ALLENDALE, MICH. – The postseason has arrived for the GVSU women's basketball team, as they get set to host Purdue Northwest in a GLIAC Quarterfinal matchup tomorrow night. The top-seeded Lakers will take on the eighth-seeded Pride for the third time this season tomorrow night at 6:00 in the Fieldhouse.
 
GVSU won the first two matchups this season, taking the first one 62-54 on the road. Ellie Droste, Emily Spitzley, and Nicole Kamin all scored in double-figures to lead the Lakers to the win in the back-and-forth affair. In the second meeting, it was a totally different story, as GVSU dominated from the start and never trailed after the first two minutes of the game to win 88-47 in Allendale. In that game, Spitzley led the way with 15 points, while Rylie Bisballe added 14 points and nine rebounds and Abrie Cabana scored 10. The win in Allendale kickstarted the Lakers current nine game winning streak that drove them to claiming their second consecutive regular season GLIAC title.
 
In the final two games of the regular season, GVSU swept LSSU and Ferris State at home. In the 77-42 victory over Lake State, GVSU clinched the GLIAC title and the number one seed in the tournament. Ellie Droste went off in the win, scoring a season-high 23 points, burying seven three-pointers along the way. They then closed out the season with a 72-55 victory over Ferris State. It was a balanced scoring effort in the win, with six players scoring nine or more points, led by Hannah Kulas and Nicole Kamin with 12 apiece.
 
Purdue Northwest barely squeaked into the tournament, edging out LSSU for the final spot. The Pride have lost five of their last six to close out the season, only beating SVSU in the final week of the season to clinch their spot in the tournament. The Pride are led by Dash Shaw and Tadriana Heard, who both rank in the top-10 in the conference in scoring, with Shaw fourth at 18.6 points, and Heard in ninth, averaging 14.7. in the two games this season, the Lakers have been able to hold them both in check, as Shaw has only scored 27 points combined in the two games and Heard has only scored 17 points. This will be the 11^th all-time meeting between the two teams, with GVSU leading the series 10-0, and this will be the first time the two programs have met in the GLIAC tournament.
 
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If the Lakers win tomorrow night, they will host both the semifinals and finals this weekend and would take on the winner of SVSU and Northern Michigan in the semifinals.