ODAC Women's Basketball News Archive

Five student-athletes from Old Dominion Athletic Conference member schools earned a 2012-13 ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award during the winter athletic schedules. Farm Bureau Insurance is the proud presenter of each award for the ODAC's 23 sponsored sports.

Bridgewater senior guard Jessica Mullen and Hollins senior guard Jasmine Greene earned All-South Region recognition as D3hoops.com announced its annual all-region awards. Mullen earned a spot on the second team, while Greene was tabbed to the third team.

The Old Dominion Athletic Conference is pleased to announce the 2013 ODAC/StellarOne Sportsmanship Teams in each of five winter sports sponsored by the conference. This marks the fourth year the league has recognized these fine student-athletes for their excellence in sportsmanship.

Washington and Lee University Director of Athletics Jan Hathorn has announced that following a national search, Christine Clancy has been promoted to head women's basketball coach and assistant professor of physical education. She takes over for Mandy King, who resigned after the 2011-12 campaign.

Guilford College commanded a five-point lead at the break, but Centre used a 24-7 burst over 14 minutes of the second half to defeat the Quakers, 59-47, in the first round of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament. GC finishes the season 22-7 after making its first national postseason appearance since 2002.

Guilford College will be the lone ODAC representative in the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament. The Quakers will head to Danville, Ky. for its first round matchup with the Colonels from Centre College. Also in the four-team pod is Washington University-St. Louis and Ferrum College. Play starts on Friday.

Emory & Henry College has selected Rose Katz as its next women's basketball coach, College officials announced Monday. Katz becomes the Wasps’ third head coach in the ODAC era. Katz comes to Emory from Widener University in Chester, Pa., where she has served as an assistant coach for the past three seasons.

Five student-athletes from Old Dominion Athletic Conference member schools earned a 2011 ODAC/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete Award during the winter athletic schedule. Farm Bureau Insurance is the proud presenter of each award for the ODAC's 22 sponsored sports.

Bridgewater senior forward Jordan Burkholder added to her awards resume over the past week with a pair of postseason honors. The 2011 ODAC Player of the Year was named to the All-South Region First Team by D3hoops.com, and later earned selection to the 2011 State Farm Coaches' NCAA Division III All-America Honorable Mention Team by the WBCA.

Six student-athletes from Old Dominion Athletic Conference member schools earned a 2010 ODAC/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete Award during the winter athletic schedule. Farm Bureau Insurance is the proud presenter of each award for the ODAC's 22 sponsored sports.

Athletic Director Aubrey Shinofield has announced two changes within the athletic department at Hollins University. Richie Waggoner will be relinquishing his duties as basketball coach to devote all of his time to the office of sports information while Jim Phillips will move from assistant to head basketball coach for the upcoming season.

Randolph College has appointed Allison Nichols as the WildCats new head women’s basketball coach. Nichols, who will begin May 1, follows Melissa Wiggins, who coached the WildCats for 12 seasons. A Bridgewater College alum, Nichols has coached at both the Division I and II levels following a brief stint in the high school ranks.

Randolph-Macon College women’s basketball student-athlete Amanda Hiltunen has been awarded a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. The award is a $7,500 scholarship for academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.

Emory & Henry College's head women's basketball coach announced Monday that she is stepping down after 28 years of coaching E&H basketball teams to take on full-time teaching responsibilities at the college.

The ODAC split the ODAC-USA South Senior All-Star Basketball Games last weekend at Hampden-Sydney College, marking the third straight year the teams had each won a contest. The ODAC women evened their record at 2-2 while the ODAC men suffered their first loss in four tries.

For the third consecutive year, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) and the USA South Athletic Conference will be bringing extra exciting basketball to the region. The ODAC/USA South Senior Basketball Challenge is set for this Sunday, March 16, at the Everett Gymnasium on the campus of N.C. Wesleyan College. The women’s contest is set for 1:00 p.m. with the men’s match-up following at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $3 and can be purchased at the game.

Three ODAC schools are in preparation for play in this season's NCAA Division III Basketball Tournaments. Both Guilford College and Bridgewater College earned automatic qualifiers into the national tourneys after winning the ODAC men's and women's championships, respectively. The Virginia Wesleyan College men picked up an at-large bid in a vote by the men's basketball committee.

Jessica Timberlake hit a jumper with 0:29 seconds to play to complete an unlikely run through the ODAC Women’s Basketball Tournament as sixth-seeded Bridgewater College defeated #1 Virginia Wesleyan College, 57-56, to win its third conference championship. The Eagles, now 15-13 on the season, earn the ODAC’s automatic qualifier into the NCAA tournament. The Marlins bow out with a 22-6 overall record.

Greensboro College’s Staci Humphrey dropped in a team-high 17 points as the senior women from the USA South Athletic Conference defeated their counterparts from the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC), 84-77, in the second annual ODAC/USA South Senior Challenge.

Hot off the heels of the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship, basketball will again be at the forefront in the Roanoke area as the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the USA South Athletic Conference team for the second annual ODAC-USA South Men and Women's Basketball Senior Challenge.

Four schools from Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men and women’s basketball will take their games to the next level. Hampden-Sydney College, the champion of the ODAC men’s tournament this past weekend, will be joined by Virginia Wesleyan College and Guilford College in the men’s 59-team bracket. Randolph-Macon College is the lone ODAC women’s squad in the 63-team field following its championship on Sunday afternoon.