[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S3940]
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               THE LADY GRIZ OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, on a related subject, this is a great week 
for Montana sports enthusiasts. First, Doug Swingley won the Iditarod 
Dog Sled Race, and tomorrow night the Lady Griz of the University of 
Montana will be playing in the opening round of the NCAA's Women's 
Final Four Tournament being held in San Diego.
  I have been watching the Lady Griz's trek to March madness. At the 
beginning of the season, we all had high hopes for them. But they have 
far surpassed what many of us expected of them--and believe me--we 
Montanans have high expectations for our sports teams.
  This group of tough Montana and Pacific Northwest women have shown 
that they have the grit and the discipline to be national champions.
  Just last weekend, I saw them win their final Big Sky season game 
against their cross-State archrivals, the Montana State University 
Lady-Bobcats. It was a great game, I sat down in the front row, right 
next to the floor, I enjoyed very much. Both teams played very well.
  And now that the Lady Griz have prevailed and won the Big Sky title, 
all Montanans join together in wishing their coach Robin Selvig the 
best of luck as they represent Montana at the NCAA tournament. Robin 
has built a great program that stresses hard work, excellent academics 
and discipline--all Montana values that we treasure.
  With the tough inside play of Jodi Hinrichs and the outside shooting 
skills of Kristy Langton and Skyla Sisco, teams from all over the 
country will be facing a tough challenge from the Big Sky State. Win or 
lose, we are all very proud of them. And we look forward to seeing them 
in the final four and hopefully as national champions.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.

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