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Women's Basketball

Muskies get rare chance to host nationally ranked team as Warriors visit tonight

The Lakeland University women's basketball team welcomes the Northern Athletics Collegiate leaders and also becomes the first to face a top-25 team in a conference meeting when it hosts Wisconsin Lutheran College Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the Moose & Dona Woltzen Gymnasium.

The Muskies (12-7 overall, 9-5 NACC) have been heating up of late, winning four straight games entering Tuesday, including a 72-58 win over Alverno College on Saturday. Miranda Jacobson (Jr.-Felch, Mich.) recorded what is believed to be the first triple-double in school history (18 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists) and Rachel Stankevich (Sr.-Goodman, Wis.) became the 12th player in program history to reach 1,000 points in a career as Lakeland finished off the Inferno late.

The only team hotter in the NACC has been Wisconsin Lutheran, which comes in undefeated in conference and on a 17-game winning streak that ranks tied for the fourth-longest current streak in NCAA Division III. The Warriors drilled MSOE 80-38 on Saturday, scoring the first 29 points of the game, and on Monday became the first NACC women's basketball team to be ranked in the top 25 in a national poll, appearing at No. 25 in the D3hoops.com top 25 poll.

This is the 68th meeting ever between Lakeland and Wisconsin Lutheran, and the Muskies hold a 44-23 lead in a series that dates back to 1983. The teams have already met once this season, with the Warriors posting a 60-46 win in Milwaukee nearly two months ago on Dec. 5, 2017. Lakeland won the last meeting at the Woltzen Gym, though, toppling WLC 64-52 last season on Feb. 15, 2017 as Maddy Doll (Sr.-Florence, Wis.) scored 15 points.
 
Live audio, video and statistics for tonight's game will be available at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/lakeland/.

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