Women's Basketball - Warriors Honor Seniors to Close Out Regular Season

The Waldorf women's basketball team finished its 2022-2023 regular season schedule with a home conference game against Viterbo for senior night. 

The Warriors had a slow start with the V-Hawks outscoring them in the first quarter 9-18. 

For the second quarter, senior Bethany Rehse (Ida Grove, IA) scored first, and Lindsay Field (JR/Eyota, MN) hit a three to make the score 14-18.

The V-Hawks went up by 10. A layup from Taylor Moen (JR/Big Lake, MN) and another three from Field brought the game back within single digits. 

Senior Kinsey Tweedy (Roselle, IL) and Eliza McKown (FR/Orono, MN) scored back-to-back layups for the Warriors. At the end of the quarter, the Warriors were down 28-36.

The Warriors struggled in the third by only scoring 11 points compared to the V-Hawks 26.

Tweedy scored first for the Warriors to start the fourth quarter. Moen drained three free-throws and Rehse added a 3-pointer. 

With just over three minutes remaining, McKown hit a three-pointer and Tweedy went 4-4 from the free-throw line. 

Rehse closed out the game with draining another three. The Warriors lost 65-84.

"It wasn't the ending to the regular season that we wanted but I was pleased that we finished higher in the standings than where we were picked which was last," Head Coach Shawn Chaffin stated. "Our 2 seniors really rose to the challenge tonight. Betty and Kinsey had two of their best games of the season on Senior Night."

Seniors Tweedy and Rehse had 18 and 14 points respectively. Tweedy added five rebounds, three assists, and two blocks. Rehse went 2-2 from the three-point line with one block and one steal. Field had 12 points with three assists.

The Warriors finished in 7th and will travel to play at No. 2 Mayville State on Tuesday, Feb. 21st starting at 5:30 p.m.