Western Washington will find a familiar foe when it travels to California for Friday’s NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament opener — conference rival Alaska Anchorage.
On Sunday, Western, the regular-season Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion, received an at-large berth in the 64-team tournament, which features eight regional brackets of eight teams each.
“You never take for granted that exciting feeling when you see the team react to making the tournament,
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