#8 GLIAC NORTH
LAKE SUPERIOR STATE LAKERS (5-23 ALL, 5-17 GLIAC)

2014-15 Lake Superior State Preview (by Brian Lester, GLIAC contributor)

Coach: Kristen Rogers is in her first season as the head coach of the Lakers

Overview: Improvement should be in the cards for the Lakers this year as eight letterwinners are back, including four starters. Two of the starters are seniors in guards Stephanie Fisher and Kandace Crittendon. Fisher averaged 11.6 ppg and Crittendon averaged 7.9 points and 5.0 rebounds per game last season. April LaCross (5.9 ppg) and Megan Manninen (4.4 ppg) will also provide a lift offensively. The Lakers shot 37.3 percent as a team last year and Fisher was the top outside threat, drilling 55 3-pointers. Rogers, a former standout at Wayne State, knows what it takes to win in this league and it shouldn’t take her long to get LSSU back on track.

Noteworthy: Rogers played in the NCAA tournament with the Warriors in 2003 and was a team captain in 2005 and 2006.

Lake Superior State Sports Information Preview

Former Wayne State guard and Northern Michigan assistant coach Kristen Rogers became LSSU’s fourth head coach in a five-year period and looks forward to stabilizing the proud Laker women’s basketball program.

Rogers took over a team that finished 5-23 overall and 5-17 in the GLIAC in 2013-14. LSSU’s breakout player was senior forward Stephanie Fisher, who averaged 11.6 points per game last season after seeing limited playing time during her first two seasons. She also set LSSU’s school record for single-game three-point field goals with 10 against Ferris State. Senior guard Kandace Crittendon (7.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg), junior point guard Megan Manninen, junior center Alex Morrow, junior forward April LaCross, sophomore guard Mackenzie Edwards and sophomore forward Kelsey Ance also played key roles last season.