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Mechelle Voepel
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Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.
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Alexa Philippou
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- Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA
- Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant
- Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer
Iowa‘s Monika Czinano admitted she was pretty hyped while trying to get to sleep the night before the Hawkeyes opened the 2022 NCAA women’s tournament on Friday.
“I stared at the ceiling for a while,” Czinano said.
But once she was on court, Czinano looked well-rested and ready to go, as she went 6-for-6 from both the field and foul line. The No. 2 seed Hawkeyes set a school record for points in an…