News Release

ARDEN HILLS, Minn. — The Bethel women’s basketball team came away with their third win of the season tonight and remained unbeaten as they defeated Valley City State University 72-62. The Royals held a 13 point advantage at the half after shooting 69.6% from the field and never looked back. For Bethel, JoLynn Thielke led all scorers with 21 points and added a game high eight rebounds to go with her four assists on the night. Other top performers for the Royals included Jen Ahlberg, Sarah Cotner, and Heather Davis who finished with 18, 9, and 13 points respectively. Annegret Nautsch again made her presence felt off the bench as she grabbed five rebounds, four of which came in the last 3:35 of the game to help seal the win for Bethel.

For the Vikings of Valley City State, Janae Larson and Loni Hall led with 13 and 12 points as Hall also notched five rebounds. Other top performers included Molly Schultz who finished with nine points and Mallory Undlin who put up a nice stat line of nine points, seven rebounds, and six assists.

The Royals collectively shot 53.3 % from 3-point range as well as 70 % from the free throw stripe.

Bethel goes 3-0 on the year and travels to St. Catherine for their MIAC opener on December 3rd while Valley City State falls to 5-2 and will travel to take on UM-Crookston this weekend.

Valley City State vs Bethel University
11/23/05 7 p.m. at Robertson Center
At Robertson Center
BETHEL UNIVERSITY 72, VALLEY CITY STATE 62
VALLEY CITY STATE (5-2)
Janae Larson 5-9 0-0 13; Loni Hall 6-12 0-2 12; Molly Schultz 3-7 2-2 9;
Mallory Undlin 3-6 3-4 9; Lisa Dornacker 3-6 0-0 6; Darcie Engelby 2-6 1-2
5; Valerie Moller 1-2 2-2 4; Elizabeth Orthman 2-9 0-0 4; Brittany Olson 0-1
0-0 0; Abby Dralle 0-1 0-1 0. Totals 25-59 8-13 62.
BETHEL UNIVERSITY (3-0)
JoLynn Thielke 7-11 2-2 21; Jen Ahlberg 4-9 7-8 18; Heather Davis 6-9 1-3
13; Sarah Cotner 3-4 3-3 9; Bridget Weber 2-2 1-4 5; Emily Uzpen 1-6 0-0 2;
Kayla Shumski 1-1 0-0 2; Betsy Stevens 1-2 0-0 2; Blaire Baldwin 0-3 0-0 0.
Totals 25-47 14-20 72.
Valley City State.............   30   32  -   62
Bethel University.............   43   29  -   72
3-point goals-Valley City State 4-15 (Janae Larson 3-7; Molly Schultz 1-1;
Mallory Undlin 0-1; Lisa Dornacker 0-1; Elizabeth Orthman 0-3; Brittany
Olson 0-1; Abby Dralle 0-1), Bethel University 8-15 (JoLynn Thielke 5-8; Jen
Ahlberg 3-4; Emily Uzpen 0-2; Heather Davis 0-1). Fouled out--Valley City
State-None, Bethel University-None. Rebounds-Valley City State 32 (Mallory
Undlin 7), Bethel University 31 (JoLynn Thielke 8). Assists-Valley City
State 15 (Mallory Undlin 6), Bethel University 21 (JoLynn Thielke 4; Jen
Ahlberg 4; Emily Uzpen 4). Total fouls-Valley City State 20, Bethel
University 13. A-230