the way with 14 kills, while Kendra Bodine had 12 kills and 14 digs, and Elayna Rice chipped in 10 kills and 9 digs. Linnea Phillips added 14 digs on defense and Hailey Cook dished out 46 assists in the win. On Saturday, NNU said “Thank You” and “Farewell” to seniors Van Valey, Phillips, Rice and Jenna Caywood, sending them out in style with a sweep of the Yellowjackets. Bodine had 11 kills and 9 digs in the victory, while seniors Rice and Phillips had 14 and 12 digs, respectively. Their senior teammates, Caywood and Van Valey, had 6 kills and 6 blocks, and 6 kills and 4 blocks, respectively. ON TAP: It’s wait and see time as the selection show for the NCAA National Tournament will be at 5:30 pm (MT) today. The Crusaders are looking for a second straight berth to the NCAA tournament, and the third NCAA berth in program history. Watch the selection show live online at nnusports.com/ncaa. MEN’S BASKETBALL: An 8 day lay-off didn’t bother the Crusaders a bit as they jumped up by 12 points in each half and held off a late charge by Cal State Los Angeles for an 80-75 win on Saturday, the first victory of the season against an NCAA Division II foe for NNU and new head coach Scott Flemming. Senior point guard Mike Wright had a huge afternoon in the win, scoring a game-high 28 points and adding a game-high 8 assists. Photo by Kari Stetson NNU’s Mike Wright had 28 points and 8 assists Saturday. Detwon Rogers also was strong in his second game for NNU with 15 points and 7 rebounds, while Bouna N’Diaye added 12 points and 7 boards and Joel Devastey scored 11 points in the win. ON TAP: It’s everyone’s favorite rivalry — Part 2. The Crusaders play game 2 of the United Heritage Mayor’s Cup series at The College of Idaho on Tuesday at 7 pm. NNU won the first match-up, 100-96, in overtime at the Johnson Sports Center. The game will be the 200th meeting between the teams, and can be seen live online at www.ktvb.com. Once done with the Coyotes, the Crusaders take a brief break to enjoy Thanksgiving, then host Eastern Oregon on Friday night at 7. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The NNU ladies continued a long season-opening road trip — 7 games away from home — with contests at NCAA National Runner-up Cal Baptist on Thursday, and Point Loma on Saturday. The week proved a tough one as the Crusaders fell 89-69 to the Lancers, and Photo by Kari Stetson 80-67 to the Sea Lions. NNU’s Bouna N’Diaye had 12 points and 7 Lexi Tubbs led the way both nights, scoring 19 points against CBU, and she had rebounds Saturday. 12 points and 8 rebounds against PLNU. CoCo Gall added 10 points and 8 rebounds on Thursday, and freshman Raquel Jardine had 11 points and 7 rebounds in Saturday’s contest. ON TAP: The road trip continues at Westminster in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday for the NNU women, who then prepare for GNAC play on Dec. 1 and 5, opening the league slate at Central Washington and MSU Billings. (Continued):
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Nuggets: • • • •
• The volleyball team finished No. 2 in the GNAC and nation in blocks per set (2.90). • Volleyball player Madi Farrell finished No. 1 in the GNAC in blocks per set (1.49) and No. 4 in the nation, and No. 1 in the GNAC in hitting percentage (.367) and No. 13 in the nation. Volleyball player Hailey Cook finished No. 2 in the GNAC in assists per set (10.62) and No. 33 in the nation. Women’s basketball player Taylor Simmons now needs 73 steals to become NNU’s all-time leader in steals. The men’s basketball team leads the GNAC in 3-point field goal percentage (46.2) having made 24-of-52 3-pointers. Men’s basketball player Mike Wright leads the GNAC in assists per game (8.0).
Updates:
20 Crusader Student-Athletes Named to All-Academic Team
This past week, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference named its All-Academic Teams for men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball, and the Crusaders raked in the honors for their work in the classroom as well as the playing fields and hardwood. To be eligible, players must be in at least their second season with the team and have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA.
Erik Anderson
Stephen Davidson
Ryan Foo
Marshall Hartley
Nathan Murphy
Collin Raymond
Austin Thomas
Rachel Ball
Makena Dandley
Sarah Jenkins
Mabinty Kanu
Rebekah Kelley
McCrea Nirider
Laura Seymour
Kayla Williams
Hailey Cook
Jacquelyn Johnson
Linnea Phillips
Elayna Rice
Taylor Van Valey
Men’s Basketball
Overall GNAC Team W L T W L T Pts Alaska 4 0 0 0 — Western Oregon 4 0 0 0 — Central Wash. 3 0 0 0 — NW Nazarene 2 0 0 0 — Seattle Pacific 3 1 0 0 — Alaska Anch. 6 3 0 0 — Western Wash. 4 2 0 0 — St. Martin’s 2 2 0 0 — MSU Billings 1 2 0 0 — Concordia 1 2 0 0 — Simon Fraser 1 3 0 0 — Today’s Games Concordia at Boise St.; MSU Billings at Mary Tuesday’s Games Hawaii Hilo at St. Martin’s; Northwest Nazarene at College of Idaho, 7 pm Thursday’s Game Middle Tennessee at Alaska Anchorage Crusader Games Friday Eastern Oregon at Northwest Nazarene, 7 pm
Women’s Basketball
Overall GNAC Team W L W L GB Alaska Anch. 10 0 0 0 — Central Wash. 3 1 0 0 — Alaska 3 2 0 0 — Seattle Pacific 2 2 0 0 — St. Martin’s 1 2 0 0 — NW Nazarene 1 3 0 0 — Concordia 1 3 0 0 — Western Wash. 1 3 0 0 — Simon Fraser 1 3 0 0 — Western Oregon 1 3 0 0 — MSU Billings 1 4 0 0 — Today’s Game Simon Fraser at Cal St. L.A. Tuesday’s Games Seattle Pacific at Point Loma; Pepperdine at Alaska Anch. Wednesday’s Games George Mason or W. Kentucky at Alaska Anchorage; Whitworth at Central; Wash. Crusader Games Friday Northwest Nazarene at Westminster, 2 pm
Volleyball
Overall GNAC Team W L W L MB Alaska Anch. 26 2 18 2 — Western Wash. 23 5 17 3 1 Central Wash. 20 7 16 4 2 NW Nazarene 19 9 16 4 2 Simon Fraser 15 13 11 9 7 Concordia 18 10 10 10 8 Alaska 6 21 6 14 12 Western Oregon 8 21 5 15 13 Seattle Pacific 7 21 5 15 13 MSU Billings 6 23 5 15 13 St. Martin’s 2 25 1 19 17 X-Clinched GNAC Championship End of Regular Season Dec. 3 Matches NCAA West Regional, Teams and Site TBA Dec. 4 Matches NCAA West Regional Semifinals, Teams and Site TBA Dec. 5 Matches NCAA West Regional Final, Teams and Site TBA
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THE WEEK IN PICTURES
Photo by Kari Stetson
LEFT: NNU senior libero Linnea Phillips make a dig Tuesday. ABOVE (From left): Athletic Director Kelli Lindley, NNU legend Martha Hopkins and Associate Vice President of Development Mark Wheeler in a halftime ceremony Tuesday. RIGHT: Pol Olivier drives against Cal State L.A. on Saturday.
Photo by Kari Stetson
LEFT: Detwon Rogers goes strong to the hole against Cal State Los Angeles on Saturday. ABOVE: Paul Mangum’s family along with Kelli Lindley and Joel Pearsall during a halftime ceremony on Saturday. RIGHT: Joel Devastey with an NNU fan after Saturday’s win.
Photo by NNU Athletics
LEFT: Seniors Taylor Van Valey, Jenna Caywood and Elayna Rice await a serve during their second-to-last home match, against Central Washington, on Tuesday. RIGHT: NNU’s own “ESPN GameDay” crew at the Crusader volleyball match Tuesday night.
