European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 o stars and stripes tuesday March 27 2007 women Mcaa lady vols end red foxes inspired tournament run Parker leads no 1 seed Tennessee Over Marist Connecticut ends no states emotional season the associated press Dayton Ohio Marist fans held signs that read believe Candace Parker and to seeded Tennessee were simply unbelievable Parker hit her first eight shots and the lady vols used a 140 first half run to take control end ing Marist great tournament run with a 6546 Victory sunday in the Mcaa Dayton regional semifinals Parker roamed the Lane frequently leaping Over the smaller red foxes for 16 Points Shannon Bobbitt and Sidney Spencer each had 11 for Tennessee which improved its record to 224 in regional semifinals the lady vols a part of All 26 Mcaa tournaments ran their record to 9519 in the tournament Meg Dahlman had 16 Points and Rachele Fitz 13 for Marist which had never won an Mcaa tournament game until last weekend the red foxes stunned fourth seeded Ohio state 6763 in the first round and fifth seeded Middle Tennessee 7359 in the second round ending the Blue raiders 27game win Ning Streak the 4000student school in Poughkeepsie by was just the third no 13 seed to make it to the round of 16 in Mcaa history Tennessee looked Crisp and exacting while tuning up for a regional championship against Mississippi on tuesday night Parker finished 8for10 from the Field with nine rebounds the lady vols shot 58 percent while holding Marist to 39 percent Marist came in As the National Leader with Only 115 turnovers a game but the lady vols had seven steals and forced 10 turn overs in the first half and the red foxes ended up with 15 turnovers thanks to Tennessee trapping Hal court pressure despite a solid turnout of red foxes supporters the Arena was still mostly Orange Tennessee travels As Well if not better than any team in the country and lady vols fans had no trouble making the 260mile trip from Knoxville to Dayton a slow Start was about the last thing the red foxes needed against such a High powered team trailing 85 after Dahlman scored inside off an assist from Flores they didst score again for 8vz minutes by halftime it was 4221 Parker took Over after the lady vols built the big Early Lead finishing the half a flawless 7for7 from the Field for 14 Points in 14 min utes that didst spare her the Wrath of coach Pat Summitt when Parker didst fight through a pick that resulted in Fitzs la yelp Early in the second half Summitt called timeout and glared at her All the Way to the Bench before giving her a Stern talk Mississippi 90 Oklahoma 82 at Dayton Armintie Price scored 31 Points and Ashley awkward added 25 for Ole miss which fast breaker and trapped its Way to a Victory Over the sooner on Sun Day next up for the rebels 2410 is Tennessee on tuesday with a spot in the final four awaiting the Winner the lady vols topped Ole miss 8169 at Home on feb 15 in their Only meeting this season Mississippi frantic and frenetic defense completely set the tone the rebels came out run Ning and never stopped denying passes harassing shooters and trapping surprised sooner whether they were in the Corner or the Middle of the floor averaging 18 turnovers a game Oklahoma had 15 by half time and finished with 26 the rebels piled up 16 steals Courtney Paris led Oklahoma 285 with 31 Points and 20 re Bounds but no other sooner was in double figures in either category Greensboro regional Arizona state 67 Bowling Green 49 at Greensboro no Arizona state finally got the Chance to protect a Lead in the Mcaa tournament after rallying from 15point deficits in the first two rounds the Sun devils 314 got 16 Points from Las minute starter Danielle Orsillo and led nearly the entire Way to beat the Falcons third seeded Arizona state reached the round of eight for the first time Emily Westerberg added 15 Points and eight rebounds for the Sun devils who picked a Good time to turn in their steadies performance of the tournament Ari Zona state shot 51 percent took a 3724 rebounding advantage and scored 16 Points off turnovers to end the seventh seeded Falcons Surprise tournament run Ali Mann scored 15 Points to Lead Bowling Green which upset Vanderbilt in the second round to become the first team from the mid american conference to reach the round of 16 Fresno regional leu 55 Florida state 43 at Al berm map Tennessee Forward Candace Parker 3 grabs a rebound against Marist Forward Rachele Fitz on during sundays Dayton regional semifinal in Dayton Ohio Parker scored 16 Points in Tennessee 6546 Victory Fresno Calif Quianna Chancy scored eight of her 22 Points Dur ing a 100 run to open the second half and the third seeded lady tigers 297 moved into the regional final leu has the Sti Giest defense in the nation allowing fewer than 50 Points per game the lady tigers were at the top of their game against the Over matched Semi noles the lady tigers advanced to play to seeded Connecticut in monday nights regional final Connecticut 78 no state 71 at Fresno Charde Houston and Tina Charles sent the to seeded huskies 323 on an other second half surge that ended the Wolf packs emotion fun eled run through the tournament Houston scored 18 Points and Charles added 17 to help connect Cut take control Early in the Sec Ond half before it held on for a Vic tory Over fourth seeded no state the loss ended no states remarkable run since coach Kay Yows return from cancer treat ment in late january the Wolf pack 2510 had won 12 of 14 games to Advance to their first regional semifinal since 2001 but lost for the 10th time in 11 trips to this round under their Hall of Fame coach Goestenkors Hopes loss wont tarnish record setting season by Joedy Mccreary the associated press no Lind sey Harding fell two free throws shy of shooting to seeded Duke Back into the regional finals Ali son Bales came one blocked shot Short of a record but coach Gail Goestenkors Doest want the careers of her two senior stars tarnished by the Blue devils failure to finish their regional semifinal against rut Gers the duos College careers ended in abrupt perhaps Prema Ture fashion when to seeded Duke was upset 5352 by the scar let knights an outcome sealed when Harding missed two free throws with 01 seconds left one game does not define the season we had and i said to Lind sey As Well one game does not de Fine the career she had and certainly not this season Goestenkors said in the aftermath of the loss Shes helped us win so Many games and i just feel so much for her to end on this note because its the game Shes going to remember and she just feels responsible for it her and Ali the Blue devils 322 accomplished big things even if they fell several Steps shy of their ultimate goal of returning to and National Champion ship game those traditionally lofty pre season expectations were no where to be found at Duke after the Blue devils were without four starters from the team that lost to Maryland in last years title game but Duke started hot quickly found its Confidence and wound up setting a school record by win Ning its first 30 games a run that included victories Over Tennes see Texas and Vanderbilt and regular season sweeps of Mary land and North Carolina Harding established herself As one of the finest players in the at lactic coast conference winning the leagues player of the year and defensive player of the year awards Abby Waner proved her self As one of the country Sharp est shooters hitting 67 three pointers and Bales the most prolific shot swatter in Duke and acc his tory approached the Mcaa sea son record for blocked shots ultimately falling one shy of the record of 152 the Blue devils were upset in the semifinals of the acc tournament in Greensboro by an inspired North Carolina state team playing for cancer stricken coach Kay Yow but rebounded to win their first two Mcaa tournament games against holy Cross and Temple but Pesky Rutgers frustrated Duke in the regional semifinal rallying from a 10point deficit and taking the Lead for Good on a coast coast Layup in the final 20 seconds after the teams traded turnovers Harding found her self at the line with less than a Sec Ond left and with two shots a Chance to win the game or at least Force overtime two bricks later Dukes sea son was Over this is going to be a game they will remember for the rest of their lives Goestenkors said i my very Best to try to help them understand what a tremendous year this was
