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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ORANGE, Calif. – The Chapman University women’s basketball team will make its eighth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division III championship tournament when it faces George Fox University (Ore.) on Friday. The Panthers and Bruins will meet at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., which is hosting the first and second rounds for the West Region qualifiers. Chapman and George Fox will tip-off at 5 p.m. Puget Sound will host the first and second rounds after winning the Northwest Conference tournament championship against George Fox last Friday. The Loggers will host SCIAC champion University of La Verne on Friday at 7 p.m. Chapman (24-3) earned one of three Pool ‘B’ at-large berths into the playoffs. The Panthers will face George Fox (23-4) for the second time in postseason play. The two teams met in 2005 when the Bruins ousted the Panthers from the tournament with an 86-55 victory. The Panthers are hoping continue to their winning ways after setting a school record with 24 victories, including a current 12-game win streak to close out the regular season. George Fox tied a school record for wins in a season with 23. The Panthers have never missed the playoffs under head coach Carol Jue and have reached the second round in three of the past four years. Chapman is led by junior guards Nicole Hayman and Lauren Kamiyama. Hayman is averaging 15.6 points with 42 three-pointers and was named MVP of the Division III Independents Postseason Tournament last weekend. Kamiyama also has 42 three’s with 4.7 assists per game and leads the defense with 73 steals. The Panthers rank No. 23 in Division III in scoring defense, allowing just 53.1 points per game. However, their opponent George Fox is leading the nation, allowing just 44.2 points per game. The winner if the Chapman/George Fox game will face the winner of the Puget Sound/La Verne game on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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