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2006-07 News Releases/Game Stories

Lady Railsplitters Fall On A Buzzer Beater At Catawba
The Lady Railsplitter basketball team fell short in their attempt to give Coach Roger Vannoy a final win on the road as Catawba's Brittany Higgins hit a 12 foot jumper to give the host Lady Indians the 74-72 win on Wednesday. (Box score)
Photo: Coach Roger Vannoy tries to get a point across during a timeout at Catawba.
02/14/2007

Lady Railsplitters Put Together Best Forty Minutes Of The Year To Knock Off Lenoir-Rhyne On The Road
The Lady Railsplitters seemed to do no wrong in Monday night’s 80-66 South Atlantic Conference road win over Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina.  “It was probably our best forty consecutive minutes of the year,” said LMU Head Coach Roger Vannoy. (Box score)
02/12/2007

Mars Hill Completes Season Sweep Of Lady Railsplitters
Mars Hill defeated Lincoln Memorial University 81-67 on the road Saturday night, 81-67 in SAC women's basketball action. All five of the Lions' starters recorded double-figures in scoring in the win. The Lions improved to 14-9 overall and 7-5 in the SAC while the Railsplitters fell to 11-12 on the season and 3-12 in league action. (Box score)
Photo: Madeline Richards shoots over the Mars Hill defender.  Photo by Ray Welch.
02/10/2007

Lady Splitters Complete Season Sweep of Presbyterian College
Despite a late run by Presbyterian College, the Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitters managed to hang on for their third South Atlantic Conference win of the year Wednesday evening by defeating the Lady Blue Hose 53-50 to move to 11-11 overall and 3-8 in league play. (Box score)
Photo: Latoya Johnson looks to make a pass.  Photo by Ray Welch.
02/07/2007

LMU’s Williams Selected to Take Part in Nike Program
Former Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball player and current graduate assistant coach Chasity Williams (Evansville, IN) has been selected to take part in Nike’s “So You Want To Be A Coach” program.
02/07/2007

Tusculum Women Rain Threes In 73-59 Win Over LMU
Ashli Oliver poured in 21 points on seven 3-pointers to lead the Tusculum College women's basketball team to a 73-59 South Atlantic Conference win over visiting Lincoln Memorial University Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Arena. (Box score)
Photo: LMU's Sidney Johnson is fouled by Tusculum's Lindsay Barta.
02/03/2007

Wingate Defeats Lincoln Memorial 78-50 In SAC Action Wednesday Night
The Wingate University women’s basketball team defeated Lincoln Memorial University 78-50 in a South Atlantic Conference game in Cuddy Arena on the Wingate campus Wednesday. Wingate improves to 15-5 overall and 7-2 in the SAC. (Box score)

Lady Railsplitters Upset Third-Ranked Lee
With only eight games remaining in his collegiate coaching career, on Saturday evening Roger Vannoy and his Lady Railsplitters captured one the Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball program’s biggest wins when they defeated NAIA third-ranked Lee University 70-63 to improve to 10-9 on the year, while dropping the Lady Flames record to 18-3 overall. (Box score)
Photo: Andi Winney shoots the jump shot.  Photo by Ray Welch
01/27/2007

VANNOY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO RETIRE FROM COACHING
Nidiffer also retiring as athletics director in June
Lincoln Memorial University’s Women’s Basketball Coach Roger Vannoy announced Friday that he will retire from coaching at the end of the 2006-07 season. After the season, Vannoy will remain at the University as associate athletics director and NCAA compliance officer.
01/26/2007

Mars Hill Defeats LMU 72-50
The Lions' women's basketball team snapped a four-game skid to run past the visiting Railsplitters of Lincoln Memorial University Wednesday night in Stanford Arena. Abby DeBusk (New Tazewell, TN) scored 19 points, pulled down seven rebounds and dished out six assists to lead MHC to victory. (Box score)
Photo: LaToya Johnson gets the shot and gets fouled by Mars Hill's Lindsay Roberts.
01/24/2007

Lady Railsplitters Knock Catawba From Atop The South Atlantic Conference Standings
The Lady Railsplitters entered Saturday night’s home game with Catawba College with only one win in the South Atlantic Conference at 1-5, while the Lady Indians shared the league lead with Carson-Newman at 4-1. (Box score)
01/20/2007

Lady Splitters Outgunned By Lenoir-Rhyne In Overtime
It took overtime to do it, but the Lady Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne College knocked off the Lady Railsplitters of Lincoln Memorial Wednesday night in South Atlantic Conference basketball action by the final score of 61-53. (Box score)
Photo: Heather Benton is guarded by Lenoir-Rhyne's Ashlei Helton as she looks to shoot.  Photo by Ray Welch.
01/17/2007

Lady Railsplitters Lose Nail-biter With Newberry
The Lady Railsplitter basketball team fell to 1-4 in South Atlantic Conference play and 8-7 overall with Saturday night’s 53-47 loss to Newberry College in Newberry, South Carolina. (Box score)
01/13/2007

Lady Railsplitters Survive Late Surge From Presbyterian For First South Atlantic Conference Victory
Although the Lady Blue Hose made numerous runs in the second half, the Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball team weathered the storms and emerged 74-68 winners over Presbyterian College Wednesday night to earn their first conference win of the season. (Box score)
01/10/2007

Lady Splitters Still Winless In The SAC
The Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball team fell to 7-6 on the year and 0-3 in the South Atlantic Conference with Monday night’s 70-59 loss to Tusculum College at home in the Tex Turner Arena. (Box score)
Photo: Andi Winney makes a spin move.  Photo by Ray Welch
01/08/2007

Lady Splitters Drop Third Straight To Fall To 0-2 In South Atlantic Conference
The Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball team fell to 7-5 overall and 0-2 in the South Atlantic Conference with Saturday night’s 61-49 loss to the Lady Bulldogs of Wingate University. (Box score)
Photo: Wingate's Anna Atkinson guards LMU's Betsy Bowser.  Photo by Ray Welch.
01/06/2007

LMU Women Lose Round One with Carson-Newman
The Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball team fell to 7-4 on the year and 0-1 in South Atlantic Conference play Wednesday evening when it lost the conference opener to the Lady Eagles of Carson-Newman College 76-68. (Box score)
01/04/2007

Lady Railsplitters Fall To N.C. Central
Jori Nwachukwu scored a game-high 18 points to lead North Carolina Central to a 65-60 victory over Lincoln Memorial in the final day of the Allstate Insurance Women’s Basketball Holiday Classic at the G.B. Hodge Center Saturday. (Box score)
Photo: Heather Benton shoots the jump shot over NCC's Casey Daniel.
12/30/2006

Lady Railsplitters Win Thriller
Lincoln Memorial held off a furious USC Upstate comeback to take a 60-56 win in the Allstate Insurance Women’s Basketball Holiday Classic Friday night at the G.B. Hodge Center. (Box score)
Photo: Andi Winney tries to drive by the USC Upstate defender.
12/29/2006

King Sends LMU Basketball Teams Into Holiday Break On A Losing Note
On Saturday afternoon King College upended Lincoln Memorial University’s men’s and women’s basketball teams in back to back games and forced LMU to depart for the holiday break on a losing note. (Women's box score) (Men's box score)
12/16/2006

Richards Named SAC Women's Basketball POW
Lincoln Memorial University’s Madeline Richards has been named the South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 10.  It was announced today by the league office.  Richards, a native of Floyds Knobs, Ind., helped the Railsplitters to a pair of wins last week and also became a member of LMU’s 1,000-point club.
12/11/2006

Richards Shoots Her Way Into LMU Record Book
Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball guard Madeline Richards (Floyds Knobs, IN) recently became the all-time leader for the Lady Railsplitter program in 3-point field goals made with 166 when she hit her second 3-pointer in Tuesday night’s 71-59 win over Brevard College.
12/11/2006

Emotions Pour Out In Lady Splitter Win Over Brevard
Still reeling from one of the most trying weeks in Lady Railsplitter basketball history, the Lincoln Memorial University women overcame the adversity they have been dealing with and the emotions that each has been going through over the past several days by defeating Brevard College Tuesday evening 71-59. (Box score)
12/06/2006

Lady Bobcats Swept Away By LMU
The Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitters swept the season series 2-0 with a 66-57 road win over the Lees-McRae College Lady Bobcats Thursday evening in non-conference action. (Box score)
(Story courtesy of LMC Sports Information)
11/30/2006

Lady Railsplitters Get Past Brevard 68-66
It came down to free throws and the LMU senior Madeline Richards (Floyds Knobs, IN) hit five of six in the last 31 seconds to push the Lady Railsplitters past Brevard 68-66 on Tuesday. (Box score)
Photo: LMU's Kate Fane prepares to drive around the Brevard Defender.  Photo by Ray Welch
11/28/2006

Lady Railsplitters Win Over USC Upstate In Overtime
The Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball team improved captured its second win Tuesday evening with an 80-69 overtime victory over the Spartans of the University of South Carolina Upstate. (Box score)
Photo: Heather Benton scores two of her 22 points.  Photo by Ray Welch
11/21/2006

LMU Women Lose At Kentucky State
The Lincoln Memorial University women's basketball team picked up their first loss of the young season when they fell to host Kentucky State 63-54. (Box score)
11/19/2006

Lady Railsplitters Sign Harris
The Lincoln Memorial University women's basketball coach Roger Vannoy recently announced the signing of Kara Harris to attend LMU play basketball for the Lady Railsplitters.
11/16/2006

LMU Women Win Thriller Against Lees-McRae 55-50
A steal by junior Laura Elliot (Livermore, CA) with 21 seconds to go allowed the Lincoln Memorial University women's basketball team to pull out the 55-50 win over Lees-McRae on Wednesday. (Box score)
11/15/2006

LMU Basketball Teams To Open Season Wednesday
Both Lincoln Memorial University basketball teams will open the 2006-07 season on Wednesday night when they host Lees-McRae college in a doubleheader in the Turner Arena.
11/15/2006

Early Signing Period Helps LMU Secure Wagner
Although the 2006-07 season hasn’t begun yet, Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball coach Roger Vannoy has been hard at work recruiting for next season.
(Photo by Larry Tebo, The Elkhart Truth)
11/10/2006

And So a New Era Begins
On Wednesday morning a new era officially got underway for the Lincoln Memorial University basketball programs in Hickory, North Carolina.
10/26/2006

2005-06 News Releases/Game Stories

Lady Railsplitters Add To Their Inside Game the California Way
With the 2006-07 basketball season only a few months away, Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball coach Roger Vannoy has added again to an already talented arsenal for the upcoming season. 
08/07/2006

Division I Transfer To Play For Lady Railsplitters
Another of the missing pieces to the puzzle for the 2006-07 Lady Railsplitter basketball team has been found.  At least that is the opinion of Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball Head Coach Roger Vannoy.
05/08/2006

Richards Named to GSC All-Academic Team
Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball guard Madeline Richards (Floyds Knobs, IN) has been named to the Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team by sports information directors and faculty athletic representative throughout the GSC Eastern Division.
03/22/2006

LMU Women’s Basketball Signee Qualifies for Indiana Top-40
Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball signee Andi Winney has been named to Hoosier Basketball Magazine’s Top 40 Girls making her eligible to try out for the Indiana All-Star team that will play in the Indiana vs. Kentucky all-star game this year. 
03/07/2006

The End of a Trying Season
When the 2005-06 season began, Roger Vannoy entered his 23^rd season at the helm of the Lady Railsplitter program as one of the NCAA Division II’s most successful active coaches. (Box score)
02/25/2006

Lady Chargers Win Last Conference Fight with LMU
On Monday night, the University of Alabama-Huntsville Lady Chargers got one final word in before the Lincoln Memorial women depart from the Gulf South Conference.  The Lady Railsplitters were defeated 75-59 by UAH, giving the Lady Chargers the sweep both home and away this season. (Box score)
02/20/2006

UNA Women Hold Off Lady Railsplitter Charge
In spite of numerous comebacks throughout the second half of play, the University of North Alabama Lady Lions were able to fend off the Lady Railsplitters in the final minutes of play Sunday afternoon to come away with a 69-58 win. (Box score)
02/19/2006

Inclement Weather Forces LMU Postponement with North Alabama
While snowy conditions have a grasp on the tri-state area, the winter weather isn’t only limited to making things difficult for outdoor activities.
02/18/2006

Slow Offensive Start Sinks Lady Railsplitters
On Monday night, the Valdosta State Lady Blazers came away with their second win of the year by holding the Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitters to only 13 points in the first half for a 55-45 win. (Box score) 
02/13/2006

Lady Railsplitters Battle West Florida to the Wire But Fall Short
Although the Lincoln Memorial University women put up a tremendous fight Saturday evening, the Lady Argonauts of West Florida were able to maintain first place possession of the Gulf South Conference Eastern Division with a 60-53 win over LMU to improve to 8-1 in league play. (Box score)
02/11/2006

Lady Railsplitters Trying to Put Together Late Season Run
The Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball team continued to make GSC Tournament possibilities interesting by winning their second consecutive conference game on Monday evening.  (Box score) 
Chasity Williams drives past two UM defenders for the lay-up.
Photo by Ray Welch.
02/06/2006

Lady Railsplitters Step on Tigers Tail
The Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitters snapped a three-game losing skid Saturday night with a 65-63 win over the Lady Tigers of West Alabama in GSC Eastern Division play. (Box score)
LMU's Wisemane Alcema battles West Alabama's Jamie Walker for the rebound.  Photo by Ray Welch
02/04/2006

LMU Women Thrown Into the Flames
At times it seemed as though the Lee University women’s basketball team was on fire Monday evening when they rolled over the Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitters 80-57 in non-conference play. (Box score)
Kelly Youhas attempts a three-pointer against Lee.  Photo by Bill Porter
01/30/2006

Braves Stay Hot, Beat LMU
As the first half of the GSC women's season comes to a close, the West Georgia Braves are still one of the hottest teams around, winning their sixth straight tonight, a 66-51 victory over Lincoln Memorial.  (Box score)
01/29/2005

UAH Women Hold Off LMU
Despite numerous runs by the Lady Railsplitters, the LMU women couldn’t overcome the bench depth or the outside shooting of the Lady Chargers of Alabama-Huntsville Monday evening in their 61-53 Gulf South Conference loss. (Box score)
Chasity Williams tries to drive past UAH's Abby Fanning.
Photo by Ray Welch.
01/23/2006

Lady Railsplitters Shake the Monkey off Their Back
The first Gulf South Conference win of the year came Saturday night for the Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball team when it defeated the University of North Alabama 86-61 to move to 1-5 in the league. (Box score)
Heather Benton shoots the jumper over UNA's India Hackman.
Photo by Ray Welch
01/21/2006

Lady Falcons Second Half Rally Kills Lady Railsplitter Hopes
A strong second half showing by the Montevallo Lady Falcons silenced any Lady Railsplitter thoughts of capturing their first Gulf South Conference win of the year Monday evening.  The Montevallo women took the momentum in the second half to come away with a convincing 63-49 win over the Lady Railsplitters in their first meeting of the year. (Box score)
01/16/2006

Lady Splitters Show Improvement in Loss to West Alabama
Although the Lady Railsplitter basketball team suffered its eleventh loss of the season Saturday night and its third conference loss, LMU Head Coach Roger Vannoy felt his squad continued to show improvement. (Box score)
01/14/2006

West Florida Women Outlast Lady Railsplitters
After jumping out to a 10-0 lead the Lady Railsplitter basketball team succumbed to the play of the University West Florida Monday evening and lost their second GSC game of the year 59-48 at home in the Tex Turner Arena. (Box score)
LMU'S Wisemane Alcema puts the move on UWF's Karmeshia Easley.
Photo by Ray Welch.
01/09/2006

Valdosta State Survives Lady Railsplitters Surges
Although the Lady Blazers of Valdosta State University led the game with Lincoln Memorial throughout most of the contest Saturday evening, the LMU women refused to die without a fight and made several runs at the VSU women before falling 59-47. (Box score)
LMU'S Sidney Johnson is about to get called for a charge.
Photo by Ray Welch.
01/07/2006

Lady Railsplitters Get New Years Eve Win Over Kentucky State
The Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitters picked up their fourth win of the year Saturday afternoon by handing the Thorobrettes of Kentucky State University a 65-55 New Years Eve loss. (Box score)
Maddie Richards goes airborne for the lay-up.
Photo by Ray Welch.
12/31/2005

LMU’s Comeback Hopes Fall Short In Loss To Fourth Ranked Charleston
A gutsy effort by the Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball team was derailed by 27 turnovers as they came up short at fourth ranked Charleston 66-52 on Saturday.
(Box score)
Photo: Wisemane Alcema shoots the jump shot in the second half.  Photo by Bill Porter, LMU Sports Information
12/17/2005

LMU Women Fall to 3-7
The Lady Railsplitters' woes continued Thursday evening when the LMU women lost their seventh game of the year to the Lady Lions of Mars Hill College. (Box score)
12/15/2005

Strong Second Half Lifts Tusculum Over LMU 75-46
Leading by three points at the half, the Tusculum women’s basketball team outscored Lincoln Memorial 45-19 in the second period to take a 75-46 victory on Tuesday evening at Pioneer Arena. With the win, Tusculum improves to 8-1, while LMU slips to 3-6. (Box Score)
12/13/2005

Turnovers Doom Lady Railsplitters At Carson-Newman
The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles forced the Lincoln Memorial Lady Railsplitters into 36 turnovers and scored 26 of their 56 points off those miscues as they won 56-37 Saturday night at Holt Fieldhouse. (Box score)
12/10/2005

LMU Basketball Teams Stumble Again Against Tusculum
The Lincoln Memorial University men’s and women’s basketball teams suffered yet another setback Saturday evening when Tusculum College came to town and knocked off both the LMU men and women in the first meeting between the two schools of the 2005-06 season.
12/04/2005

Lady Railsplitters Get Revenge Over Lees-McRae
Madeline Richards (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) led Lincoln Memorial with a season-high 18 points as the Lady Railsplitters avenged their first loss of the season with the 64-53 win over Lees-McRae on Thursday night. (Box score)
12/01/2005

LMU Women Win Defensive Struggle with Benedict
The Lincoln Memorial University women picked up their second win of the year Tuesday evening with a 54-36 victory over Tigerettes of Benedict College in LMU’s Tex Turner Arena.  The win moved the Lady Railsplitters to 2-3 overall and 2-1 in NCAA South Region play.
Photo: Candice Rose led LMU in scoring with 12 points.  Photo by Ray Welch Photography
11/30/2005

Round One Goes To Carson-Newman
The Carson-Newman men and women’s basketball teams won the first of two rounds of to be fought this season with Lincoln Memorial University on Tuesday night in the Tex Turner Arena.
11/22/2005

LMU Women’s Basketball Gets Early Signee
Only three games into the 2005-06 LMU women’s basketball schedule, Lincoln Memorial University Head Coach Roger Vannoy announced today that Andi Winney has signed a National Letter of Intent to play next season for the Lady Railsplitters.
11/21/2005

Last Second Shot Dooms Lady Railsplitters
Nova Southeastern University became the second team to defeat the Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitters this Saturday evening when the Knights used a last second shot to take a come-from-behind 54-53 win over LMU in the final game of the Valdosta State DAYS INNVitational. (Box score)
11/19/2005

LMU Picks Up First Win of Season Against Eckerd 68-54
The LMU women’s basketball team forced 35 turnovers and used an 8-2 run in the second half to pull away from Eckerd and pick up their first win of the season 68-54 on Friday in the first game of the GSC/SSC Invitational. (Box score)
11/18/05

LMU Falls in Season Opener 59-55
The Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball team dropped their season opener to host Lee-McRae 59-55 on Tuesday. (Box score)
Photo: Heather Benton shoots the jumper to score the first points of the 2005-06 season.
11/15/2005

LMU Basketball Teams Set to Tip-off 2005-06 Basketball Season
The Lincoln Memorial University men’s and women’s basketball teams both play their season-openers tonight on the road.  The LMU men travel to Mars Hill, North Carolina where they will take on the Mountain Lions of Mars Hill College.  The Lady Railsplitters travel to Banner Elk, North Carolina for a date with Lees McRae College.
11/15/2005