Women's Basketball Team

Both the Nebraska Wesleyan men’s and women’s basketball teams will open play for the 2009-10 season this weekend when they open the year at tournaments.  The NWU men will play in the Bill Merris Tournament in Jacksonville, Ill., while the NWU women open the season at the Cornell College classic in Mount Vernon, Iowa.

The 2009-10 Great Plains Athletic Conference women's basketball preseason coaches' poll was released on Wednesday (Oct. 14).  Nebraska Wesleyan received 18 votes and was picked 13th in the poll.  Points were awarded on a 12-1 basis and coaches' could not vote for their own team.

Nebraska Wesleyan University head women’s basketball coach Eric Jensen has released the names of 15 recruits who plan to compete in women’s basketball at NWU in 2009-10