2018–19_Emporia_State_Lady_Hornets_basketball_team

2018–19 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team

2018–19 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

The 2018–19 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team represented Emporia State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division II women's basketball season, which was the 45th Lady Hornets basketball season. The Lady Hornets were led by first-year head coach Toby Wynn.[1] The team played their home games on Slaymaker Court William L. White Auditorium in Emporia, Kansas, the home court since 1974.[2] Emporia State is a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

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Preseason outlook

The Lady Hornets enter the 2018–19 season after finishing with a 17–11 overall, 11–8 in conference play last season under Jory Collins.[3] Losing in the MIAA Tournament caused the team's first Tournament loss in 16 games, winning the tournament for the past 5 years.[4]

Collins announced his resignation on March 12, 2018 to become an assistant coach for former boss and former Lady Hornet basketball coach, Brandon Schneider, at the University of Kansas.[5] On April 6, 2018, Toby Wynn, head coach of the Seward County Saints women's basketball program, was announced as the seventh head coach in Lady Hornet history.[6] Wynn had a winning record of 349–84 .806 while at Seward County and won four Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference championships.[7]

On October 9, 2018, the Lady Hornets were chosen to finish third in the coaches poll[8] and fourth in the media poll[9] in the MIAA.

2018–19 Roster

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Media

The Lady Hornets basketball games are broadcast on KFFX-FM, Mix 104.9.[10]

Schedule

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References

  1. [1]
    Viviani, Nick. "Emporia State picks Toby Wynn to lead Lady Hornets basketball". Retrieved September 29, 2018.
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    "Civic Auditorium History". Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
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    "Lady Hornets 16 Game MIAA Tournament Winning Streak Comes to an End". Emporia State University. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
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    Coleman, Stephen. "Lady Hornets fall to Hays in MIAA Tourney Opener". Retrieved September 29, 2018.
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    Peterson, Rick. "Emporia State women's basketball coach Jory Collins leaving for KU". Retrieved September 29, 2018.
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    Bisel, Tim. "Emporia State hires Seward County's Toby Wynn as women's coach". Retrieved September 29, 2018.
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    Coleman, Stephen. "A Wynning Tradition: New ESU women's coach introduced". Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  8. [8]
    "Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association - Central Missouri Picked First in Coaches, Media Preseason Poll". themiaa.com (Press release). Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  9. [9]
    "Lady Hornet Basketball Tabbed for Third and Fourth in MIAA Preseason Polls". Emporia State University. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Sports". KVOE. September 28, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  11. [11]
    "Emporia State University Athletics - 2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Emporia State University Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
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