For the second time in program history, the Grand Valley State Women’s Basketball team is headed to the National Championship Game as the Laker Women were able to hold off a second half charge from the Pittsburg State (Kansas) Gorillas and muscle their way to a 68-61 Final Four victory on Wednesday night in downtown Pittsburgh.
The first time the GVSU Women’s Basketball program made the National Championship was back during the 2005-06 season when they took the trip down to Summit Arena in Hot Springs, Arkansas for the Elite Eight and eventually beat American International College in the National Championship Game by a 58-52 final.
Now, this season’s GVSU Women’s hoops squad gets set for a Friday night National Championship Game bout against the California State Dominguez Hills Toros, who are making their first-ever title game appearance in program history, and will mark the first all-time meeting between these two programs.
Live coverage from the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in downtown Pittsburgh begins at 6:45 pm on Thunder 107.3 (107.3 AM and thunder1073.com), The Ticket West Michigan (106.1 FM, 1340 AM, and theticketmi.com), and Classic Hits 98.3 WLCS (98.3 FM and 983wlcs.com).
