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ORU women earn top seed in conference tournament
Oral Roberts clinched the top seed in the Summit League Conference Tournament with its 94-70 victory Monday night at Southern Utah.
The Golden Eagles finish the regular season at 21-8, earning their first regular season Summit League championship and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, which runs Saturday through March 9 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
“The girls wanted to win it outright, and we did,” coach Jerry Finkbeiner said. “In years past, we’ve always been focused on the tournament title but this year, with Janae (Voelker) leading us, we wanted the regular season title as well. We’re thrilled to get the No. 1 seed.”
As one of the top two seeds, ORU will play Saturday with a day off on Sunday. ORU will open with a rematch against No. 8 seed Southern Utah (7-22) at noon.
The tournament semifinals are scheduled for Monday. The championship game will be shown on ESPNU, Cox 253, at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Summit League women’s pairings
March 6-9 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Saturday
No. 1 Oral Roberts (21-8) vs. No. 8 Southern Utah (7-22), noon
No. 2 Oakland (18-12) vs. No. 7 Western Illinois (10-19), 2:30 p.m.
Sunday
No. 4 UMKC (15-14) vs. No. 5 North Dakota State (16-12), noon
No. 3 South Dakota State (19-10) vs. No. 6 IPFW (13-16), 2:30 p.m.
Monday
Oral Roberts-Southern Utah winner vs. UMKC-NDSU winner, noon
Oakland-Western Illinois winner vs. SDSU-IPFW winner, 2 p.m.
Tuesday
Championship, 3 p.m.
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