Women's Basketball | 3/20/2018 5:50:00 PM
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A second straight regular-season conference title and a second straight trip to the NCAA tournament highlighted the 2017-18 year for the Minnesota State University Moorhead women's basketball team.
The Dragons finished with a 23-6 mark, their third straight season of 20 wins or more. They have had 18 straight winning seasons in the
Karla Nelson coaching era.
MSUM tied a school record with 16 straight wins in 2017-18. MSUM finished 19-3 in the league to pick up a second straight Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference crown.
All-NSIC Honors
Three Dragons received postseason honors from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
Senior forward
Drew Sannes and junior guard
Jacky Volkert were each named to the All-NSIC First Team, while senior guard
Cassidy Thorson was named to the All-NSIC Second Team for a second straight year.
Record Books
The Dragons left their marks on the record books as well.
--Sannes leaves MSUM as the all-time record holder in blocked shots (227). She also leaves in the top 10 in rebounding (813, sixth) and points scored (1,288, ninth).
--Thorson leaves MSUM as the school's all-time leader in three-pointers made (225); she is the only Dragon women's player to surpass 200 threes. Thorson also is 20th all-time with 1,043 points.
--Volkert set the new MSUM single-season record with 156 assists. She is fifth all-time at MSUM with 353 assists.
Sannes Earns Honors
Sannes was named as a CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team selection earlier this month, becoming the first Dragon women's basketball player to earn first-team honors. Sannes also earned all-region honors from the D2CCA.
National Rankings
MSUM ranked in the top 25 nationally in several categories:
Team
--ranked 11th in assist to turnover ratio (1.27)
--ranked fifth in defensive rebounds per game (31.0)
--ninth in fewest turnovers (353)
--ninth in fewest turnovers per game (12.2)
--sixth in rebound margin (9.9)
--19th in free-throw percentage (77.7)
-- 19th in rebounds per game (43.5)
Individual
--Volkert was 15th in assists per game (5.4) and 22
nd in assist to turnover ratio (2.17)
--Sannes was 16th in defensive rebounds per game (8.0)
