WOMEN’S BASKETBALL —After five years at the helm of the UCSD Women’s Basketball team, head coach Charity Elliott has accepted the head coaching position at Division I Loyola Marymount. It was announced Tuesday, April 3 that the three-time conference coach of the year will take over for Loyola coach Julie Wilhoit. 

Down 63-64 with 51 seconds left in the West Regional Final, sophomore forward Erin Dautremont got tied up with Anchorage’s 6’2” Hanna Johansson.

In a near-empty media room, an NCAA correspondent ended the women’s basketball press conference by asking UCSD’s three seniors for one word to describe what it would take to go the distance in the postseason.

Cross town, while San Diego State readies itself for March Madness, less than half of the Guardian staff (a representative 40 percent) sullenly fills out Division II Women’s Basketball brackets.

It’s in postseason play when collegiate athletes stop thinking about games in terms of wins or losses or records, and start talking about ‘ending seasons’ or playing another night.

On a grainy, halting live feed streamed from a small gym in Arcata, Humboldt, the Guardian staff watched senior guard Daisy Feder muscle her way into the key. With 9.9 seconds left, the shooter gave the then-undefeated Tritons a tenuous one-point lead as Humboldt head coach Joddie Gleason called for the timeout. The Lumberjacks returned to the court to inbound the ball from their baseline. Ninety-four feet separated them from the Triton basket, but UCSD elected to throw out a sloppy, undecided press.

The No. 1 nationally ranked UCSD Women’s Basketball team now stands two games away from closing out its regular season as undefeated.

Taking two wins at home this weekend, the No. 1 UCSD Women’s Basketball team protects its top ranking by remaining undefeated in the 2012 season.

Going into last week’s games, the UCSD women’s basketball team was ranked No. 2 in the nation and had its sights set on the best start to the season ever.