You wouldn't think there are any Division III basketball players who have something in common with Nancy Lieberman, Dawn Staley and Kelly Miller. Those are some pretty prominent names in the history of women's basketball.
&&g-boxl&&But Stevens guard Dani Dudek will be able to claim that pretty soon, as she's elevated her game over the course of her career from being mainly a distributor to a scorer who can dish and rebound.
That's not all, though. This is Division III, after all. As a biomedical engineering major, she hopes to do work that all basketball players can benefit from, as well as work with prosthetic devices.
That, and lead Stevens to the NCAA Tournament, a goal the Ducks have just missed more than once in recent years. The full story in this week's Around the Nation.
Also, Saturday is a big day in rivalry games. Actually, any time Hope and Calvin meet is a big day in rivalry games, but while the Flying Dutchmen and Knights meet for the 170th time, Wooster and Wittenberg will be tipping it up as well. Yet after graduation losses and early-season struggles, none of these teams is really in the national eye at the moment. We take a look at all four programs in Around the Nation.