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Women s Basketball 2012-13 USTAVUS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT NOVEMBER 23 24 Simpson (Storm Lake, Iowa) Buena Vista (Storm Lake, Iowa) L 45-67 W 68-51

OLA COLLEE W 60-57 5 Bethel University W 66-54 8 Carleton College W 58-47 JANUARY 2 SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY W 86-66 5 HAMLINE UNIVERSITY W 87-57 7 Macalester

Olaf College 7:30 p.m. 23 BETHEL UNIVERSITY 7:30 p.m. 26 COLLEE O SAINT BENEDICT 3:00 p.m. 30 Saint Mary s University 7:30 p.m. EBRUARY 2 Hamline University 1:00 p.

m. HOME AMES in BOLD ACE CAPS Quick acts Location: St.

III Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic NCAA Affiliation: NCAA Division III President: Jack R.

ADOLPHUS COLLEE olden usties 11-3, 10-1 MIAC ame Information DATE: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 TIME: 1:00 p.m. SITE: St.

portal# WEB VIDEO: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/gac.portal# LIVE STATS: https://gustavus.edu/athletics/wbb/live/xlive.htm Top teams battle.

basketball team will host Concordia College at 1:00 p.m. The usties are most recently coming off a 66-48 victory over Augsburg on Wednesday night in St. Peter.

Concordia was also in action on Wednesday, traveling to Arden Hills and taking care of Bethel by the score of 63-39.

1 Women s Basketball USTAVUS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT NOVEMBER Simpson (Storm Lake, Iowa) Buena Vista (Storm Lake, Iowa) L W Minnesota State, Mankato L Augsburg College W DECEMBER 1 College of Saint Benedict W ST. OLA COLLEE W Bethel University W Carleton College W JANUARY 2 SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY W HAMLINE UNIVERSITY W Macalester College W UNIVERSITY O ST. THOMAS L St. Catherine University W AUSBUR COLLEE W CONCORDIA COLLEE 1:00 p.m. 21 St. Olaf College 7:30 p.m. 23 BETHEL UNIVERSITY 7:30 p.m. 26 COLLEE O SAINT BENEDICT 3:00 p.m. 30 Saint Mary s University 7:30 p.m. EBRUARY 2 Hamline University 1:00 p.m. 4 MACALESTER COLLEE 7:30 p.m. 6 University of St. Thomas 7:30 p.m. 9 ST. CATHERINE UNIVERSITY 3:00 p.m. 13 CARLETON COLLEE 7:30 p.m. 16 Concordia College 1:00 p.m. HOME AMES in BOLD ACE CAPS Quick acts Location: St. Peter, Minnesota ounded: 1862 Enrollment: 2,572 Nickname: olden usties School Colors: Black and old Home ield: us Young Court NCAA Affiliation: NCAA Division III Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic NCAA Affiliation: NCAA Division III President: Jack R. Ohle Athletic Director: Tom Brown Assistant Athletic Director: Jared Phillips Athletic Trainer: Troy Banse Equipment Manager: Wayne Norman ame 15 USTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEE olden usties 11-3, 10-1 MIAC ame Information DATE: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 TIME: 1:00 p.m. SITE: St. Peter, Minnesota VENUE: us Young Court RADIO: None CONCORDIA COLLEE Cobbers 10-4, 9-2 MIAC WEB AUDIO: WEB VIDEO: LIVE STATS: Top teams battle... Two of the top three teams in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference will square off on Saturday at us Young Court, as the ustavus women s basketball team will host Concordia College at 1:00 p.m. The usties are most recently coming off a victory over Augsburg on Wednesday night in St. Peter. ustavus improved to 11-3 overall and 10-1 in the MIAC with the win, maintaining a first place standing in the MIAC alongside St. Thomas. Concordia was also in action on Wednesday, traveling to Arden Hills and taking care of Bethel by the score of The Cobbers improved to 10-4 overall and 9-2 in the MIAC, sitting alone begin ustavus and St. Thomas in the conference flickr.com/photos/gogusties facebook.com/ustieathletics youtube.com/gustavusathletics client.stretchinternet.com/client/gac.portal Women s Basketball Media Contact Sports Information Director: Ethan Armstrong earmstr2@gac.edu Cell: Office: ax: acebook: ustavus Athletics St. Peter, Minn.

2012-13 ustavus Adolphus Women s BASKETBAL ame Notes 2012-13 ustavus Women s Basketball Team 2012-13 ustavus Women s Basketball Roster (Numerical) No.

2 ustavus Adolphus Women s BASKETBAL ame Notes ustavus Women s Basketball Team ustavus Women s Basketball Roster (Numerical) No Name Yr. Julia Dysthe Rachelle Blaschko Stephanie Comer Whitney Novak Emily itzsimmons Britta Rinke Julie Sohre Heather Hohenstein Kelsey lorian Kaytlin Remold Mia Sandstrom Lindsey Johnson Abby Rothenbuehler Anna Lundquist Kaitlin Kwasniewski Jessica Richert Kelle Nett Karina Schroeder Jr. Jr. So. Jr. y. y. Jr. y. y. y. y. y. Pos. P P Ht Hometown/High School White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake Henderson, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka Oak Park Heights, Minn./Stillwater ood Thunder, Minn./Maple River Waconia, Minn./Waconia ood Thunder, Minn./Maple River arden City, Minn./Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Roseville, Minn./Roseville Area Byron, Minn./Byron Chanhassen, Minn./Chaska Edina, Minn./Edina North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West Rochester, Minn./Mayo Brookings, S.D./Brookings reeburg, Ill./Osan American Spring Valley, Ill./Hall Lake Crystal, Minn./Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Head Coach: Laurie Kelly (irst Season) Assistant Coaches: Dan Wolfe, Nate Otto, Angie Potts

2012-13 ustavus Adolphus Women s Basketball ame Notes STATISTICAL COMPARISON AC vs. CC 11-3 Overall Record 10-4 10-1 Conference Record 9-2 64.6 Points Per ame 69.0 +5.2 Scoring Margin +9.3.457 ield oal Percentage.

3 ustavus Adolphus Women s Basketball ame Notes STATISTICAL COMPARISON AC vs. CC 11-3 Overall Record Conference Record Points Per ame Scoring Margin ield oal Percentage PT ield oal Percentage ree Throw Percentage Rebounds Rebounds Per ame Rebounding Margin Assists Assists Per ame Assist/Turnover Ratio Turnovers Per ame Turnover Margin +0.6 USTAVUS RECORD WHEN... At home On the road A neutral site In MIAC games In non-conference games When leading after first half When tied after first half When trailing after first half In overtime AC has more rebounds Opponent has more rebounds Rebounds equal AC has more assists Opponent has more assists Assists equal AC commits more fouls Opponent commits more fouls ouls equal AC commits more turnovers Opponent commits more turnovers Turnovers equal AC scores first Opponent scores first ames decided by three or less ames decided by single figures 0-0 ames decided by double figures In November In December In January In ebruary ollowing a win ollowing a loss SCHOOL MIAC OVERALL USTAVUS St. Thomas Concordia Saint Benedict Saint Mary s Hamline St. Olaf Carleton Augsburg Macalester Bethel St. Catherine Around the League Carleton College at Hamline University 1:00 p.m. Saint Mary s Unversity at Augsburg College 1:00 p.m. Bethel University at Macalester College 1:00 p.m. St. Catherine University at University of St. Thomas 1:00 p.m. College of Saint Benedict at St. Olaf College 3:00 p.m. MIAC Standings/Schedule ame Notes WOMEN S BASKETBALL EMBARKS ON NEW SEASON... On what is the 40th anniversary of Title IX, women s basketball at ustavus has been seen on the campus of ustavus Adolphus College since the turn of the 20th century. On ebruary 14, 1903, it was women who played the first intercollegiate basketball game at ustavus. On that date, the usties took on Mankato Normal at the local Opera House, falling by the score of Since that time, the ustavus women s basketball team has compiled a record of overall and in the MIAC. The usties have won two MIAC Championships, while Laurie Kelly is the 10th head coach in the history of the program. EORAPHY LESSON... The ustavus Adolphus women s basketball roster features 18 student-athletes from a total of three states across the upper midwest. Home-grown natives of the Land of the 10, 000 Lakes make up the blunt of the roster with 15 players hailing from Minnesota. Illinois is represented by senior Jessica Richert and first-year Kelle Nett, while Kaitlin Kwasniewski is a product of Minnesota s western neighbor South Dakota. THE SERIES... Saturday s game will serve as the 69th meeting between ustavus and Concordia in women s basketball. The Cobbers hold the advantage in the all-time series with a record of The usties and Cobbers split the regular season series last season after both teams successfully defended their home court. ustavus won in St. Peter, while Concordia won in Moorhead. The two squads later met in the semifinals of the MIAC Playoffs. ustavus advanced to the championship game with a win at us Young Court. LAST TIME OUT... The ustavus women s basketball team took care of business on its home court with a victory over Augsburg College in their last outing on Wednesday night. The usties benefited from a fast start that saw them up 19-4 in the opening ten minutes, and a stifling defensive effort that held Augsburg to just 26-percent shooting from the field. Senior Abby Rothenbuehler led the way with a double-double after scoring 16 points (6-9) and bringing down 10 rebounds.

4 ustavus Adolphus Women s Basketball ame Notes ame Notes ustavus defense was so stingy in the first half that it took Augsburg until the 9:36 mark to knock down its first field goal, a three-pointer by Katie Ahlstrom that cut the lead to After Augsburg cut the lead to six points (22-16) by the 4:45 mark, ustavus used an 11-0 surge to close the opening frame and head to the locker room up ustavus advantage would linger around the 20-point range for the majority of the second half. Augsburg cut the lead to 14 (62-48) with under two minutes to play, and the usties responded with the last four points of the game to secure at 18-point win. As a team, ustavus shot 50-percent (24-28) from the field, 50-percent (4-8) from three-point range, and 63.6-percent (14-22) from the free throw line. The usties outrebounded the Auggies 40-28, yet lost the turnover battle ABOUT THE COBBERS... The Concordia women s basketball team jumped out to a halftime lead and didn t look back in its last outing on Wednesday against Bethel. The Cobbers shot 39.1-percent from the field in the victory, outrebounding the Royals and forcing 18 turnovers. Ally isher led all scorers with 17 points after going 6-for-11 from the field and 2-for-2 from three-point range. Alexandra Lippert finished next in line with 14 points after going 7-for-14 from the floor. isher brought down seven rebounds, and Lippert tallied six, while Hannah Jeske led the team with eight boards and nine points. The Cobbers enter the weekend with four players averaging doublefigures. Tricia Sorensen leads the team and ranks second in the MIAC in scoring with a 15.2 points per game average. Emily Thesing averages 12.7 ppg, ranking her sixth in the league. Sorensen is shooting 45.4-percent from the field, while Thesing is shooting 37-percent. Alley isher averages 11.9 ppg and has proven to be dangerous from downtown, ranking third in the conference in three-point shooting at 41.2-percent. Alexandra Lippert rounds out the group averaging 10.3 ppg and shooting 46.7-percent from the floor. The Cobbers enter Saturday s game as the top scoring team in the league, averaging 69 points per game overall and 69.5 ppg in conference play. As a team, Concordia is shooting 42.1-percent (3rd/MIAC) from the field and 31.9-percent (3rd/MIAC) from beyond the arc. Concordia has won seven of its last eight games and is scoring an average of 73.6 ppg within that time. ROTHENBUEHLER ETS BACK ON TRACK... After scoring five points in back-to-back games, senior post Abby Rothenbuehler got back on track with a double-double in points (16) and rebounds (10) on Wednesday against Augsburg. The double-double was Rothenbuehler s third of the season and first since Dec. 8 when she scored 15 points and brought down 10 boards against Carleton. ISHER INDS HER STROKE... Concordia sophomore Alley isher has been on a scoring tear as of late. Over the past four games, isher has scored in double figures of each contest for an average of 13.8 ppg. She is shooting 42.5-percent from the field over the last four games. TEN WIN MARK... Wednesday night s win over Augsburg marked ustavus 10th conference victory of the season. The usties have now reached the 10 win milestone in league play for 17 consecutive seasons. COBBERS ON THE LASS... The Cobber women come into Saturday as the second ranked rebounding team in the league, averaging 42.8 boards per game. The Cobbers bring down 14.4 rebounds offensively and 28.4 rebounds defensively, ranking them second in both areas. BY THE NUMBERS The average margin of the victory of the ustavus women s basketball team in its 10 league wins this season. 3.9 and The assists per game average of Concordia s Emily Thesing and Erika Jossart, respectively. Thesing ranks second in the league with a total of 54 dimes, while Jossart ranks third with The assist-to-turnover ratio of senior Kesley lorian. lorian ranks fifth in the conference in the category The number of rebounds allowed per game by the ustavus defense (2nd/MIAC). The usties are allowing an average of 13.4 offensive and a league-best 19.3 defensive rebounds per game. USTAVUS PROJECTED STARTERS # Player Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown PP RP % 3PT% T% MIN. 5 Julia Dysthe Jr. 5-7 White Bear Lake, Minn Stephanie Comer 5-8 Minnetonka, Minn Kelsey lorian 5-10 Roseville, Minn Abby Rothenbuehler 6-2 North Mankato, Minn Karina Schroeder y. 6-0 Lake Crystal, Minn CONCORDIA PROJECTED STARTERS # Player Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown PP RP % 3PT% T% MIN. 12 Erika Jossart Jr. 5-7 Thief River alls, Minn Emily Thesing 5-7 Brainerd, Minn Tricia Sorensen 5-11 Bismarck, N.D Alley isher So. 5-7 argo, N.D Alexandra Lippert C Jr. 6-4 Willmar, Minn

2012-13 ustavus Adolphus Women s Basketball ame Notes Head Coach Laurie Kelly irst Season 11-3 at ustavus 232-194 Overall Office: 507-933-6145 Email: lkelly@gustavus.

5 ustavus Adolphus Women s Basketball ame Notes Head Coach Laurie Kelly irst Season 11-3 at ustavus Overall Office: lkelly@gustavus.edu Laurie Kelly is currently in her first season as the head coach of the ustavus women s basketball team. Kelly, a 1993 graduate of the University of St. Thomas with a major in speech communications, replaces Mickey Haller, who resigned in March of 2012 after serving as the head coach for 12 years. Kelly comes to ustavus from Northern Arizona University in lagstaff, where she has directed the Division I Lumberjacks for the past nine seasons. A Rochester, Minnesota, native, Kelly made a quick ascent through the Division II and I coaching ranks after a record setting Division III playing career at the University of St. Thomas in the early `90s. In the past nine years at Northern Arizona, she has compiled the most wins in the program s history (117), while also directing the team to its first-ever Big Sky Conference tournament title and NCAA tournament bid in the season. During Kelly s tenure, the Lumberjacks advanced to the Big Sky tournament six times with two appearances in the championship game (2006, 2007), and her teams have registered two of the three 20-win seasons in the program s history. In addition to quality on the floor, her squads have also been strong in the classroom, with four players earning CoSIDA Academic All-District honors including one Academic All-American. The Lumberjacks were recognized in the Women s Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 Academic Honor Roll six times, with two Top Ten national rankings. Prior to her position at Northern Arizona, Kelly coached at Binghamton University in New York and built the Bearcats into one of the top Division II programs in the country before helping the institution transition to a Division I program in In that first year of Division I competition, Kelly directed the team to a 19-9 record and a second-place finish in the America East Conference. During her five years at Binghamton, Kelly compiled a record of 94-22, including a mark of in the program s final three years at the Division II level, and her squads won New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) titles in 1999 and 2000 and Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) titles in 2000 and She was named ECAC Coach of the Year in 2000 and New York State Coach of the Year in Kelly started her collegiate coaching career as the graduate assistant coach at Minnesota State University, Mankato from 1996 to While she was at Minnesota State, Mankato she earned a master s degree in physical education with an emphasis in sports administration. Before her success in the coaching ranks, Laurie Trow Kelly was a standout player at the University of St. Thomas from 1989 to 1993 and is recognized by many as one of the greatest players in NCAA Division III history. A gifted athlete, the 6-1 Kelly scored 2,607 points and pulled down 1,204 rebounds in four years, earning Kodak All-America honors three consecutive seasons. In her senior season ( ), Kelly was voted National Player of the Year by the Women s Basketball Coaches Association after averaging more than 26 points per game. She set 22 conference and 24 school records, was conference MVP three times and was also named Midwest Sports Channel NCAA Division III Women s Athlete of the Year. In January of 2006, Kelly was one of five players selected to the NCAA Division III 25th Anniversary Team. Laurie Kelly is the ninth head coach in the 44-year history of the ustavus women s basketball program. The usties have compiled an all-time record of (.594), winning two Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and making five NCAA tournament appearances. In addition to her coaching duties, Kelly will serve as the coordinator of the ustavus Health Promotion program (HP). The ustavus Health Promotion program offers employees at ustavus a variety of educational opportunities, assessment tools, and physical activity experiences so that they can achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Kelly lives in St. Peter with and her husband, Matt, and their two daughters, Morgan (9) and Madison (7).

6 ustavus Adolphus Women s Basketball ame Notes Combined Season Statistics ustavus Adolphus Basketball ustavus Adolphus College Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 17, 2013) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL AMES CONERENCE NON-CONERENCE Total 3-Point -Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 34 Abby Rothenbuehler Julia Dysthe Kelsey lorian Karina Schroeder Britta Rinke Stephanie Comer Rachelle Blaschko Mia Sandstrom Lindsey Johnson Kaytlin Remold Emily itzsimmons Kelle Nett Jessica Richert Anna Lundquist Heather Hohenstein Whitney Novak Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS AC OPP SCORIN Points per game Scoring margin IELD OALS-ATT ield goal pct POINT -ATT point pct pt made per game REE THROWS-ATT ree throw pct Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/ame Neutral site-avg/ame Date Opponent Score Att. 11/23/12 vs Simpson College L /24/12 at Buena Vista Univ. W /26/12 at Minnesota State L * 11/28/12 at Augsburg College W * 12/01/12 at Saint Benedict W * 12/03/12 ST. OLA W * 12/05/12 at Bethel University W * 12/08/12 at Carleton College W * 1/2/13 SAINT MARY'S W * 1/5/13 HAMLINE W * 1/7/13 at Macalester W * 1/9/13 ST. THOMAS L * 01/12/13 at St. Catherine W * 1/16/13 AUSBUR COLLEE W * 1/19/13 CONCORDIA COLLEE 1:00 pm * - Conference game

2012-13 ustavus Adolphus Women s Basketball ame Notes ame-by-ame Statistical Comparison ustavus Adolphus Basketball ustavus Adolphus College Team ame-by-ame Comparison (as of Jan 17, 2013) All games

7 ustavus Adolphus Women s Basketball ame Notes ame-by-ame Statistical Comparison ustavus Adolphus Basketball ustavus Adolphus College Team ame-by-ame Comparison (as of Jan 17, 2013) All games Opponent 1st 2nd Score Mar Total Pct 3-Pointers 3 Pct ree Throws T Pct Rebounds Assist T/Over Block Steal ouls Simpson College 20/31 25/ (22) 16-46/ / / / / / / /20 24/8 4/2 2/13 13/12 Buena Vista Univ. 35/21 33/ / / / / / / / /15 10/14 7/4 7/7 16/16 Minnesota State 28/38 28/ (37) 21-42/ / / / / / /31 (14) 13/28 30/25 3/3 10/22 7/18 Augsburg College 23/25 40/ / / / / / / / /14 19/12 12/2 6/8 13/17 Saint Benedict 27/35 37/ / / / / / / /35 (5) 12/13 20/15 3/1 7/15 18/13 ST. OLA 33/31 27/ / / / / / / /46 (11) 12/9 11/17 4/9 6/7 13/15 Bethel University 31/21 35/ / / / / / / / /19 16/23 3/11 13/7 16/18 Carleton College 28/25 30/ / / / / / / / /11 14/18 2/2 7/10 11/15 SAINT MARY'S 46/30 40/ / / / / / / /33-15/12 21/22 8/5 9/12 14/19 HAMLINE 45/26 42/ / / / / / / / /8 19/12 3/5 5/16 12/17 Macalester 33/27 33/ / / / / / / /33 (5) 18/15 17/17 4/0 11/9 13/14 ST. THOMAS 15/33 28/ (22) 16-46/ / / / / / /36 (5) 9/9 24/15 5/7 7/12 13/11 St. Catherine 45/26 31/ / / / / / / / /15 11/23 1/1 14/5 15/18 AUSBUR COLLEE 33/16 33/ / / / / / / / /6 21/17 3/3 11/8 21/15 Note: ame totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

8 ustavus Adolphus Women s Basketball ame Notes TV/Radio Roster 5 Julia Dysthe uard - Junior White Bear Lake, Minn. Rachelle Blaschko uard - Junior Henderson, Minn Stephanie Comer uard- Senior Minnetonka, Minn. Whitney Novak uard - Senior Oak Park Heights, Minn. Emily itzsimmons uard - Sophomore ood Thunder, Minn. Britta Rinke orward - Junior Waconia, Minn Julie Sohre orward - irst-year ood Thunder, Minn. Heather Hohenstein uard - irst-year arden City, Minn. Kelsey lorian orward - Senior Roseville, Minn. Kaytlin Remold orward - Junior Byron, Minn. Mia Sandstrom orward - Senior Chanhassen, Minn Lindsey Johnson orward - irst-year Edina, Minn. Abby Rothenbuehler orward - Senior North Mankato, Minn. Anna Lundquist Post - irst-year Rochester, Minn. Kaitlin Kwasniewski uard - irst-year Brookings, S.D. Jessica Richert orward - Senior reeburg, Ill Kelle Nett orward - irst-year Spring Valley, Ill. Karina Schroeder Post - irst-year Lake Crystal, Minn. Laurie Kelly Head Coach Dan Wolfe Assistant Coach

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE. Golden Gusties 1-2, 0-0 MIAC. Game Information

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE. Golden Gusties 1-2, 0-0 MIAC. Game Information Women s Basketball 2012-13 USTAVUS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT NOVEMBER 23 24 Simpson (Storm Lake, Iowa) Buena Vista (Storm Lake, Iowa) L 45-67 W 68-51 27 Minnesota State, Mankato L 56-93 28 Augsburg