Women's Basketball ready for 2019-20 campaign

MEQUON, Wis. -- Concordia Wisconsin's Women's Basketball team is primed and ready for the 2019-20 season-opener on Tuesday night at 7 pm against UW-Platteville inside the R. John Buuck Field House.

Click here to listen to the season-preview audio interview with 16th-year head coach Stacey Brunner-Jones.

This is the fifth time in the last six seasons the Falcons have begun the season at home and in those games they are 4-1. Last season they began with a 54-48 victory at Dominican, which also happened to be a conference game. Concordia Wisconsin has 11 of its 25 games at home this season and ends the year with two out of the last three inside the R. John Buuck Field House.

Junior Emily Hafemann (Hales Corners, Wis.) is the top returning scorer for the Falcons after averaging 10.0 points per game on 46.8 percent shooting. Senior Clara Chambers (Mineral Point, Wis.) scored 9.9 points per game, while sophomore Camryn Szolyga (Waukesha, Wis.) recorded 7.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per contest during the 2018-19 season. Last year they Falcons shot 38.3 percent from 3-point range, which ranked sixth in the country.

The 2019-20 roster features four upperclassmen and 10 underclassmen. Senior Kaitlyn Foster (Janesville, Wis.) and Chambers will guide the team, along with juniors Hannah Boettcher (Columbus, Wis.) and Hafemann. There are four sophomores and six freshmen.

Concordia Wisconsin was picked to finish in third place in the NACC Preseason Poll and received one first-place vote among the league's head coaches and athletic communicators who voted.