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Recent News
- 6/9/2011 - Union claims eighth straight all-sports trophy
- 6/6/2011 - Union’s Campbell earns third straight TSWA award
- 5/12/2011 - Union to host summer camps in six sports
- 4/14/2011 - Hudson, Gentle recognized at hall of fame as Union athletes of the year
- 4/8/2011 - Union sponsors fifth pink jersey auction
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- 3/24/2011 - Union women’s basketball puts three on All-American first team
- 3/24/2011 - Union women’s basketball signs transfer for 2011-12 season
- 3/23/2011 - Defending champs fall in title game 65-59
- 3/22/2011 - Union plays for third straight NAIA title
- 3/21/2011 - Chan’s 32 points propels defending champs back to title game
- 3/19/2011 - No. 1 Union advances to seventh straight NAIA semifinal
- 3/18/2011 - No. 1 Union advances to quarters with 81-69 win
- 3/16/2011 - Union's Chan, Hudson, Ross on WBCA All-Ameria team
- 3/16/2011 - Top seeded Lady Bulldogs post 25-point victory over Avila
- 3/9/2011 - Union basketball teams earn spots in nationals, brackets released
- 3/9/2011 - Final NAIA polls have Union women No. 1, men No. 12
- 3/7/2011 - No. 1 Union tops No. 6 Bethel 73-49 to claim tournament title
- 3/4/2011 - No. 1 Union advances to conference finals with 76-49 victory
- 3/4/2011 - Union's Bryant knows there is more to life than basketball
- 3/2/2011 - Top-ranked Union moves on to semifinals with win
- 3/1/2011 - Union’s Chan named NAIA Player of the Week
- 3/1/2011 - Union men enter top-10, women No. 1 for 47th poll
- 2/28/2011 - Union’s Chan named TranSouth Player of the Week
- 2/28/2011 - Union women lead with five players on all-conference list
- 2/24/2011 - No. 1 Union wins fifth straight conference title with 71-40
- 2/22/2011 - Union basketball places nine players on scholar athlete list
- 2/21/2011 - Chan leads Union on cold shooting night, clinches top seed
- 2/21/2011 - Union men climb to No. 11, women No. 1 in national poll
- 2/21/2011 - Union’s Bryant named TranSouth Player of the Week
- 2/19/2011 - No. 1 Union tops Blue Mountain, Bryant ties record
- 2/19/2011 - Union’s Chan passes 1,000 career rebounds
- 2/17/2011 - Bryant’s career night helps No. 1 Union tie 3-point record
- 2/15/2011 - Union women stay No. 1, men move up to No. 14
- 2/15/2011 - February 21 set as makeup date for basketball game versus Lyon
- 2/14/2011 - Hudson, Ross key in road victory for No. 1 Union
- 2/12/2011 - No. 1 Union takes first loss, 61-game conference win streak snapped
- 2/10/2011 - Tonight's Union basketball home games versus Lyon has been postponed
- 2/9/2011 - Union women’s basketball signee sets state 3-point record
- 2/8/2011 - Union women No. 1 in 44th straight poll, men fall to No. 16
- 2/8/2011 - Hudson named to Capital One Academic All-District team
- 2/5/2011 - No. 1 Union goes to 23-0 with road win at Martin Methodist
- 2/3/2011 - Union ladies top Bethel in match-up of top-10 teams
- 2/1/2011 - Union men up to No. 14, women’s No. 1 streak continues
- 2/1/2011 - Union’s Hudson passes 1,500 career points
- 1/27/2011 - No. 1 Union ties consecutive regular season wins record at 43
- 1/25/2011 - Union women No. 1, men No. 17 in latest NAIA polls
- 1/22/2011 - No. 1 Union improves to 20-0 with home court victory
- 1/20/2011 - No. 1 Union tops Cumberland to extend streak to 24
- 1/18/2011 - Hudson named NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Week
- 1/18/2011 - Top ranked Union adds Waynesboro standout for 2012-13 season
- 1/18/2011 - Union men up to No. 16, women No. 1 for 41st straight poll
- 1/17/2011 - No. 1 Union gets win at Mid-Continent, win streak at 23
- 1/17/2011 - Union’s Hudson named TranSouth Player of the Week
- 1/15/2011 - No. 1 Union claims another top-10 victory in tussle with No. 5 Freed-Hardeman
- 1/13/2011 - No. 1 Union pushes winning streak to 21 straight
- 1/11/2011 - Union women No. 1 for 40th straight poll, men at No. 17
- 1/10/2011 - Chan passes 1,500 career points, Hudson at 700 assists
- 1/8/2011 - Hudson’s career high lifts top-ranked Union over Martin Methodist 87-73
- 1/6/2011 - No. 1 Union uses fast start record another top-10 win
- 1/3/2011 - Ross becomes latest Union Lady Bulldog to surpass 1,000 career points
- 12/21/2010 - Merry Christmas from Union University Athletics
- 12/15/2010 - No. 1 Union holds off Evangel 85-75 as both teams shoot well
- 12/14/2010 - Union’s men up to No. 16, women at No. 1 for 39th straight poll
- 12/14/2010 - Union’s Chan earns second straight TranSouth honor
- 12/11/2010 - No. 1 Union edges No. 4 Campbellsville on the road
- 12/9/2010 - Chan’s 30 leads No. 1 Union past No. 21 Shorter 90-45
- 12/7/2010 - Union’s women No. 1, men drop to No. 17 in latest poll
- 12/7/2010 - Union's Chan gets TranSouth weekly honor
- 12/4/2010 - No. 1 Union rallies again for tough road win
- 12/3/2010 - Top ranked Lady Bulldogs stay perfect with another top-10 win
- 12/2/2010 - Union basketball fills boxes for Operation Christmas Child
- 12/1/2010 - Union's Hudson named TranSouth player of the week
- 11/29/2010 - No. 1 Union rallies to win 73-66 at No. 7 Lee
- 11/27/2010 - All-American trio lifts No. 1 Union over Tougaloo, 91-62
- 11/20/2010 - No. 1 Union women’s basketball shoots past No. 5 Vanguard 95-61
- 11/19/2010 - No. 1 Union survives defensive struggle in 61-50 win over No. 2 Azusa Pacific
- 11/18/2010 - No. 1 Union gets past No. 8 Oklahoma Baptist 76-62
- 11/16/2010 - Rotary Classic assembles six of NAIA’s best with top-25 field, five in top-10
- 11/13/2010 - No. 1 Union women top No. 12 Cumberlands with strong second half
- 11/11/2010 - Defending champs sign Arkansas native Philamlee
- 11/9/2010 - Union's long range show not enough against Vanderbilt
- 11/7/2010 - Union women’s basketball drops exhibition game 86-53 at Tennessee
- 11/6/2010 - Union women’s basketball moves to 2-0 with Homecoming win
- 11/4/2010 - Union athletes participate in community service day
- 11/2/2010 - Defending champion Union opens season with win
- 10/26/2010 - Union women No. 1, men No. 10 in NAIA preseason rankings
- 10/25/2010 - Union women favored in TranSouth, Chan, Hudson and Ross honored
- 10/21/2010 - TranSouth announces basketball media day for Oct. 25
- 10/19/2010 - Union basketball announces Bulldog Madness
- 10/19/2010 - Union earns NAIA Five Star Award, named in championship of character top-25
- 9/17/2010 - Summer mission trip helps orphans, touches Lady Bulldog players, coaches
- 6/17/2010 - Union earns TranSouth All-Sports Trophy for seventh straight season
- 5/25/2010 - Union is host to 19 sports camps in summer of 2010
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Hope Adams looks for an opening during the final round of the NAIA National Championship. - Beth Spain
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Kayla Hudson drives the ball to the basket against an Azusa Pacific defender. - Beth Spain
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LaTesa McLaughlin takes the ball down the court in the last game of the NAIA National Championship. - Beth Spain
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Hope Adams drives the ball past Azusa Pacific defenders during the NAIA National Championship. - Beth Spain
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Season Outlook
The Union University women's basketball enters the 2010-11 season as the
two-time defending NAIA National Champions. In fact, Union has won five national
titles overall, including four in the past six seasons.
Over the past six seasons, Union has posted one of the most dominate
stretches in women's basketball history. In the past six years, Union has four
national titles and a combined record of 204-21 (.906), including a 108-4 (.964)
record in the last three seasons. In the two seasons in which Union did not win
the national title during this stretch, the Lady Bulldogs lost in the semifinals
on a shot in the final 10 seconds of each game to the eventual national
champion.
Union has been ranked No. 1 in the NAIA for 36 straight rankings, spanning
three seasons. The Lady Bulldogs have also won each of the past three regular
season TranSouth titles and had their stretch of two straight conference
tournament titles snapped last season in a upset at home in the title game. The
loss snapped a 60-game home winning streak. Over the 14-year history of the
TranSouth Conference, Union has won 12 regular season titles and 10 tournament
titles.
In 2010-11, Union will look to continue that run of record setting
basketball. Reigning NAIA Coach of the Year, Mark Campbell and
eight-year assistant Katie Woodruff, will take three returning
All-Americans, a quality groups of reserves and a group of talented newcomers
and work toward another run at a title. Their work will be tough as they adjust
to the loss of the leading scorer in Union University women's basketball
history, Kaitlin Dudley. Dudley was a four-time NAIA All-American and finished
with 2,385 points.
Kayla Hudson, the senior guard who has started every game
for the Lady Bulldogs since signing with Union as a freshman, will be the leader
on this team. She became Union's all-time assists leader last season in just her
junior year. Sara Chan and Lavanda Ross also
return after All-American seasons from a year ago.
The senior class for Union included Hudson, Chan,
and sharp-shooter Kayla Bryant. Hudson and
Chan will lead the offensive production for Union.
Bryant will continue to provide Union a long range scoring threat,
something the Lady Bulldogs have been known for over the years.
Ross leads a group of three juniors, two of which are
returning. Ross was an NAIA honorable mentioned All-American
last season as a sophomore. Beatrice Duel returns as one of the
biggest players in the NAIA and will continue to work on her skills as she comes
off the bench. Newcomer Hope Adams will have an opportunity to
play an immediate part in Union success this season.
Two sophomores return from last season, however both will be playing their
first minutes with Union. Aly Giddens missed the season with an
injury and will look to make up for lost time with her shooting ability from the
outside. Rebecca Sharpe completed a redshirt season last year
and will provide a great back up to Hudson at the point as she
prepares to lead the team later in her career.
The largest class is the freshman class, made up of five players, three of
which are coming off red-shirt seasons. Paige Parker, who redshirted last season, will step in as one of the top shooters on the team and could see playing time early and often. Mildred Olumasi, also a redshirt, will provide solid depth to Chan in the post.
LaTesa McLaughlin, who came in mid-semester and redshirted, will provide an offensive and defensive spark at the guard position. Newcomers to the program, Terrah Garner and Astrid Huttemann, enter with high expectations and will see plenty of early opportunities to contribute.
Union again boasts one of the toughest, if not the single toughest schedule
in the NAIA. Union's non-conference schedule is again list of who's who among
NAIA powers. Union will face NAIA ranked teams and national tournament
participants including St. Francis (Ill.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Oklahoma Baptist,
Azusa Pacific (Calif.), Vanguard (Calif.), Lee (Tenn.), St. Xavier (Ill.),
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Shorter, Campbellsville (Ky.) and Evangel (Mo.). Of
Union's 13 non-conference games, 11 were ranked at some point last season, nine
were participants in the national tournament, seven advanced to the second
round, and one (Azusa Pacific) will be a rematch of last season's title game.
Union's conference schedule does not get any easier as the TranSouth has
become one of the top women's basketball leagues in the NAIA. Five different
conference teams have made the national semifinals at least once in the past
four years. Union will face national tournament participants Freed-Hardeman
(Tenn.), Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) and Bethel (Tenn.), all of which advanced to
the second round last season. Other programs such as Cumberland (Tenn.), who as
a national finalist 2007, and up-and-coming programs Lyon (Ark.) and Martin
Methodist (Tenn.) are on the very edge of advancing to the national tournament.
Union will also play two exhibition games this season against SEC and NCAA
national powers, Tennessee and Vanderbilt (Tenn.). This will be the second
straight season for Union to face Vanderbilt. Last season Union led the Lady
Commodores by as many as 13 points and led for the first 29 minutes of the game
before falling. Union played Tennessee four times during the 1970's, with Union
holding a 3-1 advantage.
