SUWANEE, Ga. - It's like being asked, as a
parent of multiple children, to choose your favorite. In the only
team sport where the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference has
more than one national champion, how could you possibly choose
which women's basketball title is more important?
Sure, Trinity University was the first to wear the crown. The
unranked Tigers made an improbable run to the 2003 national title,
culminating with a 60-58 victory over Eastern Connecticut
State University in the title game as a baseline jumper by Allison
Wooley with 11 seconds remaining provided the final margin. But how
can you not recognize DePauw University's 2007 championship run
when the Tigers rallied from a 10-point deficit in the semifinals
behind a 28-point effort from Liz Bondi and then held off
Washington (Mo.) University, 55-52, in the championship game?
With that in mind, those two national title moments - Trinity's in
2003 and DePauw's in 2007 - are both being recognized as the
top moment in the history of SCAC women's basketball. Top 20
Moments Home Page
One night after defeating the University of Rochester, 63-54, in
the national semifinals, Trinity University jumped out to a
17-point second half lead and had to hold on for a 60-58 victory
over Eastern Connecticut State University in the national
championship game of the 2003 NCAA Division III Women’s
Basketball Championships Saturday night at Hulbert Arena on the
campus of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Tournament MVP
Allison Wooley's baseline jump shot with :11 remaining proves to be
the game-winner for the Tigers.
Trinity, which had never won a NCAA women's basketball playoff game
before its 2003 tournament appearance, finished the season
with a 28-5 record and winners of 23 of its last 24 games. The
national championship was just the third national title for a
SCAC team in any sport - Trinity won both the men's and women's
tennis championship in 2000. Tiger head coach Becky Geyer is named
Molten/Women's DIII News Coach of the Year.
Four years later, the league's second women's basketball title
moment would occur.
After the ninth-ranked DePauw University women rallied
from a 10-point deficit and advanced with a 67-61 victory over
10th-ranked Mary Washington University in the 2007 national
semifinals the previous evening, the Tigers earned the
University’s first team national championship with a 55-52
victory over 11th-ranked Washington (Mo.) University at the Blake
Arena on the Springfield College campus.
After scoring 28 points in the semifinal game, senior forward Liz
Bondi, who was selected as the DIII Championships Most Outstanding
Player, just missed a double-double with nine points and nine
rebounds.
Over the next week, several postseason awards rolled in for DePauw.
Head Coach Kris Huffman was named the Division III Coach of the
Year by both D3hoops.com and D3News, and senior forward
Liz Bondi was a second team all-America selection by both
D3hoops.com and DIII News as well. The Tigers finished the
season with a school-record 31 wins against just three losses.
Russell Kramer, the SCAC Director of Communications/New Media, had
a chance to catch up with two key parties associated with each
championship moment. For Trinity, former head coach Becky Geyer as
well as former Tiger Allison Wooley, who hit the game-winning
jumper in the title game, shared their memories from the 2003 title
run. For DePauw, head coach Kris Huffman and former all-American
Liz Bondi, the Most Outstanding Player from that title run,
reflected on the 2007 championship.
To listen to the interview with Geyer, click here; to listen to the interview with Wooley,
click here. To listen to the interview with Huffman,
click here ; to
listen to the interview with Bondi, click here.
To view the complete list of SCAC Women's Basketball Top
Moments, click here.
Throughout the 2010-2011 academic year, the Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference will celebrate its 20th anniversary. A special
logo commemorating the occasion will be used and the league
office will also be releasing the Top 20
moments for each sport the conference sponsors (excluding men's
and women's lacrosse).
![Trinity Student-Athletes Volunteer at Community Event](/images/wbkb/tu_saac_660X370.gif?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
April 14, 2011
Trinity Student-Athletes Volunteer at Community Event
![Trinity's 2003; DePauw's 2007 Title Runs recognized as SCAC Women's Basketball Top Moments](/images/wbkb/top20_wbasketball660a.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
![DePauw Falls To Hope 77-65 In NCAA First Round Action](/images/wbkb/depauw_ncaa_wbasketball470a.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
March 4, 2011
DePauw Falls To Hope 77-65 In NCAA First Round Action
![Rhodes' Bell Named Capital One Academic All-American](/images/wbkb/SharwilBell-AA.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
March 3, 2011
Rhodes' Bell Named Capital One Academic All-American
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 14) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/KateWalker.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
March 1, 2011
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 14) - Around the SCAC
![DePauw Travels To Hope For NCAA First Round Matchup](/images/wbkb/2011_depauw_ncaa.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
February 28, 2011
DePauw Travels To Hope For NCAA First Round Matchup
![DePauw Wins 10th SCAC Title; Headed to Eighth Straight NCAA Tourney](/images/wbkb/DPU_Champs.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
February 27, 2011
DePauw Wins 10th SCAC Title; Headed to Eighth Straight NCAA Tourney
![Centre's Prewitt; DePauw's Huffman; Millsaps' Winkelman Head 2010-11 All-SCAC Women's Basketball Selections](/images/wbkb/prewitt_action1.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
![Hendrix, Southwestern, DePauw & Trinity Advance To SCAC Women's Basketball Semifinals](/images/wbkb/wbkb_11_day_one_470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
![SCAC Men's and Women's Basketball - 2011 Tournament Preview](/images/mbkb/2011_tournament_preview.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
February 22, 2011
SCAC Men's and Women's Basketball - 2011 Tournament Preview
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 13) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/cctigers470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
February 21, 2011
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 13) - Around the SCAC
![SCAC Announces 2011 Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket](/images/logos/2011tournamentlogo470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
February 20, 2011
SCAC Announces 2011 Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 12) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/DPUBball.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
February 15, 2011
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 12) - Around the SCAC
![DePauw's Huffman picks up 400th career win](/images/wbkb/huffman_kris470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
February 13, 2011
DePauw's Huffman picks up 400th career win
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 11) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/HendrixWBball.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
February 8, 2011
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 11) - Around the SCAC
![Three From SCAC Named to Capital One Academic All-District® Women's Basketball Teams](/images/wbkb/CapOne_AAA_logo_470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
![Centre's Prewitt Named to D3hoops.com Team of the Week](/images/wbkb/MaggiePrewitt.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
February 1, 2011
Centre's Prewitt Named to D3hoops.com Team of the Week
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 10) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/Wbball.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
February 1, 2011
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 10) - Around the SCAC
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 9) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/Women-sball9.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
January 25, 2011
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 9) - Around the SCAC
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 8) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/KrissHuffman.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
January 18, 2011
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 8) - Around the SCAC
![Centre's Prewitt Clips 1,000 Career Point Mark](/images/wbkb/prewitt_action1.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
January 17, 2011
Centre's Prewitt Clips 1,000 Career Point Mark
![Hendrix basketball teams stranded on bus for 14 hours on I-30](/images/hendrix_warrior_470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
January 11, 2011
Hendrix basketball teams stranded on bus for 14 hours on I-30
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 7) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/Week7Wbball.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
January 11, 2011
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 7) - Around the SCAC
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 6) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/depauwwbasketball470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
January 4, 2011
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 6) - Around the SCAC
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 5) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/TinaByler.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
December 20, 2010
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 5) - Around the SCAC
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 4) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/auguste_melanie470.gif?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
December 14, 2010
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 4) - Around the SCAC
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 3) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/WBballCentre.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
December 7, 2010
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 3) - Around the SCAC
![SCAC Releases 2010-11 Men's and Women's Basketball Media Guides](/images/mbkb/2010_11_basketball_floor470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
December 3, 2010
SCAC Releases 2010-11 Men's and Women's Basketball Media Guides
![Colorado College's Luetjen Named to D3hoops.com Team of the Week](/images/wbkb/BeckyLuetjen.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
December 2, 2010
Colorado College's Luetjen Named to D3hoops.com Team of the Week
![SCAC Schools To Offer Video Streaming For Men's and Women's Conference Basketball Games](/images/mbkb/scac-basketball470x315.gif?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
![Oglethorpe’s Sattele Takes Leave of Absence](/images/wbkb/sattele_ron470a.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
December 1, 2010
Oglethorpe’s Sattele Takes Leave of Absence
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 2) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/depauwwbasketball470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 30, 2010
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 2) - Around the SCAC
![DePauw's Pearson Named to D3hoops.com Team of the Week](/images/wbkb/pearson_ellie__tow10_week1.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 26, 2010
DePauw's Pearson Named to D3hoops.com Team of the Week
![Women's Basketball Recap (Week 1) - Around the SCAC](/images/wbkb/WBBallweek9.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 23, 2010
Women's Basketball Recap (Week 1) - Around the SCAC
![SCAC Basketball Media Days to Get Underway Monday, November 15](/images/wbkb/scacmediadays2.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 15, 2010
SCAC Basketball Media Days to Get Underway Monday, November 15
![DePauw Women Favorite To Repeat as SCAC Hoops Champion in 2010-2011](/images/wbkb/KrissHuffman.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 11, 2010
DePauw Women Favorite To Repeat as SCAC Hoops Champion in 2010-2011