Women’s Basketball handles Fond du Lac

by Bob Hanson

December 10, 2009

Stormers’ Womens Basketball caught up to the Fond du Lac Falcons halfway through the first half and pulled away for their first victory of the regular season in a home game. The final score was in favor of the Stormers, 63-47. For the first ten minutes the Stormers shooting was cold and the Falcons took advantage of timely passing. The Stormers were able to close to within a point after being down five points and took the lead, 13-12, after Fond du lac had called a time out to regroup.Stormers’ Head Coach Travis Mrozek said that his team needed to get warmed up. The Stormers were able to catch up after enforcing a full court press that gave the Falcons some problems. The Stormers’ head coach said that he decided to call for the press to get even with the Falcons, and he decided to take the press off once they pulled ahead.

Several steals resulted in baskets for the Stormers. With six minutes left in the half, they slowed the pace down and shortly thereafter hit a three pointer that gave them a 24-15 lead. That prompted the Falcons to call for a time out to attempt to prevent the game from getting out of hand.

The Stormers took control of the game after the time out and at halftime they were leading 41-20. The final outcome of the game was never in question during the second half, even with Stormers’ bench players getting a chance to play.

The head coach was satisfied with the effort of his team in the game. “All I ask of the girls every single night is that they work hard and play with heart,” Mrozek said. The MATC Athletic Department is still looking to add experienced student athletes to compete on the Women’s Basketball team. If interested, please contact the Athletic Office at 414-297-7872 or e-mail your information to [email protected].

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Bob Hanson, Adviser MATC Times Newspaper

My philosophy: I believe my ultimate goal is to create a safe atmosphere of engaged learning. This is done with excellent communication skills and sound journalism practice by students. I believe that student media should always consist of student work. I have an obligation to defend and teach without censoring, editing, directing or producing the students’ rights to free expression. My background: I started out my career as a printing press operator and soon learned design and layout. I have been employed at MATC for 30 years and I have had the pleasure of working as the Times Adviser since 2006. I have had several jobs while here at MATC but none have been more satisfying than being the Times Adviser. Other things that I find important: I have the pleasure to work with some of the best students here at MATC. This continually inspires, re-energizes me and sometimes challenges me to always work at my best and strive to give the staff of the MATC Times the best possible learning experience. I have an open door policy and strive to make myself available to students. If you interested in joining our great staff please feel free to email me at [email protected] or call me at 414-297-7824.