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2003-04 CAC Women's Basketball Standings

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Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week (2/23/04): Marymount had six players in double figures as they defeated Gallaudet to secure the top seed in the CAC tournament. They were led by Randi Jones who had 14 points, eight rebounds, four assists, and two steals. The Saints were ranked #1 in the NCAA region poll, #12 in the WBCA/USA Today poll and #19 in the D3hoops.com poll. Catholic finished tied for first place in the CAC regular season for the first time in the program’s history as they tied Marymount 11-3 atop the CAC standings. Catholic won three games this week and have now won five straight. Freshman Shannon Mertz scored a team-high 20 points and Jackie DeBorger chipped in with eight points, nine assists, and nine rebounds as the Cardinals held off a late York College charge for a 89-88 win on Wednesday. Against Albright on Thursday, senior Kathleen McGlynn notched her fifth double-double for the season as she had 24 points 13 rebounds. She then followed that up with a season-high 27 points in the win over Goucher on Senior Day. Freshman Maria Rojas added 17 points, also a season-high with five steals and four assists. York College split their two games this week as they fell to Catholic before going on the road to down St. Mary’s. Against Catholic, the Spartans trailed by as many as 27 points before staging a furious second half comeback that saw the green an white score 64 points but also saw them fall one point short on the scoreboard. For the week, junior Heather Kessler led the Spartans as she averaged 23.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 7.5 assists, and 2.0 steals per game in the green and white’s two contests. Kessler shot 60% from the floor, 55.6% from downtown and 92.3% from the charity stripe. Goucher’s Kate Guggino recorded 13 points and 14 rebounds against Mary Washington on Wednesday to become the Gophers’ second-leading all-time leading scorer and just the second player to surpass 800 career rebounds in the history of the Gopher women’s basketball program. The senior forward achieved her 13th double-double of the season against Catholic and enters the CAC championship tournament with 1,543 career points and 815 career rebounds. Mary Washington closed the regular season with a split of the games to finish the regular season with a 12-12 mark, the first time they’ve been at .500 or better since the 1999-2000 season. Sophomore Lindsey Forbush scored a career-high 27 points and added 13 rebounds as the Eagles topped Salisbury on the road in the season finale. Salisbury split their two games this week as they upset Marymount on Wednesday before falling to Mary Washington in overtime on Saturday. Against MU, Christen Barney tied a school record with 14 free throws made (in 16 attempts) in the 75-66 win. Barney finished the contest with a game-high 23 points. Kiera Watkins added 20 points and 10 rebounds while Jessica Mills dropped in 11 points and collected eight rebounds. Against MWC, Courtney Kendall led a balanced Salisbury offense with 12 points. Watkins and Julia Water each added 10 points to the Sea Gull offense. St. Mary’s split their two conference games this week. Junior guard Amanda Polidoro led the Seahawks for the week by averaging 16.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game. The Seahawks are the seventh seed in the upcoming CAC tournament and travel to Catholic on Tuesday.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week (2/17/04): Marymount won their 20th game of the season. It is head coach Bill Finney’s 12th season and fourth in a row with at least 20 wins. Junior Adele Magnani sparked the Saints off the bench in both games for the week. She averaged 12 points per game as she shot 11-for-13 from the field including 5-for-5 against YCP. Magnani also pulled down 5.5 rebounds per game, had two blocks and had only two turnovers in 36 minutes of action. The Saints were ranked #1 in the NCAA regional poll, #15 in the WBCA/USA Today poll and #21 in the D3hoops.com poll. Catholic set a new school mark for CAC wins in a season with their ninth league win on Saturday. The Cardinals’ 17 wins overall ties a school mark that was established in 1977-78. In Saturday’s win over St. Mary’s, Kathleen McGlynn poured in a team-high 19 points and pulled down eight boards. The senior also dished out a career-best five assists. Sophomore Anne Maguire chipped in with 12 points on four three-point field goals. In Wednesday’s win over Mary Washington, Shannon Mertz scored 14 points and sophomore Gloria Schnepp added 13 points and six rebounds. Goucher’s Kate Guggino tallied a game-high 21 points including the 1,500th point of her career in leading the Gophers to a convincing 87-68 win over Salisbury. She is just the third female in school history to attain the milestone of 1,500 career points and needs only two more points to pass Didi Cotton to become the programs’ second-leading all-time scorer. Since losing to Marymount on January 31, the Gophers have strung together four consecutive wins for their longest win streak since the eight in a row they won during the 1995-96 season. York head coach Betsy Witman earned her 100th career game on Monday against Elizabethtown as the Spartans defeated the Blue Jays 68-64. Witman is in her seventh season at YCP and is the second-winningest coach in Spartan women’s basketball history. Mary Washington had its three-game win streak snapped on Wednesday at Catholic. The Eagles bounced back to down Gallaudet on Saturday. Sophomore Jenn Olinger scored team highs of 14 and 15 points in this week’s games while freshman Debbie Bruen added 12 and 13 points respectively while grabbing nine boards in each game. Salisbury recorded its highest point total of the season on Wednesday as they defeated Gallaudet 104-40 at home before going on the road and falling to Goucher on Saturday. Against Gallaudet, Julia Waters notched 20 points and a game-high nine boards. Stephanie Szkaradnik added 15 points and eight boards while Christen Barney and Megan Dowdy each added 11 points. In the loss to Goucher, Waters paced the Gulls with 15 points and 10 boards. Kiera Watkins dumped in 14 points and pulled in 13 rebounds.St. Mary’s lost both of their contests this past week. Senior forward Mary Kate Lenz led the Seahawks in two of the contests with 36 points and 13 rebounds including her first double-double of the season against Marymount with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week (2/9/04): Marymount responded to a CAC loss to Mary Washington on Wednesday with a win over Catholic on Sunday. The Saints built a 47-21 halftime lead and outrebounded the Cardinals 56-37. Annetta Benjamin had her fifth double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds against Catholic. Katie Jarvis moved into fourth place for all-time rebounding with 830. With two more caroms, she moves into third place in MU history. Freshman Kacee Grogan scored a career-high 12 points against Mary Washington. The Saints were ranked #1 in the NCAA regional poll, #9 in the WBCA/USA Today poll and #12 in the D3hoops.com poll. Catholic broke a 20-game losing streak to Salisbury with Wednesday’s 61-42 win over the Gulls. Senior Kathleen McGlynn had a game-high 14 points and 12 rebounds in the victory. Sophomore Gloria Schnepp added 12 points and nine rebounds. It was the first Catholic win over Salisbury since a 66-64 win during the 1993-94 season. Against Marymount on Saturday, Schnepp posted 10 points and six rebounds while sophomore Lindsay DiRomualdo chipped in with 14 points. York senior Mandy Crabbs became York’s all-time leading rebounder on Wednesday night with her ninth carom of the game. Crabbs broke Betsy Roberts’ career record of 970 and now has 975 rebounds. Crabbs is now 25 rebounds short of becoming the first player in school history to score 1,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds. On Wednesday night at Gallaudet, junior Heather Kessler established a new career-high with 29 points as she was 10-for-14 from the field including 6-of-8 from beyond the arc. Kessler also nailed all three of her attempts from the free throw line while she dished out four assists with no turnovers in just 26 minutes of work. Against Salisbury on Saturday, sophomore Heidi Miller poured in a career-high 26 points while she also had a career-high tying seven rebounds and four assists. Mary Washington won three straight games this week and they have won four of their last seven. The Eagles snapped a 12-game losing streak to Marymount with a 59-51 win over the 12th ranked Saints on Wednesday night. Lindsey Forbush scored 18 points and freshman Debbie Bruen scored 14 points and added 15 rebounds in the win. For the week, Bruen, who is the Eagles’ leading scorer at 12.0 ppg, averaged a double-double for the week as she averaged 13 points and 11.3 rebounds per game in the Eagles’ three wins. The Eagles have four players averaging between 12.0 and 10.4 points per game. Goucher’s Stephanie Tolbert became the seventh player in the history of the Gophers’ women’s basketball program to score 1,000 points in her career as she reached that milestone during the Gophers’ 87-44 win over Gallaudet on Saturday. The senior guard missed a triple-double in that game by just one rebound as she tallied 25 points, grabbed nine rebounds, and recorded 11 steals. Senior Kate Guggino, who suprassed 1,000 career points last season as a junior, moved past Betsy Weingarten (1985-88) into third place in career points at Goucher with a 27-point performance in the Gophers’ 56-47 win over St. Mary’s. The senior forward is 31 points away from 1,500 for her career. Salisbury went 1-1 for the week in a tale of two games. Against Catholic, Salisbury converted 28.3% of their attempts from the field while against York on Saturday, Salisbury made 46.2% of their shots from the field including 12-of-24 from beyond the arc. Against Catholic, Gen Olds led Salisbury with nine points while Kiera Watkins and Megan Klug added six points each. In the win over the Spartans, Christen Barney added 23 points and seven boards while Olds added 17 points and a game-high seven assists. Olds was 5-for-10 from beyond the arc for the Gulls. St. Mary’s forward Mary Kate Lenz averaged 17 points and seven rebounds for the Seahawks in their two losses last week. Against Goucher, Lenz recorded team-highs with 21 points and nine rebounds. She followed up that performance with 13 points and five rebounds against Mary Washington.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week (2/3/04): Marymount has won six games in a row. Marymount’s three captains, two seniors and a fifth-year senior, all averaged double figures for the week. Annetta Benjamin averaged 16 points per game along with 11.5 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, and two steals in a pair of CAC wins. Katie Jarvis averaged 14 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.0 blocks per game for the week. Ashlee Courter hit for 13.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.5 steals per game in the two games. The Saints are currently ranked 11th in the WBCA/USA Today poll and #12 in the D3hoops.com poll. Catholic ended a five-game losing streak to York on Wednesday as Cardinal head coach Maggie Lonergan earned her first victory over the Spartans. Senior Kathleen McGlynn tied a career-high with 23 points and sophomore Lindsay DiRomuldo added 21. Sophomore Jane Maybury netted a career-best 13 points in the win over Gallaudet. Catholic capped off the week with a 100-52 victory at Trinity (DC). It was the first time since the 1990-91 season that the Cardinals hit the century mark in a game. York split their two games this week as they fell from the first place tie with Marymount. Junior Heather Kessler continues to do it all for YCP as she averaged 15.0 points, 6.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game for the two games during the week. She established a new career-high with 10 assists in Saturday’s win over Mary Washington. Senior Mandy Crabbs pulled down 15 rebounds on Saturday as she has led the Spartans in rebounding in 12 of YCP’s 17 games this year. Crabbs now needs 10 rebounds to become York’s all-time leading rebounder while she needs 39 rebounds to become the first player in YCP history to score 1,000 career points and grab 1,000 career rebounds. Salisbury split their two games this week, falling to Marymount 67-59 on Wednesday before bouncing back to down St. Mary’s 82-74 in overtime on Saturday. Christen Barney paced the Sea Gulls with 16 points and freshman guard Jenna Peters scored 10 points. Sophomore guard Cyndi Benjamin added a season-high eight points off the bench. Against St. Mary’s, Barney tallied 19 points including a pair of free throws with five seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime. Sophomore Kiera Watkins added 17 points for SU while Gen Olds finished with 13 points. Benjamin added eight points to the Sea Gulls attack. Mary Washington saw its four-game win streak come to a halt on Saturday in York. The Eagles toppled Goucher on the road on Wednesday before falling to York on Saturday. Freshman Debbie Bruen led four Eagles in double figures with 16 points and also grabbed 13 rebounds against Goucher. Goucher’s Stephanie Tolbert was held to eight points in the Gophers’ 63-46 loss to Marymount. Its the first time all season that she has scored fewer than 13 points in a game and ended her streak of 21 consecutive games reaching double figures dating back to last season. St. Mary’s split their two games this past week, defeating Gallaudet at home and losing to Salisbury in overtime on the road. The win against Gallaudet ended a five-game losing streak. The past two games were also the highest scoring games for the Seahawks offensively this season. Senior forward Mary Kate Lenz scored a career-high 32 points in the overtime loss to Salisbury.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week (1/27/04): Marymount won all four of their games for the week. Senior Katie Jarvis reached two milestones this past week. She went over 1,200 career points and is now ninth on MU’s all-time scoring list. She also went over 800 rebounds and is sixth all-time on that list. Marymount had a season-high nine blocked shots against Hood with Annetta Benjamin collecting five in the game. The Saints’ Ashlee Courter, with 11 points in the win over Hood on Sunday, reached 1,200 career points. She is now 11th on the Saints’ all-time scoring list. York split their two games for the week as they fell into a first-place tie with Marymount. The Spartans were led by junior Heather Kessler as the guard averaged 16 points, 4.5 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game in the two contests for the week. Three other Spartans averaged double figures for the week as Jess Kemp (13.5 ppg), Kirstin Brown (11.5 ppg), and Mandy Crabbs (11.0 ppg) each averaged double figures in scoring. Crabbs pulled down 9.5 boards per game for the week while Ashley Robertson contributed 9.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game for the week. Kessler was named to the D3hoops.com team of the week for the week of January 11-17, 2004. It was her second appearance on the national team of the week for this season. Catholic had their eight game winning streak snapped at Goucher on Saturday as the Gophers used a last-second shot in overtime to down the Cardinals 76-74. CUA was one win shy of tying the longest win streak in the program’s history. Senior Kathleen McGlynn had another stellar week, scoring 36 points and grabbing 22 rebounds in two games this week. She now leads the team in scoring (11.9 ppg) and rebounding (7.3 rpg). The Cardinals’ 11-4 start is the best mark to start a season since the 1987-88 team began the season 12-3. Goucher ended a 17-game losing streak to Salisbury with a 71-68 win on Wednesday. The Gophers then defeated Catholic 76-74 in overtime for their first three-game CAC win streak since 1995-96 season. Stephanie Tolbert, who tallied 51 points in the two wins, has now been the leading scorer for Goucher in seven straight games. Salisbury went 1-2 in a busy week. The Gulls began the week with a 78-69 win at Richard Stockton before dropping a pair of CAC contests against Goucher and Mary Washington. Against Stockton, Jessica Mills and Christen Barney each scored 15 points in the win while Julia Waters added 12 points and 14 rebounds. Kiera Watkins and Jenna Peters added 10 points each. Against Goucher, Watkins led the Sea Gulls with a career-high 31 points and also collected a game-high 13 rebounds. Barney added 16 points for Salisbury. On Saturday, Watkins led Salisbury with 16 points while Gen Olds added eight and Barney had seven. Watkins was also the leading rebounder in the game with seven. Mary Washington improved to .500 in league play with a pair of wins this week as they downed Gallaudet and Salisbury. Sophomore Lindsey Forbush led five Eagles in double figures with 10 points and a career-high 20 rebounds, as MWC downed Salisbury for the first time in eight meetings. Debbie Bruen recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. St. Mary’s lost all three of their contests this past week and have now lost five straight overall. The Seahawks will look to end their losing streak at home on Wednesday against Gallaudet. Senior guard Megan Baskins leads the team in scoring (18.1 ppg) and steals with 37. Despite dropping three games this week, there was one highlight for Gallaudet this past week. Sophomore Charity Sanders scored 30 points for the Bison in a loss at Marymount, the first time in more than two years that a Gallaudet player reached 30 points in a game. She averaged 18.0 points per game for the week and 6.7 rebounds per contest, both team highs.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week (1/20/04): York won both of their contests this week with senior Mandy Crabbs reaching the 1,000 career point milestone in the win over Goucher on Wednesday. Crabbs is the eighth Spartan women’s basketball player to reach the milestone. For the week, junior Heather Kessler was outstanding as she averaged 25.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals in the two Spartan wins for the week. Kessler established a new career-high with 28 points in the win over Goucher in which the Spartans scored 61 second half points after trailing by 15 at the half. Crabbs was also outstanding in the two wins as she averaged 19.0 points, 15.0 rebounds, 5.0 steals, 1.5 blocks, and 1.0 assists per game for the week. Junior Ashley Robertson had a strong week as she averaged 14.0 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. Catholic pulled off their second upset in as many weeks, defeating 9th ranked Marymount on Saturday, 66-56. The Cardinals then extended their winning streak to seven with an 84-63 win over Hood on Sunday. CUA is off to its best start since the 2000-01 season. Freshman Maria Rojas scored 14 points and added two rebounds and three assists in the upset win over Marymount. Salisbury went 1-2 for the week as they sandwiched a win over Gallaudet between losses to College of New Jersey and York. Against TCNJ, Gen Olds had 16 points and four boards while Julia Waters notched a double-double with 11 points and 10 boards. Christen Barney chipped in with 13 points. Salisbury recorded their most convincing win of the year on Wednesday as they defeated Gallaudet. Barney had 16 points and dished out six assists while Megan Klug scored 14 points and pulled in five boards. Olds chipped in with 11 points. In the loss to York, the Sea Gulls were outscored 12-8 in the overtime as all five Sea Gull starters reached double figures. Kiera Watkins had 16 points and pulled in 10 rebounds while Waters finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Freshman Courtney Kendall was the third Sea Gull with a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Goucher’s Stephanie Tolbert was the leading scorer for Goucher in all three of the Gophers’ games last week. She totaled 58 points for the week, raising her average this season to 18.8 points per game. Kate Guggino grabbed the 700th rebound of her career at Goucher during the Gophers’ 77-45 win over Gallaudet, making her only the second female in school history to reach that milestone. St. Mary’s lost their lone contest at home this past week as MWC defeated the Seahawks. Senior forward Mary Kate Lenz led the Seahawks with 16 points and seven rebounds in the contest. Mary Washington split its two games this week, dropping an eight point loss to Catholic before picking up its first CAC win, a 71-61 decision at St. Mary’s. In that game, junior Laura Hanks scored a career-high 28 points and she also grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. Gallaudet earned their second win of the season behind a basket from Charity Sanders in the final seconds against Villa Julie. Sanders has led the Bison all season in points and rebounds as she is averaging 11.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week (1/13/04): Marymount has won four straight with their win over College of New Jersey. The Saints are ranked 10th in the D3hoops.com poll and #15 in the USAToday/WBCA poll. Senior Annetta Benjamin had 16 points and nine rebounds against TCNJ. Marymount held the Lion’s top scorer, Liz Martin, to just one point in the game. York College went 0-2 this past week, falling to McDaniel 66-55 on Friday and to Rowan 91-82 on Sunday. Against Rowan, senior Mandy Crabbs tallied a career-high 30 points in addition to collecting 11 rebounds for her seventh double-double in 11 games this season. Crabbs needs five points to join the 1,000 career point club at YCP. Salisbury has gotten off to a fast start in 2004. The Sea Gulls went 2-1 this week and began the week with a 75-59 non-conference win over Rowan on Tuesday. Forward Megan Dowdy tallied 11 points while Jessica Mills and Jenna Peters each added 10 points to the Sea Gull offense. Salisbury then split a pair of weekend games at the King’s Tournament. On Friday, Kiera Watkins scored 18 points and had eight rebounds in an 80-75 loss to Kean. Christen Barney added 14 points and Courtney Kendall added 13 points. On Saturday, Barney scored 16 points and Watkins and Julia Waters each added 13 points. Dowdy chipped in with 12 points and Mills rounded out the Gulls double figures scorers with 11 in Salisbury’s 98-75 win over Neumann. Watkins was named to the All-Tournament team. Catholic capped off a 2-0 week by defeating previously unbeaten Montclair State 77-68 on Friday night. Senior Kathleen McGlynn and Lindsay DiRomualdo netted 17 points each to lead the Cardinals to their fourth straight victory. DiRomualdo scored 13 points and added five rebounds, five steals, and four assists in the win over Susquehanna. Freshman Jackie DeBorger averaged 13 points in two games this week, scoring 10 points in the win at Susquehanna and adding 16 points against Montclair. St. Mary’s went 2-1 this past week, winning both road contests before falling at home to Montclair State on Saturday. The Seahawks are now 4-1 on the road this season. Goucher topped the 100-point mark for the first time since the 1993-94 season as Stephanie Tolbert and Kate Guggino combined for 60 points in a 103-75 win over Delaware Valley. Tolbert finished with a career-high 34 points and Guggino had 26 before fouling out with 4:30 remaining. Together, the two players were a combined 23-for-46 form the field and a perfect 14-for-14 at the free throw line. As a team, the Gophers tied the single-game school record for free throw percentage by converting 21-of-24 from the charity stripe. Mary Washington downed Villa Julie 72-26 in their only game this week. Junior Laura Hanks led MWC with 23 points including six three-point field goals. Debbie Bruen added 18 points and eight rebounds in just 18 minutes. Gallaudet won their first game of the season with a dominating 56-point win over CalTech. Gallaudet tied a 23-year-old school record for steals with 32 in the contest.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week: Marymount has now won three in a row following their first loss of the season to Kean, defeating those three teams by an average of 29 points per game. All four games were on the road. Marymount hit a season-high 10 three pointers against University of the Virgin Islands. Annetta Benjamin was named to the All-Tournament team at the SCAD Tournament. In the four games, she averaged 13 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.8 steals per game. York had their six game win streak snapped when they fell to Lebanon Valley 76-72 in overtime in Saturday’s championship game of the Rinso Marquette Tournament in Annville. The Spartans’ two losses have both come to the Flying Dutchmen in tournament championship games. The Spartans advanced to the championship game thanks to Mandy Crabbs as the senior had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and four steals in the semifinal win over Lycoming. Junior Ashley Robertson added 16 points and five rebounds while Heather Kessler had 15 points, six rebounds, six steals, and four assists. In the championship game loss, Kessler was outstanding as the junior guard had 23 points and four assists in 43 minutes despite battling an illness. Sophomore Heidi Miller added a season-high 14 points while Kirstin Brown and Jess Kemp each added 10 points. Crabbs pulled down 10 rebounds in addition to scoring seven points and collecting four steals. Kessler and Crabbs both earned All-Tournament team honors. St. Mary’s split their two games in the Virgin Islands over the holiday break. The Seahawks defeated UVI and then lost to conference foe Marymount. Goucher’s Kate Guggino pulled down a career-high 20 rebounds in the Gophers’ 58-45 loss to Christopher Newport. Mary Washington freshman Debbie Bruen was named to the Rinso Marquette Tournament All-Tournament Team, thanks to a 12-point, seven-rebound performance against LVC and a 14-point, seven-rebound day against Lycoming College. Lindsey Forbush recorded her third double-double in four games wiht 19 points and 10 rebounds against Lycoming on Saturday.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week: Marymount won their 12th game in a row against a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) opponent, dating back to the 2000-01 season. Katie Jarvis had her second double-double in a row as she had 18 points and 13 rebounds in the win over Richard Stockton. The Saints are ranked sixth in the D3hoops.com poll. York ended their 10-game losing streak against Messiah as the Spartans handed the tenth-ranked Falcons a 74-63 loss. The Spartan received a game-high 18 points from freshman Jessica Kemp. Senior Mandy Crabbs added 16 points and nine rebounds while Heather Kessler added 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Kessler was named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week for the week of December 1-7. She is the first women’s basketball player in Spartan history to earn the weekly honor. Salisbury’s Kiera Watkins scored 22 points and added nine rebounds as Salisbury defeated St. Mary’s 78-54 on Friday. Watkins was 12-for-15 from the free throw line. Sophomore Christen Barney added 19 points, while sophomore Cyndi Benjamin and freshman Julia Waters each contributed 10 markers. The win lifts the Sea Gulls into a first-place tie in the CAC with Marymount and York as all three teams are 2-0 in the league. Salisbury started the week with an 80-71 loss to Hood. Watkins had 16 points and 12 rebounds while Barney tallied 14 points in the loss. Courtney Kendall added 10 points while Jessica Mills had 13 points. Catholic surrendered the fewest points since the 1999-2000 season in an easy 61-35 win over North Park University on Sunday. Freshman Jackie DeBorger scored 14 points and rookie Shannon Mertz chipped in with 13 points as the Cardinals saw North Park shoot a dismal 2-of-28 from the floor in the first half. The Cardinals allowed just 31 points to Albright in the 41-31 win in the 1999-2000 season opener. St. Mary’s dropped a pair of games this past week, falling on the road to Hood 79-61 and at home to CAC foe Salisbury 78-54. The Seahawks are off until they participate in the University of the Virgin Islands Sunsational Tournament from December 31-January 3. The Seahawks will face Marymount University in the second game of the tournament and that game will count as the Seahawks’ home contest against the Saints for 2003-04. Goucher established a new Sports & Recreation Center record for assists in a game with 27 in the 84-69 win over Neumann. Stephanie Tolbert became only the third individual in school history with at least 10 assists in a game as she had 19 points and dished out 10 assists in the win over the Knights. Stacy Hollander added 14 points and a career-high nine assists. Kate Guggino boosted her scoring average this season to 23.0 ppg with a pair of 28-point performances in the Gophers’ two wins last week.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week: Marymount opened their CAC season with a pair of wins. In six games, the Saints have had seven different players lead the squad in scoring. Marymount is ranked seventh in the latest D3Hoops.com poll. York College established a trio of school records in their 118-66 win over Gallaudet. The 118 points establish a new single-game scoring record breaking the old mark of 114 that was set in 1992-93 against St. Mary’s. The Spartans also drained a record 17 three-point field goals in the contest as YCP was 17-for-26 from beyond the arc. Senior Kirstin Brown set a new school mark with eight threes in the contest as she scored a career-high 26 points. The Spartans have won four straight including a perfect 3-0 week last week. Junior Heather Kessler had a great week as she averaged 20.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 5.6 assists for the week. Kessler shot 50% (19-38) from the field, 53.3% (8-15) from three, and 94.1% (16-17) from the free throw line. Freshman Jessica Kemp also played well during the week as she averaged 20.7 points per game. Senior Mandy Crabbs led the Spartans on the boards for the week as she averaged 11.7 caroms per game while she scored 17 points per game including a career-high 24 points in the win over Gallaudet. Salisbury defeated Apprentice in the championship game of the Optimist Gull Classic on Saturday, 78-66. Christen Barney hit 7-of-14 from the field for 18 points while she added five rebounds. Julia Waters scored eight points and grabbed 11 rebounds as she was named the tournament MVP. Jessica Mills and Megan Krug each added 10 points in the win. Barney and Kiera Watkins earned All-Tournament team honors. Earlier in the week, Waters hit a 15-foot jumper with three seconds left to lift Salisbury to a 70-69 victory over Catholic in the CAC opener for both teams. Waters converted the game-winner in transition after the Sea Gulls rebounded a missed CUA free throw with nine seconds left. Watkins notched the double-double in the win with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Waters finished with 15 points and Gen Olds added 13 points including four treys. St. Mary’s split their two games this past week, picking up their first CAC win of the season on the road at Goucher before falling at home to Washington & Lee in non-conference action. Senior guard Megan Baskins leads the team in scoring with a 22.6 points per game average and has connected on 42.2% (19-45) of her three-point field goal attempts this season. Catholic rebounded from a tough loss to Salisbury by defeating Gallaudet 78-34 on Saturday to earn their first CAC win of the year. Sophomore Lindsay DiRomualdo registered a game-high 20 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the floor while she also had four rebounds, two blocks and three steals. As a team, Catholic pulled down 70 rebounds against the Bison which is the third-best total in school history. Senior Kathleen McGlynn notched her first double-double of the year at Salisbury, scoring 16 points and hauling in 10 boards. Goucher’s Kate Guggino achieved her third and fourth double-doubles of the young season by scoring 22 points and grabbing 18 rebounds against St. Mary’s, and knocking down 22 points and collecting 11 boards against Notre Dame. Against Marymount, the 5-11 senior forward was limited to 11 points and eight rebounds. Mary Washington freshman forward Debbie Bruen recorded her first collegiate double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at Marymount on Wednesday. She followed that with 12 points in the loss to York on Friday. After six games, Gallaudet’s average margin of defeat is 45.3 points per game as the Bison have been held to fewer than 35 points on three occasions. The Bison have off until they play three games in four days in California on January 2-5.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week: Marymount ran their record to 4-0, their best start since 1998-99. Marymount has seven players with at least seven points or more in the win over Christopher Newport. Marymount is ranked ninth in the latest D3Hoops.com poll. Kate Guggino and Stephanie Tolbert combined for 50 points in leading Goucher past Lynchburg 80-71. Guggino completed her second double-double of the young season by scoring 29 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. In addition to scoring 21 points, Tolbert dished out a career-high nine assists to become only the seventh individual in the history of Goucher’s women’s program with at least nine assists in a game. York College cruised to an 85-55 win over Villa Julie in their lone contest of the week. Senior Mandy Crabbs picked up her third double-double in as many games as she had 12 points and 15 rebounds while she also had seven steals and a career-high five blocked shots. Junior Heather Kessler poured in a game-high 25 points while she added six assists and four steals. Freshman Jess Kemp added a career-high 18 points while she also collected five rebounds, dished out five assists, and swiped four steals. Catholic’s Kathleen McGlynn netted 22 points and freshman Jackie DeBorger scored 16 points and added six rebounds, four assists, and two steals to lead CUA to a 94-70 win over Arcadia on Tuesday. DeBorger then added 16 points and four caroms against Scranton as the eighth ranked Royals snapped Catholic’s two-game win streak with a 75-63 win on Saturday. Salisbury rallied from a 14-point deficit to defeat Christopher Newport 77-73 on Tuesday. Four Gulls reached double figures including sophomore Christen Barney with a team-high 17 points. Gen Olds and Megan Dowdy each added 12 points. Megan Klug contributed 10 points. The win improves the Gulls to 2-2 on the season. Mary Washington sophomore Lindsey Forbush led the Eagles with 12 points off the bench in their 88-61 loss at Frostburg on Tuesday. St. Mary’s lost their lone game this week, falling to Rowan 79-69. Senior Megan Baskins scored a career-high 34 points in the loss. Baskins leads the team in scoring with a 23.7 ppg average and has connected on 41.4 percent (12-29) of her 3-point attempts for the season. Gallaudet fell in the opening round of its Holiday Tournament to undefeated Montclair State which went on to win the tournament title. Junior Jovin Dinkel was named to the All-Tournament team.

Women’s Basketball Notes for the Week: Marymount won their opening tip-off for the eighth time in 16 tournaments. In the semifinals and championship games, the Saints defeated teams that had been to the Final Four in the last three years-Ohio Wesleyan in the semis (a 2001 Final Four participant) and St. Lawrence (2002) in the championship game. Annetta Benjamin, who scored the first 11 points of the championship game, was named the tournament MVP. Ashlee Courter and Katie Jarvis were named to the All-Tournament team. The opening day win was the Saints’ 17th straight season opening win. Catholic sophomore Gloria Schnepp was named to the 2003 Swarthmore Tip-Off All-Tournament team. She netted a career-high 22 points and added eight rebounds in the consolation win over Curry College. Freshman Maria Rojas totaled 10 points against Swarthmore and scored 13 points and chipped in four assists against Curry. Goucher’s Kate Guggino erupted for a career-high 33 points in leading the Gophers to a 79-66 win over Christopher Newport in the opening round of the Coca-Cola Tip-Off Classic in Ashland, VA. The fourth-team preseason All-American selection by D3hoops.com added 11 points against Wisconsin-Platteville and was the Gophers’ lone representative on the all-tournament team. York College finished second at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational as the Spartans defeated the host Diplomats 78-73 before losing to Lebanon Valley College 86-77 in the championship game. Junior Heather Kessler earned All-Tournament team honors as she had 26 points and four rebounds against F&M and she recorded 12 points, six rebounds, and six assists in the loss to LVC. Senior Mandy Crabbs was also outstanding for the tournament as she had a pair of double-doubles. Crabbs had 21 points and a team-high 13 rebounds, and a team-high three steals for YCP against F&M. She followed that with 17-point, 18-rebound performance in the championship tilt. Crabbs also added four steals in 36 minutes of action. Salisbury finished 1-2 at the Marymount Tip-Off Classic this weekend. Salisbury lost to St. Lawrence 71-60 on Friday and 87-78 to Kings on Saturday before bouncing back and defeating Elizabethtown 77-69 on Sunday. Kiera Watkins led the Gulls in the first two contests as she had 11 points and seven rebounds against St. Lawrence and she added 23 points and 12 rebounds against Kings. Against Elizabethtown, Watkins had 15 points and four rebounds as she was 9-for-10 from the free throw line. Christen Barney added 10 points while Courtney Kendall added nine points and 10 rebounds. Gallaudet faced an All-American in its opener as Angel Hall of Anderson personally outscored the Bison 36-33. Sophomore Charity Sanders was a bright spot with 13 rebounds in her first collegiate game. Sophomore Amanda Burnham of Mary Washington was named to the Scotty Wood All-Tournament team as she grabbed ten rebounds in each of MWC’s season-opening games against Muhlenberg and Gwynedd-Mercy. Senior Adrienne Barnes scored 24 points in the opener against Muhlenberg. St. Mary’s lost their first two games of the season at the Rowan Invitational. Senior guard Megan Baskins is leading the team in scoring with an 18.5 ppg average.

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