2009-2010 St. Francis (NY) WBB Media Guide by St. Francis College

Table of Contents 1.. . . . Table of Contents/Directions 2-3. . . . Media Information

St. Francis College 4. . . . President Brendan J. Dugan 5. . . . About St. Francis College St. Francis College Athletics 6. . . . Quick Facts 7. . . . St. Francis College Athletics/2008-2009 Highlights 8-9. . . . St. Francis (NY) Athletic Department. The St. Francis College Experience 10. . . . There’s No Place like New York City 11. . . . Terriers in the Community 12. . . . Professional Sports Town 13. . . . This is Brooklyn 14. . . . Education Comes First 15. . . . Strength & Conditioning 16. . . . Sports Medicine Season Preview 17-18. . . . Outlook 19. . . . Roster 20. . . . TV & Radio Roster The Coaches 21.. . . . Staff Page 22-23. . . . Head Coach Brenda Milano 24. . . . Assistant Coach Dionne Dodson 25. . . . Assistant Coach Sue Wicks 26. . . . Assistant Coach Christine Stragisher The Players 27. . . . Meet the Terriers 28-29. . . . Kendra Williams 30-31. . . . Melissa Weithman 32-33. . . . Shannon Gantt 34-35. . . . Bara Galandakova 36-37. . . . Jacinda Williams 38-39. . . . Newcomers Program History 40. . . . History of the Program/1,000 Points Scorers/Hall of Fame 41. . . . Battle of Brooklyn/Individual Team Records 42-49. . . . 2009-2010 Opponents Quick Facts 50-51. . . . All-Time Series Records 52. . . . All-Time Program Records 53-54. . . . All-Time Individual Recorde 55. . . . Season Game-by-Game Results

St. Francis College

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Northeast Conference 56. . . . NEC Awards Brooklyn Heights,College NY 11201 St. Francis 57. . . . Northeast Conference Standings 180 Remen Street 58. . . . About the Northeast Conference

Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201 Credits The 2009-2010 St. Francis College women’s basketball guide is a publication of the St. Francis College Department of Athletics. It was written by Brian D. Morales, Assistant SID, and edited by David Gansell, Director of Sports Information and Marketing, with the assistance of Jim Hoffman, Director of Compliance; Meghan O’Brien, Senior Woman Administrator; Richard Relkin, St. Francis College Director of Media Relation, and Ron Ratner, Northeast Conference Associate Commissioner. This guide was designed, composed and printed by Register Graphics. Photography by John M. Vollaro and Gregg Armstrong

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MEDIA INFORMATION Interviews: St. Francis College and visiting locker rooms are closed to the media. For any special interview requests, please contact David Gansell, Director of Sports Information and Marketing. Interviews will be conducted at a designated area. Media Services All media covering the event will receive a game program, notes, complete play-by-play, halftime box score and complete final statistics. Telephones: Phone lines are available in the Pope Physical Education Center for radio/internet broadcasts on a first-come, first-served basis. Broadcasts can be done from behind the scorer’s table or at a designated table on the court. Internet/Radio stations needing phone lines, please contact the sports information office at (718) 489-5369 at least three days prior to game day. St. Francis College Webcasts: St. Francis College will be broadcasting the men’s and women’s home basketball games and select away games live over the Internet through Stretch Internet. For specific game information, log on to www.SFCathletics.com, your online home to St. Francis College Athletics. SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE David Gansell Director of Sports Information and Marketing 180 Remsen Street Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201 Office: (718) 489-5369 Press Row: (718) 489-5412 Fax: (718) 797-2140 Cell: (718) 930-4237 Email: dgansell@stfranciscollege.edu Brian D. Morales Assistant SID 180 Remsen Street Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201 Office: (718) 489-5491 Press Row: (718) 489-5412 Fax: (718) 797-2140 Cell: (646) 342-4414 Email: bmorales@stfranciscollege.edu

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Terrier Sports Network (TSN) St. Francis (N.Y) will continue its partnerships with Stretch Internet for audio and video streaming on SFCathletics.com during the 20092010 campaign. In addition to broadcasting most men’s and women’s basketball games live, the network will feature interviews with coaches and student-athletes while being free of charge for Terrier fans. “I’m delighted that we are continuing our relationship with Stretch Internet this season for all our Internet broadcasts,” said Director of Athletics Irma Garcia. “Last season, fans got there first taste of liveaction in part to the addition of video-streaming, and this season will be no different as we look forward to giving all our student-athletes the exposure that they deserve.” This will be the eighth season that Terrier athletics can be heard online, the third season with Stretch Internet as St. Francis provider. Interested parties will need to install QuickTime audio, in order to hear and watch the games. QuickTime can be downloaded from Stretch’s website at www.stretchinternet.com New to the mix this season will be Seth Cantor, as he embarks on his first season behind the microphone as the voice of the Terriers. All archived shows can be heard through ITunes, and fans will have the ability to purchase old broadcast through the Stretch Internet website.

Seth Cantor

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President brendan J. Dugan After 40 years in commercial banking, Brendan J. Dugan decided to return to his alma mater, St. Francis College, as President in 2008. He had served as Chairman of the College’s Board of Trustees before that, and as a member of the Board played a leading role in the College’s $40 million fundraising Campaign for Big Dreams. President Dugan’s last banking position was Chairman & CEO of Sovereign Bank’s Metro NY/NJ Division. Sovereign had recently acquired Independence Bank where Mr. Dugan worked since 2003. Prior to joining Independence, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Citibank Commercial Markets (2001-2003), President of European American Bank (1991-2001) and President and Chief Executive Officer of NatWest USA (1974-1991). While at each of these institutions, Mr. Dugan helped develop and manage the implementation of growth strategies in the areas of Commercial and Retail Banking, Leasing and Real Estate Lending, all of which are integral to the New York economy.

Mr. Dugan is also a Director of Cox and Company, a manufacturer of aerospace parts for military and civil applications. Reflecting a commitment to community involvement, Mr. Dugan is a board member of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Regional Plan Association, Partnership for New York City, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, and the Futures in Education Endowment Fund. He also serves on the Finance Council of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. In the past he was active with the New York Bankers Association and was a member of its Board of Directors and Legislative Policy Committee. Community organizations bestowing honors upon him in the past include the Greater Jamaica Development Corp., the Anti Defamation League of B’Nai Brith, Helen Keller Services for the Blind, the Crohns and Colitis Foundation, the American Jewish Congress, Neighborhood Housing Services, Good Shepherd Services, Touro Law School, St. Francis College, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, The Boy Scouts of America, and Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. He resides in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn with his wife, Barbara.

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St. Francis College St. Francis College was founded in 1859 as St. Francis Academy by a group of newly arrived Franciscan Brothers from Ireland. The Brother’s mission was to educate young men from working-class families in the Brooklyn Diocese. St. Francis Academy provided a sound education with a rigorous curriculum and personal support, all for a modest tuition, characteristics that endure today. In 1884, St. Francis College received its Charter from New York State establishing a literary college which could award diplomas, honors, and degrees. In 1926, St. Francis College built a larger campus near its original site in Cobble Hill, where it remained until the 1960s when the College relocated to its current site on Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights. The new location and opening the College’s doors up to women for the first time led to an influx of students from all five boroughs of New York City and beyond, doubling the student population. The cornerstone of the St. Francis College experience is academics. All students complete a core curriculum that offers a foundation for intellectual and professional growth; once completed, they choose from one of 74 majors, many in the liberal arts and others geared to specific professions, included a five year combined Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Accounting. An honors program serves students of high achievement and a broad scholarship program supports those who are likely to perform well academically. An NCAA-Division I institution, St. Francis College offers students the opportunity to play for any of 19 varsity men’s and women’s athletic teams, including its men’s basketball team, whose program is among the oldest in New York City. Teams compete in many wellknown New York City venues such as the USTA National Tennis Center, home of the U.S. Open, Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island and Aviator Sports at Floyd Bennett Field. Today, first-generation college-goers and students of all backgrounds are among St. Francis College’s diverse population. Its CatholicFranciscan heritage, central to life at the College, allows faculty and administrators to embrace, support, and encourage all students as they pursue fulfillment of their dreams.

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QUICK FACTS COLLEGE INFORMATION Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooklyn Heights, NY Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1859 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan J. Dugan ‘68 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,300 Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terriers Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red & Blue Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northeast Home Court (Capacity) . . . . . . . . . . Pope PE Center (1,200) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Aquilone Court School Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.stfranciscollege.edu Athletics Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.SFCathletics.com Faculty Athletic Representative . . . Dr. Jennifer Lancaster ATHLETICS Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . Irma Garcia ‘80 Asst. Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . Anthony Kurtin ‘00 Senior Woman Administrator . . . . Meghan K. O’Brien Assistant Dir. of Athletics . . . . . . . . Carl Quigley ‘75 Director of Compliance . . . . . . . . . . Jim Hoffman Director of Sports Info/Marketing . . David Gansell Assistant SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian D. Morales ‘08 Director of Sports Medicine . . . . . . Don Hovey, MED, MS, A.T.C Asst. Director of Sports Medicine . . Tara Temple, A.T.C. Asst. Director of Sports Medicine . . Armando Rodriguez, A.T.C. Director of Strength and Condition . Ryan Benfield Athletics Department Phone . . . . . . (718) 489-5490 Athletics Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (718) 797-2140 Sports Information Phone 1 . . . . . . (718) 489-5369 Sports Information Phone 2 . . . . . . (718) 489-5491 Sports Information Email 1 . . . . . . dgansell@stfranciscollege.edu Sports Information Email 2 . . . . . . bmorales@stfranciscollege.edu Sports Medicine Phone . . . . . . . . . . (718) 489-5216 Press Row # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (718) 489-5412 COACHING STAFF Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenda Milano (Wagner ’95) Overall Record at St. Francis . . . . . 50-122 (6th Year) Overall Career Record . . . . . . . . . . Same Overall Record in NEC . . . . . . . . . . 36-73 (6th Year) Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dionne Dodson, Sue Wicks, Christine Stragisher Women’s Basketball Phone . . . . . . (718) 489-5303 TEAM INFORMATION Final 2008-2009 Record . . . . . . . . 4-25 Final 2008-2009 NEC Record . . . . 3-15 Final Northeast Conf. Place . . . . . . T 10th Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . 4/7 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . 1/4

ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE COACHING STAFF Men’s Basketball Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Nash Asst. Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Johnston, Allen Griffin, Clive Bentick Women’s Basketball Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenda Milano Asst. Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dionne Dodson, Sue Wicks, Christine Stragisher Women’s Bowling Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn Gugliaro Asst. Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Liu Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Brown Asst. Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laureen Kurtin, Anthony Liriano Men’s Golf Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Clarke Women’s Golf Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julio Campuzano Men’s Soccer Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Giovatto Asst. Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sinan Selmani, Christian Cuba Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Guidera Asst. Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irina Vyguzova, Andrew Hartshorne Men’s Tennis Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Davis Women’s Tennis Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Mitchell Women’s Volleyball Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Liriano Men’s Water Polo Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Igor Samardzija Women’s Water Polo Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessie Gunderson Asst. Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Srdjan Mihaljevic

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St. Francis College athletics St. Francis College, a member of the Northeast Conference and NCAA Division I, sponsors 19 varsity teams. Men compete in basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, indoor track, outdoor track, and water polo. Women compete in basketball, bowling, crosscountry, golf, swimming, tennis, indoor track, outdoor track, water polo, and volleyball. St. Francis College teams have competed in such famous facilities as Madison Square Garden, the National Tennis Center (annual home of the U.S. Open) and Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island. Over the past several years, the men’s and women’s basketball teams have been featured in games televised regionally. The St. Francis athletic program has affiliations with the Northeast Conference (NEC), the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC), the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). 2008-2009 Highlights • In their third season of competition and first in the Northeast Conference, the St. Francis women’s bowling team was one of three NEC schools to be nationally ranked as the Terriers finished the season ranked #19 in the National Ten Pin Coaches Association Poll (NTCA Poll). Alexandra Stein and Christa Rawald each were selected to the Second Team All-Northeast Conference squad. Stein was also named the inaugural women’s bowling Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

• In what was a complete turnaround

season, second year men’s soccer head coach Tom Giovatto and his Terriers lifted its win total by seven and with an 11-4-3 record, enjoying their best campaign since 1998, when the Terriers went 15-6-1. The one-two punch of sophomore forward John Sallhag and senior midfielder Semso Nikocevic were named to the 2008 Northeast Conference First Team All-Conference squad.

• Freshman David Smith, in his first tournament as a member of the

St. Francis College Men’s Golf team set a new SFC 36-hole record of 163 at the George Washington Invitational.

• In their second season, the women’s golf team finished the 4th Annual

Monmouth Hawk Invitational in 5th place, shooting a combined score of 746. With that mark, the Terriers carded their lowest school round of 375 on Day I and bested that with a score of 371 the following day.

• The

Northeast Conference named Jindrich Chaloupka as the 2009 Northeast Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Year. He was also named to the Singles NEC All-Conference First Team and along with sophomore Esteban Mesa, was named to the NEC Doubles All-Conference Second Team.

• Freshman sensation Dominique Burrus captured her first Road Runners Sport NEC Women’s Rookie of the Week, thanks to her jump at the UVA’s Lou Onesty Invitational.

• Matt Megerdichian emerged victorious in dramatic fashion in the javelin final to win a second consecutive gold at the NEC Outdoor Championships. Dean Brown swept both the NEC’s Indoor and Outdoor High Jump crowns, and his mark of 2.10m (6’10.75”) was high enough to qualify provisionally for the NCAA Championships.

• In his final year as head coach of the St. Francis College Men’s

Water Polo team, the Terriers were able to give head coach Carl Quigley his sixth Northern Division Championship. The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches announced that St. Francis College, along with Brown University tied for the highest team cumulative grade-point average in the country with a team average of 3.52. In 2007, the Terriers also held the honor as they earned a collective 3.73 gpa.

• For the first time in school’s history, the St. Francis College women’s

water polo team qualified for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament after beating Villanova. The sophomore duo of Andrea Dolnay and Thalita Paladino combined for 93 goals en route to a All-MAAC First Team honors for Dolnay and Second-Team for Paladino. Head Coach Jessie Gunderson was named Anaconda Sports coach of the Year.

Athletic Mission Statement

The mission of the St. Francis College Department of Athletics reflects much of what is the mission of the College for all of its students. As a College founded upon Franciscan traditions, the promotion of the academic, spiritual, moral, mental and physical welfare of its students is at the core of St. Francis College’s mission. The Department of Athletics, as a component of the College, seeks to further promote the same values and welfare among the student-athletes. The Department of Athletics seeks to attain its mission through the creation of a healthy atmosphere were every student-athlete is treated as an individual. Further, the Department of Athletics is fully committed to fostering an atmosphere where no studentathlete will face discrimination based upon gender, race, religion, or any other factor. The Department particularly encourages the participation of female student-athletes and minority student-athletes. St. Francis College does not define the success of its athletic program solely by the won/lost records of its teams. Rather, the primary focus is a concern for student athlete welfare and personal development. In a truly successful program, the student-athletes display and develop leadership qualities, excel in the classroom and in the competitive arena, conclude their careers as student-athletes with a degree, and take their places in society as professionals in their chosen fields, all the while bringing credit to themselves and to St. Francis College. To achieve these goals of success, the Department of Athletics is committed to providing a high quality education, both on and off the field. The College provides its student-athletes with a system of resources and services, including facilities and equipment, quality coaching, the best medical care possible, and academic support. St. Francis College views its athletic program as a component of the educational process, and it is therefore compatible with the College’s mission of enhancing the intellectual, social, and spiritual growth of the student-athlete. Further, the College supports and encourages the involvement of all students in the work of the Department of Athletics, whether it be as a competing student-athlete, a participation in intramural and recreational sport, or through attending athletic events and supporting the teams and student-athletes who are representing the College. St. Francis College and the Department of Athletics are firmly committed to the highest standards of sportsmanship and fair play, as these values are a fundamental aspect of the College’s educational mission. It fully abides by the principles and regulations set by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Northeast Conference.

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St. Francis (NY) Athletic Department Irma Garcia, Director of Athletics Irma Garcia has been a part of St. Francis College Athletics for the past 23 years as a student-athlete, coach and administrator. In the summer of 2007, Garcia was named the Terriers’ Director of Athletics. In fact, she is the first Hispanic female to lead a Division I program. Garcia’s leadership, compassion and dedication to the St. Francis College Department of Athletics has touched many and her induction to the College’s Hall of Fame in 2005 was a well deserved honor. In 1976, Garcia entered St. Francis College as a student-athlete on the women’s basketball team to play for St. Francis Hall of Fame Coach Diane Nolan. Upon graduation, Irma began her career as a physical education teacher and girls’ basketball coach at St. Joseph by the Sea on Staten Island. Garcia returned to St. Francis in 1988 when she was named the 8th women’s basketball coach in St. Francis College history. During Irma’s 11-year tenure, her players and teams received many individual and collective honors. Under her guidance, 12 of her women’s basketball players were honored on post-season Northeast Conference (NEC) teams (four NEC First-Team All-Conference Players, two NEC Second-Team All-Conference Players, five NEC All-Rookie Team Players, and one Newcomer of the Year). Five former players were inducted into the College’s Hall of Fame. Irma’s women’s basketball teams were also among the NCAA elite in the classroom. Her 1998-99 team was honored by the WBCA for having the 4th highest team grade-point-average among nearly 300 Division I women’s basketball teams in the country and the 1997-98 team ranked 23rd in the nation in team grade-pointaverage. Garcia also coached the first St. Francis women’s basketball player recruited to play professional basketball, Carolyn Harvey. After the 1997-98 season, Garcia was honored by her colleagues as the Northeast Conference Coach of the Year. In addition to her responsibilities as head women’s basketball coach, Garcia also served as the College’s Department of Athletics Senior Woman Administrator. Her administrative responsibilities included monitoring student-athlete financial aid and she was the primary liaison to the College’s admissions and financial aid offices. Irma was also instrumental in fundraising for the then-new women’s basketball locker room. Following the 1998-99 season, Garcia retired from coaching and was named the St. Francis College Associate Director of Athletics. In that role, she also was the Director of Student-Athlete Services and became the department’s business manager where she oversaw the athletic department’s budget and purchasing activities. Garcia earned a master’s degree from Brooklyn College in 2001 in Sports Administration. She is an active member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA), American Council on Education (AEC), Minority Opportunities Association (MOAA). She has recently been featured in the USA Today, New York Daily News, NCAA News, ESPN.com and American Latino, a nationally syndicated TV show. Garcia was honored Oct. 1, 2008 at the White House, in Washington D.C., as a 2008 Las Primeras Award Recipient by MANA, a national Latina organization, for becoming the first Hispanic woman to run an NCAA Division I athletic program.

Anthony Kurtin, Assistant Athletic Director of Business Affairs and Administration Anthony Kurtin, a St. Francis graduate was named Assistant Director of Athletics for Business Affairs and Administration in June of 2007. Kurtin was head coach of the St.. Francis Track and Field team for the past five years. He was named head coach at the age of 21, making him the youngest Division I college coach in the nation at that time. As a Psychology Major at St. Francis, Kurtin was team captain during both his junior & senior year. In his junior year he was named MVP for the terrier men’s cross-country team and received the Coaches Award for the Outdoor track & field season. As a senior, he once again received the Coaches Award for cross-country. “Anthony showed amazing skill in recruiting and mentoring dozens of students,” said Director Garcia.“His love of sports and care for the students will make him invaluable as our new Assistant Director.” Kurtin came back to St. Francis after teaching and coaching at Bishop Ford High School in Brooklyn. He also worked and coached with City Parks track & field camps, PAL, NATS Kids, and in the summer of 2005 was named Empire State Games head coach for the New York City track & field team. Kurtin also holds a Master’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling from Brooklyn College. He is married to Assistant Track and Field Coach Laurie Kurtin and their first child, JD.

Carl Quigley, Assistant Athletic Director Cathal “Carl” Quigley’s long time association with St Francis College began in 1971 as a freshman student athlete of the class of 1975. He graduated with a BA degree in Sociology and is a member of the Dun Scotus Honor society. He continued his education at Long Island University where he received his Masters Degree in Adapted Physical Education and Rehabilitation in 1979. Upon Carl’s graduation from St Francis College in 1975 he was immediately hired as the water polo teams coach by athletic director Dan Lynch Sr. and Dean of Students John Clifford, he began working as a part time coach the following fall a position that he has maintained throughout his career. In 1979 Carl founded and organized the St Francis Youth Water Polo Club under his direction the club has been most successful. Providing countless youngsters with the opportunity to play water polo at local, state (Empire State Games) and national competitions and even had one of our members play in three Olympic competitions. He was hired as assistant athletic director for aquatics in 1999. His responsibilities there included over seeing the men’s and women’s water polo teams and coordinating use of the colleges pool to some forty community groups. Some of which include CHSAA, PSAL and CYO swim teams, local summer camps, and special groups Brooklyn Special Olympics, the Young Adult Institute and the American Red Cross and on occasion a movie production company. He is currently serving on the NCAA Rules and Championship Committees as well as the Northeast Conference Swimming Committee and he has served as the President of the Collegiate Water Polo Association Board of Directors from 2001-2002 From 2000-2008, under Quigley, the men’s water polo team has won six CWPA Northern Division Championships and the last five ECAC (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Association) Championships. The team also advanced to the NCAA National Championship Final Four in 2005. He has coached 16 All Americans here at the college and during that time and probably most importantly the men’s water polo team. Lastly, two members of those teams have won the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship award namely Tamas Katona and Gergely Fabian. Quigley is married to St Francis alumnus Christabel class of 1975 and they live in Belle Harbor with their two sons Bryan and Matthew.

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David Gansell, Director of Sports Information & Marketing David Gansell was hired as Director of Sports Information & Marketing on August 15, 2007. Since joining the staff, new efforts have been made to enhance www. SFCathletics.com, and Terrier athletes and staff have been featured prominently in the local and national media. In addition, a corporate sponsorship program was established this past summer to generate additional revenue for the athletic department. Prior to arriving at St. Francis College, Gansell served as the Assistant Director/ Director of Media Relations at the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) for four years. In addition to his role of assisting with the conference’s daily operations, he was responsible for overseeing the entire media relations efforts of the league. He managed the conference’s website, issued weekly press releases, produced publications, handled championship administration, publicized studentathletes and teams, and assisted with sponsorship, advertising, and promotions. Gansell also played a key role in the conference’s television and internet radio efforts, and was instrumental in securing a partnership with Time Warner Cable (TWC). The past two years, the CUNYAC men’s and women’s basketball championship games were televised live in all five New York City boroughs by TWC. Previous to his appointment at CUNYAC, Gansell spent seven years at former Northeast Conference rival University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he worked in the Sports Information Department. He served as Assistant Director and later was promoted to Associate Director. Gansell acted as the primary contact for numerous Retrievers’ teams, handling game operations and publicity. A 1995 graduate of UMBC, Gansell earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sports Management and received a minor in writing. As a student, he interned in the UMBC Sports Information Office and performed an additional internship with the Baltimore Orioles Class A affiliate Frederick Keys. After graduating, he was hired as a Sports Information Intern at the University of Delaware, and six months later returned to his alma mater to accept a full-time role. Gansell also has served in various part-time capacities with the Baltimore Stallions (Canadian Football League), Baltimore Ravens (National Football League), and the Baltimore Orioles Class AA affiliate Bowie Baysox (AA).

Hovey earned two Master’s Degrees in Sports Medicine from New York University and worked under Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Howard J. Levy, who works with the New York Jets (NFL) organization. He also taught Health at International schools for almost ten years.

Meghan O’Brien, Senior Woman Administrator Meghan O’Brien was named Senior Woman Administrator this past July. O’Brien will represent St. Francis College to the Northeast Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a gender-equity advocate, providing equal support for women’s sports as directed by Title IX. O’Brien, a native of Brooklyn, New York, has been a member of the Athletics Senior staff for two years and will continue to assist the Athletic Director handling all aspects of team travel for each of the 19 Division I sponsored sports at the College, as well as the supervision and assignment of student-workers. O’Brien has worked on several of the departments’ events by will now serve as the Event Coordinator, in charge of putting together the annual Student-Athlete Awards Banquet, as well as the Department’s “Shoot for A Cure” fundraiser to support breast cancer awareness. While working closely with the student-athletes, O’Brien is the moderator of the SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee), whose main focus is to provide the studentathlete population with an opportunity to more effectively communicate with the Athletic Department Administration. The group also works on various community service projects throughout the year and helps promote attendance at events. A 2006 graduate of SUNY Oneonta, O’Brien earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Studies and received a minor in Sports Management.

Brian D. Morales, Assistant SID

Jim Hoffman, Director of Compliance

Brian Morales was named Sports Information Assistant (Assistant SID) at St. Francis College in July of 2009. Morales is the primary contact for 11 of the 19 Terrier teams: Men’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball, Women’s Bowling, Men’s & Women’s Cross Country, Track & Field, Golf and Tennis.

Jim Hoffman is in his 17th year as a member of the St. Francis College athletics staff, and his eighth as the Director of Compliance. In his position, he is responsible ensuring the department’s compliance with NCAA and Northeast Conference regulations, and serving as the department’s liaison to the Offices of Admissions, the Registrar, and Student Financial Services. Jim also completes various reports for the athletics department, including the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act reports, the Academic Performance Program census, and the annual federal Graduation Rate and NCAA Graduation Success Rate reports.

As the Sports Information Assistant (Assistant SID), Morales is responsible for preparing daily press release reports for each of 19 Division I sports the St. Francis College (NY) offers. These publications are circulated through both the Northeast Conference (NEC), and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) for use in print and media coverage. He is also responsible for maintaining the St. Francis College Athletics website, SFCathletics.com; serving as the official scorer for many road games; producing team media guides, game programs and other publications while being the liaison between the media and the 11 sports assigned to him.

Prior to being appointed as the Director of Compliance in July, 2002, Jim spent nine years as the Sports Information Director, while handling additional duties in the areas of compliance and student-athlete eligibility. In this capacity, he coordinated publicity, publications, and record maintenance for all of the College’s sports programs, as well as serving as the department’s contact to the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse and NCAA Membership Services. Jim is a 1989 graduate of Fairfield University’s School of Business.

Morales began working in the Athletics Department at St. Francis during his senior year, while pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts (Film & Broadcasting). As a student-intern, he would assist in the preparation of all necessary equipment for the “Terrier Sports Network,” the audio/video streaming network of St. Francis College Athletics. Among the many task, he would coordinate weekly pre and post game shows, filled with interviews, statistical information and special guest. To gain experience in broadcasting, Morales would assist host Nick Guerriero and Carl Coulanges on a half-time show, entitled “Pardon the Sarcasm.” The half-time show would tackle many of the sports on-going news, while giving a perspective from a college-students point of view.

Don Hovey, Director of Sports Injuries & Rehabilitation Don Hovey has been working at St. Francis College since 1994. The West Point native is responsible for treating athletes for everything from muscle soreness to sprains, breaks and concussions. Hovey oversees a variety of duties, including caring for athletes who suffer in-game injuries and composing physical therapy and recovery regiments for injured athletes. Hovey has particular expertise in the latest innovations of using microcurrents and laser technology in dealing with leg and muscle cramps. Among his other responsibilities, Hovey monitors certain events in the Empire State Games, an annual event that brings thousands of amateur athletes together in a variety of sporting competitions. He also established St. Francis College as an outreach site where students who are pursuing a career in medicine can earn hours towards their degree.

Morales, a 2008 graduate of St. Francis College, would have the opportunity to work more directly in Athletics, as he was named Assistant Sports Information Intern back June of 2008. He would travel on select St. Francis Men’s Soccer and Basketball road games, while recording statistical information and working with various media outlets during nationally televised games while gaining valuable experience in the day-to-day activities in the Athletic Department and Sports Information Department.

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There’s No Place Like New York City How can you beat going to college in New York City? In addition to the experience of receiving a superior liberal arts education, St. Francis College students also have the luxury of being in one of the world’s richest cities in terms of culture and diversity. With train lines just steps from the campus, students are only a subway ride away from all that the city has to offer.

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Terriers in the Community The St. Francis College athletic department is committed to making a difference in the community. Throughout the year, numerous teams are involved in clinics, fundraisers, and various other projects throughout New York City.

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Big Time Professional Sports In the Big Apple The New York Metropolitan area boasts some of the most exciting professional sports action in the country. World famous venues such as Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, and Giants Stadium are all within a short trip of Brooklyn Heights. And in 2011, the New Jersey Nets will be moving just around the corner to downtown Brooklyn.

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This is Brooklyn Coney Island Home of the world famous Cyclone Roller Coaster, Nathan’s Hot Dogs and New York City’s most famous boardwalk and beach. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music Featuring a line-up of world class performances of Opera, Theater and Dance as well as a movie theater that shows everything from box office hits to Sundance Film Festival entries. Brooklyn Botanic Garden A Brooklyn gem, with a fantastic collection of flowers, plants and trees, including an authentic Japanese Garden and Pond, Rock Garden and Bonsai Collection. Brooklyn Museum From Star Wars to culture wars, the Brooklyn Museum collections runs from one of the finest collections of Ancient Egyptian Art to modern masterpieces. Prospect Park Almost 600 acres of parkland in the middle of Brooklyn, complete with a lake, Audubon center and zoo. Brooklyn Nets The borough will be hopping when the New Jersey Nets leave the Meadowlands for downtown Brooklyn in the next couple of years.

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Education Comes First Freshman Studies Freshman Seminar (SFC 1001) SFC 1001 is a life lessons course designed for your first semester at St. Francis. Our Freshman Advisors help you develop academic and study skills and teach how to organize an academic plan to work towards your bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree. SFC 1001 also supplies information on campus resources, assists in laying the groundwork for choosing your major and planning your career, eases the transition from high school to college, and generally helps you build a connection to the College, the campus and your fellow students. Academic Enhancement Center The Academic Enhancement Center is a resource for all students to help them get ahead in the classroom. Professional and peer student tutors help guide students in a variety of ways to get them on the right academic track. The center offers workshops, intensive reading and writing courses, one on one and group tutoring, computer resources and pre-collegiate summer programs to help incoming freshman make the transition from high school to college. HDTV Studio St. Francis College is one of only a handful of colleges in the U.S. with a State-of-the-Art High Definition Television Studio complete with HD Studio Cameras, HD Projector, Professional Switching and Character Generator equipment, a Chroma Key Wall as well as almost 20 Macintosh computers with Final Cut Pro editing software. Our alumni are pursuing careers in a variety of fields such as producing TV shows and news programs and acting in off-Broadway plays. Our Professors understand our StudentAthletes St. Francis College Adjunct Associate Professor Arthur Kimmel has co-authored a book aimed at teaching studentathletes and their parents how to navigate college waters, The College Athletes Guide to Academic Success. Mathematics Assistant Professor Erez Shochat came to St. Francis College to play Soccer, now he is a full time faculty member with distinct insights in how to excel on the field and in the classroom.

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Strength & Conditioning The Weight Room The weight room was completely remodeled in the summer of 2006, giving it a more modern and updated appearance as well as a more functional layout. The upgrade allows the strength and conditioning staff, under the direction of Ryan Benfield, to train larger groups of student-athletes more efficiently. New and updated features of the state of the art facility include:

• Plate Loaded and Selectorized machines from Nautilus, Cybex, and Tuff Stuff.

• New multi-functional power racks with custom Terrier platforms.

• Separate room with wooden floor used for flexibilty, spped, agility, and plyometric workouts.

• Custom Upholstery on all equipment • Rubber floring throughout entire weight room • State of the art sound system • Six flat-screen plasma televisions • New lightning system • State of the art ventilation system • The New Weight Room

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Sports Medicine The Saint Francis College Sports Medicine Facility is staffed by three full-time Certified Athletic Trainers. The facility is headed by Don Hovey, MED, MS, ATC. Don is assisted by Assistant Athletic Trainers, Armando Rodriguez ATC, and Tara Temple, ATC. The Sports Medicine Staff are responsible for the treatment and coordination of all health-related conditions that affect the studentathletes of Saint Francis College’s 19 varsity sports.

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he Terriers enter the 2009-2010 campaign with a fresh new outlook and demeanor in hopes of forgetting their 4-25 season a year ago. With the addition of several exciting newcomers along with five returners, Coach Brenda Milano and her staff believe that they can vie for a Northeast Conference championship.

“Our motto for this upcoming season is one mind, one goal and one team!” said head coach Brenda Milano, entering her seventh season at the helm of the Terriers. “This team has the potential to do something very special if everyone continues to work hard in practice.” Coach Milano goes on to say that, “When adversity occurs we need to learn to lean on each other, pick each other up and help push each other through. We want to bring St. Francis a Northeast Conference championship. With thirteen girls on the roster and my wonderful coaching staff, we have the caliber to compete with anyone in the Northeast Conference. A big key for us will be maintaining our composure and continuing to improve our chemistry throughout the season.” There were a few highlights from last season. The Terriers ended a three-year drought in

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the “Battle of Brooklyn,” as they defeated Long Island University. A month later, with a last second free-throw, St. Francis stunned the 2008 Northeast Conference Champions, Robert Morris Colonials.

Galandakova was able to change the game with her defensive presence on numerous occasions. Two new additions to the frontcourt to help Williams and Galandakova are Kim Snauwaert and Autumn Lau.

The frontcourt this season starts with Kendra Williams, a 6’4” senior, will be patrolling the paint for the Terriers. The Raleigh, North Carolina native has displayed flashes of brilliance during her career. Last season proved to be Williams’ best, as she recorded nineteen double-digit scoring performances. In addition to setting a new career-high in points with twenty; (accomplished on two separate occasions; vs. Albany on December 19th and at Central Connecticut on February 21st) Williams added five double-double performances. Kendra finished the year averaging 11.4 points and 6.7 rebounds a contest. Coach Milano will look to her senior forward as the focal point of the offense. “Kendra’s ability to bring strength and athleticism on both ends of the court will be an important starting point for us,” added Coach Milano. Barbora Galandakova, a 6’7” junior post player from the Czech Republic, will be looked upon to continue her defensive dominance while increasing her offensive production. Last season in limited action,

Snauwaert, a 6’1” forward from Roeselare, Belgium, has been a member of the Belgium National Team for the past three years. This past summer, the team finished second in the U18 European Championships. “Kim is excited to play ball in the United States” coach Milano offered. “She is very athletic and has a tremendous work ethic. Kim fits very nicely into both our offensive and defensive schemes. She runs the court well, has good range on her shot and is very smart on the defensive end. She will need to adjust to the physical nature of basketball in the United States.” Lau, a 5’10” small forward from Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania, attended Northeastern High School. Last season, she was named YAIAA Division II Player of the Year. She averaged 24.1 points per game while establishing herself as the all-time leading scorer for the Northeastern girls’ program, with 2,301 career points. She had four 30-point performances while helping her school to

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a third-place finish in the District 3 and to the second round of the PIAA Class AAA tournament. “Autumn will be an impact player for us.” Milano says. “Her and her sister, Amber, took a program that was on the decline and turned them into a power-house. Autumn is a versatile player who could hit the three-pointer and create scoring opportunities off the dribble. Her free-throw shooting will be an asset since she does a nice job of draw and finishing with contact. We will look to exploit any opportunity we have to score from the free throw line.” The Terriers are replacing a trio of starters in the backcourt as well. Kara Ayers, Kristen Miah and Karla Babica have graduated after enjoying tremendous careers. The Terriers will look to speedy junior guard Shannon Gantt to provide instant offense. In back-toback contests last season, Gantt recorded a career-high 11 points while playing in just twenty-one games. Senior shooting guard Melissa Weithman will be asked to step into more of a leadership role in her senior year. Weithman, who connected on twelve three-pointers last season, can be a threat from deep beyond the arc. The Silver Spring, Maryland native also showed a nice touch from the free throw line as she finished the 08-09 campaign a perfect 6-of-6 (100%) from the charity stripe. After sitting out last season after her transfer from the University of New Hampshire, junior Jacinda Williams will be looking to make a name for herself in the Northeast Conference. While at UNH, Williams saw action in 29 games. She contributed 4.0 points per game and distributed 48 assists. According to coach Milano, “In a group that has junior transfers and a new group of players; Jacinda is ready to step-up and grab the reigns of this team. She has the versatility to play both guard positions. When she is playing the off-guard, Jacinda will be run off screens. She has the ball handling skills to create for herself and her teammates. She has a scorer’s mentality and will be an important piece of the puzzle for us.” Joining the revamped backcourt are Tiara Dunson, Kayla Williams, Amber Lau and Stefanie Bingham. Dunson comes to St. Francis from Merced College in California. The 5’9” point guard, originally hails from Tracy, California where she attended West High School. Last season, Merced finished 2nd in their conference as Tiara led the team in scoring (9.9 ppg) and rebounding (6.7 rpg). She was named to All-Central Valley Conference First Team. “Tiara reminds me a lot of Kristen Miah,”

coach Milano offers. “She has floor-general instincts but is more offensive minded. Her height creates defensive matchup problems for our opponents. Her work ethic, leadership and floor-knowledge will have an immediate impact of this team.” In high school Tiara was awarded numerous honors including Female Athlete of the Year, All Tri-City League First Team, and Defensive Player of the Year. Kayla Williams is a 5’6 shooting guard from Iowa Western Community College. Williams is originally from Humble, Texas where she attended Humble High School. Last season, Williams averaged 15.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and shot 36% from beyond the arc. She led the team in scoring and was named to the All-Region XI First Team. Kayla set the record for most three-point field goals made (163) in a career and in a single season (85). Kayla gives St. Francis another player who can put the ball in the basket as she dropped a career-high 31 points in a game last season. At Humble High School, Williams showed continued improvement as she was named to the All-District Honorable Mention team, then All-District Second Team and finally District’s Most Valuable Player. Kayla was named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association All-Star Team. Coach Milano when asked about Kayla mentioned that, “Kayla is the 1st Mid-West player we have brought to the Heights. She is a hard working, athletically gifted player. She is very enthused to bring her talent to the East Coast. Kayla has amazing range from the beyond the arc and can penetrate through the defense to find scoring chances in the paint.” Lau, a 5’9” guard from Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania, is the older of the Lau twins, born a minute before sister, Autumn. Amber is shooting guard and also attended Northeastern. She averaged 17.4 points per game and was named to the YAIAA Division II First Team. “Amber was an enormous part of Northeastern’s success in turning around its program. As freshmen, I expect both Amber and Autumn to have immediate an impact on our program.” When asked about if a sibling rivalry would exist, coach Milano ensures that “there is no rivalry. In fact, they both are tremendous shooters, crafty ball handlers and extremely unselfish. They do a wonderful job of creating opportunities for themselves, each other and their teammates. They work extremely hard and compliment each other’s style.” Bingham is a 5’8” combo guard, from Willingboro, New Jersey. She attended Willingboro High School where she competed

as a two-sport athlete (basketball and tennis). On the hardwood, she averaged 22.3 points and six rebounds per game. Her accolades include being named Burlington County Player of the Year for the 2008-2009 season, and the All-South Jersey and AllBurlington First Teams. During Stefanie’s career, Willingboro won the Group II State Championship and captured the Liberty Division Championship. “Stefanie, in my opinion, was a steal in the late-signing period. She is fearless, strong, athletic guard. Her explosiveness and speed with an pleasant addition on both ends of the floor,” Coach Milano adds. The Schedule The Terriers will open the 2009-2010 slate on the road on November 13th against local rival Manhattan. St. Francis will have their first home contest against Hofstra on Nov. 18th at 7:00 pm. The team will then head Upstate to square of against UAlbany on Nov. 23rd. St. Francis will host two more games to end the month of November, first, against Fairfield the day before Thanksgiving (Nov. 25th) and Army (Nov. 30) at the Pope Physical Education Center. December brings more nonconference action with trips to Bryant (Dec. 4), and Stony Brook (Dec. 6). The Terriers will host both Colgate (Dec. 12) and Troy (Dec. 22) before heading to Iona (Dec. 28) and ending December on New Year’s Eve against Pennsylvania. January 2010 starts the Northeast Conference stretch for the Terriers as they open up against Central Connecticut in New Britain, CT on Jan. 4 before hosting St. Francis PA (Jan. 7) and Robert Morris (Jan. 10). Columbia concludes St. Francis’ non-conference schedule as they the Lions pay a visit to Brooklyn Heights on January 11th. St. Francis travels to Mount St. Mary’s and Wagner on January 14th and January 16th before the Mountaineers and Seahawks return the favor the following week (January 21st and January 23rd). St. Francis ends the month with a visit to Western Pennsylvania to take on St. Francis (PA) (January 28th) and Robert Morris (January 30th). In the final month of the conference season, St. Francis will host Long Island in a home-and-home series, starting February 4th in Brooklyn Heights before heading down Fulton Street on February 6th. In the final road series for the Terriers, St. Francis pays a visit to Connecticut to take on Quinnipiac (2/11) and Sacred Heart (2/13). To end the year, St. Francis will host the final four games at the Pope Physical Education Center, starting with Monmouth (2/18) followed by Fairleigh Dickinson (2/20), Bryant (2/25) and concluding against Central Connecticut (2/27).

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2009-2010 woMen’s Roster

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/Previous School

2 3 *4 11 12 20 21 23 24 *30 32 42 50

Shannon Gantt Jacinda Williams Ashley Wilcots Stefanie Bingham Kim Snauwaert Melissa Weithman Tiara Dunson Kendra Williams Amber Lau Vitalija Vasciunaite Kayla Williams Autumn Lau Bara Galandakova

G G F G F G G F G G G F C

Junior 5’5 Junior 5’6 Junior 6’1 Freshman 5’8 Freshman 6’1 Senior 5’8 Junior 5’9 Senior 6’4 Freshman 5’9 Sophomore 5’9 Junior 5’6 Freshman 5’10 Junior 6’7

Woodbury, NJ/Woodbury Poughkeepsie, NY/New Hampshire Virginia Beach, VA/Hofstra Willingboro, NJ/Willingboro Roeselare, Belgium Silver Spring, MD/Montgomery CC Tracy, CA/Merced College Raleigh, NC/Word of God Christian Academy Mt. Wolf, PA/Northeastern HS Vilnius, Lithuania/University of Miami (FL) Humble, TX/Iowa Western CC Mt. Wolf, PA/Northeastern HS Prague, Czech Republic/Gymnazium Nad ytolov

Head Coach: Brenda Milano (Wagner College ’95, Seton Hall University), 7th Season Assistant Coaches: Dionne Dodson (Muskingum College ’93, Slippery Rock University), 2nd Season Sue Wicks (Rutgers University ’88), 4th Season Christine Stragisher (Muskingum College ’08), 1st Season *Must sit out season due to NCAA transfer rules

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TV & Radio Roster

Shannon Gantt Junior · G · 5-5 Wood bury, New Jersey Woodbury High School

Jacinda Williams Junior · G · 5-6 Poughkeepsie, New York New Hampshire (Our Lady of Lourdes High School)

Stefanie Bingham Freshman · G · 5-8 Willingboro, New Jersey Willingboro High School

Kim Snauwaert Freshman · F · 6-1 Roeselare, Belgium

Melissa Weithman Senior · G · 5-8 Silver Spring, Maryland Montgomery CC Blake High School

Barbora (Bara) Galandakova Junior · C · 6-7 Prague, Czech Republic Gymnazium Nad ytolov

Vitalija Vasciunaite (eligible 2010-2011) Redshirt-Sophomore · G · 5-8 Vilnius, Lithuania University of Miami (FL) The Miller School (VA)

Ashley Wilcots (eligible 2010-2011) Junior · F · 6-1 Virginia Beach, Virginia Hofstra University (Landstown High School)

Tiara Dunson Junior · G · 5-9 Tracy, California Merced College West High School

Kayla Williams Junior · G · 5-6 Humble, Texas Iowa Western Community College Humble High School

Kendra Williams Senior · F · 6-4 Raleigh, North Carolina Word of God Christian Academy

Autumn Lau Freshman · F · 5-10 Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania Northeastern High School

Amber Lau Freshman · G · 5-9 Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania Northeastern High School

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Coaching staff

Head Coach: Brenda Milano (Wagner ’95, Seton Hall University), 7th Season Assistant Coaches: Dionne Dodson (Muskingum College ’93, Slippery Rock University), 2nd Season Sue Wicks (Rutgers University ’88), 4th Season Christine Stragisher (Muskingum ’08), 1st Season

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Head Coach BRENDA MILANO

Seventh Season ‚ Hometown: Boonton, N.J. · Alma Mater: Wagner College, Seton Hall University

renda Milano enters her seventh season as head coach of the St. Francis College women’s basketball program. In her first season, she led the 20032004 Terriers to an eight win season. The next season, the wins steadily increased to ten, while guiding St. Francis to the 2005 Northeast Conference Quarterfinals. It was the Terriers first appearance since 1999. Milano’s coaching style helped transform a new atmosphere in Brooklyn Heights as the 2006-07

season proved to be a year to remember. Milano’s bunch recorded a 13-18 overall record, her most successful season to date. St. Francis would enter the Northeast Conference Tournament as the eight seed, taking on the Long Island University Blackbirds, the tournaments top seed. The Terriers would pull out the upset, as it was the first time that the school has qualified for the semifinals as well as being the only # 8 seed to upset the # 1 seed in Northeast Conference Tournament history.

Despite having three starters on the injured list, the 2007-08 Terriers were resilient and made it back to Northeast Conference tournament. Last season, Milano was able to achieve personal milestones in her coaching career. The Terriers ended a three-year drought in the Battle of Brooklyn as they defeated Long Island University, giving Milano her 35th Northeast Conference victory. A month later, with a last second free-throw, St. Francis would stun 2008 Northeast Conference

Champions, Robert Morris, giving Coach Milano her 50th career victory, the most wins by a St. Francis College women’s head coach. Milano gained her early coaching experience at Northeastern University as a graduate assistant and at Seton Hall University where she earned a master’s degree in sports management. Before coaching, Milano spent time at Integrated Sports International, sports marketing firm where she put to work her B.S. in marketing from Wagner College (1995).

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In 1998, Milano came to St. Francis College as Assistant Coach for the Women’s Basketball Team and served as the College’s Assistant Athletic Director of Business Affairs, positions she held until 2002. After a brief stint at Hofstra University where she served as first assistant, Milano returned to St. Francis for the 2003-2004 campaign to lead the team as head coach. As a student-athlete, Milano was an outstanding member of the Wagner College Women’s Basketball Team. She served as team captain for three seasons and was named Most Valuable Player her junior and senior year. She was a member of the Second Team All Northeast Conference (1992-93) and

Northeast Conference All Newcomer Team (1990-91). Before a career ending knee injury her senior year, she scored 1,046 total points, an accomplishment that earned her a spot in the Seahawks’ 1,000-point club. Milano currently ranks 19th on Wagner’s all-time scoring list. Milano has high expectations for her team in 2009-2010. This year’s team, despite losing four seniors, will look to the senior leadership of Kendra Williams and Melissa Weithman. The team, with a mix of key reserves and new faces, will have a fresh new outlook and demeanor in hopes of forgetting a season ago and hope to vie for a Northeast Conference championship.

Brenda Milano Coaching Milestones

Brenda Milano’s Record vs. Northeast Conference Opponents Bryant

0-2

Central Connecticut State 4-6

Fairleigh Dickinson

4-7

Long Island University

5-8

Mount St. Marys

2-9

Quinnipiac

4-5

Robert Morris St. Francis University

3-10 5-7

Sacred Heart Wagner

0-11 8-3

Brenda Milano’s Season-by-Season Record YEAR Regular Percentage NEC Percentage 2003-04 8-19 .296 7-11 .389 2004-05 10-18 .357 7-11 .389 2005-06 5-22 .185 4-14 .222 2006-07 13-18 .419 7-11 .389 2007-08 10-20 .333 7-11 .389 2008-09 4-25 .138 3-15 .167 Totals 50-122 .290 35-73 .324

WIN 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

DATE December 3rd, 2003 January 24th, 2004 November 28th, 2004 February 12th, 2005 December 29th, 2005 December 5th, 2006 January 22nd, 2007 February 27th, 2007 January 5th, 2008 February 23rd, 2008 February 9th, 2009

OPPONENT SCORE University of Maryland Eastern Shore 56-48 Wagner 67-51 Niagara 50-48 Wagner 53-44 Northeastern 67-52 Columbia 66-58 Quinnipiac 63-60 Central Connecticut State 68-59 Central Connecticut State 61-48 Fairleigh Dickinson 66-57 Robert Morris 61-60

Brenda Milano Northeast Conference Coaching Victories WIN 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 36

DATE January 8th, 2004 February 26th, 2004 February 5th, 2005 December 10th, 2005 January 22nd, 2007 February 27th, 2007 January 28th, 2008 January 17th, 2009 February 9th, 2009

OPPONENT Robert Morris Central Connecticut Fairleigh Dickinson Monmouth Quinnipiac Central Connecticut St. Francis (PA) Long Island Robert Morris

SCORE 77-67 65-46 80-73 67-63 63-60 68-59 59-51 49-48 61-60

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Assistant Coach dionne dodson Second Season · Hometown: Butler, Pennslyvania Alma Mater: Muskingum College, Slippery Rock University

ssistant Coach Dionne Dodson embarks on her second season with the Terriers. Dodson joined the Terriers’ coaching staff this last summer. “Dionne is an outstanding addition to our coaching staff,” said Milano. “Her experience in recruiting and onfloor coaching is a tremendous lift to our program.” Dodson spent two seasons at Fordham University where she was involved in all aspects of the program. Her duties included coordination of the entire recruiting system, assisting with scouting and tape breakdown and on-floor coaching and organizing summer camps. Previous to Fordham, she served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Manhattan for three years. She helped recruit three players who earned Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Rookie honors, two in 2004 and one in 2005. Prior to coming to New York City, Dodson was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Coastal Carolina University in 200203. Her responsibilities at Coastal Carolina included coordination of the entire recruiting system, assisting with scouting and on-floor coaching. Dodson received her start in coaching at Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania where she served as an assistant coach from 1999- 2002, helping the Red Flash win the 2000 and 2002 Northeast Conference(NEC) regular season and tournament championships and advance to the NCAA Tournament. She also helped recruit the 2002 NEC Tournament MVP while also being responsible for developing and monitoring the strength and conditioning program as well as monitoring the academic progress of the student-athletes. She also assisted with on-floor coaching and with scouting as well as organizing community service activities. A 1997 graduate of Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, Dodson received a Bachelors degree in Psychology from the school before going on to earn a Masters degree in Sports Management from Slippery Rock University in 2003.

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Assistant Coach sue wicks

Fourth Season · Hometown: Center Moriches, Long Island · Alma Mater: Rutgers University

ue Wicks, former Naismith Player of the Year Award winner and former Assistant Basketball Coach at Rutgers University, is in her fourth season as the Assistant Coach of the St. Francis College Terriers. Sue is a former WNBA all-star who played with the New York Liberty from 1997 to 2002. “We are truly blessed to have such a quality individual as Sue Wicks as a member of the coaching staff.” said Milano. “She has both played and coached at the highest level and adds a wealth of knowledge and experience to our staff. Our post players are able to learn the position from one of the best. Sue is also a tremendous recruiting asset for our program.” Wicks, a native of Center Moriches, New York, played for Rutgers University from 1984 to 1988. While at Rutgers, she was named a Kodak All-American in 1986, 1987 and 1988, and in 1988 she won the Naismith Award as well as National Player of the

Year Awards from U.S. Basketball Writers Association, Women’s Basketball News Service and Street & Smith. She was Player of the Year in the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1986, 1987 and 1988, winning the Atlantic 10 Tournament MVP award in 1986 and 1988, and sharing it in 1987. She also was named to All-Regional Teams in the NCAA tournament in 1986 and 1987 and won a gold medal in the 1987 Pan-American Games. As the most highly decorated player in RU history, she holds the Rutgers records for points scored (2,655), rebounds (1,357), scoring average (21.2 ppg), rebounding average (10.9 rpg), field goals made (1,091) and attempted (2,099), free throws made (473) and attempted (641), and blocked shots (293). The scoring and rebounding totals are records for a male or female player at Rutgers. Following her college career, before the WNBA was founded, Wicks spent more than 15 years playing professionally overseas in Italy, Japan, Spain and Israel. In

1997, she returned home for the inaugural WNBA season to play for the New York Liberty. By 1999, Wicks had assumed the starting center position for the Liberty, due in part to her defensive skills. She developed into an All-Star player, participating in each WNBA All-Star Game until her retirement. In 2000, she was awarded the Kim Perrot sportsmanship award. In 182 WNBA games played, Wicks scored 823 points, for a total of 4.5 points per game, had 182 assists for one assist per game, recovered 788 rebounds, for a total of 4.3 per game, and had 158 blocks, for a total of 0.90 blocks per game. She finished her WNBA career with the eighth most shots blocked in WNBA history. Sue Wicks was named to the Rutgers Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994 and was inducted into the University’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 2005. Last April, she was enshrined into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. She is only one of two Rutgers women’s

basketball players to have her jersey retired. This past July, Coach Wicks, along with Erik Spoelstra and David Fizdale of the Miami Heat (NBA) arrived in the Philippines on July 28th to hold basketball clinics from July 29th, to August 1st. “It was a tremendous experience to represent the United States, the WNBA, and St. Francis College in this once in a lifetime opportunity,” said Wicks. “During the trip, we conducted clinics, visited schools and spoke to youth about the importance of an education, positive health practices and respect for diversity.” Wicks goes on to say, in her blog about the trip that, “I know I speak for our entire envoy when I say that we were overwhelmed by the warmth and hospitality of these amazingly resourceful people. I feel truly blessed to have had this wonderful opportunity of sharing with the Philippine people.”

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Assistant Coach christine stragisher First Season · Hometown: Mentor, Ohio · Alma Mater: Muskingum University ‘08

t. Francis College women’s basketball head coach Brenda Milano has announced the hiring of Christine Stragisher as an assistant coach, effective as of October 1st, 2009. “I am very excited about Christine joining our staff,” said coach Milano. “She is young, energetic and completely pro active. She has bought great ideas and knowledge to our program after spending two years with the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars. Chrissy wore many different hats with the Stars and that will continue here at SFC.” In her new role at St. Francis, Stragisher will oversee the film exchange program between all nonconference and conference opponents as well as organizing free clinics both at the college and at other venues to make the St. Francis basketball more known in the community. Stragisher spent two years with the San Antonino Silver Stars after earning a promotion to coordinator of video and basketball operations. There, she was responsible for all facets of the video coordination program, including capturing, logging and editing game film. She works with the coaching staff to prepare scout videos and coordinates the video exchange program with opposing teams. In 2008, Stragisher worked as a basketball operations and video intern for the Silver Stars. A 2008 graduate of Muskingum University, Stragisher worked as a student assistant basketball and softball coach while in college. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication with minors in Physical Education and Philosophy. She was sports editor of The Black & Magenta Muskingum University newspaper from 2006 to 2008. As a student at Mentor High School, Stragisher earned three varsity letters in basketball and served as team captain.

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meet the terriers

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Kendra Williams Senior Forward 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;4 Word of God Christian Academy Raleigh, North Carolina Major: Sociology/ Social Work

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kendra williams 2008-2009 (Junior): Played in 28 games…Started in 26 contests… Logged career high in minutes with 37 on two separate occasions (11/24 @ Cornell; 2/9 vs. Robert Morris)… Averaged 11.4 points per game (24th in Northeast Conference in scoring)…Career-high in points with 20 on two occasions (12/19/08 vs. Albany & 2/21/09 @ Central Connecticut State)… Notched five double-doubles on the season…Shot 47.5% from the field… Blocked a total of 33 shots on the season, including three blocks on four occasions, the last being against Long Island (1/17/09). 2007-2008 (Sophomore): Played in 28 games…Started seven contests…Logged a career high 35 minutes against NJIT (11/11/07)… Averaged 14.2 minutes per game…Averaged 4.0 points per game… Set career high in points with 12 against Quinnipiac (12/05/07)…Shot 43.4% from the field…Shot 37.3% from the free throw line…Averaged 3.0 rebounds per game…Set career high in rebounds with 11 against NJIT (11/11/07)…Established a career high 3 blocks against NJIT (11/11/07)… Had a career high three assists against Robert Morris (2/16/08)… 2006-2007 (Freshman): Played in 28 games…Earned a career high 22 minutes against Quinnipiac (02/05/07)…Averaged 8 minutes per game…Averaged 1.6 points per game…Shot 39.1% from the field…Shot 52.9% from the free throw line…Scored a career high 5 points against Lafayette (11/12/06)…Averaged 1.4 rebounds per game…Grabbed a career high 5 rebounds against Mount St. Mary’s (02/12/07)… High School: Kendra was a 2-year starter for Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina where she averaged 15 points and 9 rebounds in her senior season. Kendra was named Team MVP as well as All-State, and All-Conference team her senior season. williams’S CAREER HIGHS Points 20 (on two occasions) vs. Albany 12/19/08) vs. Central Connecticut St. (2/21/09) Rebounds 13

vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/14/09)

Assists

vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/14/09)

Steals

vs. Bryant (12/1/08)

FGM

9 (on two occasions) vs. Pennsylvania (12/31/08) vs. Central Connecticut St. (2/21/09)

FTM

Blocks

3 (on five occasions) Last vs. Long Island (1/17/09)

vs. Wagner (1/26/09)

williams’s CAREER STATISTICS YR

FGM-FGA

FG%

3FGM-FGA

3FG%

FTM-FTA

FT%

PTS

PPG

REB

RPG

AST

BLK

STL

06-07

15-41

.366

0-0

.000

8-15

.533

1.7

1.4

07-08

46-106

.434

0-0

.000

19-51

.373

111

4.0

3.0

08-09

135-284

.475

0-0

.000

48-76

.632

318

11.4

187

6.7

TOT

196-431

.455

0-0

.000

65-142

.458

467

6.0

304

3.8

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melissa weithman Senior Guard 5’8” Blake High School (MD) Silver Spring, MD Major: Professional Studies

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melissa weithman 2008-2009 (Junior): Played in 24 games…Started three contests…Scored a career-high nine points against Fairleigh Dickinson (2/14/09)….Averaged 2.2 points per game…Logged 9.6 minutes…. Finished the 2008-09 campaign a perfect 8-of-8 (100%) from the free throw line. Prior to St. Francis: At Montgomery Community College: Was selected as a First Team AllAmerican after the 2007-08 season…Was also an All-Region and AllConference First Team pick…Led the nation in scoring at 24.0 point per game…Ranked 21st in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (34.1 percent) and was 15th in free throw percentage (.800)….Also averaged 4.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 3.0 steals per game…Scored 39 points against Nassau C.C. last season…Helped lead Montgomery to a sixth place finish in the nation…. High School: Stared at Blake High School for head coach Jeff Flach… Averaged 12.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. weithman’S CAREER HIGHS Points 9 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/14/09) Rebounds

vs. Bryant (2/23/09)

Assists

2 (on two occasions) vs. Columbia (11/18/08) vs. Colgate (11/22/08)

Steals

vs. Monmouth (1/12/09)

FGM

vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/14/09)

FTM

2 (on four occasions) Last vs. Bryant (2/23/09)

3-PT FG M

vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/14/09)

Blocks

vs. Cornell

weithman’S CAREER STATISTICS YR

FGM-FGA

FG%

3FGM-FGA

3FG%

FTM-FTA

FT%

PTS

PPG

REB

RPG

AST

BLK

STL

2008/2009

16-70

.229

12-50

.240

8-8

1.000

2.2

1.0

TOTALS

16-70

.229

12-50

.240

8-8

1.000

2.2

1.0

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shannon gantt Junior Guard 5’5 Woodbury High School Woodbury, New Jersey Major: Sociology

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shannon gantt 2008-2009 (Sophomore): Played in 21 games…Started in 2 contests…Logged career high in minutes with 27 against Sacred Heart (2/2/09)… Averaged 2.7 points per game…Scored a career-high 11 in back-to-back contest (vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/14/09 & Mount St. Mary’s (2/16/09)…Shot 67% from the free-throw line… High School: Was a two-sport star at Woodbury High School in basketball and track & field…Was the leading scorer in South Jersey in 2006 and 2007…Was a First Team All-Conference selection in basketball all four years and also earned First Team track honors as a senior…Once scored 42 points in a game…Was named the Most Valuable Player of the Woodbury Relays after winning all four of her events…Helped lead the Herd to the All-State and All-South Jersey Group I Championships. gantt’S CAREER HIGHS Points 11 (on two occasions) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/14/09) vs. Mount St. Mary’s (2/16/09) Rebounds 4 (on two occasions) vs. Quinnipiac (1/19/09) vs. Mount St. Mary’s (2/16/09) Assists 2 (on two occasions) vs. Hofstra (12/22/08) vs. Bryant (2/23/09) Steals 2 (on three occasions) vs. Hofstra (12/22/08) vs. Mount St. Mary’s (2/16/09) vs. Bryant (2/23/09) FGM 5 (on two occasions) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/14/09) vs. Mount St. Mary’s (2/16/09) FTM 2 (on three occasions) vs. Quinnipiac (1/19/09) vs. Sacred Heart (2/2/09) vs. Bryant (2/23/09)

Gantt’S CAREER STATISTICS YR

FGM-FGA

FG%

3FGM-FGA

3FG%

FTM-FTA

FT%

PTS

PPG

REB

RPG

AST

BLK

STL

2008/2009

23-90

.256

0-1

.000

10-15

.667

2.7

1.3

TOTAL

23-90

.256

0-1

.000

10-15

.667

2.7

1.3

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barbora galandakova Junior Center 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;7 Gymnasium Nad Ytolov Prague, Czech Republic Major: CommunicationsAdvertising

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barbora galandakova 2008-2009 (Sophomore): Played in 15 games…Averaged 5.1 minutes per game….Averaged 0.4 points per game…Tied a careerhigh two points on three occasions…Recorded a block in two contest (12/8/08 vs. Robert Morris and 3/2/09 vs. Sacred Heart)…Played in a career-high 15 contest…Grabbed a season-high two rebounds on three different occasions… 2007-2008 (Freshman): Played in 15 games…Made one start…Averaged 4.7 minutes per game…Averaged 0.5 points per game…Scored a career-high two points on three occasions…Was the focus of the MTV Show True Life: Coming to America. Prior To St. Francis College: A graduate of and trained at Gymnasium Nad Ytolov…Five-year starter for Basket Slovanka… Basket Slovanka ranked first in the Czech Republic…Played for coach Ivana Dadkova…Averaged 10 points, eight rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal per game in her final season. galandakova’S CAREER HIGHS Points 2 (on six occasions) Last vs. Sacred Heart (3/2/09) Rebounds 3 (on two occasions) Last vs. Princeton (11/29/07) Assists 0 0 Steals 0 0 FGM 1 (on six occasions) Last vs. Sacred Heart (3/2/09) FTM 1 vs. Air Force (11/21/07) Blocks 1 (on five occasions) Last vs. Sacred Heart (3/2/09)

galandakova’S CAREER STATISTICS YR

FGM-FGA

FG%

3FGM-FGA

3FG%

FTM-FTA

FT%

PTS

PPG

REB

RPG

AST

BLK

STL

07-08

3-6

.500

0-0

.000

1-2

.500

0.5

0.7

08-09

3-12

.250

0-0

.000

0-4

.000

0.4

0.7

TOTAL

6-18

.333

0-0

.000

1-6

.166

0.4

0.6

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jacinda williams Junior Guard 5’6 New Hampshire (Our Lady of Lourdes High School) Poughkeepsie, New York Major: PSYCHOLOGY

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jacinda williams 2008-2009 (Sophomore): Sat out 2008-2009 season due to NCAA Transfer Regulations 2007-2008 (Freshman @ New Hampshire): Played in all 29 games and made 11 starts at point guard…Averaged 19.6 minutes per game…Contributed 4.0 points per game and distributed 48 assists…Enjoyed her best performance of the season in a win against Maine (14 points, 6 assists)…Was named the America East Player of the game against Maine and Binghamton… High School: Attended Lourdes High School and racked up 572 career points…Was selected as the league MVP in 2007… Was named to the All-League and All-Section team all four years… During the 2005-06 campaign, she was named to the state AllTournament Team and to the All-State Fifth Team after helping lead the Warriors to the state championship game…Was selected to the First Team All-State by the Journal News and the Poughkeepsie Journal…Also played for the N.Y. Gazelles’ AAU program williams’s CAREER HIGHS Points 14 vs. Maine (3/5/08) Rebounds 6

vs. Providence (12/28/07)

Assists

vs. Maine (3/5/08)

Steals

vs. Binghamton (3/1/08)

FGM

4 (on two occasions) vs. Iona (12/12/07) vs. Binghamton (3/1/08)

FTM

vs. Maine (3/5/08)

3-PT FG Made Blocks

3 vs. Stony Brook (3/8/08)

1 (on two occasions) vs. CCSU (11/13/07) vs. Stony Brook (2/6/08)

williams’S CAREER STATISTICS (UNH) YR

FGM-FGA

FG%

3FGM-FGA

3FG%

FTM-FTA

FT%

PTS

PPG

REB

RPG

AST

BLK

STL

07/08

33-135

.244

17-60

.283

32-45

.711

115

4.0

1.7

TOT

33-135

.244

17-60

.283

32-45

.711

115

4.0

1.7

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newcomers

# 24 Amber Lau Freshman Guard 5’8 Northeastern High School Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania Major: Psychology High School: Attended Northeastern High School, where she was a four year starter… The oldest of the Lau twins, born a minute before her sister Autumn…Primarily, was played at the two-guard, where she averaged 17.4 points per game and was named to the YAIAA Division II First Team squad.

# 42 Autumn Lau Freshman Forward 5’10 Northeastern High School Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania Major: CommunicationsEnglish High School: Attended Northeastern High School, where she was a four year starter…Was named the YAIAA

Division II Player of the Year after averaging 24.1 points per game…The all-time leading scorer at Northeastern, finishing her high-school career with 1,758 career points…Recorded four 30-point performances while helping her school to a third-place finish in District 3 and to the second round of the PIAA Class AAA tournament.

# 12 Kim Snauwaert Sophomore Forward 6’1 Roeselare, Belgium Major: Management Prior to St. Francis: Has been a member of the Belgium National Team for the past three years… This past summer, her team finished second in the Under 18 European Championships.

# 21 Tiara Dunson Junior Guard 5’9 West High School Merced College Tracy, California Major: Professional Studies Prior to St. Francis: At Merced College: As a three year captain, Merced finished 2nd in their conference as Tiara led the team in scoring (9.9 ppg) and rebounding (6.6 rpg)….Named to the First Team All-Central Valley Conference squad. High School: Attended West High School in California…Named the 2007 Female Athlete of the Year along with a First Team All-Tri City League selection. During her sophomore and junior year at West, she won the Defensive Player of the Year as well as obtaining the Homefield Advantage Athlete Award.

# 30 Vitalija Vasciunaite Junior Guard 5’8 University of Miami (FL) The Miller School (Virginia) Vilnius, Lithuania Major: Management Will sit-out 2009-2010 season due to NCAA Transfer Regulations 2008-2009 (Sophomore @ University of Miami FL): Played in 14 games… Averaged 8.9 minutes a contest…Shot close to 40% from the field (21-of-53)…Scored a career high 18 points against Florida A & M (12/1/08)… Converted a career high seven field goals in that game… Logged a career-high 22 minutes against Norfolk State (11/14/08). 2007-2008 (Freshman @ University of Miami FL): Played in 15 games…Average 4.2 minutes a contest…Converted on both free throw attempts taken… Averaged 2.0 points per game. Prior to St. Francis: The Miller School: As a senior at the Miller School, averaged 21 points per game, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per contest…Named to the Virginia Independent Schools Girls Basketball Association AllTournament team, First Team

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All-State, and VISAA Division III Player of the Year…Was a McDonald’s All-American nominee and earned First Team All-Central Virginia and First Team All-Blue Ridge Conference accolades.

# 32 Kayla Williams Junior Guard 5’6 Iowa Western Community College Humble High School Humble, Texas Major: Mathematics Prior to St. Francis: At Iowa Western Community College: Named to the 1st Team All-Region XI squad, while leading her team in scoring… Would go on to set the career record for the most three-point field goals made with 163 and the single season record for the most three-point field goals made with 85…

# 11 Stefanie Bingham Freshman Guard 5’8” Willingboro High School Willingboro, New Jersey Major: Biology High School: Stared at Willingboro High School where she was a two-sport athlete (basketball and tennis)…On the hardwood, she averaged 22.3 points per game and 6.0 rebounds…Among her accolades, she was named Burlington County Player of the Year for 2008-2009 campaign as well as being selected to the All-South Jersey and AllBurlington First Team squads… Willingboro was able to win the Group II State Championships in 2007 and was Liberty Division Champions this past season.

# 4 Ashley Wilcots Junior Forward 6’1” Hofstra University Landstown High School Virginia Beach, Virginia Major: CommunicationsAdvertising At Hofstra: 2008-2009: Played in 27 games, started in six contests… Average 12.3 minutes per game…Averaged 1.9 points per game and 1.2 rebounds a contest….Posted seasonhigh of seven points on three occasions, seven rebounds against Manhattan and four blocks against James Madison University. 2007-2008: Played in 24 games, started in three contests…Averaged 13.9

minutes per contest…Averaged 2.2 points per game and 3.0 rebounds a contest…Led the team in block shots…Posted season-highs of eight points and seven rebounds against UNC Wilmington…Contributed six points and seven rebounds against Georgia State, blocked five shots against Florida State and averaged 2.4 points and 3.0 rebound in CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) play…2008, named as the team’s Most Improved player. High School: Graduated form Landstown High School and Technology Academy in Virginia Beach, VA in 2007... Helped lead team to District play for three consecutive years… During junior and senior seasons, averaged 8.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and 9.8 and 8.0 rebounds respectively…Named Team Captain for junior and senior year…Won team’s Most Valuable Player in senior year and Second Team All-Beach District…Named to the AllDenbigh Tournament team, and a McDonald’s All-America nominee as a senior…Lettered in basketball and track and field, qualified in the State in the High Jump as a junior and senior, and was a member of the 2006 State Championship team in Track and Field.

High School: At Humble, was named to the All-District Honorable Mention team in 2005….The following year, she vastly improved, making it to the Second Team All-District squad…In 2007, Williams would elevate her game to new proportions, as she captured the District’s Most Valuable Player honors while also being named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association All-Star Team.

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History of the Women’s Basketball Program St. Francis College boasts one of the oldest basketball programs among New York City’s colleges. St. Francis put its first players on the court in 1896, only five years after Dr. Naismith invented the game. From the college’s inception in 1859 until September 1969, St. Francis was an all-boys’ school. The fall semester of 1969 marked the first time laywomen were admitted to the college. In 1973, five years later, the first St. Francis College women’s basketball team was formed. The first women’s basketball coach was Christine McGowan, who led the team to a 9-5 record in its inaugural year. Jeanne Zatorski was the first woman in St. Francis College history to score more than 1,000 points in her collegiate career (197579). The 1975-76 season gave the women’s team their first postseason play-off bid. That season, the team also turned in the highest win total in school history with 16. In 1977-78, the team played in their first regional tournament, where they eventually lost to Fordham University and ended the season with a 14-13 record. The most prolific scorer, male or female, to wear a St. Francis basketball uniform was Karen Erving (’87-91). During her four-year Terrier career, Erving amassed 1,929 career points. In addition to owning the school’s all-time scoring record, Erving also holds career records in rebounds, field goals made, field goals attempted and free throws attempted. Former Terrier coach Christine Cunningham ‘(91-95) was one of the most dominant players in St. Francis women’s basketball history; she currently ranks among the leaders in most of the school’s women’s basketball records.

In the last five years, four prolific players have etched their names in St. Francis College history. Katja Bavendam ’08 is the all-time career leader in block shots with 236 , while also setting a new career mark for rejections in a season with 93, as she accomplished that milestone during the 2006-2007 season in addition to becoming the 11th member of the 1,000 point scorers club. Tiffany Hill ’08, the second leading scorer in St. Francis history with 1,764 and 10th member of the 1,000 point club, enjoyed a stellar career in Brooklyn Heights. Hill was named to the 2004-05 All-Rookie Team,

and followed up with a 2005-06 and 2007-08 NEC Second Team All-Conference selection while being ranked 10th in three-point field goals in the entire NCAA in 2008. Galloway, New Jersey native Kara Ayers ’09, was the 12th member of the 1,000 point club, while attaining the secondhighest free-throw percentage for a career at 79%, and the third highest free-throw percentage for a season at close to 85% (137 of 162). Kristen Miah ’09, the Chester, Pennsylvania native set a career total of 431 assists, thanks to a remarkable 2006-07 and 2008-09 season in which Miah dished out 138 and 131 assist, respectively.

Terrier’s 1,000-Point Scorers Karen Erving

1,929

Tiffany Hill

1,746

Jeanne Zatorski

1,704

Christine Cunningham 1,496 Pam Curcio

1,394

Kara Ayers

1,190

Christine Taps

1,156

Katja Bavendam

1,130

Elaine Hunt

1,084

Rosie Dowing

1,046

Mary Kawas

1,027

Sharon McAdams

1,003

St. Francis College Athletic Hall of Fame Women’s Basketball Christine Cunningham (91-95) Pamela J. Curcio (85-90) Patricia Dolan Boyle (83-87) Rosemary Downing McCullagh (80-84) Patrice Erving (91-95) Karen Erving-Schiera (87-91) Margaret Flannery-Alaimo (84-86) Irma Garcia (player: 76-80, coach: 88-99) Claire F. Guerriero-Mitchell (90-93) Jane Harkins McDade (75-79) Elaine M. Hunt (83-87) Catherine Howley O’Brien (75-79) Mary Kawas Rotolo (82-86) Sharon McAdams (77-81) Patricia Moffatt Lesser (73-76) Coach Diane Nolan (74-79) Jean Riker O’Leary (73-76) Jeanne Zatorski (75-79)

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battle of brooklyn

LONG ISLAND VS. ST. FRANCIS (NY) During the 1993-1994 season, St. Francis College and Long Island University contested the first official “Battle of Brooklyn” in women’s basketball. The Battle of Brooklyn has been a tradition between the two schools in men’s basketball for over thirty years. The annual game is dedicated in tribute to all women who have played collegiate basketball. Each year, a Most Valuable Player trophy is awarded at the conclusion of the contest. Last season, the Terriers ended a three-year drought, as they defeated the Blackbirds 49-48, on January 17th at the Wellness Athletic Center in the 16th Annual “Battle of Brooklyn.” Senior guard Kara Ayers (St. Francis NY) tied the game at 47, and with that basket became the 12th member of the St. Francis College women’s basketball 1,000 career point club and sealing the deal being named the Most Valuable Player for the contest. She finished the game with 11 points while junior Kendra Williams (St. Francis) finished with 14 points and nine rebounds Season 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001

MVP Winner (School)Score Nicole Thomas, Long Island Long Island, 76-63 Christine Cunningham, St. Francis St. Francis, 90-76 Dot Guerriero, St. Francis St. Francis, 75-53 Danielle Fiorello, Long Island Long Island, 81-68 Christine Taps, St. Francis St. Francis, 90-88 Carolyn Harvey, St. Francis St. Francis, 71-50 Kim MacMillian, Long Island Long Island, 68-46 Tamika Dudley, Long Island Long Island, 80-72

Season 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009

MVP Winner (School)Score Tamika Dudley, Long Island Long Island, 70-57 Tamika Dudley, Long Island Long Island, 73-55 Britiny Porter, St. Francis St. Francis, 58-57 (OT) Kim Bennett, St. Francis St. Francis, 62-57 Amber Wirth, Long Island Long Island, 64-52 Valerie Nainima, Long Island Long Island, 59-54 Valerie Nainima, Long Island Long Island, 62-49 Kara Ayers, St. Francis St. Francis, 49-48

Battle of Brooklyn Most Valuable Players: Long Island: 9 St. Francis (NY): 7 The 17th Annual Battle of Brooklyn is scheduled for February 4th, 2010, at 5:00 pm at St. Francis (NY) Battle of Brooklyn Series Recap: Long Island leads Battle of Brooklyn series; 9-to-7

ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS SINGLE GAME

CATEGORY Most Points

PLAYER Pam Curcio (12/8/99)

Most Field Goals Made

Karen Erving (2/20/89)

18, vs. Rider

Most Field Goals Attempted

Karen Erving

36, on six occasions

Most Three-Point Field Goals Sheila Hennessy (2/17/94) Most Free Throws Made

Carolyn Harvey (11/19/98)

Most Free Throws Attempted Karen Erving (2/8/90) Most Rebounds

Two Players

Most Assists

Sandy Salerno (2/19/91)

TOTAL/OPPONENT 47, vs. CW Post

7, vs. Robert Morris 15, vs. James Madison 19, vs. Marist 25 17, vs. Wagner

Most Steals

Melissa Gialanella 9, on two occasions, last vs. Robert Morris (2/12/98)

Most Blocks

Katja Bavendam (2/23/08)

TEAM RECORDS

CATEGORY Most Points

TOTAL 97

OPPONENT vs. Quinnipiac (1/17/04)

Most Points, One Half

52 2 occasions, last vs. Quinnipiac (1/17/04)

Fewest Points

vs. Sacred Heart (12/1/01)

Fewest Points, One Half

vs. Long Island (2/16/06)

Most Field Goals Made

vs. King’s (12/10/73) vs. St. Francis (PA) (2/21/88)

Most Field Goals Attempted

Highest Field Goal %

57%

Most Free Throws Made

vs. Quinnipiac (1/17/04)

Most Free Throws Attempted

vs. Quinnipiac (1/17/04)

Highest Free Throw %

100%

Most Three-Point FG Made

vs. Robert Morris (2/9/02)

Most Three-Point FG Attempted 30

vs. Robert Morris (2/9/02)

Most Rebounds

vs. Long Island (2/25/95)

(6/6) vs. Towson (12/17/05)

vs. Long Island (2/3/90)

9, vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

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2009-2010 opponents Manhattan College November 13 th , 2009 7:00 PM Riverdale, NY Manhattan College Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Athletic Dept # Athletic Dept Fax # Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Fax: SID Email: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Manhattan: Assistant Coach:

08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

University at Albany November 23 rd 2009 7:00 PM Albany, NY Riverdale, NY 1853 3,200 Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D Robert J. Byrnes ‘68 Jaspers/Lady Jaspers Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Draddy Gymnasium (2,345) 718-862-7227 718-862-8020 www.GoJaspers.com Joe Clifford 718-862-7709 718-862-8020 clifford@manhattan.edu John Olenowski (Saint Leo ’78) 70-28 (.714), 4th Season 0-0 (.000), 1st Season Sonia Burke Christine Catalanotto Kristen Piscadlo 10-20 7-11/T-Seventh 9/3 (3/2)

Hofstra University November 18 th , 2009 7:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY Hofstra University Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Athletic Dept # Athletic Dept Fax # Press Row # Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Fax: SID Email: Head Coach (Alma Mater):

Hempstead, NY 1935 12,400 Stuart Rabinowitz Jack Hayes Pride Colonial Athletic Association David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex (5,045) 516-463-6750 (516) 463-5033 516-463-7725 www.GoHostra.com Stephen Gorchov 516-463-4933 516-463-5033 stephen.a.gorchov@hofstra.edu

Overall Record: Record @ Hofstra: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Krista Kilburn-Steveskey (North Carolina State ’90) 47-47 (3rd Season) Same Danielle Santos, Faisal Khan, Jessica Mannetti 16-14 8-10/T-6 th

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

9/4 (3/2)

University at Albany Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Athletic Dept # Press Row # Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Fax: SID Email:

Albany, NY 1844 13,246 Undergraduate, 4,956 Graduate George M. Philip Lee McElroy Great Danes America East SEFCU Arena (4,538) 518-442-3359 518-442-2566 www.ualbanysports.com Matthew Chmura 518-442-3359 518-442-3139 mchmura@uamail.albany.edu

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ UAlbany: Conf. Record: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Trina Patterson (Virginia ’87) 172-282 (16 th Season) 71-134 3-13/T8th place Melissa Patterson, Vonn Read, Phil Collins 6-25 3-13/T-8th

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

7/4 (2/3)

Fairfield University November 25th 2009 5:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY Fairfield University Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Athletic Dept Fax # Press Row # Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Fax: SID Email:

Fairfield, CT 1942 3,300 Jeffrey von Arx, S.J. Eugene P. Doris Stags Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Arena at Harbor Yard (5,298 203-254-4117 203-345-2500 www.fairfieldstags.com Chris O’Connor 203-254-4000 ext 2878 203-254-4117 coconnor@fairfield.edu

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Fairfield: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Joe Frager (Connecticut ’84) 229-105 (12th Season) 40-22 (3rd Season) Aliya Cox, Dennis Masi, Laura Scinto 18-13 12-6 (3rd Place) 8/5 (2/3)

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2009-2010 opponents Army November 30 th 2009 7:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY Army Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: Superintendent: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Press Row # Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Fax: SID Email: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Army: Assistant Coach:

Stony Brook University December 6th, 2009 2:00 PM Stony Brook, NY

West Point, NY 1802 (3/16 by an act of Congress) 4,400 Lt. Gen. Franklin L. Hagenbeck Kevin Anderson Black Knights Patriot League Christl Arena (5,043) 845-938-4441 www.goarmysports.com Tracy Nelson 845-938-4090 845-446-2556 tracy.nelson@usma.edu

08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Dave Magarity (St. Francis PA ’74) 374-364 (M & W; 26 th Season) 61-30 (4th Season) Maureen Magarity, Shandrika Lee-Gerch, Erin Mills, Jason Marshall 19-12 8-6/T-3 rd

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

4/4 (3/2)

Bryant University December 4th, 2009 7:00 PM Smithfield, Rhode Island Bryant University Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Press Row # Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Fax: SID Email: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Bryant: Assistant Coach:

Smithfield, Rhode Island 1863 3,200 Hon. Ronald K. Machtley Bill Smith Bulldogs Independent (Northeast Conference 2012-13) Chace Athletic Center (2,600) 401-232-6829 www.bryantbulldogs.com Brian Bruce 401-232-6000 (x20113) 401-232-6076 bbruce@bryant.edu

08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Mary Burke (Providence ’88) 257-252 (18th Season) Same Mark Caruso, John Hogan, Lynne-Ann Kokoski 11-18 Independent

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

9/2 (4/1)

Stony Brook University Facts Location: Stony Brook, NY Founded: 1957 Enrollment: 23,997 President: Dr. Samuel L. Stanley, Jr Athletic Director: Jim Fiore Nickname: Seawolves Conference Affiliation: America East Home Court: Pritchard Gymnasium (1,800) Website: www.GoSeawolves.org SID Contact: Craig Schroeder, Jr. SID Phone: 631-632-7293 SID Email: craig.schroeder@stonybrook.edu Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Stony Brook: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Michele Cherry (Arizona St ’92) 14-46 (Second Season) Same Evelyn Thompson, Olivia Dardy, Emily Hardy 6-23 4-12/7th Place

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

7/3 (4/1)

Colgate University December 12 nd, 2009 2:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY Colgate University Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email:

Hamilton, NY 1819 2,800 Lyle Roelofs David Roach Raiders Patriot League Cotterell Court (3,100) www.GoColgateRaiders.com Liz Judge 315-228-6761 ejudge@mail.colgate.edu

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Colgate: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Pamela Bass (Brown ’91) 14-75 (Third Season) 6-54 (Second Season) Karen Blair, Kim Foley, Jennifer Brown 5-25 1-14 (8th Place)

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

10/2 (4/1)

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2009-2010 opponents Troy University December 22 nd, 2009 2:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY

University of Pennsylvania December 31st, 2009 7:00 PM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Troy University Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: Chancellor: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email:

Troy, Alabama 1887 28,255 Dr. Jack Hawkins Jr. Steve Dennis Trojans Sun Belt Trojan Arena (4,000) www.troytrojans.com Travis Jarome 334-670-5654 tjarome@troy.edu

University of Pennsylvania Facts Location: Philadelphia, PA Founded: 1740 Enrollment: 10,275 President: Dr. Amy Gutmann Athletic Director: Steve Bilsky, W’71 Nickname: Quakers Conference Affiliation: Ivy League Home Court: The Palestra (8,722) Website: www.pennathletics.com SID Contact: Eric Dolan SID Phone: 215-898-6129 SID Email: erdolan@upenn.edu

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Troy: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Michael Murphy (Cardinal Stritch ’85) 163-137 (10th Season) 91-110 (7th Season) Craig Kennedy, Jennifer Wasson 16-14 10-8 (Second in East Division)

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Penn: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Mike McLaughlin (Holy Family ’89) 407-61/14 Seasons First Season Kara Cassidy, Bernadette Laukaitis 9-19 6-8/T-4 th

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

8/5 (3/2)

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

7/4 (3/2)

Iona College December 28th 2009 7:30 PM New Rochelle, NY

Central Connecticut State January 4 th, 2010 7:00 PM New Britain, Connecticut

Iona College Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Fax: SID Email:

New Rochelle, NY 1940 3,246 Br. James A Liguori Patrick Lyons Gaels Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Hynes Athletics Center (2,611) www.ICGaels.com Jessica Rosenberg 914-633-2310 914-633-2072 jrosenberg@iona.edu

Central Connecticut Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email:

New Britain, CT 1849 12,000 Dr. John W. Miller TBA Blue Devils Northeast Detrick Gymnasium (2,654) www.ccsubluedevils.com Daniel Forcella (860) 832-3057 forcelladap@ccsu.edu

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Iona: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Anthony Bozzella (Seton Hall ’88) 244-253 (17th Season) 90-122 (7th Season) Christi Abbate, Ashlee Kelly, Toni Horvath 18-13 10-8 (4th Place)

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ CCSU: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Beryl Piper (CCSU ‘87) 22-39 (Two Seasons) Same Kerri Reaves, Gleen Senecal, Liz Strich 18-14 12-6/2nd

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

12/1 (5/0)

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

8/3 (5/0)

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2009-2010 opponents St. Francis (PA) January 7th, 2010 5:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY St. Francis (PA) Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ SFPA: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Columbia University January 11th , 2010 7:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY

Loretto, PA 1847 2,000 Rev. Gabriel Zeis, T.O.R. Bob Krimmel Red Flash Northeast DeGol Arena @ The Maurice Stokes Center www.GoRedFlash.com Ashley Bailey 814-472-3916 abailey@francis.edu Susan Robinson Fruchtl (Penn State ’92) 21-40 (2nd Season) Same Joe Haigh, Tiffani Selhorst, Kam Gissendanner 15-17 11-7/3rd 9/3 (5/0)

Robert Morris January 9th, 2010 2:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY Robert Morris Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Press Row: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ RMU: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Columbia Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Press Row:

New York, NY 1754 5,708 Lee C. Bollinger Dr. M. Dianne Murphy Lions Ivy League Levien Gymnasium (2,700) www.gocolumbialions.com Dan Lobacz 212-854-7141 dl2524@columbia.edu 212-854-1165

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Columbia: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Paul Nixon (Vanderbilt ’93) 37-74 (5th Season) Same Katy Steding, Shanna Cook, Nick Burke 13-15 6-8 (T-4th) 8/2 (4/1)

Mount St. Mary’s University January 14th, 2010 5:00 PM Emmitsburg, MD Moon Township, PA 1921 5,000 Gregory G. Dell’Omo, PhD. Craig Coleman, M.D. Colonials Northeast Charles L. Sewall Center www.rmucolonials.com Ken Baker 412-397-5887 baker@rmu.edu (412) 397-3959 Sal Buscaglia (Canisius ’76) 590-270 (32nd Season) 103-79 (Seventh Season) Charlie Buscaglia (Associate HC), Kyle Hejmowski 13-18 9-9/6th 7/5 (1/4)

Mount St. Mary’s Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Press Row:

Emmitsburg, MD 1808 2,100 Thomas H. Powell Lynne P. Robinson The Mount, Mountaineers Northeast Knott Arena www.mountathletics.com Dave Musil, Jr 301-447-5384 musil@msmary.edu 301-447-3286

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ MSM: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Bryan Whitten (King’s ’91) 242-141 (14th Season) 22-38 (3rd Season) Jada Pierce, Denise King, Lisa Steele, 14-16 8-10 (8th) 7/3 (4/1)

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2009-2010 opponents Wagner College January 16th, 2010 3:00 PM Staten Island, NY Wagner Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Press Row: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Wagner: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Wagner College January 23rd, 2010 2:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY

Staten Island, NY 1883 2,000 Dr. Richard Guarasci Walt Hameline Seahawks Northeast Spiro Sports Center www.wagnerathletics.com Kevin Ross 718-390-3215 kevin.ross@wagner.edu 718-420-4433 Gela Mikalauskas (Kean ’77) 193-230 (15th Season) Same Maureen Hannafin, Art Redmond, Whitney Ffrench 7-22 3-15 (T-10th) 9/3 (4/1)

Mount St. Mary’s University January 21st, 2010 5:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY

Wagner Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Press Row: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Wagner: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Staten Island, NY 1883 2,000 Dr. Richard Guarasci Walt Hameline Seahawks Northeast Spiro Sports Center www.wagnerathletics.com Kevin Ross 718-390-3215 kevin.ross@wagner.edu 718-420-4433 Gela Mikalauskas (Kean ’77) 193-230 (15 th Season) Same Maureen Hannafin, Art Redmond, Whitney Ffrench 7-22 3-15 (T-10th) 9/3 (4/1)

St. Francis (PA) January 28th, 2010 5:00 PM Loretto, PA

Mount St. Mary’s Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Press Row:

Emmitsburg, MD 1808 2,100 Thomas H. Powell Lynne P. Robinson The Mount, Mountaineers Northeast Knott Arena www.mountathletics.com Dave Musil, Jr 301-447-5384 musil@msmary.edu 301-447-3286

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ MSM: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Bryan Whitten (King’s ’91) 242-141 (14 th Season) 22-38 (3 rd Season) Jada Pierce, Denise King, Lisa Steele, 14-16 8-10 (8th) 7/3 (4/1)

St. Francis (PA) Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ SFPA: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

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2009-2010 opponents Robert Morris January 30th 2010 TBA Moon Township, PA Robert Morris Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Press Row: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ RMU: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Long Island University February 6th, 2010 2:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY

Moon Township, PA 1921 5,000 Gregory G. Dell’Omo, PhD. Craig Coleman, M.D. Colonials Northeast Charles L. Sewall Center www.rmucolonials.com Ken Baker 412-397-5887 baker@rmu.edu (412) 397-3959 Sal Buscaglia (Canisius ’76) 590-270 (32nd Season) 103-79 (Seventh Season) Charlie Buscaglia (Associate HC), Kyle Hejmowski 13-18 9-9/6 th 7/5 (1/4)

Long Island University February 4th, 2010 5:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY Long Island Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: (2,500) Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ LIU Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Long Island Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: (2,500) Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ LIU Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Brooklyn, NY 1926 11,000 David J. Steinberg John Suarez Blackbirds Northeast Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center www.liuathletics.com Shawn Sweeney 718-488-1307 shawn.sweeney@liu.edu Gail Striegler (Central Arkansas ’90) 115-148 (9th Season) 9-20 (1ST Season) Cassie Glasrud, Colleen Mullen, Destiney Avent 9-20 4-14/9 th 8/2 (3/2)

Quinnipiac University February 11th , 2010 5:00 PM Hamden, CT Brooklyn, NY 1926 11,000 David J. Steinberg John Suarez Blackbirds Northeast Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center www.liuathletics.com Shawn Sweeney 718-488-1307 shawn.sweeney@liu.edu Gail Striegler (Central Arkansas ’90) 115-148 (9th Season) 9-20 (1ST Season) Cassie Glasrud, Colleen Mullen, Destiney Avent 9-20 4-14/9 th 8/2 (3/2)

Quinnipiac Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email:

Hamden, CT 1929 7,400 Dr. John L. Lahey Jack McDonald Bobcats Northeast TD Bank Sports Center (3,254) www.quinnipiacbobcats.com Patrick Salvas 203-582-5387 patrick.salvas@quinnipiac.edu

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Quinnipiac: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Tricia Fabbri (Fairfield ’91) 195-196 (15 th Season) Same Helen Ridley, Tom Blake, Mountain MacGillivray 18-11 11-7 (T-3 rd) 9/3 (3/2)

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2009-2010 opponents Sacred Heart University February 13th , 2010 1:00 PM Fairfield, CT Sacred Heart Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Press Row: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Sacred Heart: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Fairleigh Dickinson University February 20th, 2010 2:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY

Fairfield, CT 1963 3,465 Dr. Anthony J. Cernera C. Donald Cook Pioneers Northeast William H. Pitt Center www.sacredheartpioneers.com Bill Peterson 203-396-8125 petersonb2@sacredheart.edu 203-396-8297 Ed Swanson ‘89 322-221 (19th Season) Same Lauren Hall-Gregory, Shannon Bush, Lauren DeFalco 25-8 18-0 (1st Place) 11/4 (3/2)

Monmouth University February 18th, 2010 5:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY

Fairleigh Dickinson Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Press Row: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ FDU: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Teaneck, NJ 1942 6,051 Dr. J. Michael Adams David A. Langford Knights Northeast Rothman Center (4,500) www.fduknights.com Wes Heinel 201-692-2204 heinelwr@fdu.edu 201-646-9265 Peter Cinella (West New England College ’90) 334-179 (16th Season) 20-40 (3rd Year) Mary McConnell, Chante Bonds, Mercedez Walker 10-20 9-9/T-6th

Central Connecticut State February 25th, 2010 5:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY

Monmouth Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email: Press Row:

West Long Branch, NJ 1933 4,500 Vice Admiral Paul Gaffney II Dr. Marilyn McNeil Hawks Northeast Multipurpose Activity Center (4,100) www.gomuhawks.com Eddy Occhipinti 732-263-5834 eocchipi@monmouth.edu 732-571-3677

Central Connecticut Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Email:

New Britain, CT 1849 12,000 Dr. John W. Miller TBA Blue Devils Northeast Detrick Gymnasium (2,654) www.ccsubluedevils.com Daniel Forcella (860) 832-3057 forcelladap@ccsu.edu

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Monmouth: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Stephanie V. Gaitley (Villanova ’82) 440-266 (24th Season) 18-13 (First Season) Jen Payes, Angelika Szumilo, Sami Allison 18-13 11-7/T-3 rd 5/7 (4/1)

Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ CCSU: Assistant Coach: 08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record: Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

Beryl Piper (CCSU ‘87) 22-39 (Two Seasons) Same Kerri Reaves, Gleen Senecal, Liz Strich 18-14 12-6/2nd 8/3 (5/0)

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2009-2010 opponents Bryant University February 27th, 2010 2:00 PM Brooklyn Heights, NY Bryant University Facts Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Athletic Director: Nickname: Conference Affiliation: Home Court: Press Row # Website: SID Contact: SID Phone: SID Fax: SID Email: Head Coach (Alma Mater): Overall Record: Record @ Bryant: Assistant Coach:

08-09 Overall Record: 08-09 Conf. Record:

Mary Burke (Providence â&#x20AC;&#x2122;88) 257-252 (18th Season) Same Mark Caruso, John Hogan, Lynne-Ann Kokoski 11-18 Independent

Letterwinners, (Starters R/L):

9/2 (4/1)

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ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS -A-

Florida Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 62-76 (L) (1994-95)

Adelphi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 . . . . . . . 71-73 (L) (11/27/90)

Florida State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 65-73 (L) (12/17/00)

Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 72-69 (W) (1995-95)

Fordham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14 . . . . . . . 58-88 (L) (11/30/00)

Air Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . 63-62 (WOT) (11/21/07) Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2. . . . . . . . 63-60 (W) (12/19/08)

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American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 60-66 (L) (12/20/00)

Georgia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 52-77 (L) (11/28/99)

Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-7. . . . . . . . 57-63 (L) (11/18/07)

Georgia Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2. . . . . . . . 60-91 (L) (12/21/99)

-BBarnard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 86-35 (W) (1976-77)

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Bridgeport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2. . . . . . . . 86-70 (W) (1991-92)

Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 56-72 (L) (1993-94)

Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7. . . . . . . . . 52-69 (L) (1991-92)

Hofstra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 . . . . . . . 46-70 (L) (12/22/08)

Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 58-76 (L) (11/21/99)

Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3. . . . . . . . . 44-58 (L) (1976-77)

Bryant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2. . . . . . . . . 55-62 (L) (2/23/09) Bucknell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2. . . . . . . . . 42-59 (L) (1996-97)

-I-

Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . 64-62 (W) (1992-93)

Illinois-Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 60-61 (L) (1983-84) Iona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17. . . . . . . 49-67 (L) (11/26/08)

-C-

Ithaca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 53-68 (L) (1983-84)

City College of New York . . . . . . 2-1. . . . . . . . 88-37 (W) (1977-78) Canisius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 48-53 (L) (1997-98)

-J-

Centenary (LA) . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 62-75 (L) (12/07/02)

James Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2. . . . . . . . 53-72 (L) (12/28/08)

Central Connecticut State . . . . . 7-15. . . . . . . . . 52-64 (L) (2/21/09) Colgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . 54-56 (L) (11/22/08)

-K-

Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9. . . . . . . . 54-78 (L) (11/18/08)

Kings (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0. . . . . . . . 85-52 (W) (1977-78)

Coppin State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2. . . . . . . . . 59-76 (L) (1992-93) Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5. . . . . . . . 48-59 (L) (11/24/08)

-L-

C.W. Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 . . . . . . . 73-62 (W) (1992-93)

Lafayette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4. . . . . . . . 54-64 (L) (11/27/07) LaSalle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . 53-67 (L) (12/20/03)

-D-

Lehman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 75-52 (W) (1978-79)

Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 57-50 (W) (1996-97)

Long Beach State . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . 58-106 (L) (12/27/01)

Delaware State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . . 53-64 (L) (12/3/00)

Long Island University . . . . . . 20-41. . . . . . . . 52-64 (L) (2/28/09)

Dominican (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1. . . . . . . . 83-68 (W) (1984-85)

Loyola (MD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6. . . . . . . . . 66-71 (L) (1991-92)

Drexel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2. . . . . . . . 63-66 (L) (11/18/98) -M-E-

Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 47-58 (L) (12/16/07)

Eastern Connecticut State . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 55-56 (L) (1981-82)

Manhattan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 . . . . . . . 59-63 (L) (11/14/08)

Eastern Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 57-66 (L) (1997-98)

Manhattan C.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0. . . . . . . . 64-51 (W) (1975-76) Manhattanville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4. . . . . . . . 68-67 (W) (1983-84)

-F-

Marist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24 . . . . . . . . 60-51 (W) (2/24/97)

Fairfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6. . . . . . . . 51-65 (L) (12/22/07)

UMBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8. . . . . . . . . 48-68 (L) (1/23/03)

Fairleigh Dickinson . . . . . . . . 14-42. . . . . . . . 43-64 (L) (2/14/09)

UMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2. . . . . . . . 62-65 (L) (12/03/06)

Fitchburg State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 59-63 (L) (1976-77)

Mercy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7. . . . . . . . . 58-67 (L) (1985-86)

Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 57-83 (L) (11/18/05)

Missouri-Kansas City . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 49-76 (L) (12/28/01)

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Molloy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8 . . . . . . . 65-46 (W) (1992-93)

St. Francis (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . 13-33. . . . . . . . 54-66 (L) (1/24/09)

Monmouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46 . . . . . . . . . 54-71 (L) (2/7/09)

St. John’s (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-7. . . . . . . . 52-68 (L) (11/27/01)

Montclair State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . 60-55 (W) (1985-86)

St. Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-0. . . . . . . . 79-36 (W) (1976-77)

Mount St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40 . . . . . . . . 45-63 (L) (2/16/09)

Saint Peter’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7. . . . . . . . 29-110 (L) (1988-89) St. Thomas Aquinas . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 70-48 (W) (1985-86)

-N-

Seton Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-8. . . . . . . . 50-68 (L) (11/20/05)

New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2. . . . . . . . 47-63 (L) (12/28/03)

Siena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7. . . . . . . . . 58-81 (L) (1986-87)

Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6. . . . . . . . 48-52 (L) (12/27/05)

South Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . 54-61 (L) (11/22/03)

NJIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0. . . . . . . . 58-54 (W) (11/11/07)

South Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2. . . . . . . . 61-94 (L) (11/25/06)

New Rochelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0. . . . . . . . 70-61 (W) (1984-85)

Southhampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 68-53 (W) (1993-94)

N.Y.C.C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0. . . . . . . . 52-30 (W) (1975-76)

Staten Island CC . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0. . . . . . . . 44-34 (W) (1975-76)

NYIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3. . . . . . . . . 59-72 (L) (1985-86)

Stony Brook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3. . . . . . . . 68-51 (W) (1980-81)

NYPDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 60-51 (W) (1973-74)

Swedish Nationals . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 58-56 (W) (1976-77)

New York University . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 67-64 (W) (1986-87) Niagara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 50-48 (W) (11/28/04)

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N. Carolina-Wilmington . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 60-94 (L) (1988-89)

Towson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2. . . . . . . . 45-48 (L) (12/17/05)

Northeastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2. . . . . . . . 67-52 (W) (12/29/05) -U-O-

Upsala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1. . . . . . . . 66-42 (W) (1981-82)

Old Westbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . . . . . 86-46 (1984-85)

Ursinus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 59-65 (L) (1980-81)

Oneonta State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . . . . . 66-59 (1975-76) -V-P-

Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 51-72 (L) (11/21/03)

Pace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4. . . . . . . . . 54-88 (L) (1986-87)

Virginia Commonwealth . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 56-70 (L) (1994-95)

Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4. . . . . . . . 49-62 (L) (12/31/08) Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2. . . . . . . . . 68-90 (L) (1985-86)

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Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 62-88 (L) (12/28/04)

Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-46. . . . . . . . 58-65 (L) (1/26/09)

Princeton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2. . . . . . . . 55-63 (L) (11/29/07)

Western Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . 53-51 (W) (12/30/98)

Providence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2. . . . . . . . 46-72 (L) (11/21/06)

West Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3. . . . . . . . . 41-75 (L) (1982-83) West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . 75-64 (W) (1977-78)

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William Paterson . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3. . . . . . . . 80-74 (W) (1984-85)

Queens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4. . . . . . . . . 62-78 (L) (1984-85)

Wisconsin-Green Bay . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . 55-93 (L) (11/24/00)

Quinnipiac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12 . . . . . . . . 45-60 (L) (1/19/09) -Y-R-

Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . . 41-53 (L) (1995-96)

Rider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20 . . . . . . . 63-66 (L) (12/09/04)

York (NY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2. . . . . . . . 78-65 (W) (1975-76)

Robert Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-33. . . . . . . . . 61-60 (W) (2/9/09) Rutgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1. . . . . . . . . 64-86 (L) (1976-77)

St. Francis Overall Record: 267-657 (.289 Winning Percentage) St. Francis Conference Record: 89-330 (.212 Winning Percentage)

-SSacred Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18 . . . . . . . . . 51-60 (L) (3/2/09) St. Bonaventure . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3. . . . . . . . . 40-88 (L) (12/7/03)

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St. Francis College All-Time Records Year

Record

Pct.

NEC

Pct.

Year

1973-74

9-5

.643

N/A

1974-75

6-11

.353

N/A

1975-76

16-10

.615

1976-77

14-10

1977-78

Record

Pct.

NEC

Pct.

1991-92

1-26

.037

0-16

.000

N/A

1992-93

3-23

.115

0-18

.000

N/A

1993-94

9-19

.321

5-13

.278

.583

N/A

1994-95

12-16

.429

6-12

.333

14-13

.519

N/A

1995-96

3-23

.115

2-16

.111

1978-79

11-13

.458

N/A

1996-97

5-22

.185

2-16

.111

1979-80

9-15

.375

N/A

1997-98

11-16

.407

7-9

.438

1980-81

9-20

.310

N/A

1998-99

10-17

.370

9-11

.450

1981-82

7-16

.304

N/A

1999-00

2-25

.074

1-17

.056

1982-83

5-22

.185

N/A

2000-01

2-25

.074

2-16

.111

1983-84

5-20

.200

N/A

2001-02

5-22

.185

3-15

.167

1984-85

13-13

.500

N/A

2002-03

2-25

.074

1-17

.056

1985-86

9-16

.360

N/A

2003-04

8-19

.296

7-11

.389

1986-87

14-15

.482

9-7

.563

2004-05

10-18

.357

7-11

.389

1987-88

4-22

.154

2-14

.125

2005-06

5-22

.185

4-14

.222

1988-89

3-24

.111

1-15

.063

2006-07

13-18

.419

7-11

.389

1989-90

6-20

.231

2-14

.125

2007-08

10-20

.333

7-11

.389

1990-91

5-22

.185

2-14

.125

2008-09

4-25

.138

3-15

.167

OVERALL

274-668

.291

89-313

.221

SFNY vs. The Northeast Conference All Time Records School

Record

Pct.

Bryant#

0-2

.000

Central Connecticut State

7-16

.304

Fairleigh Dickinson

14-42

.250

Long Island

20-41

.328

Monmouth

5-46

.098

Mount St. Mary’s

2-38

.050

Quinnipiac

6-14

.300

Robert Morris

14-32

.304

Sacred Heart

8-18

.444

Saint Francis (PA)

13-33

.283

Wagner

16-46

.258

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St. Francis College All-Time individual Records POINTS - CAREER Karen Erving Tiffany Hill Jeanne Zatorski Chris Cunningham Pam Curcio Kara Ayers Christine Taps Katja Bavendam Elaine Hunt Rosie Downing Mary Kawas Sharon McAdams

1,929 1,764 1,704 1,496 1,394 1,190 1,156 1,130 1,084 1,046 1,027 1,003

POINTS - SEASON

Karen Erving 591 (1988-89) Karen Erving 566 (1990-91) Chris Cunningham563 (1994-95) Tiffany Hill 520 (2007-08) Pam Curcio 513 (1987-88) Kara Ayers 500 (2008-09) Jeanne Zatorski 468 (1977-78) Karen Erving 457 (1989-90) Jeanne Zatorski 456 (1978-79) Christine Taps 418 (1997-98) Tiffany Hill 417 (2005-06)

REBOUNDS - CAREER Karen Erving Patricia Dolan Jeanne Zatorski Rosie Downing Cathy Howley Christine Taps Katja Bavendam Elaine Hunt Caitlin O’Malley Patrice Erving

1,049 906 878 871 769 763 723 720 629 626

REBOUNDS - SEASON Karen Abrams Carolyn Harvey Patricia Dolan Karen Erving Karen Erving Patricia Dolan Katja Bavendam Rosie Downing Karen Erving Vicky Francis

372 (1986-87) 314 (1998-99) 301 (1985-86) 299 (1990-91) 296 (1988-89) 294 (1984-85) 290 (2006-07) 280 (1982-83) 267 (1989-90) 261 (1977-78)

FIELD GOALS MADE CAREER Karen Erving Jeanne Zatorski Tiffany Hill Pam Curcio Chris Cunningham487 Elaine Hunt Katja Bavendam Rosie Downing Mary Kawas Christine Taps

798 765 611 517 441 441 435 435 410

FIELD GOALS MADE SEASON

FIELD GOAL % - SEASON

Karen Erving 241 (1988-89) Karen Erving 221 (1990-91) Jeanne Zatorski 209 (1977-78) Jeanne Zatorski 206 (1978-79) Karen Erving 192 (1989-90) Pam Curcio 187 (1976-77) Jeanne Zatorski 187 (1976-77) Chris Cunningham176 (1994-95) Karen Abrams 173 (1986-87) Margaret Flannery 168 (1984-85) Tiffany Hill 168 (2007-08)

FG ATTEMPTED - CAREER Karen Erving Jeanne Zatorski Tiffany Hilll Chris Cunningham Pam Curcio Elaine Hunt Christine Taps Kara Ayers Mary Kawas Rosie Downing Janet McDade Katja Bavendam Candice Crusen

2,109 1,686 1,640 1,460 1,327 1,131 1,055 1,022 992 971 954 930 926

FG ATTEMPTED - SEASON Karen Erving Karen Erving Pam Curcio Karen Erving Jeanne Zatorski Jeanne Zatorski Chris Cunningham Tiffany Hill Kara Ayers Chris Cunningham Jeanne Zatorski

630 (1988-89) 609 (1990-91) 495 (1987-88) 485 (1989-90) 457 (1977-78) 447 (1976-77) 446 (1994-95) 441 (2007-08) 422 (2008-09) 420 (1993-94) 416 (1978-79)

FIELD GOAL % - CAREER (Min. 100 FG Made) Karen Abrams Carolyn Harvey Katja Bavendam Patricia Dolan Caitlin O’Malley Kim Bennett Samantha Fisher Jazmine Rhodes Jeanne Zatorski Patrice Erving

.500 .495 .478 .466 .458 .456 .456 .456 .454 .450

(Min. 75 FG Made) Karen Abrams Katja Bavendam Patricia Dolan Carolyn Harvey Patricia Dolan Kim Bennett Jeanne Zatorski Carolyn Harvey Jazmine Rhodes Mary Kawas

.520 (173/333) 1986-87 .518 (172/332) 2006-07 .513 (99/193) 1984-85 .509 (114/224) 1997-98 .505 (106/210) 1985-86 .497 (77/155) 2002-03 .495 (206/416) 1978-79 .492 (155/315) 1998-99 .486 (88/181) 2000-01 .483 (114/236) 1983-84

3-POINT FG MADE - CAREER Tiffany Hill Chris Cunningham Kim Weir Margaret Murphy Kara Ayers Erinn Siemer Colleen Carbone Linda Warrington Melissa Gialanella Sheila Hennessy Kim Weir

214 191 156 147 139 120 105 87 76 76 73

3-POINT FG MADE SEASON Tiffany Hill Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham Margaret Murphy Erinn Siemer Tiffany Hill Melissa Gialanella Kara Ayers Kim Weir Colleen Carbone Chris Cunningham

85 (2007-08) 62 (1994-95) 57 (1993-94) 53 (1992-93) 51 (1996-97) 50 (2005-06) 48 (1997-98) 47 (2008-09) 45 (2003-04) 46 (2001-02) 42 (1992-93)

3-POINT FG ATTEMPTED - CAREER Tiffany Hill Chris Cunningham Margaret Murphy Erinn Siemer Kim Weir Kara Ayers Colleen Carbone Kim Weir Sheila Hennessy Colleen Carbone Linda Warrington

3-POINT FG ATTEMPTED - SEASON Tiffany Hill Erinn Siemer Margaret Murphy Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham Kara Ayers Colleen Carbone Tiffany Hill Tiffany Hill Kara Ayers Kim Weir

231 (2007-08) 207 (1996-97) 178 (1992-93) 178 (1993-94) 172 (1994-95) 163 (2008-09) 159 (2001-02) 156 (2005-06) 149 (2006-07) 149 (2006-07) 148 (2003-04)

3-POINT FG % - CAREER (Min. 10 3-Point Goals Made) Chris Cunningham Erika Porter Pam Curcio Kia Nealy Mary Miller Trisha Guli Kim Weir Linda Warrington Melissa Gialanella Kara Ayers Friederike Stenzel

.338 .335 .333 .333 .331 .331 .331 .322 .321 .302 .300

3-POINT FG % - SEASON

(Min. 15 Three-Point FG Made) Angela Merlino .434 (23/53) 1998-99 Trisha Guli .432 (19/44) 1998-99 Kia Nealy .426 (20/47) 2001-02 Pam Curcio .404 (17/42) 1986-87 Kim Weir .393 (35/89) 2002-03 Erika Porter .389 (35/90) 1994-95 Pam Curcio .375 (39/104) 1987-88 Kara Ayers .371 (23/62) 2005-06 Kim Weir .373 (38/102) 2001-02 Maggie Steadley .372 (32/86) 2001-02 Chris Cunningham .360 (62/172) 1994-95

642 565 515 502 471 460 365 339 321 277 270

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St. Francis College All-Time individual Records FREE THROWS MADE CAREER Christine Taps Chris Cunningham Karen Erving Tiffany Hill Pam Curcio Kara Ayers Caitlin O’Malley Sheila Hennessy Katja Bavendam Jazmine Rhodes Sharon McAdams

336 331 331 310 289 283 247 243 242 237 217

FREE THROWS MADE SEASON Chris Cunningham Christine Taps Kara Ayers Jazmine Rhodes Karen Erving Christine Taps Karen Erving Tiffany Hill Carolyn Harvey Pam Curcio Clare Guerriero

149 (1994-95) 138 (1997-98) 137 (2008-09) 127 (1999-00) 124 (1990-91) 114 (1996-97) 109 (1988-89) 99 (2007-08 98 (1998-99) 92 (1987-88) 92 (1991-92)

FT ATTEMPTED CAREER Karen Erving Christine Taps Tiffany Hill Chris Cunningham Katja Bavendam Pam Curcio Janet McDade Sheila Hennessy Kara Ayers Sharon McAdams Jazmine Rhodes Kim Bennett

539 530 422 413 389 380 362 359 358 347 336 334

FT ATTEMPTED - SEASON Christine Taps Christine Taps Karen Erving Karen Erving Chris Cunningham Jazmine Rhodes Kara Ayers Katja Bavendam Dayna Barksdale Christine Taps Tiffany Hill

194 (1996-97) 194 (1997-98) 183 (1990-91) 181 (1988-89) 176 (1994-95) 174 (1999-00) 162 (2008-09) 148 (2006-07) 137 (1987-88) 137 (1995-96) 135 (2007-08)

FREE THROW % CAREER (Minimum 75 Made) Chris Cunningham Kara Ayers Colleen Carbone Clare Guerriero Mary Miller Pam Curcio Allison Packowski Tiffany Hill Margaret Murphy Kris Curcio Carolyn Harvey

ASSISTS - SEASON .801 .790 .787 .768 .765 .761 .741 .735 .720 .717 .706

FREE THROW % SEASON

(Min. 40 Free Throws Made) Colleen Carbone .859 (61/71) 2002-03 Chris Cunningham .847 (149/176) 1994-95 Kara Ayers .846 (137/162) 2008-09 Trisha Guli .837 (82/98) 1998-99 Clare Guerriero .836 (92/110) 1991-92 Chris Cunningham .830 (83/100) 1993-94 Colleen Carbone .795 (62/78) 2000-01 Patrice Erving .790 (79/100) 1994-95 Caitlin O’Malley .783 (47/60) 2001-02 Pam Curcio .780 (92/118) 1987-88 Carolyn Harvey .778 (98/126) 1998-99

ASSISTS - CAREER Sandy Salerno Janet McDade Sharon McAdams Chris Cunningham Kristen Miah Mary Kawas Pam Curcio Trisha Guli Angela Merlino Colleen Carbone Dorothy Murphy

589 546 461 457 431 418 301 295 282 254 248

Sandy Salerno Sharon McAdams Sandy Salerno Sandy Salerno Pam Curcio Kristen Miah Mary Kawas Kristen Miah Mary Kawas Janet McDade Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham

192 (1990-91) 168 (1980-81) 159 (1988-89) 155 (1989-90) 154 (1986-87) 138 (2006-07) 133 (1984-85) 131 (2008-09) 126 (1985-86) 123 (1976-77) 122 (1994-95) 121 (1991-92)

BLOCKS - CAREER Katja Bavendam Elaine Hunt Patricia Dolan Carolyn Harvey Kim Bennett Kendra Williams Jessica Villaplana Rosie Downing Candice Crusen Jazmine Rhodes Kim Weir Eileen Long

236 113 95 92 62 59 57 54 44 42 41 35

STEALS - SEASON Sharon McAdams Janet McDade Sharon McAdams Clare Kennedy Karen Abrams Sandy Salerno Sandy Salerno Janet McDade Sandy Salerno Dot Guerriero

156 (1980-81) 149 (1977-78) 140 (1977-78) 118 (1980-81) 87 (1986-87) 81 (1989-90) 76 (1988-89) 72 (1976-77) 70 (1990-91) 68 (1996-97)

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NOTE: All records contained in this section are based upon verifiable seasonending reports. Information for some seasons is incomplete or missing. If you have additional information for these records please contact St. Francis College Athletics: Sports Information Department at (718) 489-5369.

BLOCKED SHOTS SEASON

Katja Bavendam 93 (2006-07) Katja Bavendam 69 (2005-06) Katja Bavendam 52 (2007-08) Carolyn Harvey 48 (1997-98) Elaine Hunt 44 (1983-84) Jessica Villaplana 43 (1992-93) Patricia Dolan 39 (1984-85) Elaine Hunt 34 (1986-87) Carolyn Harvey 33 (1998-99) Kendra Williams 33 (2008-09) Rosie Downing 27 (1983-84)

STEALS - CAREER Sharon McAdams Sandy Salerno Janet McDade Chris Cunningham Mary Kawas Sheila Hennessy Karen Erving Christine Taps Kris Curcio Kristen Miah Pam Curcio

354 294 221 213 193 173 172 160 158 156 154

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2008-2009 season game-by game Results RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

OVERALL (4-25) (3-15) (1-10)

HOME (2-13) (1-8) (1-5)

AWAY (2-12) (2-7) (0-5)

NEUTRAL (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

DATE TIME 11-14-08 7:00 PM

OPPONENT MANHATTAN

SCORE ATTEND HIGH POINTS W 59-63 L 214 (23) AYERS, Kara

11/18/08 7:00 p.m.

at Columbia

54-78 L

202

11-22-08 4:00

at Colgate

54-56 L

210 (17) AYERS, Kara

11/24/08

7:00 p.m.

at Cornell

48-59 L

(19) AYERS, Kara

(12) LEITHEUSER, Kristin

11/26/08

4:00 PM

IONA

49-67 L

205

(19) AYERS, Kara

(8) WILLIAMS, Kendra

12/01/08

7:00 p.m.

at Bryant

50-53 L

(14) WILLIAMS, Kendra

(9) LEITHEUSER, Kristin

12/06/08

3:30 p.m.

* at SAINT FRANCIS

71-97 L

414

(23) AYERS, Kara

(3) HERALD, Cecelia (3) LEITHEUSER, Kristin

12/08/08

7:00 p.m.

* at Robert Morris

47-73 L

239

(20) AYERS, Kara

(7) LEITHEUSER, Kristin

12/19/08

7:00 pm

ALBANY

137

(20) WILLIAMS, Kendra (20) AYERS, Kara

(8) AYERS, Kara

12/22/08

2:00 p.m.

at Hofstra

46-70 L

204 (19) AYERS, Kara

(7) LEITHEUSER, Kristin

12/28/08

2:00 pm

JAMES MADISON

53-72 L

105 (23) AYERS, Kara

(7) AYERS, Kara

12/31/08

2:00 pm

PENN

49-62 L

103 (18) WILLIAMS, Kendra

(8) LEITHEUSER, Kristin

375 (29) AYERS, Kara

(8) LEITHEUSER, Kristin

W 63-60

(15) LEITHEUSER, Kristin (8) Tejada, Vianca (8) LEITHEUSER, Kristin (12) WILLIAMS, Kendra

01/03/09 :05 pm

* at WAGNER

1/10/09

2:00 PM

* MOUNT ST. MARY’S

50-59 L

193 (22) AYERS, Kara

(11)WILLIAMS, Kendra

1/12/09

7:00 PM

* MONMOUTH

56-63 L

193 (27) AYERS, Kara

(6) LEITHEUSER, Kristin

1/17/09

2:02 p.m.

* at Long Island

986 (14) WILLIAMS, Kendra

(9) WILLIAMS, Kendra

1/19/09

4:00 pm

* QUINNIPIAC

45-60 L

103 (15) AYERS, Kara

(6) AYERS, Kara

1/24/09

2:00 PM

* SAINT FRANCIS

54-66 L

683 (19) AYERS, Kara

(8) LEITHEUSER, Kristin

1/26/09

7:00 PM

* WAGNER

58-65 L

109 (23) AYERS, Kara

(9) WILLIAMS, Kendra

1/31/09

4:30 p.m.

* at Fairleigh Dickinson

64-70 L

288 (17) AYERS, Kara

(10) AYERS, Kara

2/02/09

7:00 pm

* at Sacred Heart

44-75 L

362 (12) TEJADA, Vianca

(5) WILLIAMS, Kendra

2/07/09

3:00 pm

* at Monmouth

54-71 L

351 (21) AYERS, Kara

(6) WILLIAMS, Kendra

2/09/09

7:00 PM

* ROBERT MORRIS

273 (25) AYERS, Kara

(12) WILLIAMS, Kendra

2/14/09

2:00 PM

* FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON

43-64 L

483 (11) GANTT, Shannon

(13) WILLIAMS, Kendra

2/16/09

7:00 p.m.

* at Mount St. Mary’s

45-63 L

281 (12) HERALD, Cecelia

(8) HERALD, Cecelia

2/21/09

4:00 p.m.

* at Central Connecticut

52-64 L

2109

(20) WILLIAMS, Kendra

(10) WILLIAMS, Kendra

2/23/09

7:00 PM

BRYANT

55-62 L

105 (15) WILLIAMS, Kendra

(10) WILLIAMS, Kendra

2/28/09

2:00 PM

* LONG ISLAND

52-64 L

726 (30) AYERS, Kara

(6) TEJADA, Vianca

* SACRED HEART

51-60 L

143 (22) AYERS, Kara

(10) AYERS, Kara

3/02/09 7:05 PM * - Conference game

WOT 65-58

HIGH REBOUNDS (8) LEITHEUSER, Kristin

W 49-48

W 61-60

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2008-09 NEC Women’s Basketball Award Winners Player of the Year: Alisa Apo, Sacred Heart, Guard, 5-9, Sophomore, Freehold, NJ/St. John Vianney Rookie of the Year: Ashley Palmer, Long Island, Forward, 5-10, Freshman, Oxford, PA/Oxford Area Defensive Player of the Year: Brianna Rooney, Quinnipiac, Guard, 5-9, Junior, Guilford, CT/Guilford Brenda Reilly Coach of the Year: Ed Swanson, Sacred Heart 2008-09 NEC Women’s Basketball First Team All-Conference Name School Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School Alisa Apo Sacred Heart G 5-9 So. Freehold, NJ/St. John Vianney Jennifer Bender Monmouth F 6-1 Sr. Staten Island, NY/Staten Island Tech Sade Logan Robert Morris G 6-0 Sr. Knoxville, TN/South Doyle Erin Kerner Quinnipiac G 5-8 Sr. Erie, PA/Mercyhurst Prep Kaitlin Sowinski Sacred Heart C 6-4 Sr. Hopkinton, RI/Tabor Academy 2008-09 NEC Women’s Basketball Second Team All-Conference Name School Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School Kara Ayers St. Francis (NY) G 5-9 Sr. Galloway, NJ/Absegami Kerrianne Dugan C. Connecticut St. G/F 5-10 So. Waterford, CT/Waterford Monet Johnson Robert Morris F 5-11 Jr. Brooklyn, NY/Monroe CC Samantha Leach St. Francis (PA) G 5-10 So. Mount Sterling, OH/Miami Trace Ashley Palmer Long Island F 5-10 Fr. Oxford, PA/Oxford Area 2008-09 NEC Women’s Basketball All-Rookie Team Name School Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School Mariyah Laury F. Dickinson G 5-7 Fr. Orange, NJ/Orange Ashley Palmer Long Island F 5-10 Fr. Oxford, PA/Oxford Area Alexis Scott Monmouth G 5-9 Fr. Somerset, NJ/Franklin Shontice Simmons C.Connecticut St. G 5-7 Fr. Fort Washington, MD/Academy of Holy Cross Callan Taylor Sacred Heart F 6-0 Fr. Overland Park, KS/Blue Valley North 2008-09 NEC Player of the Week Honors Date Player Team 3/3/09 Brianna Gauthier (Co-Player) Mount St. Mary’s Erin Kerner (Co-Player) Quinnipiac 2/24/09 Jennifer Bender (Co-Player) Monmouth Erin Kerner (Co-Player) Quinnipiac 2/17/09 Alisa Apo Sacred Heart 2/10/09 Kara Ayers (Co-Player) St. Francis (NY) Jennifer Bender (Co-Player) Monmouth 2/3/09 Kendra Williams (Co-Player) Robert Morris Alyssa Mayrose (Co-Player) FDU 1/27/09 Sade Logan Robert Morris 1/20/09 Monet Johnson Robert Morris 1/13/09 Alisa Apo (Co-Player) Sacred Heart 1/6/09 Alisa Apo (Co-Player) Sacred Heart Christy Altamirano (Co-Player) FDU 12/23/08 Erin Kerner Quinnipiac 12/16/08 Kaitlin Sowinski Sacred Heart 12/9/08 Britney Hodges St. Francis (PA) 12/2/08 Jennifer Bender Monmouth 11/25/08 Monet Johnson Robert Morris 11/18/08 Jennifer Bender Monmouth

2008-09 NEC Rookie of the Week Date Player Team 3/3/09 Brittany Lilley St. Francis (PA) 2/24/09 Ashley Palmer Long Island 2/17/09 Shontice Simmons Central Connecticut St. 2/10/09 Ashley Palmer Long Island 2/3/09 Callan Taylor Sacred Heart 1/27/09 Callan Taylor Sacred Heart 1/20/09 Ashley Palmer Long Island 1/13/09 Callan Taylor (Co-Rookie) Sacred Heart Leanne Crockett (Co-Rookie) Central Connecticut St. 1/6/09 Callan Taylor Sacred Heart 12/23/08 Ashley Palmer Long Island 12/16/08 Leanne Crockett Central Connecticut St. 12/9/08 Brittany Lilley St. Francis (PA) 12/2/08 Ashley Palmer Long Island 11/25/08 Ashley Palmer Long Island 11/18/08 Ashley Palmer Long Island

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2008-2009 Northeast Conference regular Season Standings

School

NEC

PCT.

Overall

Pct.

Streak

Home

Away

1. Sacred Heart*

18-0

1.000

25-8

.758

15-2

10-6

0-0

2. Central Conn St.*

12-6

.667

18-14

.562

8-5

8-8

2-1

3. Quinnipiac*

11-7

.611

18-11

.621

10-3

8-6

0-2

Monmouth*

11-7

.611

18-13

.581

9-4

7-9

2-0

St. Francis (PA)*

11-7

.611

15-17

.469

8-5

5-12

2-0

6. Robert Morris* F. Dickinson U*

9-9 9-9

.500 .500

13-18 10-20

.419 .333

L4 L1

10-4 6-8

3-12 4-11

0-2 0-1

8. Mount St.Marys*

8-10

.444

14-16

.467

8-7

6-9

0-0

9. Long Island

4-14

.222

9-20

.310

3-10

5-8

1-2

10. Wagner

3-15

.167

7-22

.241

5-8

2-12

0-2

3-15

.167

4-25

.138

2-13

2-12

0-0

St. Francis (NY)

Neutral

*Clinched Northeast Conference Tournament berth

2008-2009 Northeast Conference Tournament Quarterfinals @ Sacred Heart University Saturday March 7th #1 Sacred Heart 73 def. #8 Mount St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 59 #5 Monmouth 69 def. #4 Quinnipiac 67 #2 Central Connecticut St. 62 def. #7 Fairleigh Dickinson 51 #3 St. Francis (PA) 72 def. # 6 Robert Morris Semi-finals @ Sacred Heart University Sunday March 8th #1 Sacred Heart 64 def. #5 Monmouth 54 #3 St. Francis (PA) 73 def. #2 Central Connecticut St. 62 Championships @ Higher Seed (Sacred Heart University) Sunday March 15th # 1 Sacred Heart 74 def. # 3 St. Francis (PA) 66

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About The Northeast Conference Providing Opportunities. Building Futures. NEC New Media/ Television

NEC History

By providing opportunities for student-athletes to achieve their fullest potential both in athletic competition and in the classroom, the Northeast Conference (NEC) has charted a course of steady growth since its inception in 1981. Now in its 29th year of service, the NEC’s new Strategic Plan has established a blueprint for the future as the Conference strives toward becoming an NCAA Division I leader for athletic success, academic achievement and integrity, sportsmanship, equity and diversity, community partnership and national engagement. The NEC can trace its roots back to 1981, when the league was first established as the men’s basketball-only ECAC-Metro Conference. A single-sport entity at its inception, even the league’s most ardent supporters during its formative years could not have envisioned a transformation into a burgeoning 12-member, 22-sport conference. The remarkable success story of the conference began to unfold in 1985, when the league began sponsoring additional sports. Three years later, a change of name was in order and the Northeast Conference as we know it today was born. With membership and sport sponsorship continuing to grow over the next 20 years, the NEC now enjoys qualification or play-in access to 13 different NCAA Championships (baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, field hockey, men’s and women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s volleyball). Though the NEC has featured various looks since its inception, charter members Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Robert Morris, St. Francis (NY), Saint Francis (PA) and Wagner remain part of the current 12-school alignment. They are joined by Monmouth (admitted in 1985), Mount St. Mary’s (1989), Central Connecticut State (1997), Quinnipiac (1998) and Sacred Heart (1999). NEC expansion continues with the addition of Bryant University in 2012 as the league’s 12th member, which will give the league a six-state geographic footprint with access to such major media markets as New York City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Hartford and Providence. NEC member institutions now compete in 22 championship sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s bowling, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball. Men’s lacrosse will begin competition this season and officially become the league’s 23rd sport in 2010-11.

More widely-recognized than ever, the NEC is providing a number of new ways in which its growing fan base can follow the action. The Conference began by fulfilling its strategic plan-driven new media initiatives in 2008-09 when it launched its own YouTube channel, created NEC On The Run podcast segments, and added NEC Flashbacks, a video ondemand archive, to its website. More recently, the league dove into the social media arena by launching a Facebook page and offering periodic news updates via Twitter. Further enhancing its multimedia efforts, the league will begin webstreaming a women’s basketball game of the week in 2009-10, and raise the number of NEC championship webcasts from five to eight. To supplement one of the premier regional basketball television packages in the country, the conference also produces a football package and a preseason basketball show entitled NEC Countdown to Tipoff. Over the last five years, the Conference has televised nearly 150 events, as the league’s coverage area expanded to over 50 million homes. Along with flagship station MSG Network, other regional television partners include MSG Plus, FSN-Pittsburgh, MASN, Fox College Sports, Cox Cable and the Connecticut Sports Network. In 2009, ESPN broadcast the men’s basketball championship game for the 22nd straight year, while ESPNU carried the women’s championship game, marking the second time in as many years that the women’s contest reached a nationwide audience.

Academic Success

The Northeast Conference’s commitment to academic excellence translated into national recognition for both individual student-athletes and the league’s member institutions as a whole in 2008-09. NEC student-athletes graduated at an 83.8 percent rate, which is well above the national average of 78 percent according to NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data. Likewise, a total of 19 NEC teams garnered public recognition from the NCAA for their latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. The league placed 42 representatives on ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams, five of whom went onto garner Academic All-America Honors. The first team honorees were Fairleigh Dickinson’s Matt Maher (baseball), who was a third team recipient in 2008, and Wagner’s Andrea Lazzari (softball). Saint Francis (PA)’s Eric Reifsteck (field hockey, second team), Monmouth’s Ben Evenden (tennis, third team) and CCSU’s Yan Klukowski (soccer, third team) were also honored for their academic and athletic performance. Evenden was a nominee for the prestigious Rhodes Scholar Award, while Wagner swimmer Alexandra Tomlinson was awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. On a conferencewide level, more than 2,000 student-athletes qualified for the NEC Academic Honor Roll, nearly a 25 percent increase from the previous year. Saint Francis (PA) posted the highest GPA in the conference to claim the NEC Institutional Academic Award for the first time.

Athletic Achievement

Reinforcing its presence on a national stage, the Northeast Conference sent representatives to NCAA Championship events in 14 different team sports in 2008-09, while NEC studentathletes individually qualified to compete for an NCAA title in men’s outdoor track & field. In its longstanding effort to increase studentathlete opportunities, the Conference began sponsoring women’s bowling as a championship sport and immediately grabbed national headlines for its successful inaugural season. Five of the league’s seven bowling members occupied a spot in the final regular season edition of the NTCA Top-20 Poll with No. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson defeating top-seeded Nebraska to advance all the way to the semifinal round of the NCAA Women’s Bowling Championship. Lock Haven found itself ranked amongst the nation’s Top-25 as it marched toward its third consecutive NEC field hockey title. In football, Albany became the first NEC team in nearly a decade to post back-to-back undefeated seasons within league play. In a game televised nationally on the YES Network, the Great Danes blanked Pioneer Football League champion Jacksonville, 28-0, in the third annual Gridiron Classic. Robert Morris men’s basketball, which has won 50 games and two NEC regular season crowns in two years under head coach Mike Rice, captured its league-best sixth NEC title with a 48-46 last-second victory over Mount St. Mary’s before a nationwide ESPN2 television audience and a school-record crowd at the Charles L. Sewall Center. On the heels of its perfect (18-0) run through the NEC women’s basketball schedule and second NEC Tournament title in four years, Sacred Heart gave third-seeded Ohio State all it could handle in NCAA first round play. Individually, 13 NEC student-athletes received All-America honors in their respective sports. Lock Haven’s Blair Wynne, the only threetime Player of the Year in NEC field hockey history, was named to the Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-America Second Team for the second consecutive season. NEC men’s soccer had its most successful year since 1987 with three players acknowledged at season’s end for their play. Quinnipiac’s Graciano Brito earned his second straight NSCAA/adidas All-America honor, and was joined by FDU junior forward Samson Malijani on the third team. Brito and Monmouth’s Angelo Amato were third team College Soccer News honorees. In addition to five football AllAmericans, Monmouth’s John Nalbone became the latest NEC player to reach the NFL when he was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the fifth round of the 2009 Draft. Former Wagner pitching great Andrew Bailey, a 2006 draft pick, broke into the big leagues in a big way during 2009. A non-roster Spring Training invitee, Bailey won a place in Oakland’s bullpen before earning a spot in the MLB All-Star Game three months later. Hoping to someday follow Bailey’s rise up the professional ranks, five of the NEC’s finest were taken in the 2009 MLB Draft - Long Island’s James Jones (Mariners), Monmouth’s Ryan Buch (White Sox) and Brett Brach (Indians), Quinnipiac’s Chris Gloor (Giants), and Wagner’s Kyle Morrison (Nationals).

For the second straight year, Sacred Heart captured the Northeast Conference Commissioner’s Cup, recently renamed in honor of NEC Commissioner Brenda Weare, who passed away in June. The Pioneers claimed the women’s cup for the third year in a row while earning the men’s cup for the first time ever to complete a clean sweep. The Pioneers established new Cup records for overall and women’s points in the process.

In The Community

The NEC, its member institutions and studentathletes have made community involvement an important piece of its mission. In 2008-09, the NEC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee made its annual visit to the Cancer Recovery Foundation in Hershey, PA in February. That same month, conference members participated in “Think Pink” Day, a global effort organized by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. The NEC made efficient use of the $75,000 it received from the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Grant Program last season. Expanding its base deeper into local communities, the Conference saw its women’s basketball attendance increase by 20 percent to establish a new league record.

Evolving and Expanding

In recent years, the Northeast Conference has taken aim at upgrading the caliber of the league’s championship sports and enhancing the opportunities and experiences for the more than 4,000 student-athletes that compete in the conference. Set to become the NEC’s 12th full-time member, Bryant has begun competition within the conference as it moves through the NCAA reclassification process. The Conference has also secured automatic access to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs beginning in 2010, making football the 14th team sport in which NEC student-athletes are guaranteed a chance to compete for the NCAA crown. New sport sponsorship in women’s bowling and men’s lacrosse (2010-11) will create further opportunities for NEC student-athletes. Set to embark on a number of branding, sportsmanship and community initiatives as part of the league’s Strategic Plan, the NEC and its member institutions are committed to the future growth of the Conference.

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