After dumping Fordham easily at Cassell Coliseum in the first round, the ladies traveled to St. Joe's and avenged an earlier loss on the Hawks' home floor. Then it was off to the Atlantic 10 final four at the Mullins Center in Massachusetts, where the Hokies defeated perennial power GW in the semifinals and then dispatched of UMass in an overtime thriller for the title. That's comparable to the men's team knocking off, say, UMass, Xavier, and Temple in consecutive games. Not bad . I was able to see the second half of the semifinal and the final, and I was impressed.
People say that all the time because it's true.
As reported earlier, the Hokies made 34 of 39 free throws, including their first seventeen in a row . And they won by one point. There's nothing more thrilling than watching a team execute well, play hard, and overcome tremendous odds to win an unexpected championship, and that's exactly what these Hokies did. It helps that they're 8 or 9 players deep, including freshman phenom Tere Williams and point guard Lisa Witherspoon, who became the first Tech PG to have over 200 assists in one season. It also helps that after being gone for two years, former assistant coach Bonnie Henrickson returned to Tech as the head coach.