The Fort Lewis College women’s basketball team (18-1) moved up another spot in the Division II coaches poll — to No. 2.
The Skyhawks, who beat Western State by 55 points and Mesa State by 30 last week, trail only Alaska-Anchorage (22-1), which received 700 points and all 28 first-place votes. Fort Lewis received 667 points.
NLL Hall of Fame luncheon at Pepsi Center.
Goal- tender Dallas Eliuk and forward Jim Veltman will be inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame on March 7 at The Ridgeline at the Pepsi Center. Eliuk is the all-time saves leader with 6,356 saves in an 18-year career that featured four championships and two MVP awards. Veltman, a forward, won eight titles, the 2004 MVP award and holds the all-time record for loose balls with 2,417.
Tickets for the Hall of Fame lunch are available by calling 303-405-1101. The Hall of Fame includes former Colorado Mammoth player and coach Gary Gait and his twin brother Paul Gait, who played briefly for the Mammoth.
Theresa Smith, Special to The Denver Post
Rage adds veteran winger.
The Rocky Mountain Rage signed veteran right wing Nathan Gillies, who spent the past three seasons with Charlotte and Phoenix of the ECHL.
Rage head coach and general manager Tracy Egeland said Gillies has a tremendous work ethic. “He comes highly recommended by my brother, who coached him for parts of three seasons,” Egeland said, “and by Daymen Rycroft, who was a teammate of his. Gillies’ hard-nosed style of play will be well-suited for the challenges we face on the ice in the coming weeks.”
Egeland’s brother Allan was an assistant coach and Rycroft a player at Charlotte during Gillies’ tenure there.
