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Big Sky women’s championship game – EWU bests NAU to advance to 1st NCAA Tourney since ’87

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In the Big Sky Conference women’s basketball tournament championship, No. 1 seed Eastern Washington outlasted No. 2 Northern Arizona for a 73-64 win and a trip to the NCAA Tournament.

In the Big Sky Conference women’s basketball tournament championship, No. 1 seed Eastern Washington outlasted No. 2 Northern Arizona for a 73-64 win and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Eastern Washington is now 29-5 and take a top 80 RPI into Selection Sunday.

The NCAA Tournament berth is the first for EWU since 1987 and the second in program history.

Eastern Washington head coach Joddie Gleason along with senior captains Jamie Loera (left) & Jacinta Buckley after the game followed by Northern Arizona head coach Loree Payne along with sophomore Sophia Glancey (left) and Nyah Moran after the loss.

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Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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