Cumberland (Tenn.) continued the trend of No. 1 and No. 2 seed victories Friday, as the Bulldogs (32-2) defeated Benedictine (Kan.), 65-54, to advance to the 2013 NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championships quarterfinals at the Frankfort Convention Center. The Bulldogs advance will meet Lubbock Christian (Texas) in their first NAIA quarterfinal since 2007, [...]
Benedictine (Kan.) capped the first round of the 2013 NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship with a historic win over Bethel (Tenn.), 81-74, in the Frankfort Convention Center. The Ravens (28-5) are now 1-0 in the NAIA Division I Championships, making their first appearance in the event since the Heart of America Athletic Conference joined [...]
For the first time this season, the No. 12 Benedictine women’s basketball team found themselve in an overtime game. After trailing by six points at the break, Benedictine (27-5) outscored Central Methodist University (25-6) 36-30 in the second half to force overtime only to have CMU drop 19 points in the overtime period to earn [...]
The NAIA Div. I No. 12 Benedictine women’s basketball team earned a convincing HAAC Postseason Tournament Quarterfinal win over Evangel University on Thursday night. Benedictine (27-4) the No. 2 seed in the tournament, started out slow against the No. 7 Crusaders, but then used a 50 percent shooting effort in the second half to put [...]
The Benedictine men’s basketball team converted 53.3 percent from the floor on Thursday night en route to a 64-52 win over Peru State College inside the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium. Benedictine (17-9, 9-6 HAAC) was able to keep pace inside the top four in the HAAC standings with the win over Peru State (11-15, 4-11) with [...]
The No. 13-ranked Benedictine women’s basketball team jumped out to a 15-0 lead and the weathered an offensive drought through the middle third of the game to earn a 73-57 win over Peru State College on Thursday night inside the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium. Benedictine (23-4, 13-2 HAAC) continued their hot shooting from the charity stripe, [...]
The No. 22 Mid America Nazarene Pioneers earned a comeback win against Benedictine College on Saturday afternoon, outscoring Benedictine 45-32 in the second half to win 79-71. Benedictine (16-9; 8-6 HAAC) was going for the season sweep over MNU (19-7, 11-3 HAAC) for just the second time since joining the HAAC for the 1992-93 season [...]
After leading by two points at the half, the NAIA Div. I No. 14 Benedictine College women’s basketball team was 36-29 in the second half by No. 9 MNU as the Pioneers earned a 70-65 win over the Ravens. Benedictine (22-4, 12-2 HAAC) only two conference losses have come at the hands of the MNU [...]
Benedictine College Athletic Director Charlie Gartenmayer announced that the interim title will be removed from wrestling coach Thomas Williams and Coach Williams will take over the reigns of the wrestling program full time. “Thomas was thrust into a difficult situation and has done an outstanding job of leading the program through this transition period,” said [...]
The Benedictine College Athletic Department and Athletic Director Charlie Gartenmayer have announced the hire of Erin Pick-Cooper to the head volleyball coaching position. “We are pleased that Coach Cooper is joining our staff here at Benedictine,” said Gartenmayer. “She brings a wealth of experience at many levels of volleyball and we are excited to have [...]