Game Preview: RVC women take on Sauk Valley on Tuesday night in Rockford
The Rock Valley College women's basketball team will play NJCAA D1 member Sauk Valley Community College on Tuesday night. The women will tip-off the double-header in which the men will play the nightcap. Tip-off is set for 5:30 pm on the campus of Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois.
The Golden Eagles, who have won 3 out of the last 4 NJCAA D3 national championships, are currently ranked #4 in the country based on the pre-season poll. The next poll will come out the week of November 30th. RVC is a perfect 3-0 on the season defeating an NJCAA D1 program (Highland CC) and two NJCAA D2 programs (Black Hawk College, Kishwaukee College).
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Brianna Davis - RVC athletics)
Rock Valley is led by sophomore guard
Brianna Davis (Rockford Auburn) who is averaging 18 points per game.
Sauk Valley (Dixon, IL) brings a 1-3 record to the table to take on the flourishing Golden Eagles.
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Misty Opat - RVC Athletics)
Misty Opat is in her 7th year as the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Rock Valley College. Opat has established her program as one of the best in the history of the NJCAA. Her program has won three NJCAA DIII National Championships (2012, 2013, 2015) in the past four seasons and finished in National Runner-Up in 2014. Entering this season, Opat has compiled an overall record of 151-47 (.763). She was named Spalding NJCAA DIII National Coach of the Year in 2015, has been named the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year four times, the Region IV Coach of the Year four times, the District 2 Coach of the Year four times, and the Coach of the NJCAA DIII National Tournament three times. Prior to RVC, Opat accumulated seven years of NCAA Division I coaching experience. From 1999-2002 she served as an assistant coach at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she also served as the Recruiting Coordinator. In 2000 her UIC recruiting class was ranked 19th in the country for NCAA Division I. Opat also held assistant coaching positions at Fresno State University (1998-99) and the University of Kansas (1995-1998) where in both cases she was also heavily involved in recruiting and scouting. Opat earned an Associate of Science degree from Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas, where she was a two-year team captain in basketball and was named to the all-conference and all-region teams in both seasons. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, where she earned NAIA All-American honors as a player. Opat then went on to obtain a Master of Science in Sports Administration from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.
