{"id":21758,"date":"2023-04-03T11:27:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=21758"},"modified":"2023-04-03T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:34:08","slug":"transylvania-caps-off-historic-season-with-womens-basketball-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/04\/transylvania-caps-off-historic-season-with-womens-basketball-national-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania caps off historic season with women&#8217;s basketball national championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_tnotes2-730x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_tnotes2-730x411.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_tnotes2-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_tnotes2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_tnotes2-690x388.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_tnotes2-810x456.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_tnotes2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_tnotes2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Playing in a national title game is always significant, but something extraordinary happened Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only did the 33-0 Transylvania University women&#8217;s basketball team win the NCAA Division III title, but they did so in an NBA arena that was also the venue of this year&#8217;s DI Final Four. When the Pioneers arrived, it was to a red carpet reception. When the Pioneers won, streamers showered down on them, and their school&#8217;s name and mascot flew around the digital displays of the American Airlines Center in Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was only the second time in the past four decades the DIII and DII women&#8217;s basketball title games were played at the same place as the DI&#8217;s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/transylvania-women-basketball-enjoys-rare-104000422.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall&amp;fbclid=IwAR1EvTOt57EXm-KUr-qWMU-iNRMOfcLWukoqNYjboglc70AlIcaTsCF9A84\">according to the Lexington Herald-Leader<\/a>. It was part of the NCAA&#8217;s celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, and the players were able to hang around Sunday to watch LSU&#8217;s victory over Iowa (after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAADIII\/status\/1642626046620061699\">holding a large American flag<\/a> during the national anthem). Pioneers, including high-scorer and MVP Maddie Kellione, also got to meet some notable women at the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Transylvania guard Maddie Kellione, who had the highest GPA in yesterday&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAADIII?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NCAADIII<\/a> national championship, chatted with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillieJeanKing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BillieJeanKing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FLOTUS<\/a> during today&#39;s DI title game. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NCAA<\/a> is celebrating the 50th anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TitleIX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TitleIX<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TUWBX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TUWBX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TransySports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TransySports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScholarAthlete?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScholarAthlete<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ov6j704tHS\">pic.twitter.com\/ov6j704tHS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Transylvania University (@Transy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Transy\/status\/1642652426611089409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The senior guard and her teammates arrived back on campus in the wee hours of Monday morning, and the university is planning a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transy.edu\/wbb23\">National Championship Celebration<\/a> for Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Beck Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_welcome-home_5-730x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_welcome-home_5-730x486.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_welcome-home_5-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_welcome-home_5-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_welcome-home_5-810x539.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_welcome-home_5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_wbb_welcome-home_5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond having the opportunity to play in the home arena of the Dallas Mavericks, there was something exceptional about Transylvania&#8217;s season and they way it ended (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/03\/transylvania-womens-basketball-players-recognized-for-individual-successes-in-athletics-academics\/\">read about their individual accomplishments, including academic successes<\/a>). &#8220;Regardless of location, Saturday\u2019s crowning moment for the Transylvania University women\u2019s basketball team was sure to be a special occasion,&#8221; wrote the Herald-Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fans knew it. They celebrated the undefeated run and <a href=\"https:\/\/transysports.com\/news\/2023\/4\/1\/transy-womens-basketball-claims-the-ncaa-national-championship-with-a-perfect-33-0-year.aspx\">57-52 victory<\/a> over No. 1 Christopher Newport at watch parties around Kentucky, a state that didn&#8217;t have any other teams left to pull for in the NCAA tournaments. Pioneers supporters raised the roof of the Kentucky Theatre after the win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_watch-party_ky-theatre-730x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_watch-party_ky-theatre-730x402.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_watch-party_ky-theatre-350x193.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_watch-party_ky-theatre-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_watch-party_ky-theatre-810x446.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_watch-party_ky-theatre-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_watch-party_ky-theatre.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, enough fans showed up in Dallas to skew the crowd toward the Pioneers, according to the H-L. \u201cI never imagined that we would have this many people here in Texas with us right now,\u201d senior guard Kennedi Stacy said. \u201cIt\u2019s always a big deal in the Beck Center back home, but it was crazy to walk the red carpet today with hundreds of people here for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_red-carpet_3-730x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_red-carpet_3-730x487.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_red-carpet_3-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_red-carpet_3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_red-carpet_3-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_red-carpet_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/04\/transylvania_red-carpet_3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Head coach Juli Fulks has also been impressed with fan enthusiasm. &#8220;The community support has been amazing all season, and our last victory was propelled forward by the fantastic crowd and exciting atmosphere,&#8221; she told Transylvania Athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To this fan support you can add a healthy dash of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/03\/national-championship-in-the-notecards-for-transylvania-womens-basketball-team\/\">extreme player confidence<\/a>. &#8220;They approached this season with a dream of being excellent and found ways to make their national championship goal a reality,&#8221; Fulks said. &#8220;I am so incredibly proud of the work they have put in this season and grateful to be a part of Transy&#8217;s first national championship.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing in a national title game is always special, but something extraordinary happened Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"21027,20105,4779,1829,19470,2994","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[61,178],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-21758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-top-stories","tag-womens-basketball"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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