Senate Resolution 134 PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 BY WIECK 1 3 A Resolution honoring the Morningside College Women's 1 4 Basketball Team on their national championship. 1 5 WHEREAS, Morningside College of Sioux City used a 1 6 record setting three=point shooting display to win its 1 7 first=ever women's basketball national championship 1 8 when it defeated Cedarville University 87=74 in the 1 9 title game of the NAIA Division II National Tournament 1 10 in Sioux City's Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena; and 1 11 WHEREAS, the Morningside Mustangs made a national 1 12 tournament single=game record 17 three=point field 1 13 goals to erase the former record of 15 three=pointers 1 14 the Mustangs made in their opening round win; and 1 15 WHEREAS, Morningside shot a sizzling 48.6 percent 1 16 from beyond the three=point arc with 17 treys in 35 1 17 attempts; and 1 18 WHEREAS, Morningside had 47 three=point field goals 1 19 in its five national tournament games to also set a 1 20 record; and 1 21 WHEREAS, Megan Cloud led the way by bombing in 1 22 eight of 11 three=point shots to tie the national 1 23 tournament single=game record, finished with 34 points 1 24 to go along with six assists and six rebounds, and was 1 25 named the tournament's Most Valuable Player; and 1 26 WHEREAS, Megan Cloud was joined on the all= 1 27 tournament team by teammates Brittany Carper and Kate 1 28 Lokken; and 1 29 WHEREAS, Morningside finished its storybook season 1 30 with a 34=4 record to set a school record for 2 1 victories, while Cedarville bowed out at 35=3 and had 2 2 its 23=game winning streak snapped; and 2 3 WHEREAS, Coach Jamie Sale was named NAIA Division 2 4 II Coach of the Year; NOW THEREFORE, 2 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 2 6 congratulates the Morningside College Women's 2 7 Basketball Team and their coach on their successful 2 8 season and thanks them for the honor and recognition 2 9 they have brought to Morningside College and to the 2 10 State of Iowa; and 2 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an 2 12 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2 13 presentation to Coach Jamie Sale and the Morningside 2 14 College Women's Basketball Team. 2 15 LSB 6943SS 80 2 16 rj/pj/5