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By Steve Carpenter
HCC Sports Information Director
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
The Hutchinson Community
College women’s basketball team earned the No. 7 overall seed and drew
Shelton State Community College in the first round of the NJCAA Women’s
National Tournament next week in Salina.
The Lady Dragons (30-4) will
play Shelton State (28-4), the overall 10th seed, at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 17 at Salina’s Bicentennial Center.
Hutchinson earned its first
national tournament berth in 32 years on Monday night after a thrilling
53-51 victory over Jayhawk West rival Seward County in the Region VI
Tournament championship game at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita.
Shelton State, located in
Tuscaloosa, Ala., was the
Region XXII champion and defeated Alabama Southern 62-50 in that regional
championship game.
2009
NJCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT
Overall
Seeding
#1 Jefferson College, Hillsboro, Mo. (31-0)
#2 Central Arizona College, Coolidge, Ariz. (31-0)
#3 Connors State College, Warner, Okla. (29-3)
#4 Chipola College, Marianna, Fla. (28-5)
#5 Walters State Comm. College, Morristown, Tenn.
(30-0)
#6 Howard College, Big Spring, Tex. (26-7)
#7 Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, Kan. (30-4)
#8 North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (25-7)
#9 Trinity Valley Community College, Athens, Tex. (27-7)
#10 Shelton State Comm. College, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
(28-4)
#11 Kaskaskia College, Centralia, Ill. (25-6)
#12 East Mississippi Comm. College, Scooba, Miss.
(24-5)
#13 Sheridan College, Sheridan, Wyo. (26-8)
#14 Vincennes University, Vincennes, Ind. (23-8)
#15 Middle Georgia College, Cochran, Ga. (23-4)
#16 Highland Community College, Freeport, Ill. (27-6)
First Round
Tuesday, March
17
Game 1 – 10 a.m. – Connors State College vs.
Vincennes University
Game 2 – Noon – Howard College vs. Kaskaskia
College
Game 3 – 6:15 p.m. – Hutchinson vs.
Shelton State
Game 4 – 2 p.m. – Central Arizona College vs.
Middle Georgia College
Game 5 – 4 p.m. – Jefferson College vs.
Highland Community College
Game 6 – 8:15 p.m. – North Idaho College vs.
Trinity Valley
Wednesday,
March 18
Game 7 – Noon – Walters State vs. East
Mississippi
Game 8 – 2 p.m. – Chipola College vs. Sheridan
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