Covenant News

Team Scoring Mark Set in Women Vikings Win

CHICAGO, IL (January 10, 2003) - Sara Teachout scored 18 points on 8-of-10 field goal shooting and North Park University (NPU) set a season team scoring mark in a 93-31 nonleague win over Illinois Institute of Technology Thursday night.

The Vikings tallied the fifth highest number of points in the school's history, taking a 53-19 halftime lead over the Scarlet Hawks. North Park's 62-point win was the largest margin of victory since a 98-9 win over Robert Morris College in the 1994-95 season.

Other double-digit point scorers for NPU included Megan Slattery and Redina Hall (with 14 points apiece), Amy Stoltz (13), Shandrel Young (11) and Carrie Swenson (10). Swenson had a game-high 15 rebounds and six assists while Young scored nine of her points as the Vikings raced to a 15-2 lead in the opening 4:04 of the contest.

On Tuesday, Slattery scored a college career high of 28 points as NPU edged visiting Millikin University 66-61.

Slattery was particularly effective midway through the second half. Leading just 46-43, Slattery scored her team's next six points to key a 13-6 spurt. She added two foul shots and a field goal in the final 2:40 and finished 12-for-20 in field goal tries with 12 rebounds and four steals.

Young added 16 points, including 12-of-14 foul shots for coach Jack Surridge's team, which is now 5-6 overall, 1-1 in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin play. The Vikings play a conference game against host Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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