NCAA BASKETBALL: Lady Royals face Denison, seeking national championship
SALEM, Virginia — One more win. That is all that separates the University of Scranton women’s basketball team from claiming the program’s second national championship. Standing in its way is Denison University in the NCAA Division III final Saturday at 4 p.
m. at Roanoke College’s Creeger Center. Scranton (32-0) advanced to the title game by dethroning two-time defending champ NYU in Thursday’s ...
SALEM, Virginia — One more win. That is all that separates the University of Scranton women’s basketball team from claiming the program’s second national championship. Standing in its way is Denison University in the NCAA Division III final Saturday at 4 p.
m. at Roanoke College’s Creeger Center. Scranton (32-0) advanced to the title game by dethroning two-time defending champ NYU in Thursday’s semifinal, 60-52.
The Lady Royals also halted the Violets’ 91-game winning streak, which was the second-longest in NCAA basketball history, men’s or women’s. Coming off such an emotional win, the concern would be for the Lady Royals to have a letdown. It’s not unlike the 1980 United States Olympic hockey team, which after shocking the powerful Soviet Union team still had to beat Finland to earn the gold medal.
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