11/19/2003

The Friends University women’s basketball team opened its season by traveling to Point Lookout, Mo., where the Falcons participated in a tournament hosted by College of the Ozarks. 

Friday night the Falcons faced John Brown University where they fell short of a victory 56-65. Both Stacie Bell and Jerae Whitney had 10 points.  Kristin Welk, Jenna Kokojan and Jenny Urban followed closely with 8 points each.

Saturday the Falcons again fell short as they battled it out with the host team, College of the Ozarks.  Though the Falcons fought hard, they lost by just 7 points, 63-70.  Scoring for the Falcons was Bell with 16 and Brown with 13, followed by Welk, Kokojan and Urban with 8 a piece. Bell, a point guard, also had 6 assists against College of the Ozarks and represented Friends by being named to the All-Classic Team. 

This past weekend, on Nov. 14-15, the Falcons traveled to Southwestern College in Winfield for the Second Annual Tara Patterson Classic. The Falcons opened the weekend against Northwestern Oklahoma State University on Friday night where they earned their first victory of the season 63-56.  Welk led the Falcons with 17 points and 6 rebounds.  Urban followed suit by coming off the bench to add 13 points and 6 rebounds.  Bell and Brown both hit double digits with 11 and 10 points. 

On Saturday the Falcons were not as successful losing to Newman University 58-69.  The Falcons had the lead at half 34-27 but the Newman Jets came out after the break with intensity that the Falcons could not match.  Leading scorers for the Falcons were Bell with 14, Urban with 10, Causey with 9, Brown, a guard, grabbed 11 boards, and represented her team well by being the only player from Friends University to be named to the Tara Patterson All-Classic Team.

This Friday and Saturday, November 21-22, the Falcons will take on the William Jewell Cardinals in Liberty, Missouri for the annual William Jewell Classic.