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Women's Basketball Faces Bowling Green in Preseason WNIT
Wroten vs. IPFW
Junior Elana Wroten and the Cougars open the 2009-10 season on Nov. 13 at Bowling Green in their first-ever appearance in the Preseason WNIT

2009 Preseason WNIT Bracket

Preseason WNIT Three-Game Guarantee Format

CHICAGO, Ill. – Chicago State women’s basketball opens the 2009-10 season with a road contest at Bowling Green in a first round game of the 2009 Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) on Friday, Nov. 13, which was announced on June 30 in a press release by the tournament’s organizers. The winner of the game will face either Eastern Illinois or Ohio State in the quarterfinals on Nov. 15 or 16.

 

CSU is participating in a national preseason tournament for the first time in school history as it earned an invitation to compete in the prestigious yearly event. The tournament has been in existence on the women’s college basketball circuit since 1994.

 

The announced 16-team field includes schools from various conferences, including the ACC, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten and Mid-American. CSU is the first member of the Great West Conference to be invited to the tournament, which will have all of its games hosted by participating schools

 

The current Preseason WNIT format, which started in 2007, guarantees that each team will play three games and invites only one team per conference. Invitations to the tournament are made based on expected team strength for the upcoming 2009-10 season, as well as past team history. Other factors at times include conference results, fan base and geographical location.

 

The Cougars posted consecutive winning seasons for the first time in school history after tying a school record with a 16-13 record in 2008-09 which included advancing to the championship game of the 2009 National Independent Tournament and posting a 10-3 home record. Seventh-year head coach Angela Jackson welcomes back four starters from last season’s squad, including All-Independent Honorable Mention honorees in sophomore Jael Peña (Harlem, N.Y.) and junior Elana Wroten (Chicago, Ill.).

 

Listed below are the pairings for the tournament’s first round and the Cougars will announce their entire 2009-10 slate at a later date. For more information on the Preseason WNIT, go to www.womensnit.com.

 

2009 Preseason WNIT First Round Games (2008-09 Records in parentheses)

All game times are Central

Eastern Illinois (24-9) at Ohio State (29-6), 4 p.m.

UTEP (18-12) at Florida Gulf Coast (26-5), 6 p.m.

Arkansas-Little Rock (26-7) at Oklahoma State (17-16), 6 p.m.

Towson (17-13) at West Virginia (18-15), 6 p.m.

Winthrop (16-16) at Georgia Tech (22-10), 6:30 p.m.

Chicago State (16-13) at Bowling Green (29-5), 6:30 p.m.

North Carolina A&T (26-7) at Marist (29-4), 6:30 p.m.

Northern Colorado (12-18) at New Mexico (25-11), 8 p.m.
Women's Basketball Scoreboard
3.3 | Men's Basketball
Evanston, IL
Chicago State
49
Northwestern
72
3.5 | Men's Track & Field
South Bend, Ind.
Chicago State
TBA
Notre Dame Last Chance Meet
3.5 | Women's Track & Field
South Bend, Ind.
Chicago State
TBA
Notre Dame Last Chance Meet
3.6 | Baseball
Macon, GA
Chicago State
5
Mercer
13
3.6 | Women's Basketball
Jones Convocation Center - Chicago, IL
Chicago State
69
NJIT
51
3.6 | Women's Tennis
Carbondale, IL
Chicago State
2
Southern Illinois
5
3.6 | Men's Tennis
Carbondale, IL
Chicago State
2
Southern Illinois
5
3.6 | Men's Basketball
Jones Convocation Center - Chicago, IL
Chicago State
81
NJIT
75
3.7 | Baseball
Macon, GA
Chicago State
1
Mercer
21
3.7 | Baseball
Macon, GA
Chicago State
4
Mercer
23
3.8 | Baseball
Macon, GA
Chicago State
4
Mercer
17
3.10 | Men's Basketball
Orem, UT
Chicago State
6 p.m.
Houston Baptist
3.11 | Women's Basketball
Orem, UT
Chicago State
8:30 p.m.
Utah Valley
3.12 | Men's Track & Field
Fayetteville, AR
Chicago State
TBA
NCAA Div. I Indoor Championships
3.12 | Men's Basketball
Orem, UT
Chicago State
8:30 p.m.
North Dakota/NJIT
3.12 | Women's Basketball
Orem, UT
Chicago State
3:30 p.m.
Texas-Pan American/Houston Baptist
3.12 | Women's Track & Field
Fayetteville, AR
Chicago State
TBA
NCAA Div. I Indoor Championships
3.13 | Men's Tennis
Indianapolis, IN
Chicago State
12 p.m.
IUPUI
3.13 | Women's Tennis
Indianapolis, IN
Chicago State
12 p.m.
IUPUI
3.15 | Men's Tennis
Kalamazoo, MI
Chicago State
1 p.m.
Western Michigan
3.16 | Baseball
Palm Beach, FL
Chicago State
7 p.m.
Southern Utah
3.17 | Baseball
Palm Beach, FL
Chicago State
3 p.m.
Southern Utah
3.17 | Men's Tennis
Detroit, MI
Chicago State
6 p.m.
Detroit
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