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February 21, 2006
Playoff Bound
It’s been awhile since a Piper basketball team has stepped onto the floor in MIAC post-season competition, nearly a decade in fact. The recent history has been tumultuous for both the mens and womens squads, with personnel changes, losing seasons, and injuries riddling their paths to would-be glory. Pre-season predictions of lackluster performance had become tantamount to self-fulfilling prophecies each year as Hamline players and fans witnessed heart-breaking loss after heart-breaking loss.
Until now.
Next week both teams will return to playoff action with pride. Neither team has truly shone as bright as they had hoped this year, neither even has a record of over .500, but records don’t count for much past seeding. Once these teams hit the floor they'll have a clean slate, and whether they have an oppurtunity to put on their school’s colors again after next weeks games will depend on no one but them.
To their credit, both of these teams have adapted to their opponents challenges, and have grown considerably in only a short time. Last season the team finished 9th in the MIAC, just two spots away from last place. This year the women have leapfrogged the competition, sliding into a cozy 5th place slot. Last week’s win over Bethel gave them a two game swing, pushing the team up and out of the lowest seed and into an unshakable 5th spot.
Posted by dwright at February 21, 2006 12:11 PM
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