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Just when things seemed bleak with the
team going just 5-4 in the month of February, the Lady
'Toppers picked themselves up and captured its second WVIAC
Championship in three years. Led by Tournament MVP,
Katie
Bohus, and All-Tournament
selections, Erica
Bevington and Adrianne
Harlow, the Lady 'Toppers
defeated Fairmont State, Glenville State, and
Alderson-Broaddus to claim a conference title and advance to
the NCAA tournament. The 19-11 Lady 'Toppers entered
Regional play seeded sixth and had their season come to an
end with a 64-77 loss to third seeded Belmont Abbey.
West Liberty started its season
slowly, winning just one of its first five games before
catching fire and defeating 12 of their next 14 games. First
team All-WVIAC post player, Kelly
Easton, enjoyed a huge year
before a late season ankle injury forced her to miss most of
the rest of the season. The team rallied around second team
All-WVIAC conference pivot, Erica
Bevington, and jelled for its
annual late-season run. Team members, Lyndsey Frank-Cummins,
Rachael
Dedo, Holly
Bock, Tyra
Conaway, Amanda
Burchett, Shay
Glauser, Toni Oliverio, and Leah
Hulsey all made important contributions to the championship
run.
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