Lions Women's Basketball Season Preview

Ellendale, ND:         The 2016-2017 Trinity Bible College Women's Basketball season ready to kick off as the Lion's started practice on October 3^rd. They have just under a month to prepare as they kick off their 2016-2017 season at home against NIAC Conference Association Free Lutheran Bible School on November 4^th at 6pm.  The Lions will be lead by Head Coach Rachael Nowell who is in her 8^th season. She will be joined on the sideline by 3^rd year Assistant Coach Aaron Stemen and 1^st year Assistant Coach Janae Stemen.

            The Lions return just 2 players from last year's team as they graduated 5 players. They will look to build around those 2 returners, senior's Jaylen Newman (Williston, ND) and Rebecca Olsson (Vasteras, Sweden). Newman was a 1^st Team NCCAA All-American last year and also broke the single season scoring record and single game scoring record for the Lions. She also scored 105 points in just 3 games at the NCCAA National Tournament, where she was named to the All-Tournament Team. The Lions welcome 6 new players to the team, 5 freshmen and 1 sophomore. Alison Kanniard (Scottsbluff, NE) is the lone sophomore for the Lions and she is joined by freshmen Shaylyn Steinheuser (Tulare, SD), Lakota Loomis (Trenton, ND), Kristyl Reese (Williston, ND), Rachel Church (Helena, MT) and Brynn Crockett (Langdon, ND). The Lions finished 7^th at the NCCAA National Tournament last season and 19-13 on the year.

            Head Coach Rachael Nowell, "Coming off of a National Tournament appearance and a conference championship last year, we hope to use that and build on an even better finish this up-coming season.  Replacing five seniors will be very difficult but having two very capable seniors and a lot of fresh faces this year will bring a new energy to the program."

            The Lions open their 2016-2017 season at home on Friday, November 4^th at 6pm against NIAC Conference opponent Association Free Lutheran Bible School.