HIGH SCHOOL PREVIEW Girls basketball

Who: Ursuline (20-5) vs. South Euclid Regina (22-3).
What: Division III regional final.
When: 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Mt. Union College, Alliance.
At stake: The winner advances to the state semifinals in Columbus.
Ursuline Coach: Sean Durkin (55-18 in three seasons).
So far: Ursuline gets a rematch with Regina, the team that bounced the Irish from the tournament two years ago in the regional semifinal. Durkin's Irish continued their fantastic post-season run on Wednesday by knocking off Akron Manchester (18-7), even though the Panthers had a distinct height advantage. Ursuline's defensive effort was spectacular, holding Manchester basketball stars Courtney Whitehill (5-11) and Nicole Neila (6-2) to 16 points combined. The duo averages better than 37 a game. Besides a 48-40 victory over Manchester, the Irish's postseason victories have included: Campbell Memorial, 56-29; Girard, 63-47; St. Thomas Aquinas, 52-41; and Newton Falls, 44-32. Against Manchester, the Irish were led by freshman guard Courtney Davidson, who tossed in 16 points.
Probable starters: Sarah McKelvey (5-9, junior), Davidson (5-4, freshman), Christina Cook (5-10, sophomore), Dorothy Delboccio (5-10, senior) and Shannon Burley (5-6, senior).
Off the bench: Cathie Walsh (5-9, junior), Meghan Marenkovic (5-5, junior), Ashley Parry (5-4, junior) and Diana Samad (5-4, senior).
Regina Coach: Patrick Diulus.
So far: The Royals ran off a nearly-perfect regular season, suffering only three losses. In the postseason, Regina's average margin of victory has been 61.4 points. The Royals' high-octane offense is averaging 86.4 points per game, while the defense is limiting opponents to just 25 per contest. Victories have come against: Waterloo, 91-21; Hathaway Brown, 98-17; Woodridge, 87-30; Warren JFK, 83-23; and Villa Angela St. Joseph, 73-34.
Leaders: In the Royals' semifinal victory over Villa Angela St. Joseph, Ari Moore made nine of 17 shots for 22 points to lead a quartet of players scoring in double figures. Sarah Burgess had 18, Rachel Spadafore collected 13 and Stacey Little added 11.
Roster: Siedah Williams (6-2 sophomore); Colleen Walsh (6-1 freshman); Burgess (5-8 junior); Yandeh Joh (5-7 freshman); Simone Redd (5-7 freshman); Little (5-8 freshman); Edwina Williams (6-3 senior); Chelsea Brown (5-6 junior); Moore (5-10 senior); and Spadafore (6-2 senior).
-- George Welker