CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The top two seeds in No.1 Simpson College (11-0, 8-0 A-R-C) and No.2 Coe College (9-3, 6-2 A-R-C) are headed to the 2021 American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Women's Basketball Tournament Championship game. Simpson will be making their fist trip since 2013, while Coe's last title appearance was 2014.
Simpson, ranked No. 7 in the most recent D3hoops.com poll, advanced to the title game after defeating ninth-seeded Luther College 94-58 in the quarterfinals and fourth-seeded Central 75-61 in tonight's semifinal round. Coe punched their ticket to the championship game by defeating seventh-seeded Buena Vista 73-52 in the quarterfinals and racking up a 78-59 win over sixth-seeded Loras in tonight's other semifinal.
The 2021 Women's title game will tip-off at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, March 13 from Cowles Fieldhouse on the campus of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. Simpson aims to earn the program's eighth tournament title (2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013) and first since 2013 when they defeated Dubuque 79-68. Coe on the other hand looks to pick up their third title in program history (2011, 2012) and first since 2012, when as the No.2 seed they upset top-seeded Simpson 79-59.
No.1 Simpson 75, No.4 Central 61 - BOX SCORE
Four Storm players scored in the double digits, with the team's leading scorer
Cassie Nash dropping 20 points.
Cameron Kincaid was the team's second leading scorer with 17, followed by
Regan Freland with 13. Adding another career double-double to her list was
Jenna Taylor, who score 11 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
Hattie Rhodes brought down nine boards for the Storm's second-highest rebounding total.
Kelsea Hurley led the way for Central, totaling 13 points, five rebounds, four assists, four steals, and two blocks.
Maci Gambell and
Carson Fisk scored 12 and 10 points, respectively. With eight rebounds
Payton Rogers led the Dutch on the boards.
No.2 Coe 78, No.6 Loras 59 - BOX SCORE
The Feldt sisters combined for 41 points, 12 rebounds, and seven steals.
Jackie Feldt put up 30 points for a game-high while adding six rebounds and four steals.
Jamie Feldt was the team's second leading scorer with 11, also adding six rebounds and recording three steals. Scoring 11 points for the Kohawks was
Sydney Schroder. The senior guard also had a team-high seven rebounds and four steals.
Loras saw three players reach double digit scoring figures, with
Sami Martin leading the way with a double-double on 17 points and 11 rebounds.
Cierra Bachmann added 13 points and
Madison Haslow tallied nine.
