UNDEFEATED On March 29 1998 nearly 18,000 fans filled an arena in Kansas City Missouri They were there to watch a college basketball game Louisiana Tech’s Lady Techsters faced the University of Tennessee’s Lady Volunteers The teams were playing for the college national championship Lady Volunteer Chamique Holdsclaw attempts a layup during the 1998 college championship 5 CHAPTER 1
The Lady Volunteers had already won the title two years in a row Tennessee fans cheered Three-peat They hoped for a third championship If the Lady Volunteers won they would become the first women’s basketball team to win the title three times in a row The Lady Volunteers had already played 38 games during the 1997 98 season They won every single one of them And most of their games were not even close That season the Lady Volunteers won their games by an average of 30 points Tennessee’s best player was Chamique Holdsclaw She was the team’s top scorer 6
A Tennessee player attempts a basket against a Louisiana defender during the 1998 college championship Holdsclaw scored more points than any male or female player Tennessee ever had She also pulled down the most rebounds The team’s coach Pat Summitt said Holdsclaw was the best player she had ever seen The Lady Techsters played hard But the Lady Volunteers kept an early lead 7
