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Phoenix weekly 2.12.25

Phoenix Weekly: February 12, 2025

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2/12/2025 3:16:00 PM

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Welcome to a snowy Wednesday edition of Phoenix Weekly! Home events this week include men's basketball on Friday (6 pm, Kress Center) and Sunday (2 pm, Kress Center). Women's basketball can clinch at least the number two seed in the conference tournament with a pair of wins this weekend and a couple of Cleveland State losses.

WEEK IN REVIEW

VOLLEYBALL
Green Bay added four newcomers for the 2025 season. Kayla Birmingham, Layla Christian, Alexis Gardner, and Alexa Hernandez all committed to the Phoenix as part of the 2025 recruiting class.

The Phoenix also announced the 2025 spring schedule on Wednesday afternoon. Check it out here! SWIM AND DIVE
The Green Bay swim and dive team wrapped up the Badger Invitational on Saturday afternoon, completing the two-day event with six different Phoenix recording personal records. Kelsey Kobus rounded out the top five in the 100-yard butterfly, a lifetime best. She recorded two more lifetime bests in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle. The Phoenix saw plenty more lifetime bests recorded during the men's events. Owen Mehring had a career time in the 50 and 100-yard freestyles, as well as the 100-yard breaststroke. Cowan Vitense had personal bests in the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard freestyle. Adlai Ferguson tallied personal bests in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke, as well as the 50-yard freestyle. Nolan Schultz had lifetime bests in the 50, 100, and 200-yard freestyles.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
GB fell to Purdue Fort Wayne on the road in its lone game of the week. The Phoenix had three players score in double figures, led by Jeremiah Johnson, who had 20 points and seven rebounds. Marcus Hall added 13 points, and Ben Tweedy had a big day off the bench, finishing with 11 points and a career-high eight rebounds off the bench. Purdue Fort Wayne kept widening its lead after intermission, constructing an 82-61 advantage. Green Bay went on a 9-0 run, finished off by a Johnson's three, to shrink the deficit to 82-70 with 3:04 to go in the contest. That was as close as GB got, however, with PFW securing the 89-74 victory.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The win streak extended to 14 for the Green Bay women's basketball team on Saturday afternoon. GB defeated Robert Morris 71-39 in front of nearly 2,000 strong at the Kress Center.  After a strong second quarter, the Green and White kept piling on after halftime, as a Schreiber layup ballooned the lead to 61-24 by the end of the third quarter. GB held RMU to just six points in the third period, three of which came via the charity stripe. The Phoenix led by at least 32 for the entire fourth quarter, which ended up being the difference on the scoreboard in the 71-39 win over Robert Morris.
Last Thursday, Green Bay locked in a home quarterfinal game on March 6 as part of the 2025 Barbasol Horizon League Championships. A 58-47 win over Youngstown State on Thursday night secured a top-four spot and a first-round bye in the conference tournament. A LOOK AHEAD

SWIM AND DIVE
Green Bay will turn its attention to the Horizon League Championships, which begin on Wednesday, February 19, at the IU Natatorium in downtown Indianapolis. Main events in the evening will be streamed live on ESPN+.

SOFTBALL
The Phoenix will battle Butler, Evansville, and Southern Indiana over the weekend at the 2025 Aces Tournament in Evansville, Indiana. NORDIC SKI
The Green and White is looking forward to the 20k Freestyle Mass Start on Saturday, and the 7.5k Classic Individual Start on Sunday. Michigan Tech is hosting the races in Houghton, Michigan.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Green Bay women's basketball is embarking on a three-game road trip, which begins Thursday night at Oakland. Oakland is in the middle of the road in the Horizon League standings, currently in a three-way tie for fourth place with Northern Kentucky and Detroit Mercy. Deanna Richard, Interim Head Coach for the Golden Grizzlies, has Oakland in position for a potential first-round bye. The Phoenix is 18-6 versus Oakland all-time, winning the last two meetings. Green Bay has lost just twice to Oakland in the past 10 matchups. GB is 9-4 when visiting the Golden Grizzlies, winning six of the last eight meetings on the Blacktop. In the most recent matchup, Green Bay walloped Oakland 69-39 behind a game-high 22 points from Callie Genke, the second-most of her career. Natalie McNeal added 18 more, while Dani Grim paced the Golden Grizzlies with 15 points. MEN'S BASKETBALL
GB is hosting Northern Kentucky on Friday night and Wright State on Sunday afternoon. Fans should note that both games are at the Kress Center this weekend. Sunday's contest against the Raiders will be available to watch locally on TV32. GB is 5-15 all-time against NKU and 35-40 against Wright State. In GB's last meeting against the Norse, Marcus Hall led the Phoenix with 19 points in a 78-60 loss. Preston Ruedinger added 13 more. In a road contest against the Raiders on January 2, GB struggled in the first half of a 74-51 defeat. Jeremiah Johnson was a bright spot for Green Bay, scoring 14 points while grabbing four rebounds and tallying an assist.

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