The Victory Bell

The Victory Bell

Boyd, Beacons celebrate long-awaited first victory

WBB: Valparaiso snaps 36-game losing streak with Education Day victory

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Paul Oren
Nov 11, 2026
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VALPARAISO - Courtney Boyd can stop counting.

It had been 372 days since the head of the Valparaiso women’s basketball program officially coached her first game for the Beacons, and it had been 372 days without a victory.

That streak ended on Tuesday afternoon as Valparaiso knocked off Culver-Stockton, an NAIA program from Missouri, 89-47 at the Athletics-Recreation Center. The game was held as part of the program’s third annual Education Day, and the ARC featured hundreds of screaming fifth-graders from Valparaiso Community Schools.

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