2015-16 Women's Basketball News
21 named to IIAC Winter all-Academic Team
April 19, 2016
Twenty-one Simpson student-athletes competing in winter sports earned a spot on the 2015-16 Iowa Conference All-Academic Team.
Teams give back for Campus Day, Division III Week
April 08, 2016
In conjunction with Division III Week and Simpson College's annual Campus Day activities, several Storm teams grabbed rakes, brooms and bags of mulch and participated in community service on Wednesday, April 6.
Morrow named to All-IIAC Second Team
March 03, 2016
Following a breakthrough season, Simpson sophomore Noreen Morrow earned a spot on the 2015-16 All-Iowa Conference Women's Basketball Second Team following a vote of the league's coaches. Senior Mackenzie Haupt took home honorable mention honors.
Storm women stumble down the stretch in IIAC Tournament loss
February 23, 2016
Lexi Fisher scored 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and Buena Vista beat the Simpson women's basketball team 87-61 on Tuesday, eliminating the Storm from the Iowa Conference Tournament.
IIAC Tournament opener takes Storm women to Buena Vista for rubber match
February 22, 2016
Fifth-seeded Simpson and fourth-seeded Buena Vista face off in a rubber match in the first round of Iowa Conference Tournament on Tuesday after splitting two meetings in the regular season this year. Simpson fell to the Beavers 74-62 in Storm Lake on Jan. 6 but responded with a 71-64 win at home on Feb. 17.
Second half slide costs Storm women in regular season finale at Loras
February 20, 2016
DUBUQUE, Iowa - Simpson outplayed the Loras Duhawks in the first quarter and only trailed 24-18 at the break but it couldn't account for a sizzling hot Loras second half in a 60-39 loss in the regular season finale.
Storm women conclude regular season at Loras in battle for tournament seeding
February 19, 2016
Tournament position is on the line Saturday when the No. 4 Simpson Storm head to No. 2 Loras Duhawks who hold a one game lead over Simpson in the Iowa Conference standings. The Storm are looking to complete a regular season sweep of the Duhawks after downing them 81-53 on Jan. 13 in Indianola.
Clutch 3s by Mauro help Storm women top Buena Vista 71-64
February 17, 2016
Noreen Morrow scored 10 of her 14 points in the second half and Morgan Mauro knocked down a 3-pointer from the top of the key for a four-point lead with 51 seconds left as the Simpson women's basketball team beat Buena Vista 71-64 on Wednesday.
Tournament implications on the line when Storm women host Buena Vista
February 15, 2016
It's a tight race in seeds two through five in the Iowa Conference and on Wednesday the Simpson women get a crack at Buena Vista, who stands one game ahead of the Storm in the standings. Wednesday marks the final regular season home contest and the annual Pink game, and all fans wearing pink will be admitted free of charge. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.
Storm women cruise to 77-68 win over Coe
February 13, 2016
Maddie Bosworth scored 14 of her 18 points in the second half, Britney Boland finished a rebound shy of a double-double and the Simpson women's basketball team led from wire-to-wire, beating Coe 77-68 on Saturday.
Storm women host Kohawks in battle for IIAC Tournament seeding
February 11, 2016
The Simpson women have a chance to wrap up no-worse than a No. 5 seed in the Iowa Conference Tournament and a regular season sweep of Coe when they host the Kohawks on Saturday, Feb. 13 at Cowles Fieldhouse.
Storm can't maintain early lead, fall at Luther
February 10, 2016
The Simpson women's basketball team led for nearly the entire first half, but a late second quarter surge from a Luther team that went on to hit 10 3-pointers proved to be too much as the Storm fell 71-59 on Wednesday night.
Storm women face IIAC leading Luther on Wednesday
February 09, 2016
After clinching a berth in the Iowa Conference tournament last Saturday, Simpson will fight for seeding when it heads to Luther to take on the IIAC leading Norse. The game will be telecasted on KCRG 9.2, and is the third game in Simpson women’s basketball history to be telecasted on the station.
Rival Central comes to Cowles to face Storm women
February 06, 2016
The Simpson women’s basketball team aims to bounce back from a setback against Wartburg on Wednesday when it hosts the Central Dutch on Saturday afternoon. The win would make Simpson 2-0 against Central on the year and tie last year’s conference win total at six.
Haupt scores 17 as Storm women pull away from Central
February 06, 2016
Mackenzie Haupt had 17 points, Katie Ahrenholtz chipped in 14 off the bench, and the Simpson women's basketball team pulled away for a 67-52 win over Central to extend its winning streak in the series.
Storm women tripped up by Wartburg, Sommer
February 03, 2016
After a first quarter that featured five lead changes, the Simpson women just couldn’t get any traction in a 77-61 loss to Wartburg on Wednesday.
