Friday, November 2, 2012

UIS' Oletzke inherits experienced players


It’s a new beginning for the University of Illinois Springfield women’s basketball team, which returns nearly its entire core from last season.

Coach Chad Oletzke succeeded Marne Fauser and inherited a squad that produced a 9-17 record and finished next to last in the West Division of the Great Lakes Valley Conference with a 4-14 mark.

With a new coaching staff, eight returning players and two newcomers, UIS takes the court tonight at 7 in an exhibition game against host Illinois-Chicago.

The team was featured by the State Journal-Register on November 2, 2012.

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