UMD Women’s Basketball Continues Tournament Run with First-Ever Final Four Berth

They'll next play Catawba on Wednesday for a spot in the National Championship game.

ST. JOSEPH, Missouri.- The UMD women’s basketball left no doubt on Monday as they defeated Assumption 61 to 41 in the Elite Eight.

After battling foul trouble in the 1st half, Brooke Olson would turn things around in the 2nd to lead the Bulldogs with 15 points.

“Just an exciting first game in the elite eight. We were all very excited to be here. We kind of knew the jitters we’re going to get the best of us a little bit at the beginning. So once we just kind of calmed down and played our game. Then I think things started to flow a little bit. It was just a good first game and we battled through adversity in the first quarter to then pick up our defense and yeah just finish out the game,” said graduate guard Maesyn Thiesen.

“I thought our team did a good job of slowing down and finding the open person. They have really good help side and I thought the ball moved. You saw they took a couple of charges on us throughout the game. But I think they usually have more than that. So we’re very proud of our patience and poise on the offensive side of things,” added head coach Mandy Pearson.

UMD now advances to the Final Four for the first time in program history.

They’ll next play Catawba on Wednesday for a spot in the National Championship game.