Northwestern University Athletics
Ashley Messenger Named to Big Ten Foreign Tour Team
8/15/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Aug. 15, 2001
Northwestern senior guard Ashley Messenger was named to the Big Ten's Women's Basketball Foreign Tour roster joining the team on an 11-day tour of Switzerland and France. The team's first destination is the Montreux-Vevey region of Switzerland, where the Big Ten squad will face the Sion/Helios club on Thursday, August 9, in the first of five games on the tour's schedule.
While in Montreux, the squad will face the Martigny squad on Saturday, August 11, and Troistorents BBC on Sunday, August 12. During its stay in Switzerland, the Foreign Tour team will have the opportunity to take in some of the regions famous vistas, such as views of the Alps and Lake Geneva and the Chateau de Chillon.
The tour moves on to Strasbourg, France on Monday, August 13. After touring the city on Tuesday, August 14, the Big Ten representatives will tip off against the Racing Strasbourg club. The team will travel to Paris on Wednesday, and over the course of the next two days will visit the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre and numerous other attractions.
The tour's final game will take place on Friday, August 17 against the Arras club in Viloaines, France. The team will travel back to Chicago on Saturday, August 18.
Messenger, who started 20 of NU's 27 games a year ago, averaged 3.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per contest for the Wildcats.
The team is coached by Jane Albright, who is beginning her eighth year as Wisconsin's mentor. The game schedule and roster of the 2001 Big Ten Foreign Tour squad follows.
2001 Big Ten Foreign Tour Game Schedule
DATE -- OPPONENT -- LOCATION
Thursday, August 9 -- Sion/Helios -- Montreux, Switzerland
Saturday, August 11 -- Martigny -- Montreux, Switzerland
Sunday, August 12 -- Troistorents BBC -- Montreux, Switzerland
Tuesday, August 14 -- Racing Strasbourg -- Strasbourg, France
Friday, August 17 -- Arras -- Viloaines, France
2001 Big Ten Foreign Tour Team Roster
PLAYER (INSTITUTION)
Heather Cassady (Indiana)
Lindsey Meder (Iowa)
LeeAnn Bies (Michigan)
Jen Callier (Michigan State)
Maria Recker (Michigan State)
Lindsay Whalen (Minnesota)
Ashley Messenger (Northwestern)
Tomeka Brown (Ohio State)
Rashana Barnes (Penn State)
Laura Meadows (Purdue)
Emily Ashbaugh (Wisconsin)
Kyle Black (Wisconsin)
