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PULASKI, Tenn. – For the third time this
season the NAIA No. 5 Freed-Hardeman Lady Lions defeated the NAIA
No. 7 Union University Lady Bulldogs. However, this time a
TranSouth Tournament Title was on the line. The 88-82 victory gave
Freed-Hardeman and Head Coach Dale Neal their second straight
championship.
The Lady Lions have now won the TranSouth
Regular Season and Tournament Championships each of the last two
seasons.
The All-TranSouth Tournament team was also
announced Monday night. Leading the way with MVP honors was
Freed-Hardeman’s Ashlee Robertson, 5-foot-6-inch junior guard
from Collinwood, Tennessee. She was joined on the all-tournament
team by teammate Hannah Wood, a 6-foot-1-inch junior post from
Glen, Mississippi.
Also making the team was Union’s Stephanie
Clark, a 6-foot-2-inch senior forward from Artesia, New Mexico and
Jennifer Henson, a 5-foot-6-inch junior guard from Bradford,
Tennessee. Others making the team were Cumberland’s Renae
Williams, a 5-foot-11-inch freshman forward from Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, and Trevecca’s Jackie Weaver, a 6-foot-5-inch
junior center from Nashville, Tennessee.
TranSouth Conference Women's Basketball
Tournament Schedule:
Tuesday, March 1 Round 1
#1 Freed-Hardeman University receives a first round bye
Game 1: #2 Trevecca Nazarene University defeated #7 Martin
Methodist College, 75-62
Game 2: #3 Union University defeated #6 Blue Mountain College,
99-67
Game 3: #4 Cumberland University defeated #5 Lyon College, 75-70
Friday, March 4 Semi-Finals
Game 4: #1 Freed-Hardeman University defeated #4 Cumberland
University, 76-70 (OT)
Game 5: #3 Union University defeated #2 Trevecca Nazarene
University, 66-65
Monday, March 7 Championship Game
Game 6: #1 Freed-Hardeman University defeated #3 Union University,
88-82
TranSouth Regular Season Champion: Freed-Hardeman
University
TranSouth Regular Season Runner-up: Trevecca Nazarene
University
TranSouth Tournament Champion: Freed-Hardemen University
TranSouth Tournament Runner-up: Union University |
