HANCOCK, Mich. – On Saturday afternoon, the Bethany Lutheran women's basketball team clinched their second consecutive Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Postseason Berth with their 83-50 win over Finlandia University.
 
With the victory, the Vikings improve to 11-12 overall on the season and remain at 8-6 in conference action.
 
By scoring 31 points in the victory over Finlandia, sophomore Haley Sandin (Zimmerman, Minn.) enters the final weekend of the 2016-17 regular season schedule next Friday and Saturday only 29 points shy of 1,000 career points.
 
For the second time this season, junior Dakota Ellinghuysen (Peterson, Minn.) recorded a double-double with 12 points while bringing down 14 total rebounds. Off the bench for BLC, junior Rachel Sorensen (Windom, Minn.) connected on 4-of-9 from outside land to end with 14 total points. Senior Minnie Frederick-Childress (Flint, Mich.) added nine points and nine steals for Head Coach Lyle Jones.
 
As a team, the Vikings shot 45.1 percent (32-for-71) from the field while making 34.5 percent (10-for-29) from three's. BLC scored 27 points off the Lions turnovers and held the rebound advantage, 48-34. The largest lead was stretched to 36 points with less than a minute remaining in regulation.
 
UP NEXT:
BLC will return to their home floor next Friday and Saturday night to close out the 2016-17 regular season schedule. On Friday, the Vikings will play the North Central Rams at 5:30 p.m. The men's game will follow at 7:30 p.m.
 
***Come out and support the Vikings as they begin to prepare for the 2016-17 UMAC postseason tournament and Haley Sandin pursues her 1,000 career points.

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MEDIA: If you need further information, please feel free to contact Lucas Herd at 507-344-7856 or email lucas.herd@blc.edu.