Final 2012-13 MIAA Women's Basketball Report
Final Standings
| League | Overall | ||||||||
| W | L | Avg. | Opp. | W | L | Avg. | Opp. | ||
| Calvin* | 15 | 1 | 80.4 | 51.2 | 23 | 4 | 77.3 | 54.0 | |
| Hope* | 15 | 1 | 75.2 | 41.2 | 29 | 2 | 71.3 | 43.6 | |
| Olivet | 10 | 6 | 63.6 | 62.8 | 15 | 11 | 61.5 | 62.3 | |
| Trine | 8 | 8 | 52.0 | 58.7 | 14 | 12 | 54.7 | 60.3 | |
| Adrian | 7 | 9 |
55.9 | 64.7 | 8 | 16 | 57.1 | 66.0 | |
| Albion |
7 | 9 | 57.1 | 61.6 | 10 | 15 | 57.0 | 61.2 | |
| Alma | 6 | 10 | 57.1 | 66.1 | 7 | 17 | 56.4 | 66.0 | |
| Saint Mary's | 3 | 13 | 59.2 | 71.9 | 5 | 20 | 59.4 | 71.0 | |
| Kalamazoo | 1 | 15 | 50.2 | 72.4 | 2 | 23 | 52.4 | 72.7 | |
The regular season champion is determined solely on percentage of games won and lost. The conference tournament champion will receive the league's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.
*MIAA Co-Champions - Calvin & Hope
NCAA Division III Women's Basketball
Tournament
Sectional Final - Saturday, March 9 at
Whitewater, Wis.
Wis.-Whitewater 65,
Hope 60 box
Sectional Round - Friday, March 8 at
Whitewater, Wis.
Hope 71, St. Thomas, Minn. 61 box
Second Round - Saturday, March
2
Hope 63, Ohio Northern 48 box
First Round - Friday, March 1
Hope 64, Wheaton, Ill. 37 box
St. Thomas, Minn. 64, Calvin 62 box
Click here for the complete Division III women's tournament bracket
All-MIAA Honors
Most Valuable Player
Carissa Verkaik, Calvin
(Senior from Holland/Holland Christian HS)
Defensive Player of the Year
Liz Ellis, Hope
(Senior from Grand Rapids/East Grand Rapids HS)
All-MIAA First Team
Kelsey Campbell, Olivet* (junior from Olivet/Olivet HS)
Liz Ellis, Hope** (senior from Grand Rapids/East Grand Rapids
HS)
Kayla Engelhard, Calvin* (sophomore from Unionville/Saginaw Valley
Lutheran HS)
Courtney Kust, Hope** (senior from Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati
Hills Christian HS)
Sydney Spragg, Trine* (senior from Reading/Reading HS)
Carissa Verkaik, Calvin**** (senior from Holland/Holland Christian
HS)
All-MIAA Second Team
Brittany Berry, Hope (sophomore from Grand Rapids/GR
Catholic Central HS)
Shanlynn Bias, Saint Mary’s (junior from Griffith,
Ind./Griffith HS)
Brett deBear, Albion (junior from Plymouth/Salem HS)
Julia Hilbrands, Calvin (senior from Grand Rapids/GR Christian
HS)
Megan Loveberry, Trine (senior from Quincy/Quincy HS)
Sydney Radde, Olivet (senior from Stevensville/Lakeshore HS)
* - Number of years All-MIAA First Team
MIAA Tournament
Championship - Saturday, February
23
Hope 62, Calvin 59 box
Semifinals - Wednesday, February 20
#1 Calvin 83, #4 Trine 48 box
#2 Hope 64, #3 Olivet 45 box
Player of the Week Honor Roll
Week #1 - Liz Ellis, Hope
Week #2 - Kayla Engelhard, Calvin
Week #3 - Kelsey Campbell, Olivet
Week #4 - Ariana Paul, Saint Mary's, and Brett deBear, Albion
Week #5 - Liz Ellis, Hope and SoQuitta DeShazor, Olivet
Week #6 - Courtney Kust, Hope and Sydney Spragg, Trine
Week #7 - Kelcey Swisher, Trine
Week #8 - Kelsey Campbell, Olivet
Week #9 - Carissa Verkaik, Calvin and Stefanie Lang,
Olivet
Week #10 - Carissa Verkaik, Calvin
Week #11 - Courtney Kust, Hope
Week #12 - Kelsey Campbell, Olivet
Week #13 - Emily Lindsay, Kalamazoo
Week #14 - Megan Loveberry, Trine
Week #15 - Courtney Kust, Hope
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