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Swarner Earns All-ASC Recognition; Cantu is ASC West FOTY

Photos:  Olivia Swarner (top) and Karisa Cantu (bottom) were each recognized by the ASC.

RICHARDSON, TX -- Schreiner Women's Basketball took another big step forward in 2011-12, tying the school record for wins in a season in the NCAA era.  Two of the team's biggest contributors earned recognition from the American Southwest Conference as sophomore Olivia Swarner earned Honorable Mention All-ASC West and Karisa Cantu was named ASC West Division Freshman of the Year.

Swarner (Reagan HS/San Antonio TX) led the team is most offensive and rebounding categories this year.  She averaged 11.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game this season.  She also lead the team in blocked shots with 25 for the season.  She played all but one of SU's games this

year.  Possibly her best game of the year came late in the season when she scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a close loss at Mary Hardin-Baylor.  She had another big game earlier in the season when the Mountaineers beat UMHB, scoring 20 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.  Early this season, against one of the ASC's top teams in Louisiana College, she poured in 18 points with 16 rebounds.

Cantu had several standout performances in her rookie collegiate season.  The first was a 24-point effort in a home win over Ozarks in December.  Then came a 35-point game in a road win at Texas Lutheran that avenged a home loss to the Lady Bulldogs just a couple of weeks earlier.  She also scored 15 points, to go with six rebounds and five assists, at Hardin-Simmons late in the year.  She was third on the team in scoring at just under nine points per game, and was second on the team in rebounding at 3.6/game and led the team in assists with 2.3 per contest. 

The Mountaineers have improved steadily under the guidance of head coach Matt Wallis, who just completed his third season and second full year at the helm of the program.  The program loses only senior Lia Phillips who will graduate in May.  Four of the team's top five scorers are either freshmen or sophomores.