• Sat, 02/28 | Women's Basketball at Baldwin Wallace L, 50-46 (Final) BX | RC
  • Thu, 02/26 | Women's Basketball at Ohio Northern W, 66-54 (Final) BX | RC
  • Tue, 02/24 | Women's Basketball vs. Wilmington W, 76-65 (Final) BX | RC
  • Sat, 02/21 | Women's Basketball at Baldwin Wallace L, 58-55 (Final - OT) BX | RC
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Women's Basketball

 

Women’s Basketball This Week: Capital Concludes Long Home Stand

Jan 07, 2026

The Capital University women's basketball team heads into the final two-thirds of the Ohio Athletic Conference season this week with two more league games at the Capital Center.

The Crusaders host Muskingum on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. before welcoming first-place Ohio Northern to the Capital Center on Saturday for a 3 p.m. tip-off.

Capital (9-4 overall, 4-2 OAC) closed out its non-conference schedule with a 62-54 victory over Wisconsin-Eau Claire on New Years' Eve before falling 64-39 against Otterbein on Saturday.

Junior guard Cookie Geroski (Fostoria, Ohio) led the Crusaders with 18 points and eight rebounds against the Blugolds last Monday. Capital made a season-high seven 3-pointers, including four by Geroski, and held Eau Claire to 38.6 percent shooting, including a 4-for-19 clip from 3-point range.

Senior forward Stacy Timmerman (New Bremen, Ohio) posted 16 points and six rebounds, while junior Jamie Caton (Hilliard, Ohio), who last week was named OAC Player of the Week, totaled 11 points, three blocks and five steals.

On Saturday, the Crusaders struggled to convert offensively, shooting just 26.9 percent from the floor and 5-of-15 at the free throw line. Geroski and Timmerman tallied 10 points apiece to pace Capital, which fell behind 35-18 by halftime and cut its deficit to as close as 11 in the second period.

Muskingum (6-7, 1-5) has won three of its last four games, including a 68-54 victory over Heidelberg on Saturday in New Concord. Four players scored in double figures for the Muskies, including Jendy Weppler, who paced the team with 15. The victory was Muskingum's first in OAC play this season.

Hannah Nelson ranks in the top five in the conference in scoring (17.3 points per game), rebounding (8.3 rpg) and field goal percentage (53.0). Tori Jarrett (10.8 ppg) and Karen Sidwell (10.8 ppg) also average double figures in scoring for the Muskies, who shoot third-best in the conference from the free throw line (71.9 percent) and make the third-most 3-pointers in the league.

Last season, the Crusaders swept Muskingum, winning their regular season finale 77-63 on Feb. 18, 2012, in New Concord. Caton and Rebekah Will posted eight points apiece in that contest for Capital.

Ohio Northern (12-1, 6-0) entered last week ranked 12th in the nation by D3hoops.com and currently sits alone in first place in the OAC after a 62-45 victory over No. 13 Mount Union on Saturday in Ada. Morgan Dumbaugh scored 17 points to lead the Polar Bears, who have won 11 straight games since splitting a pair in their first weekend of competition.

Ohio Northern leads the league in several statistical categories, including scoring offense (71.5 points per game), field goal percentage (45.3 percent), rebounding margin (+ 6.5), scoring defense (51.9 ppg) and opponents' field goal percentage (34.4 percent). Cenzie Yoder(15.1 ppg) is one of three players who averages double figures in scoring for the Polar Bears. Yoder also ranks in the top five in the league in rebounding (7.8 rpg) and field goald percentage (55.8 percent).

Capital split last year's two-game series against Ohio Northern, with the home team taking both affairs. The Polar Bears won the most recent contest, defeating the Crusaders 75-63 on Feb. 1, 2012. Will and Timmerman combined for 29 points in the loss.