Overall Record: 23-2 | TranSouth Record: 10-1
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Recent News
- 2/9/2012 - Defense key in No. 3 Union’s win at No. 25 Lyon
- 2/4/2012 - Big first half lifts No. 3 Union past Martin Methodist 82-69
- 2/2/2012 - No. 3 Union uses late rally to take road win at Bethel 63-46
- 1/26/2012 - Fast start propels No. 3 Union in 102-49 win
- 1/26/2012 - Union participates in TranSouth food drive to benefit RIFA
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- 1/24/2012 - Union men back in top-25, women remain No. 3
- 1/21/2012 - Union basketball sweeps double-header at Blue Mountain
- 1/19/2012 - No. 3 Union survives trip to Cumberland, 60-57
- 1/16/2012 - No. 3 Union tops Mid-Continent 79-46, extends home streak to 33 straight
- 1/14/2012 - Union women’s basketball falls in top-5 matchup
- 1/12/2012 - Strong second half pushes No. 2 Union past No. 25 Lyon 73-52
- 1/10/2012 - Union women No. 2 in first poll of 2012
- 1/9/2012 - Union’s Ross gets fourth conference player of the week honor
- 1/7/2012 - No. 2 Union women hold off Martin Methodist 71-64
- 1/5/2012 - No. 2 Union tops No. 19 Bethel 67-47 in conference opener
- 1/2/2012 - No. 2 Union rolls in final non-conference game
- 12/12/2011 - Union’s Ross gets third player of the week honor
- 12/12/2011 - Union’s Ross reaches 1,500 career points milestone
- 12/10/2011 - No. 2 Union tops No. 9 Lee 71-56, extends home streak to 28
- 12/6/2011 - Union women’s basketball holds No. 2 ranking in latest poll
- 12/6/2011 - McLaughlin ties Union record for assists in a game
- 11/29/2011 - No. 2 Union rolls past Rust 80-32
- 11/29/2011 - Union’s Ross named TranSouth Player of the Week
- 11/26/2011 - No. 2 Union falls to No. 3 Oklahoma City 69-57
- 11/25/2011 - No. 2 Union rallies to win 55-50 at Oklahoma Baptist
- 11/22/2011 - Union’s Ross named conference player of the week
- 11/19/2011 - Ross, defense leads No. 2 Union past No. 13 Saint Xavier
- 11/19/2011 - No. 2 Union shuts down The Master's 76-48
- 11/17/2011 - No. 2 Union holds off No. 9 Westminster 67-58
- 11/16/2011 - Jackson Rotary Classic assembles six top teams, four in top-10
- 11/14/2011 - No. 2 Union pulls away late from No. 8 Campbellsville 69-56
- 11/14/2011 - Union promotes Sinclair to head trainer position
- 11/12/2011 - No. 2 Union survives upset scare on the road
- 11/8/2011 - Union falls 93-45 to Tennessee in exhibition
- 11/5/2011 - No. 2 Union wins Homecoming game 82-45
- 11/2/2011 - Union’s Campbell earns 400th career victory
- 11/1/2011 - Campbell gets win number 400 in Union’s 79-62 victory
- 10/31/2011 - Union women picked to repeat in TranSouth, Ross tabbed as top player
- 10/24/2011 - Union women No. 2, men No. 22 in NAIA preseason basketball polls
- 10/14/2011 - Union basketball announces Bulldog Madness 2011
- 10/5/2011 - Union University recognized as a Champions of Character Institution by the NAIA
- 9/15/2011 - Union announces exhibition game at Tennessee, trip for fans offered
- 8/30/2011 - Union women’s basketball adds transfer for 2011-12 season
- 8/9/2011 - Union women’s basketball adds junior college transfer
- 7/11/2011 - NCAA approves Union’s application for NCAA Division II membership process
- 3/24/2011 - Union women’s basketball signs transfer for 2011-12 season
- 2/9/2011 - Union women’s basketball signee sets state 3-point record
- 1/18/2011 - Top ranked Union adds Waynesboro standout for 2012-13 season
- 11/11/2010 - Defending champs sign Arkansas native Philamlee
- 9/22/2009 - Defending champs sign high school junior from Cannon County
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Saint Xavier was unable to score against Union's strong defense. - Morris Abernathy
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Union's cheerleaders keep the fans in the game. - Morris Abernathy
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Season Outlook
The Union University women’s basketball team enters the 2011-12 season after falling
just short of a third straight NAIA National Title in 2011. The Lady Bulldogs
finished the 2010-11 season with an overall record of 35-2 and a TranSouth Conference record of 15-1. Union won the TranSouth regular season and tournament
titles in the TranSouth and advanced to the national title game.
Union lost three players, all starters, to graduation including
Kayla Hudson, Sarah Chan and Kayla Bryant.
Hudson became Union’s all-time assists leader and started every
game in her career at Union. Hudson and Chan
were named NAIA All-Americans last season. Union head coach Mark
Campbell will be looking to reload with seven newcomers to the program
to go along with five returning players. Union returns one starter from last
season in All-American Lavanda Ross.
Ross is the only returning starter on the Lady Bulldog roster.
Ross has been named an All-American in each of her three seasons. She will be
called upon to produce offense and leadership for the Lady Bulldogs this season.
The junior class is made up of three players including Rebecca
Sharpe, Christina Coney and Mrashi Karumba.
Sharpe played in 32 games last season at the guard position.
Coney and Karumba are transfers into the
program. They will provide depth and athleticism to the Union roster.
Union has four sophomores this year including Paige Parker,
Mildred Olumasi, LaTesa McLaughlin and
Shelby Ashcraft. McLaughlin saw a significant amount
of playing time last year and was named to the second team all-conference.
Parker and Olumasi will be expected to
increase their contributions from last season as the two played in a combined 58
games. Ashcraft is a transfer who will step in an make and
immediate impact on Union's success in 2011-12.
The freshman class consists of four players beginning their college
careers. Emily Sissom, Amy Philamlee,
Astrid Huttemann and Adenike Dawodu. Huttemann
spent last season as a red-shirt in the Union program and will be called on to
provide an offensive punch right away. Sissom,
Philamlee and Dawadu are all talented players that
will have the chance to make a mark on Union women’s basketball early in their
careers.
Union’s non-conference schedule may be the toughest NAIA schedule this
season. Union will face 10 nationally ranked teams in their 14 non-conference
contests, including St. Francis (Ill.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Oklahoma Baptist, Lee
(Tenn.), St. Xavier (Ill.), Campbellsville (Ky.), Evangel (Mo.), Westminster
(Utah), Maters’s (Calif.) and Oklahoma City. Union also faces NCAA and SEC power
Tennessee in an exhibition game. In the TranSouth, the Lady Bulldogs will have
to go through NAIA powers Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) and Bethel (Tenn.) and other
quality teams in order to repeat as conference champs.
Campbell, along with assistant coach Katie
Woodruff and graduate assistants Kaitlin Dudley and
Kayla Hudson, will work to get the returners and the large
group of newcomers to mesh and continue the winning traditions of Union women’s
basketball. Union has been approved to begin the NCAA Division II membership
process and is playing in their final season of NAIA competition.
