Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• March 21, 2016
The Baker University women are into Tuesday night's NAIA national championship game after beating conference rival Benedictine 50-34 in the Fab Four. Senior Ericka Simpson’s career-high 24 points pushed the Wildcats to a dominating win Monday night at the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Independence, Missouri.
Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• March 19, 2016
The No. 22 Baker women beat the No. 13 Lewis-Clark State Warriors 71-52 in the NAIA quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon in Independence, Missouri, and clinched a trip to the Fab Four for the first time in school history. The Wildcats will take on their conference rival Benedictine at 6 p.m. on Monday night.
Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• March 18, 2016
The No. 22 Baker Wildcats claimed a 70-56 win over No. 5 Shawnee State in the second round of the NAIA national championships on Friday afternoon in Independence, Missouri. The Wildcats play at 4 p.m. Saturday for a chance to go to the Final Four.
Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• March 16, 2016
The No. 22 Baker women opened up the NAIA national tournament with an 80-71 upset win over the No. 12 Columbia College Cougars Wednesday night. Senior Jami Hodge’s career-high 30 points and the team’s hot 3-point shooting pushed the Wildcats into Friday's second round.
Not many opposing post players can shoot over Macy Wallisch or bust through her to get to the basket. She recently won her third straight Heart of America Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Year award.
Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• March 9, 2016
The No. 22 Baker women received an at-large bid to the NAIA National Championships next week at the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Independence, Missouri. This is the team’s third consecutive trip to the NAIA tournament.
Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• March 8, 2016
The No. 24 Baker women lost 53-41 to the No. 9 MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers in the Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament championship game Tuesday night in Olathe.
Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• March 5, 2016
The Baker women's basketball team upset the top-seeded Central Methodist Eagles 64-59 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament semifinals in Fayette, Missouri, on Saturday. The Wildcats are on their way to their second Heart tournament final in the last three seasons.
Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• March 3, 2016
The No. 24 Baker women beat Culver-Stockton 64-37 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals Thursday night in the Collins Center. The win pushes Baker into the conference semifinals at Central Methodist on Saturday.
Story by Nathalia Barr, Managing Editor
• February 28, 2016
The Baker University women's basketball team ended the regular season 22-7 overall after defeating William Penn University on Saturday in Oskaloosa, Iowa. With a 16-6 conference record, the 'Cats will enter the tournament seeded No. 4 and will take on No. 5 Culver-Stockton College at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, in the Collins Center
Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• February 24, 2016
The women’s basketball team sent its seniors out with an 85-43 win over Peru State, the largest margin of victory in conference play this season. The four seniors accounted for 44 of the team's points and exited with a standing ovation halfway through the fourth quarter.
Story by Jim Joyner, Sports Editor
• February 20, 2016
The Baker women cruised to their 20th win of the season in a 77-53 thrashing of the Grand View Vikings on Saturday afternoon in the Collins Center. This is the fourth straight season the women have won 20 or more games, which is a school record.
