Women's Basketball 1986-87 Wrap-Up

1986-87 Lady Cobber Basketball 26-5

National NCAA Div. III Runners-up

The Lady Cobber basketball team finished a phenomenal season by placing second in the  National Collegiate Athletic Association Division Ill tournament this year Third year coach  Duane Siverson described them as possibly the best women's basketball team in Concordia  history."

On their way to the national playoffs the women captured the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship by closing the season 21-1 and achieving a national rating of sixth place.

The team led the conference in scoring and in field-goal and free-throw percentages. They ranked second in the nation in field-goal percentage and fourth in scoring, with an average of 81.3 points per game. Six of the 10 top MIAC shooters were members of the Concordia team.

Individually, Jessica Beachy '88 of Staples, Minn., was a team standout, leading the team in steals and scoring.  an average of 20 points per game, Beachy was also the MIAC's leading scorer and 23rd best nation wide Her free-throw percentage of 87.5 percent topped MIAC and national lists.

Marylee Legried '88, New York Mills, Minn., also topped national statistics with an average of 11.6 assists per game.

"Beachy and Legried are the best pair of guards in the conference - possibly in the nation," said Siverson

Patty Kubow '89 of Rush City, Minn., led the conference in blocked shots, helping limit the opponents to an average of 57 points per game.

Beachy, Legried and Kubow were named to the MIAC All Conference Team. Nancy Jacobson '88, Lincoln, Neb., and Jillayn Quaschnick '89, Sebeka, Minn., received honorable mention. Beachy and Kubow also earned spots on the Academic All-Conference Team. Beachy was named MIAC and West Region Most Valuable Player. The American Women's Sports Federation named Beachy to its First and Legried to its Second All-American teams.

A finalist for Player of the Year, Beachy was named to the NCAA Division III Kodak All-America First Team by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

In post-season play the Lady Cobbers defeated California State-Stanislaus 77-64 and Pornona-Pitzer, Claremont, Calif., 68-46 to win the West Region championship.

Next, the Concordia team took on the nation's No.1 team, Rust College of Holly Springs, Miss., in a home game, winning 72-62 to reach the Final Four in the national championship playoffs. After defeating Kean College, Union, N.J., 74-69, they fell just short of the national championship by losing to Wisconsin-Stevens Point 81-74.

"The Final Four had been a goal for our student athletes the past two years, and they weren't going to be denied the opportunity to play in the national championship," Siverson said.

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1986-87 Roster

 1986-87 LADY COBBER BASKETBALL ROSTER 
    
   NO  NAME              P YR HT   HOMETOWN
   10 Karen Hanson       G Sr 5-8  Bismarck
   12 Cheri Beyer        G Jr 5-7  Frazee
   14 Lisa Conzemius     G So 5-4  Breckenridge
   20 Becky Ehnert       G Fr 5-5  New York Mills
   22 Jillayn Quaschnick G So 5-6  Sebeka
   24 Jessica Beachy     G Jr 5-8  Staples
   30 Patty Kubow        C So 6-4  Rush City
   32 Nancy Jacobson     F Jr 5-11 Bismark, ND
   34 Marylee Legried    G Jr 5-7  New York Mills
   40 Kyra Odden         F Fr 6-0  Staples 
   44 Donna Cummings     F So 5-9  Fargo, ND
   50 Beth Tollefson     G So 5-8  Kasson 
   52 Heidi Collins      C Fr 6-0  Grafton   
   54 Sandi Leines       C Fr 6-1  Moorhead
    
   Head Coach: Duane Siverson 
   Assistant: Jerry Pyle 
   Asst. Coach, Deb Meyer

1986-87 Schedule

1986-87 Lady Cobber Basketball Schedule
 Date   Opponent       H/A Result
        Alumni         *H  W 106-59
 11/21  NDSU           *A  L  72-73
 11/25  Moorhead State *H  W  85-64
 12/3   Moorhead State *A  L  66-68
 12/8   Bethel          H  W  87-60
 12/11  Gustavus        A  W  76-61
 12/13  St. Thomas      H  W  70-58
 12/15  Bemidji State  *A  L  69-83
 1/3    St. Mary's      A  W  85-64
 1/5    Carleton        H  W 103-45
 1/8    St. Ben's       H  W  73-62
 1/10   Hamline         H  W 117-37
 1/15   Macalester      A  W  93-54
 1/17   St. Catherine's H  W  86-41
 1/19   Augsburg        H  W  91-56
 1/22   St. Olaf        A  W  96-63
 1/24   Bethel          A  W  69-59
 1/28   Gustavus        H  W  79-67
 1/31   St. Thomas      A  W  70-54
 2/2    St. Mary's      H  W  81-50
 2/4    Carleton        A  W  87-51
 2/9    St. Ben's       A  L  66-68
 2/     Hamline         A  W  88-63
 2/12   Macalester      H  W  82-57
 2/15   St. Catherine's A  W  83-58
 2/16   Augsburg        A  W 104-70
 2/18   St. Olaf        H  W  79-62
 *non-conference games
 NCAA West Region Tournament (at Stanislaus)
 3/6    Cal St. Stanislaus W  77-64
 3/7    Pomona-Pitzer   T  W  68-46
 NCAA Quarterfinals (at Concordia)
 3/14   Rust College       W  72-62
 NCAA Final Four (at Scranton, PA)
 3/20   Kean College       W  74-69
 3/21   W. Stevens Point   L  74-81

 Final Record:  26-5,  21-1 (1st MIAC)
 Coach:  Duane Siverson

 1986-87 All-Conference:  Jessica Beachy
(First Team All-American,)

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1986-87 MIAC Race

1986-87
MIAC CONFERENCE STANDINGS
                   MIAC  Overall
1. CONCORDIA       21-2  26-5
2. ST.THOMAS       18-4  19-7
3. BETHEL          17-5  18-6
4. ST. BENEDICT'S  15-7  17-9
5. ST. OLAF        13-9  13-13
6. GUSTAVUS        12-10 14-11
7. ST. MARY'S      11-11 12-14
8. AUGSBURG        8-14  10-15
9. MACALESTER      7-15   8-16
9. HAMLINE         7-15   7-19
11.ST.CATHERINE'S  2-20   2-22
12.CARLETON        1-21   2-22

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1986-87 Stats

 1986-87 Lady Cobber Season Stats

NO  NAME               G  MIN  FG FGA FTM FTA PTS  PPG REB AST BLK S
10 Karen Hanson        31 510  88 168  10  14 186  6.0  52  65  2  25
12 Cheri Beyer         29 376  42  93  20  34 104  3.6  43  63  1  24
20 Becky Ehnert        28 271  27  54  15  21  69  2.5  16  78  0  32
22 Jillayn Quaschnick  31 590  97 198  50  61 244  7.9  71  98  1  47
24 Jessica Beachy      31 785 251 485 117 137 619 20.0  94  62  5  75
30 Patty Kubow         31 731 165 301  39  67 369 11.9 230  15 69  19
32 Nancy Jacobson      31 746 116 221  49  83 281  9.1 178  25 20  16
34 Marylee Legried     31 864  53 134  39  61 145  4.7 111 328  5  61
44 Donna Cummings      23 297  36  65  36  55 108  4.7  62  12  1  16
50 Beth Tollefson      19  84  13  35   4   6  30  1.6  20   8  0   4
52 Heidi Collins       31 453  67 149  26  50 160  5.2 135  16 16  22
54 Sandi Leines        28 420  83 136  22  31 188  6.7 120   3 11  13
                             1038 2039

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1986-87 All-MIAC

1986-87 MIAC ALL CONFERENCE TEAM
Jessica Beachy    (junior)   (MVP)   Concordia
Marylee Legried   (junior)   Concordia
Linn Erickson     (senior)   Gustavus
Kim Krize         (junior)   St. Benedict's
Leah Canfield     (senior)   Bethel
Jenny Ihde        (senior)   St. Olaf
Jenny Phillips    (soph)     St. Thomas
Lisa Janikowski   (senior)   St. Mary's
Lisa Nordeen      (frosh)    Carleton
Patty Kubow       (soph)     Concordia
Ellen Stewart     (soph)     Hamline
Pam Eaton         (junior)   St. Benedict's
Janis Raatz       (junior)   Macalester
Laurie Dehn       (junior)   St. Thomas
Heidi Howard      (senior)   Bethel

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