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hot hand for the 2011-12 season. Alexandra Leftridge (Melville, 2011-12 Preseason Poll N.Y.), and Stephanie Spoto Junior Jillian Friel (Oyster River, N.H.) should also provide Rank Team (1st-place votes) Points ( P i t t s f o r d , N .Y ) w i l l a l l some depth in the backcourt compete for playing time. after playing in 24 games last Gaston, a 5-7 guard, 1. UMBC (5) 60 season. Coming off the bench, played her senior year of high 2. Boston U. (2) 56 Friel proved to be a consistent school at Start High School 3. Hartford (2) 54 option throughout the season where she led the Spartans to 4. Binghamton 43 and also logged a pair of big a City League Championship 5. Albany 37 games as she tallied seven points a n d e a r n e d T h i r d Te a m against Central Connecticut All-District honors. Before 6. New Hampshire 25 St ate ( 1 2 / 1 9 ) a n d re co rd e d Start, Gaston played at 7. Vermont 22 a career high four rebounds Southview High School where 8. Stony Brook 15 against Binghamton (1/9). she was named to the First 9. Maine 12 Team All-League as both a Sarah-Marie Frankenberger (Gross Gerau, Germany) looks sophomore and junior and the to make a huge impact for the Second Team as a freshman. Wildcats during her sophomore Kilpatrick, a 6-2 forward, campaign. A versatile player played her high school ball at capable of playing several Harbour View High School positions, Frankenberger marked in St. John New Brunswick. her presence last year for the Blue Kilpatrick looks to add size and White playing in 26 games, to the ‘Cats and provide a averaging 3.1 points and logging defensive and rebounding 370 minutes . Frankenb erger presence that will help UNH scored double-digit points this year as well as years to come. twice during her freshman year UNH has high hopes for including 11 points in a win Leftridge who brings a definite against Quinnipiac (12/29) and scoring threat to the team 10 points against Brown (11/20). after leaving her mark at Walt Whitman High in Melville, The Wildcats will also turn to sophomore Bridgette McKnight N.Y., scoring over 1,000 points (Norristown, Pa .) to b olster for the Wildcats. She earned the frontcourt this season. A several accolades during the for ward, McKnight brings a course of her high school post mentality to the Wildcat career including a McDonald’s lineup. L a st year, McKnight All-American nomination and w a s a reb ounding sp e cialist All-County honors in 2011, down low as she notched 3an All-League selection in plus rebounds in four games, 2009, and team MVP awards posting a career high four boards as a freshman and junior. DENISE BELIVEAU ag ain s t Q u i n n i p i a c ( 1 2 / 2 9 ) . Rounding out the roster SENIOR FORWARD is Spoto, who comes to UNH Tr a n s f e r M o r g a n Fr a m e (Waterville, Maine) gears up for after a phenomenal career at her first season as a Wildcat and will surely strengthen Pittsfield-Sutherland High School. Spoto, a guard/ the frontcourt as an impact post player. Frame, a forward hybrid, earned All-Greater Rochester Firstjunior forward, sat out last year due to NCAA transfer Team honors in 2010-11, Second-Team in 2009-10, Allregulations. Prior to UNH, Frame played for St. County team three times, as well as All-State in 2010Anselm College, posting 6.1 points and 5.0 rebounds 11. Spoto played in the McDonald’s all-star game as a per game while shooting .463 from the floor. The senior after being voted team MVP following the season. Wildcats look for Frame to come off the bench and With a core of talented upperclassmen as well make an immediate impact on both ends of the floor. as a solid bench and a wealth of young talent, the This year, UNH will also count on the youthful Wildcats hope to take the next step forward and presence of four incoming freshmen to make an make a serious run in the America East this season. immediate impact as Ariel Gaston (Toledo, Ohio), Kayle e Kilpatrick (St . John, Ne w Brunswick), Intro Personnel Outlook Players Review AE Records
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