{"id":5891,"date":"2014-03-15T14:51:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T19:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=5891"},"modified":"2014-03-16T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T19:30:09","slug":"women-fight-into-elite-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/5891","title":{"rendered":"Women fight into Elite Eight (photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sioux City–<\/strong>After spotting the College of St. Mary Flames a 19-1 lead, Morningside’s women got down to business at the NAIA Women’s Div. II Tournament.<\/p>\n

The Mustangs (29-6) fought back to win 78-70 and set up a quarter-final contest Saturday (March 15) against Cardinal Stritch.<\/p>\n

Morningside began its comeback five minutes into the game against St. Mary. A three-pointer by Leann Osten seemed to remove the lid from the basket, and in the next ten minutes the ‘Stangs crawled back to within a basket.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t until the beginning of the second half they were able to draw to a tie, then pull ahead at 47-44. They never looked back, but could never put out the Flames.<\/p>\n

Twelve Morningside players appear in the game’s box score. Osten, Ashlyn Muhl, and freshman Taylor Bahensky all scored in double figures for Morningside.<\/p>\n