April 4 marked 66 consecutive victories for the
Thomas More College Saints women’s basketball team, coinciding with their second NCAA Division III national championship in a row.
The team finished the season 33-0, beating the seventh-ranked Tufts 63-51 in a Monday night game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Simon Kenton graduate and sophomore guard Abby Owings led scoring with 17 points, while senior guard/forward Sydney Moss (Boone County) and sophomore forward Nikki Kiernan (Newport Central Catholic) had 14 and 13 points respectively.
The win results in head coach Jeff Hans becoming only the third DIII women’s coach to win back-to-back national titles. The feat was previously accomplished by Nancy Fahey of Washington University in St. Louis and Capital University’s Dixie Jeffers.
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