Hope College Women's Basketball Game Notes: National Semifinal vs. Trine

Sydney Muller used to play against Olivia Voskuil and Kenedy Schoonveld on the basketball court before becoming teammates at Hope College.

On the eve of the NCAA Division III national semifinals in Pittsburgh, Muller reflected on her memorable games at Grand Rapids Christian High School against Holland Christian, where Voskuil and Schoonveld played.

"We still bring it up to this day," Muller said during Wednesday's NCAA press conference at Duquesne University;'s UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. "To be able to play with them is such an honor. They are probably hands down the best two basketball players that I've ever played with in my life. Having that four years that I have gotten to play with them has not only helped me grow as a basketball player but it's helped me grow as a person as well."

Muller has played with Voskuil and Schoonveld for four seasons after transferring to Hope prior to the 2018-19 season.

Photo of Brian Morehouse, Kenedy Schoonveld, Olivia Voskuil, and Sydney Muller by Alan Babbitt

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This season, all three earned D3hoops.com all-region honors and All-MIAA accolades.

The Flying Dutch are 30-1 heading into the 7:30 p.m. national semifinal vs. Trine University on Thursday, March 17. The winner advances to face either Amherst College (Mass.) or the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the 2 p.m. national championship game on Saturday, March 19.

This is the first NCAA Tournament meeting Hope and Trine. The Flying Dutch lead the all-time series, 40-7, including a 2-1 record this season.

Hope and Trine split their regular-season meetings: Hope winning, 70-61, at Trine on December 18 and Trine winning, 70-62, at DeVos Fieldhouse on January 16. The Trine win snapped Hope's school-record 61-game winning streak that also was tied for the third-longest winning streak in NCAA Division III women's basketball history.

The Flying Dutch won the third meeting, 54-50, at Trine on February 26 in the MIAA Tournament championship game.

Hope is seeking its fourth appearance in a national title game. The Flying Dutch claimed national titles in 1990 and 2006 and finished runner-up in 2010.

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