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Young women’s team opens season tomorrow

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CSC women’s basketball team, tabbed to finish 12th in the RMAC, is a young team this season. The Eagles, who finished 4-22 overall last season and 4-18 conference record, will look to improve this year.

Point guard Emma Block (30), junior of Copenhagen, Denmark, dribbles down court Monday during a scrimmage at the Chicoine Events Center Open House. —Photo by Teri Robinson
Point guard Emma Block (30), junior of Copenhagen, Denmark, dribbles down court Monday during a scrimmage at the Chicoine Events Center Open House. —Photo by Teri Robinson

Point guard Kate Simonton, senior of Bakersfield, California, leads the way for the Eagles as the lone senior of the group and comes in a statistical leader in three categories from a season ago. She led CSC in scoring (6.0 points per game), rebounding (2.8 rebounds per game), and assists (3.35 assists per game). 

Along with Simonton, shooting guard Hattie Guzman, junior of Scottsbluff, will also be expected to be a leader for CSC. Simonton and Guzman are the only starters from last season and two of the four letter winners on the team. The other varsity letter players are forward Maddie Metzger, sophomore of Georgetown, Texas, and shooting guard Havannah Newens, sophomore of Mitchell.

Head Coach Tim Connealy is excited about his young, but talented group. 

“This group is young, but the talent is there, we just need to work on our chemistry,” Connealy said. “I’m hoping in our first few games we can work that chemistry out and build from there.” 

Among the 14 new players for CSC, five are from foreign countries. Three players are from Australia, one from New Zealand, and one from Denmark. Guards Michaela Leppin, Kayla Mathews, and forward Ruby Luders, are all freshman of Adelaide, South Australia.

Forward Maka Daysh, freshman of Tauranga, New Zealand, is an exceptional player for an already young Eagles team, with good footwork for her size, Connealy said. Point guard Emma Block, junior of Copenhagen, Denmark, is a transfer from Essex County Junior College, New Jersey. All five foreign players have plenty of playing experience in their homelands and look to add depth to the Eagles.

The Eagles will play this season in the new Chicoine Event Center. They will open their season tomorrow at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and then will host their first home game Nov. 18 against Montana State University-Billings.