Christensen announces eight signees for 2012-13

Jason Christensen head women's basketball coach for Dakota Wesleyan University.

MITCHELL, S.D. – One of the top girls’ basketball players from South Dakota in Class B and another from Class AA headline the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team’s latest group of recruits, which includes eight players from within South Dakota’s borders. Hanson High School’s Ashley Robinson and Sioux Falls Washington standout Sarah Zirpel both [...]

Hart, Piper earn All-GPAC honors

Amanda Hart from DWU.

MITCHELL, S.D. – All season long, when the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team needed a 3-pointer, the Tigers looked to sophomore Amanda Hart. By the end of the season, Hart rarely got open shots because she was guarded so closely by teams, who knew how lethal a threat she could be. Despite the extra [...]

Tiger women end season with loss to Concordia

Kim Johnson from DWU.

SEWARD, Neb. – The Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team ended its season with a 93-63 loss to Concordia University Wednesday night in a Great Plains Athletic Conference quarterfinal game in Seward, Neb. The Bulldogs, who earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament and are ranked second in the NAIA, used a 19-4 run [...]

DWU women end regular season with loss to Chargers

Amanda Hart from DWU.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team ended its regular season with a 92-66 loss to No. 11 Briar Cliff University Saturday afternoon in Sioux City, Iowa. The season is not over yet, however, for the Tigers, who secured the eighth and final spot in the Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason [...]

No. 7 Red Raiders beat Tiger women

Amanda Hart

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – For the first 13 of the first half of Wednesday night’s Great Plains Athletic Conference game, the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team was able to hang with Northwestern College and keep things close. Then, with seven minutes left in the first half, the No. 7 Red Raiders found their groove. [...]

Tiger women edge Nebraska Wesleyan

Whitnee Clayton from DWU.

MITCHELL, S.D. – For the second straight game, the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team needed some big last-second points to pull away for a win after leading big earlier in the game. Sunday afternoon, the Tigers went up by 16 on Nebraska Wesleyan University at one point, but needed a part of free throws [...]

Tiger women hold on to beat Dordt

Elizabeth Lamb from DWU.

MITCHELL, S.D. – It looked like the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team was going to cruise to a win over Dordt College early in the game Wednesday night. The Tigers led 14-0 and held the Defenders scoreless until the 13:44 mark of the first half, and pushed their lead to 21 – 21-2 – [...]

Hart closes in on three-point record in DWU’s loss to Midland

Amanda Hart

FREMONT, Neb. – Sophomore Amanda Hart scored a game-high 19 points and came within three long-range shots of tying the school record for 3-pointers in a season, but it wasn’t enough as the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team lost 73-59 to Midland University Saturday afternoon in Fremont, Neb. Hart hit five three-point shots to [...]

Hart, Lamb earn academic all-district honors

Elizabeth Lamb

MITCHELL, S.D. – Two members of the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team have been honored academically by CoSIDA, it was announced this week. Junior Elizabeth Lamb and sophomore Amanda Hart both earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 honors in the College Division, it was announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America. They are [...]

DWU women ink first recruit for 2012-13

Hitchcock-Tulare standout Kristen Binger will join the DWU women's basketball team starting in the 2012-13 season. (Photo courtesy of Mike Carroll/Huron Plainsman)

  MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball is in the midst of its best season in the past four years, and the future looks bright for the Tigers. DWU loses just two seniors to graduation in May, and Thursday afternoon, second-year head coach Jason Christensen announced his first recruit for the 2012-13 [...]