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America East WOMen's Basketball
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603.557.6172
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Table of Contents
Conference Overview............................................ 2
America East In The Pros...................................... 6
League Officiating................................................ 7
2007 America East Championship.......................... 8
America East Television........................................ 9
Composite Schedule........................................... 10
2006-07 Preseason Coaches’ Poll......................... 12
2006-07 Preseason All-Conference Team.............. 13
Albany Great Danes............................................ 14
Binghamton Bearcats.......................................... 17
Boston University Terriers................................... 20
Hartford Hawks.................................................. 23
Maine Black Bears.............................................. 26
UMBC Retrievers................................................ 29
New Hampshire Wildcats.................................... 32
Stony Brook Seawolves....................................... 35
Vermont Catamounts.......................................... 38
2005-06 Season Review...................................... 41
2005-06 Statistics............................................... 42
2006 Champions: Albany.................................... 51
Annual Conference Capsules............................... 52
Annual Standings............................................... 78
Annual Statistical Leaders................................... 80
Annual Awards................................................... 84
All-Conference Breakdown.................................. 86
All-Rookie Breakdown......................................... 90
Player of the Week Breakdown............................ 91
Rookie of the Week Breakdown........................... 93
NBA Draft Picks.................................................. 95
Game Records................................................... 96
Season Records.................................................. 98
Career Records................................................ 100
1,000-Point Scorers.......................................... 101
500 Career Rebounds....................................... 102
Annual Championship Results............................ 103
Championship Breakdown................................. 107
Championship Records..................................... 108
Postseason Breakdown..................................... 114
2007 NCAA Tournament Bracket........................ 116
Directions to Campuses.................................... 117
Media Coverage............................................... 119
Sports Information Contacts.............................. 120
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up-to-date media information throughout
the entire 2006-07 season, be sure to visit
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for rosters, logos, photos, press releases,
credential request forms and much, much
more.
Erica Kovach
Erica Beverly
Credits
Editor: K.J. Cardinal.
Assistant Editor: Tom Wilkins.
Editorial Assistance: Matt Bourque,
Heather Hathorn and member Sports Information Directors.
Layout & Design: K.J. Cardinal.
Printer: University of Maine Printing Services, Operations Manager Dan Curtis.
Photos: Steve Slade and member Sports
Information Directors.
Conference overview
page We Are America East
Since its modest beginning as a men’s basketball-only conference in 1979, America
East has evolved into one of the most comprehensive NCAA Division I conferences with
a commitment to broad-based, competitive
athletics programs, complementing the academic integrity and missions of the member
institutions.
Each of the nine institutions - University at Albany, Binghamton University, Boston University, University of Hartford, University of Maine,
University of Maryland Baltimore County
(UMBC), University of New Hampshire, Stony
Brook University, and University of Vermont offers a unique blend of academic and athletic
tradition.
Progressive in its approach to its more than
3,500 student-athletes, America East recognizes champions in each of its 22 sports:
men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, men’s
and women’s cross country, field hockey, men’s
and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s
outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s
and women’s tennis, and volleyball.
America East also conducts the nation’s most comprehensive academic recognition program for student-athletes. More than 1,800 student-athletes with grade-point averages of 3.0 or better were honored in 2005-06
alone.
With a geographic footprint covering the Mid-Atlantic to Northeast regions of the United States, America East
has a population base of more than 50 million people and nearly 30 million television homes. America East
member institutions include more than 106,000 students on the nine campuses and boast nearly one million
living alumni.
America East commissioner patrick nero
Patrick Nero, the former Athletic Director at the University of Maine,
began his tenure as America East Commissioner on August 14,
2006. Nero serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Conference overseeing all facets of the operations of the NCAA Division I
Conference, which is home to nine Universities participating in 22
sports. Nero is the third commissioner in America East history.
Besides his responsibilities within the America East Conference,
Nero also serves on the NCAA Management Council, the NCAA Playing Rules oversight Panel and the NCAA Committee on Women’s
Athletics.
Prior to being named Commissioner, Nero served as the Maine Athletic Director for three years. In his tenure at Maine, Nero quickly delivered on a pledge of an athletic program that encouraged its student-athletes to strive for success in the
classroom as well as in athletic endeavors. Behind Nero’s leadership, Maine captured its first ever America East
Academic Cup in 2004, given to the institution whose student-athletes achieve the highest cumulative grade
point average, with a conference record 3.12 grade point average.
The same year as winning the academic cup, Maine finished second in the America East Commissioner Cup
which rewards athletic success. This is the highest finish in Maine history. Maine won seven conference titles
in Nero’s tenure and 11 teams advanced to conference title games. The men’s ice hockey team advanced to
the National Championship game, while the football team became the first NCAA Division 1-AA to beat an SEC
team with its historic win against Mississippi State.
Prior to his tenure at Maine, Nero served as the Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of Miami. A
native of Providence, Rhode Island, Nero began his athletic administration career at his alma mater, Providence
College. He also served in various roles at Lamar University and Marquette University prior to his seven years
at Miami.
Staff Directory
Patrick Nero
Commissioner
Julie Ruppert
Senior Associate Commissioner
Matt Bourque
Associate Commissioner
K.J. Cardinal
Assistant Commissioner/Communications
Katie Willett
Assistant Commissioner/Compliance
Matt Jarret
Director of Championships & Sports Admin.
Bailey Mixon
Asst. Dir. of Championships & Sports Admin.
Tom Wilkins
Assistant Director of Communications
Rachael Hilgar
Assistant to the Commissioner
Heather Hathorn
Intern
Charles Diehl
Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials
Barbara Jacobs
Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials
Kathy Ferraraccio
Coordinator of Volleyball Officials
Roger Taylor
Coordinator of Soccer Officials
Marie Koch
Coordinator of Field Hockey Officials
Mara Wager
Coordinator of Women’s Lacrosse Officials
Nick Zibelli
Coordinator of Baseball Umpires
Nick Cinquanto
Coordinator of Softball Umpires
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Conference overview
page League History
To see how far America East has progressed,
consider the conference was established in
1979 as the ECAC North. The conference at
that time consisted of 10 institutions and
sponsored league competition only in men’s
basketball, with the champion receiving an
automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
Men’s basketball remained the lone league
sport until the 1988-89 academic year. At
that time, the conference’s Board of Directors made a new commitment to an
all-sports association, creating the North
Atlantic Conference by establishing an office, hiring a full-time commissioner, and
embarking on a
building program.
The North Atlantic Conference merged with
the Seaboard Conference (the league in
which Boston University, Hartford, Maine,
New Hampshire, and Vermont, among others, competed in women’s basketball) in
1989 and the NAC looked to establish conference championships in several men’s and
women’s sports.
The conference changed its name to America East prior to the 1996-97 academic year
and moved the conference headquarters to
its present location in downtown Boston in
1997.
In 2005, America East hired Patrick Nero,
most recently the Director of Athletics at
Maine, as the conference’s third commissioner.
Quick Facts
FouNDED
1979 ECAC North (men’s basketball)
1988-89 (all sports)
MEMBErshiP (yEAr JoiNED)
Albany (2001)
Binghamton (2001)
Boston University (1979)
Hartford (1985)
Maine (1979)
UMBC (2003)
New Hampshire (1979)
Stony Brook (2001)
Vermont (1979)
sPorts
Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Cross Country, Women’s
Cross Country, Field Hockey, Men’s Golf,
Women’s Golf, Men’s Indoor Track and
Field, Women’s Indoor Track and Field,
Men’s Lacrosse, Women’s Lacrosse, Men’s
Outdoor Track and Field, Women’s Outdoor
Track and Field, Men’s Soccer, Women’s
Soccer, Softball, Men’s Swimming and Diving, Women’s Swimming and Diving, Men’s
Tennis, Women’s Tennis, Volleyball.
Athletic Success
America East enters its 19th year of all-sports championship competition on the heels of one of the most
successful seasons in history as four of its 10 team sport
champions won at least one game in the NCAA Championship.
Erika Messam
Hartford advanced in the NCAA Women’s Basketball
Championship with a 64-58 upset win over Temple in
the first round. In addition, America East sent Stony
Brook to the National Invitation Tournament in women’s
basketball.
Albany’s men’s basketball team earned its first-ever trip
to the NCAA Championship by capturing the league’s
regular season and tournament championships. The
Great Danes held a double-digit second-half lead, but
could not upset top-seeded Connecticut.
Stony Brook’s Leonora Joy and the Maine’s Kirby Davis,
the 2005 America East Women’s and Men’s Individual
cross country champions, respectively, were also the top
league finishers at the NCAA Northeast Regionals. Joy
finished 12th, while Davis was 29th.
The 17th-ranked Boston University field hockey team
captured a 5-3 victory over Central Michigan in an NCAA
Play-In Game. With the win, the Terriers advanced to the
NCAA tournament for the first time since 2000. They
were narrowly defeated in a 4-3 overtime decision by
Michigan in the first round.
The Stony Brook men’s soccer team won its first-ever NCAA Division I Tournament game with a 2-1 overtime
victory over Yale. The victory marks the fifth-straight season the America East Champion has won a first round
game in the NCAA Tournament. The Seawolves advanced to the second round where they were defeated by
No. 8 Connecticut, 2-0.
The Boston University women’s soccer team earned a 1-0 win over the University of Connecticut in the first
round of the NCAA Tournament. The Terriers season came to an end as they lost 1-0 to Boston College in the
second round.
New Hampshire’s Shannon Daly and Kary Goodman both competed at the 2006 NCAA Division I Women’s
Swimming and Diving Championships.
Albany’s Marc Pallozzi and Joe Greene, Binghamton’s Rory Quiller
and Boston University’s Andrea Walkonen all competed at the 2006
NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Pallozzi and Greene
earned Division I track and field All-America honors, as announced
by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
academic Success
America East institutions boasted eight Academic All-Americans in 2005-06 while another
30 were named All-District.
The conference also honored a top-scholar
athlete in each of its 22 championship sports.
2006 America East Scholar-Athletes were Kirby Davis
(Maine men’s cross country), Marisa Ryan (Boston University women’s cross
country), Merrie-Beth Maynard (Vermont field hockey), Stephan Hall (Albany
men’s soccer), Debbie Newman (New Hampshire women’s soccer), Ashlee
Reed (Albany volleyball), Brendon Hitchcock (Binghamton baseball), Martin
Klimes (Vermont men’s basketball), Jessica Smith (Stony Brook women’s
basketball), Jeff Wolniewicz (Binghamton men’s golf), Juliana Carrillo (Hartford women’s golf), Kevin McKeown (Binghamton men’s lacrosse), Marrisa Trachtenberg (Stony Brook women’s lacrosse), Brittany Cheney
(Maine softball), Brian Koizim (Binghamton men’s swimming & diving),
Lidija Breznikar (Boston U. women’s swimming & diving), Tal Meir (Stony
Brook men’s tennis), Lya Kushnirovich (Binghamton women’s tennis), Andy Allstadt
Brendon Hitchcock
Conference overview
page (Albany men’s indoor track & field), Marisa Ryan (Boston U. women’s indoor track & field), Adam Grossman
(UMBC men’s outdoor track & field) and Alyssa Lotmore (Albany women’s outdoor track & field).
top-100 academic breakdown
More than 1,800 of America East’s 3,500 student-athletes were named to the Academic Honor Roll after receiving grade-point averages of 3.0 or better. Included in that total were 757 student-athletes who earned a
3.5 or better.
Conference ........ # of top 100 schools
Big 10 ................................................. 11
ACC .................................................... 11
Big XII ..................................................8
Ivy League............................................. 8
Big East . ............................................... 8
Pac 10 . .................................................6
SEC . .....................................................5
C-USA ...................................................5
America East . ................................... 4
Big West . .............................................. 4
Atlantic 10 ............................................. 4
Colonial ................................................. 3
Patriot League ....................................... 2
West Coast Conference . ......................... 2
MEAC ....................................................1
Mid-American . ....................................... 1
Mountain West . ..................................... 1
Sun Belt ................................................ 1
Atlantic Sun ........................................... 0
Big Sky . ................................................0
Big South...............................................0
Horizon .................................................0
MAAC ....................................................0
Mid-Continent ........................................ 0
Missouri Valley ....................................... 0
Northeast .............................................. 0
Ohio Valley ............................................ 0
Southern ............................................... 0
Southland .............................................. 0
SWAC . ..................................................0
WAC .....................................................0
Vermont, whose student-athletes maintained a 3.14 grade-point average, has been awarded the America East
Academic Cup for the second-consecutive season and becomes the first institution in conference history to win
the award three times. It ties the highest grade-point average in the 11-year history of the award, which the
Catamounts set last season.
FOUR AMERICA EAST INSTITUTIONS AMONG U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT TOP 100
Four America East institutions are ranked among the top 100 national universities in America according to the
annual U.S. News & World Report survey released Friday, August 18. Of the nation’s I-AA and I-AAA conferences, only the Ivy League had more institutions in the top 100.
Boston University, ranked No. 60 last year, moved up three spots to tie for the 57th
position, the highest rating for any of the nine America East institutions. Binghamton University (86, tie), University of Vermont (88, tie), and Stony Brook University (98, tie) were others highly rated among the national universities. Vermont
jumped up five spots from a year ago, marking the best improvement among
the conference’s nine universities.
The University of New Hampshire, who was tied for 97th in 2005, just
missed out on the top 100 as they were 105th.
U.S. News & World Report defines national universities as those that
“offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master’s and
doctoral degrees. In many cases, they place strong emphasis on research
and receive federal money to support their research endeavors.”
The survey appears in the August 28 edition of U.S. News & World Report and is based on
of academic quality gathered from each institution.
15 indicators
In addition, Binghamton (38), Vermont (39, tie), Stony Brook (46, tie) and New Hampshire (51, tie) ranked
among the top public national universities in the country (64 ranked).
BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLECTS COMMISSIONER's CUP
Seven league titles, three runner-up finishes and one third-place showing by its women’s programs led Boston University to the 2005-06
Stuart P. Haskell, Jr. Commissioner’s Cup. For the fourth time in five years, the Terriers earn the conference award that annually recognizes
the highest scoring athletic program in America East as determined by a points system, which rewards a school for success both during the
regular season and at championship competition in the league’s 22 sports.
Boston U. took home the conference crown in women’s cross country, women’s soccer, field hockey, women’s indoor track & field,
women’s tennis, women’s golf and women’s lacrosse. The Terriers were also runners up in women’s basketball, women’s outdoor track
& field and softball, while winning regular-season titles in women’s soccer, field hockey and women’s lacrosse.
Commissioner’s Cup Breakdown
Rank School 1
Boston U. 2
Binghamton 3
Albany 4
UMBC 5
Stony Brook 6
Maine 7
New Hampshire 8
Vermont
9
Hartford Points
365 328 325 311 296 269 247 214 159 ChampionshipsRunners UpRegular-Season Titles
7 WXC, WSOC, FH, WIT, WT, WG, WLAX 3 WBB, WOT, SB 3 WSOC, FH, WLAX
1 VB 5 MSOC, MSW, MT, WT, MG 0
5 MIT, MBB, MOT, WOT, SB 2 WIT, MLAX 2 VB, MBB
3 MXC, MSW, MLAX 2 WSW, MIT 2 MLAX, WLAX
2 MSOC, MT 3 WXC, VB, BB 1 MSOC
1 BB 2 WSOC, FH 2 FH, SB
1 WSW 3 MXC, WLAX, MOT 0
0
1 MBB 1 BB
2 WBB, MG 1 WG 1 WBB
Boston University and Maine tied for the regular season title in field hockey
Boston University and UMBC tied for the regular season title in women’s lacrosse
Conference overview
page CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP
America East Presidents and athletic administrators are not only extremely active on their own campuses, but they are also having an
impact nationally with their involvement on NCAA committees. As members of NCAA committees, presidents and athletics administrators play a
primary role in the maintenance of college sports. The positions held by
these leaders are both extremely powerful and influential when it comes
to the operation and continued success of collegiate athletics.
University of Hartford President Walter Harrison is one who is heavily involved in athletics not only in America East, but also nationally. He is the
Chair of the NCAA Executive Committee, the highest committee in the
NCAA governance structure, Chair of the NCAA I-AA/AAA Presidential
Advisory Group, --Chair of the NCAA Committee on Academic Performance, a member of NCAA Division I Board of Directors and a member
of the NCAA Presidential Task Force. America East Commissioner Patrick
Nero serves on the NCAA Management Council; the NCAA Committee
on Women’s Athletics and is a member of the Conference Commissioners Association.
Director of Athletics at Stony Brook University, Jim Fiore, serves on the
NCAA Championships and Competition Cabinet and Ann Maxim, the
Senior Women’s Administrator at the University of Maine, represents
the America East on the NCAA Academics, Eligibility and Compliance
Cabinet.
Community involvement
NCAA Sport & Sport rules committees
Sport.....................................................................................Name, School
Field Hockey.................................................................. Nancy Lyons, Boston U.
Gymnastics.......................................................Gail Goodspeed, New Hampshire
Men’s Ice Hockey................................................Marty Scarano, New Hampshire
Women’s Ice Hockey......................................................Jeff Schulman, Vermont
Ice Hockey Rules................................................................Bob Corran, Vermont
Men’s Lacrosse . .................................................................... Scott Marr, Albany
Women’s Soccer...................................................Paul Schlickmann, Stony Brook
Tennis.................................................................... Gary Glassman, Stony Brook
Volleyball........................................................................Ellen Crandall, Hartford
Volleyball Rules................................................................ Kelly Sheffield, Albany
Wrestling.........................................................................Carl Adams, Boston U.
NCAA Sport & Sport rules committees
Title......................................................................................Name, School
Board of Directors........................................................Walter Harrison, Hartford
Management Council....................................... Patrick Nero, America East
Championships & Competition Cabinet...............................Jim Fiore, Stony Brook
Academics, Eligibility & Compliance Cabinet.............................Ann Maxim, Maine
NCAA Executive Committee..............................................Walt Harrison, Hartford
Committee on Academic Performance...............................Walt Harrison, Hartford
Committee on Women’s Athletics................... Patrick Nero, America East
I-AA/I-AAA Presidential Advisory Group...........................................Walt Harrison
Competitive Safeguards & Medical Aspects of Sport...........Gary Skrinar, Boston U.
Honors Committee........................................ Julie Ruppert, America East
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.................................... Brad Daniels, Albany
America East’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is comprised
of student-athletes from each conference institution who interact and
support one another to shape intercollegiate athletics policy and enhance the student-athlete experience. The group provides a forum for
student-athletes to express their ideas and concerns regarding NCAA legislation, conference policies and other issues related to student-athlete well-being. Participants in SAAC also lead the way in the conference’s community involvement. Teams all across America East are becoming active in the communities surrounding their campuses to make a difference in people’s lives. Whether it’s
serving dinners at a homeless shelter or taking time to volunteer with local charities, the America East SAAC and student-athletes are making a difference.
As role models in the community, members of the America East SAAC make an effort to interact with today’s youth and encourage them to work towards their goals
and dreams. During the 2006 fall SAAC meeting, the group traveled to Boston’s South End Salvation Army Community Center where they worked with local youths.
As part of a community night, the center had a various activities going on that allowed the student-athletes to
relate to the area youth on a number of levels.
In the spring of 2006, the America East SAAC participated in a Habitat for Humanity build at two separate
locations near Boston. The groups spent the afternoon interacting and working with volunteers from the
community as well as the families whose homes they were constructing. The experience not only provided
the student-athletes with an opportunity to help make a difference in the lives of the families they were
working besides, but it also helped them create lasting memories and friendships.
Corinne DiPietro
UMBC at Habitat for Humanity
America East In the Pros
page Former Student-Athletes Excel at the highest level
Several America East athletes have extended their playing careers beyond the collegiate level. Former two-time America East Players of the
Year Craig Claxton of the Atlanta Hawks, and Malik Rose of the New York
Knicks, helped lead the San Antonio Spurs to a World Championship
in 2003. Former Hartford star Vin Baker of Minnesota Timberwolves,
continued the legacy of the late Reggie Lewis, when he was selected as
an NBA All-Star.
America East has also been well-represented in the WNBA as current
Hartford head coach Jennifer Rizzotti and former America East Players
of the Year Cindy Blodgett (Maine), Jamie Cassidy (Maine) and Katasha
Artis have played in the top women’s professional league.
Former Hartford star Jeff Bagwell of the Houston Astros became the
35th player in Major League history to hit 400 home runs when he homered in a game on July 20, 2003. More recently, he also helped the Astros reach the World Series for the first time in franchise history in 2005.
Joe Nathan, who played at Stony Brook and is now a top reliever for
the Minnesota Twins, was selected to the Major League All-Star game
in both 2004 and 2005. Former America East Players of the Year Mark
Sweeney (Maine) of the San Francisco Giants and Kevin Mench of the
Texas Rangers are on 2006 Major League rosters. Jay Witasick of the
Oakland A’s, who played at UMBC, is in his 10th season in the majors.
Several other former America East players, including 11 draft choices
from 2004-05, are presently in the minor leagues.
Hartford’s Jerry Kelly, who recently finished second at the U.S. Bank
Championship in Milwaukee, joined the tour in 1996 after turning professional in 1989. Kelly has earned more than $2 million in each of the
last three seasons. He’s joined by former Hawk golfers Tim Petrovic and
Patrick Sheehan on the PGA Tour.
current athletes in the pros
NBA
Vin Baker (Hartford)......................................................Minnesota Timberwolves
Malik Rose (Drexel).................................................................. New York Knicks
Craig “Speedy” Claxton (Hofstra)...................................................Atlanta Hawks
Jose Juan Barea (Northeastern).................................................Dallas Mavericks
MLB
Jeff Bagwell (Hartford)............................................................... Houston Astros
Mark Sweeney (Maine)....................................................... San Francisco Giants
Wayne Franklin (UMBC)................................................................Atlanta Braves
Jay Witasick (UMBC)................................................................ Oakland Athletics
Joe Nathan (Stony Brook)......................................................... Minnesota Twins
Kevin Mench (Delaware).............................................................. Texas Rangers
Mike Koplove (Delaware)..................................................Arizona Diamondbacks
Carlos Pena (Northeastern).........................................................Boston Red Sox
MLs
Andrew Dorman (Boston U.)................................ New England Revolution (MLS)
MLL
Brendan Mundorf (UMBC)................................................. Denver Outlaws (MLL)
Mike Gabel (Vermont)......................................................Chicago Machine (MLL)
PgA
Jerry Kelly (Hartford)
Tim Petrovic (Hartford)
Patrick Sheehan (Hartford)
LPGA
Libby Smith (Vermont)
America East also has a number of former men’s and women’s soccer
and men’s lacrosse players in various professional leagues, including former
Boston University standout Andrew Dorman, who is in his third season with the New England Revolution of the MLS.
UMBC’s men’s lacrosse player Brendan Mundorf, the 2006 America East Player of the Year, was recently concluded his first season with the Denver Outlaws of the
Major Lacrosse League. He is one of the top rookie scorers in the league with 17 goals and 21 points for the Western Division leaders.
Joe Nathan
Brendan Mundorf
League Officiating
page 2006-07 officials
2006-07 NCAA Rules Changes
Joanne Aldrich
Tewksbury, Mass.
Kelly Gill
Pocopson, Pa.
Rita Roach
Boston, Mass.
Janice Aliberti
Glassboro, N.J.
David Gustafson
Sturbridge, Mass.
Michael Schmidt
Chittenango, N.Y.
Sue Blauch
Harrisonburg, Va.
Kathy Jenkins
Gorham, Maine
Robert Simmons
New Bedford, Mass.
Leslie Boucher
Gloucester, Mass.
Norma Jones
Lothian, Md.
Jerome Skrine
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Kevin Brooks
Upper Marlboro, Md.
Rachelle Jones
White Plains, N.Y.
Bonita Spence
South Orange, N.J.
Denise Brooks-Clauser
Jersey City, N.J.
Henry Letendre
Central Falls, R.I.
Michele St. Pierre
East Greenbush, N.Y.
Reta Brown
Hollis, Maine
Angela Lewis
Bowie, Md.
Joseph Vaszily
Westfield, N.J.
Heather Browne
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Kathleen Lonergan
Jamison, Pa.
Diane Waespy
Hackensack, N.J.
Kelly Callahan
Wilmington, Dela.
Kathleen Lynch
Clymer, N.Y.
Mara Wager
Delmar, N.Y.
Cliff Carney
Brighton, Mass.
Margaret Lynch-Galadeta
North Providence, R.I.
Kenneth Weiand
Walpole, Mass.
Fatou Cissoko
Providence, R.I.
Duane Mack
East Hartford, Conn.
Pamela Wine
Dayville, Conn.
Ron Clarkson
Bensalem, Pa.
Terry McKinney
Windsor, Conn.
Richard Wright
Flushing, N.Y.
Kevin Collier
Auburn, N.Y.
Keith Miller
Avon, N.Y.
Gary Zavatkay
Suffield, Conn.
Tom Danaher
Sewell, N.J.
Randy Mudge
Hunter, N.Y.
Diana DePaul
Rockville, Md.
Colleen O’Connor
Northampton, Mass.
Butch Disher
Newtown Square, Pa.
John Orminski
Richboro, Pa.
Kimberly Evans
Rochester, N.Y.
John Palermo
Oxford, Mass.
Experimental Rules. The women will experiment with the
three-point line extended to 20 feet, 6 inches and the 10-second
backcourt rule.
Kevin Farlow
Abingdon, Md.
Susan Peters
West Roxbury, Mass.
Points of Emphasis. Displacement and sportsmanship will remain as points of emphasis for the 2006-07 season.
Patti Fernandes
Stratford, Conn.
Vidmantas Petraitis
Germantown, Md.
Reggie Fowler
Islip, N.Y.
Terri Piatek
Meyersdale, Pa.
Tim Fuller
Geneseo, N.Y.
Jack Plunkett
Jenkintown, Pa.
Debra Ann Garcia
Boston, Mass.
Anthony Price
Bronx, N.Y.
Frank Geiselman
Cumberland, R.I.
John Riordan
Worcester, Mass.
LED Lights. (Rule 1-18) – LED lights may be used on the shot
clock, but the lights shall only be activated for a shot-clock violation.
Intentionally Kicked Ball. (Rule 2-14.6.f, 2-14.7.b) – When
an intentionally kicked ball occurs with 14 seconds or less, set
the shot clock to 15 seconds. When an intentionally kicked ball
occurs with 15 seconds or more the clock shall remain as is.
Undergarments. (Rule 3-4.14) – Compression pants may not
extend below the game pants. Shirt sleeves may not extend
below the elbow.
Arm Sleeves. (Rule 3-5.7) – Arm sleeves are illegal unless worn
for medical purposes.
Wristbands and Headbands. (Rule 3-5.15, 3-5.16) – Wristbands and headbands must be either the dominant color of the
game jersey or white. The color shall be uniform for the entire
team.
Point of Interruption. (Rule 4-51.1.a) – The ball will be returned to play at the point of interruption after double fouls and
simultaneous personal fouls.
Use of Timeouts. (Rule 5-10.22) – During games that do not
have media present, a 75-second timeout is charged when an
appeal for a correctable error is not correctable. When a 75second timeout is not available, a 30-second timeout shall be
used.
Timeout Request. (Rule 5-10.1.a) – A timeout shall not be recognized when an airborne player’s momentum carries him/her
either out-of-bounds or into the backcourt.
Screener Position. (Rule 10-22) – The normal stance of a
screener shall be approximately shoulder width.
Penalty for Non-Compliance of Equipment Rule. (Rule 117) – An indirect technical foul will be assessed to the Division I
home team at the beginning of each game when a game clock
with a 10th of a second display, a red light or LED lights and shot
clocks mounted on the backboard are not available.
Substitutions. (Rule 5-10.23.a) – Require a bleeding player or
a player who has lost or irritated contact to be substituted if it
cannot be resolved within 20 seconds.
2007 America East Championship
page Women's Basketball
March 8-11 at Events Center
Four Days
Eight Games
First Round: Thursday, March 8
Quarterfinals: Friday, March 9
Semifinals: Saturday, March 10
Title Game: Sunday, March 11
Tournament Packages
Adult $45
Youth/Student $25
For more information
call 607.777.SLAM
or online at www.AmericaEast.com
To request championship
media credentials,
please email
Tom Wilkins
([email protected])
America East Television
page November
Tue. 7 Vermont vs. New Orleans (ESPNU)
Wed. 8 Vermont vs. Hampton/Maryland (^ ESPN2)
Fri. 10 George Washington at Boston U. (CN8)
New Hampshire at Boston College (NESN)
Mon. 13 Vermont at Boston College (NESN)
Tue. 14 Loyola (Md.) at UMBC (MASN)
Tue. 14 WBB: Coppin State at UMBC (MASN)
Tue. 21 WBB: Towson at UMBC (MASN)
Tue. 21 Lafayette at UMBC (MASN)
Thu. 30 Villanova at Stony Brook (MSG)
dECEMBER
Tue. 5 Wed. 6 Sat. 16 Sun. 17 Sat. 23 Fri. 29
Sat. 30 Hofstra at Stony Brook (MSG)
Massachusetts at Boston U. (CN8)
St. Bonaventure at Albany (TW3)
Harvard at Vermont (CN8)
Vermont at Quinnipiac (NESN)
WBB: Hartford at Connecticut (CPTV)
Stony Brook at Notre Dame (MSG) jANUARY
Wed. 3 *New Hampshire at Albany (AETV)
Holy Cross at Boston U. (CN8)
Sun. 4 WBB: *Stony Brook at Hartford (AETV)
Sat. 13 *Albany at Vermont (AETV)
Mon. 15 *Stony Brook at Albany (TW3)
Tue. 16 *UMBC at Maine (AETV)
Sun. 21 *Hartford at Albany (TW3)
Wed. 24 *Albany at Boston U. (AETV)
Sat. 27 *Maine at Hartford (NESN)
Wed. 31 *New Hampshire at Vermont (CN8)
*UMBC at Albany (TW3)
Hartford at Boston College (NESN)
fEBRUARY
Sat. 3 *Maine at New Hampshire (AETV)
*Binghamton at Albany (3) (AETV)
Wed. 7 *Albany at Maine (AETV)
Sat. 10 WBB: SBU at Boston U. (AETV)
Sun. 11 *Vermont at Albany (TW3)
Wed. 14 *Vermont at Maine (AETV)
Sat. 17 Albany at ESPN BracketBusters Maine at ESPN BracketBusters Sun. 18 *Binghamton at Vermont (AETV)
Wed. 21WBB: *Boston U. at Hartford (AETV)
Thu. 22 *Vermont at Boston U. (AETV)
Sat. 24 WBB: *Hartford at Binghamton (NESN)
Sun. 25 *Boston U. at Albany (AETV)
Tue. 27 WBB: *Maine at Hartford (AETV)
mARCH
Sun. 4 Sat. 10 Sat. 10
Sun. 11
AE Championship: Semifinals (AETV)
AE Championship: Title Game (ESPN2)
WBB: AE Championship: Semifinals (AETV)
WBB: AE Championship: Title Game (AETV)
6:30 p.m.
TBA
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7
8
2
3
1
7
4
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
8 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Women's Basketball television schedule set
America East and ESPN Regional Television will team up to produce and distribute seven women’s basketball games as part of the the America East Television
package for the 2006-07 season. The contests are available to local-market
stations and cable outlets and will be streamed live on the web at www.AmericaEast.com. Included in the conference package are the league’s semifinal
and title games.
The television schedule posted on the left includes men’s and women’s basketball games, with women’s contests denoted as such. Please note that additional games and carriers will be added to this schedule, so be sure to check
www.AmericaEast.com frequently for the latest changes and satellite coordinates surrounding all America East basketball action.
America East On Campus returns for Season Two
For the second-consecutive season, America East will produce and distribute America East On Campus, a half-hour, feature-oriented television show.
America East On Campus, produced by Cod Rock Media of Kittery, Maine and
hosted by Eric Frede, will have a minimum of five episodes in 2006-07. Below
is the 2006-07 America East On Campus schedule with dates that each episode
will debut. Please note that additional dates and carriers will be added to this
schedule, so be sure to check www.AmericaEast.com frequently for the latest
changes.
2006-07 America East On Campus schedule
Dec. 12
Jan. 13
Feb. 3
Feb. 10
Feb. 24
Episode
Episode
Episode
Episode
Episode
1
2
3
4
5
(NESN)
(NESN)
(NESN)
(NESN)
(NESN)
2:30
2:30
2:30
2
6
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
3 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
12 noon
2 p.m.
8 p.m.
TBA
TBA
3 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
3 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
TBD
12 noon
5/7 p.m.
3 p.m.
kEY
*America East Conference game
^ Game will only be televised if Vermont beats New Orleans
AETV - game part of the America East Television package
CN8 - Comcast Network
CPTV - Connecticut Public Television
MASN - Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
TW3 - Time Warner Cable (Albany, N.Y.)
NESN - New England Sports Network
MSG - Madison Square Garden Network
Leah Secondo
Bob Picozzi
composite schedule
page 10
November
Fri. 10
Sat. 11
Tue. 14
Wed. 15
Fri. 17 Sat. 18 Sun. 19 Tue. 21
Wed. 22
Fri. 24 Sat. 25
Sun. 26 Tue. 28
Wed. 29
Thu. 30
UMBC at George Washington
4 p.m.
LaSalle at Albany
7 p.m.
Dartmouth at Hartford (1)
7 p.m.
Massachusetts at Vermont
7 p.m.
Stony Brook at Marist
7 p.m.
Willam & Mary at Maine
7:30 p.m.
Coppin State at UMBC (MASN)
5 p.m.
Boston U. at Rhode Island
7 p.m.
New Hampshire at Massachusetts
7 p.m.
Sacred Heart at Binghamton
7 p.m.
Albany vs. Siena (2)
7 p.m.
Stony Brook vs. Illinois State (3)
5:30 p.m.
Hartford at St. Joseph’s
7 p.m.
Bowling Green vs. Albany (4)
3 p.m.
Binghamton vs. Winthrop (5)
5 p.m
Loyola at UMBC
7 p.m.
Wagner at New Hampshire
7 p.m.
Holy Cross at Vermont(6)
8 p.m.
Stony Brook vs. Yale/DePaul (3)
5:30/7:30 p.m.
Maine vs. Middle Tennessee (7)
1 p.m.
Boston U. at Missouri-Kansas City
1 p.m.
UCF/Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Albany (4)
3, 5 p.m.
Binghamton vs. Akron (5)
5 p.m.
East Carolina/Harvard at Vermont (6)
6/8 p.m.
Maine vs. Minnesota/Princeton (7)
1/3 p.m.
Hartford at Loyola
2 p.m.
Boston U. at Northeastern
5 p.m.
Towson at UMBC (MASN)
5 p.m.
Albany at Virginia Commonwealth
7 p.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson at Binghamton
3 p.m.
New Hampshire at Army
7 p.m.
Vermont at Rhode Island (8)
12 noon
Hartford at Manhattan
2 p.m.
Brown at Maine (9)
7 p.m.
Vermont vs. Boston College/Central Connecticut St. (8) 12/2 p.m.
Liberty at Binghamton
1 p.m.
Clemson/St. John’s at Maine (9)
6 p.m.
Iona at New Hampshire
1 p.m.
Canisius at Boston U.
1 p.m.
Holy Cross at Albany
2 p.m.
Hartford at Columbia
2 p.m.
NJIT at UMBC
2 p.m.
Providence at New Hampshire
7 p.m.
UMBC at American
7 p.m.
Stony Brook at Iona
7 p.m.
Boston U. at Connecticut
7:30 p.m.
Binghamton at LaSalle
7 p.m.
Seton Hall at Hartford
7 p.m.
Maine at Dartmouth
7 p.m.
Vermont at Minnesota
8 p.m.
December
Fri. 1
Boston U. at Arizona State (10)
6 p.m.
Sat. 2 Vermont at Lafayette
1 p.m.
Binghamton at Canisius
2 p.m.
Brigham Young at Hartford
2 p.m.
George Washington at Stony Brook
2 p.m.
UMBC at Fairleigh Dickinson
2 p.m.
New Hampshire at CCSU
2 p.m.
Boston U. vs. Northern Arizona/Eastern Michigan (10) 6:30/9 p.m.
Sun. 3 Army at Albany
2 p.m.
Mon. 4 Hartford at St. John’s
7 p.m.
Tue. 5 New Hampshire at Boston College
7 p.m.
Wed. 6 Brown at Boston U. (11)
5:30 p.m.
Vermont at Colgate
6 p.m.
Albany at Buffalo
7 p.m.
Massachusetts at Hartford
7 p.m.
Navy at UMBC
7 p.m.
Stony Brook at Temple
7 p.m.
Thu. 7 Binghamton at Lehigh
7 p.m.
Maine at Holy Cross
7 p.m.
Sat. 9
Hofstra at Stony Brook
3 p.m.
Hartford at Michigan State
12 noon
Colgate at New Hampshire
1 p.m.
UMBC at Longwood
3 p.m.
Sun. 10 Villanova at Binghamton
1 p.m.
Boston U. at Delaware
1 p.m.
Maine at St. Joseph’s
2 p.m.
Albany at Wisconsin
2:30 p.m.
Tue. 12 Harvard at Boston U.
7 p.m.
Wed. 13 Stony Brook at Dartmouth
7 p.m.
Fri. 15 Stony Brook at CCSU
7 p.m.
Sat. 16 Binghamton at Colgate
1 p.m.
Sun. 17 Manhattan at Vermont
12 noon
St. John’s at Boston U.
1 p.m.
Sacred Heart at Albany
2 p.m.
UMBC at Mount St. Mary’s
3 p.m.
Maine at Boston College
3:30 p.m.
Tue. 19 Binghamton at Bucknell
7 p.m.
Northeastern at New Hampshire
7 p.m.
Kent State at Vermont
7 p.m.
UMBC at Rider
7 p.m.
Fri. 22 Hartford at Hofstra
12 noon
Sat. 23 Quinnipiac at Stony Brook
1 p.m.
Thu. 28 New Hampshire vs. Detriot (12)
4:30 p.m.
Maine at Virginia (13)
3 p.m.
Vermont vs. South Florida (14)
4 p.m.
UMBC vs.Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (15)
5 p.m.
Stony Brook at Sacred Heart
7 p.m.
Albany at Sam Houston State
8 p.m.
Fri. 29 Maine vs. UAB/Northwestern State (13)
TBD
New Hampshire vs. Virginia Tech/Winston-Salem St. (12)
4:30/7 p.m.
Vermont vs. St. Joseph’s/Northeastern (14)
TBD
Boston U. vs. Dayton (16)
5 p.m.
UMBC vs. Texas State
5 p.m.
Hartford at Connecticut (17) (CPTV)
7 p.m.
Sat. 30 Boston U. vs. Duke/Dartmouth (16)
5/7 p.m.
Syracuse at Binghamton
1 p.m.
St. John’s at Stony Brook
4 p.m.
Albany at Lamar
8 p.m.
composite schedule
page 11
January
Mon. 1 Siena at Vermont
Tue. 2 St. Bonaventure at Albany
Thu. 4 *Hartford at Stony Brook *New Hampshire at Maine
*Albany at Binghamton *Boston University at UMBC Sun. 7 *Vermont at Boston University *New Hampshire at Hartford *Maine at Albany *Stony Brook at UMBC Mon. 8 Binghamton at Cornell
Wed. 10 *Hartford at Vermont *Boston University at Stony Brook *UMBC at Albany *Maine at Binghamton Dartmouth at New Hampshire
Sat. 13 *Stony Brook at New Hampshire *Binghamton at UMBC Sun. 14 *Maine at Vermont *Albany at Boston University Wed. 17 *Stony Brook at Maine *Vermont at Albany *Binghamton at New Hampshire *UMBC at Hartford Sat. 20 *Vermont at Binghamton *Boston University at Maine *UMBC at New Hampshire *Hartford at Albany Tue. 23 *New Hampshire at Boston University Wed. 24 *Stony Brook at Vermont *Maine at UMBC *Binghamton at Hartford Sat. 27 *Hartford at Maine *New Hampshire at Vermont *Boston University at Binghamton *Albany at Stony Brook Wed. 31 *Hartford at Boston University *Albany at New Hampshire *Binghamton at Stony Brook *Vermont at UMBC 1 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
12 noon
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
12 noon
7 p.m.
12 noon
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
11 a.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
February
Sat. 3 *Maine at New Hampshire 12 noon
*Binghamton at Albany 5 p.m.
Sun. 4 *UMBC at Boston University 1 p.m.
*Stony Brook at Hartford (AETV)
2 p.m.
Wed. 7 *Albany at Maine TBD
*UMBC at Stony Brook
7 p.m.
*Boston University at Vermont 7 p.m.
*Hartford at New Hampshire 7 p.m.
Sat. 10 *Stony Brook at Boston Univ. (AETV)
12 noon
*Vermont at Hartford 2 p.m.
*Albany at UMBC 7 p.m.
*Binghamton at Maine 12 noon
Tue. 13 *Vermont at Maine 7:30 p.m.
Wed. 14 *Boston University at Albany 7 p.m.
*UMBC at Binghamton 7 p.m.
*New Hampshire at Stony Brook 7 p.m.
Sat. 17 *Binghamton at Vermont
1 p.m.
*Maine at Boston University 1 p.m.
*Albany at Hartford 2 p.m.
*New Hampshire at UMBC 4 p.m.
Tue. 20 *UMBC at Vermont 7 p.m.
Wed. 21 *Stony Brook at Binghamton 7 p.m.
*New Hampshire at Albany 7 p.m.
*Boston University at Hartford (AETV)
7:30 p.m.
Sat. 24 *UMBC at Maine 12 noon
*Vermont at Stony Brook 4 p.m.
*Boston University at New Hampshire 1 p.m.
*Hartford at Binghamton (NESN)
3 p.m.
Tue. 27 *Maine at Hartford (AETV)
7 p.m.
Wed. 28 *Binghamton at Boston University 7 p.m.
*Stony Brook at Albany 7 p.m.
*Vermont at New Hampshire 7 p.m.
March
Sat. 3 Thu. 8 Fri. 9 Sat. 10 Sun. 11 *Maine at Stony Brook *New Hampshire at Binghamton *Albany at Vermont *Hartford at UMBC !America East Championship: First Round !America East Championship: Quarterfinals !AE Championship: Semifinals (AETV)
!AE Championship: Title Game (AETV)
Key
4
1
1
7
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
TBD
TBD
5/7 p.m.
3 p.m.
1 – Preseason NIT (Hartford, Conn.)
2 – Pepsi Arena (Albany, N.Y.)
3 – DePaul Tournament (Chicago, Ill.)
4 – UCF Golden Knights Tournament (Orlando, Fla.)
5 – Florida Atlantic Tipoff Classic (Boca Ration, Fla.)
6 – TD Banknorth Classic (Burlington, Vt.)
7 – Minnesota Tournament (Minneapolis, Minn.)
8 – URI Invitational (Kingston, R.I.)
9 – Dead River Company Classic (Orono, Maine)
10 – Verizon Wireless ASU Classic (Tempe, Ari.)
11 – Agganis Arena (Boston, Mass.)
12 – Lady Luck Classic (Blacksburg, Va.)
13 - The Cavalier Classic (Charlottesville, Va.)
14 – Hawk Classic (Philadelphia, Pa.)
15 – Texas-Pan American Tournament (Edinburg, Texas)
16 – Blue Sky Restaurant Group Classic (Hanover, N.H.)
17 - Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, Conn.)
* America East Conference game
! 2007 AE Women’s Basketball Championship at Events Center (Vestal, N.Y.)
AETV (America East Television Package)
NESN (New England Sports Network)
FSNE (Fox-Sports New England)
MASN (Mid-Atlantic Sports Network)
CPTV (Connecticut Public Television)
2006-07 preseason coaches' poll
page 12
Hartford Unanimous Choice for Third Straight Women's Basketball Title
University of Hartford is the unanimous choice to repeat as America East Women’s Basketball Champions according to a vote of the conference’s head coaches. The Hawks received all eight possible first-place votes,
tallying 64 points (coaches are not permitted to vote for their own team).
Stony Brook earned 56 points and garnered the only other first-place vote to finish second in the poll. Boston
University finished third with 49 points. Binghamton University was fourth with 37 points, University of New
Hampshire was just one point behind Binghamton garnering 36 points for a fifth-place preseason billing, while
UMBC was sixth with 33 points.
University of Maine, University of Vermont and University at Albany rounded out the nine-team poll with 23,
14 and 12 points, respectively.
preseason coaches' poll
RankTeam (1st-place votes)....Points
1.
Hartford (8)............................... 64
2.
Stony Brook (1)......................... 56
3.
Boston U. ................................. 49
4.
Binghamton............................... 37
5.
New Hampshire......................... 36
6.
UMBC........................................ 33
7.
Maine........................................ 23
8.
Vermont.................................... 14
9.
Albany....................................... 12
The two-time defending champion Hawks, (27-4, 15-1 America East in 2005-06), became just the second team
in America East women’s basketball history to win an NCAA tournament game as they shocked sixth-seeded Temple
in the first round a season ago. Despite the loss of 2006 Player of the Year Erika Messam, head coach Jen Rizzotti returns nine players from last year’s roster, including a pair of preseason all-conference selections in, Danielle Hood (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) and Erica Beverly (Bridgeport, Conn./Kolbe Cathedral).
Hood was a first-team all-conference pick in 2005-06, while Beverly was the Rookie of the Year in the conference.
Stony Brook (20-10, 12-4) finished second in the regular season a year ago and had one of the best single-season turn-arounds in league history. The Seawolves
return 10 players from last year’s team including a pair of preseason all-conference selections Mykeema Ford (Trenton, N.J./Trenton/Cheshire Academy) and
Jessica Smith (Butler, N.J./Butler). Ford is the league’s top-returning scorer as she averaged 15.4 points per game in 2005-06, while Smith was in the top five in
rebounding and scoring. Last season, the Seawolves participated in their first-ever Women’s National Invitational Tournament.
Boston University (18-12, 9-7) has advanced to four-straight America East Championship title games and third-year head coach Kelly Greenberg hope to keep
this streak alive for the Terriers. Despite losing first-team all-conference selection Rachael Vanderwal, Boston U. returns 12 players from 2005-06, including four
starters. Cheri Raffo (Asbury, N.J./North Hunterdon) (10.9 ppg) is the Terriers’ top returning scorer. In addition, all-rookie selections Jesyka Burks-Wiley (Kansas
City, Mo./Lincoln College Prep) and Christine Kinneary (Plainedge, N.Y./Holy Trinity) should help power the youth movement at Boston U.
Led by preseason all-conference selection Laine Kurpniece (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh), Binghamton (17-12, 9-7) is predicted to finish fourth again this
season. The Bearcats finished fourth last year and have finished in the top five in each of the past three campaigns. Kurpniece, a second-team all-conference selection last season, led Binghamton in scoring (12.2 ppg) and rebounding (7.0 rpg). Head coach Rich Conover has led the Bearcats to four-straight winning seasons
in conference play. Binghamton’s Events Center will serve as the host of the 2007 America East Women’s Basketball Championship on March 8-11.
New Hampshire’s (15-13, 7-9) Danielle Clark (Corinna, Maine/Nokomis Regional) will return for her final season as a Wildcat after leading the team in scoring
(15.1 ppg) last year and being selected to the all-conference second team. She will be joined by Whitney Edwards (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Trinity Catholic), a 2006
all-defensive team selection, and Ray Williams (Mississauga, Ontario/The Woodlands School), a second-team all-conference selection. Head coach Sue Johnson,
who has the longest longest tenure of any current head coach in America East, added six newcomers to the 2006-07 squad.
Jessica Smith
UMBC (15-13, 7-9), one of the league’s most improved teams over the past season, earns its highest preseason billing since joining America East. The Retrievers rattled off six-straight wins over America East foes
in early February to post a program-best 7-9 fifth-place finish in the conference. Sharri Rohde (Indianapolis,
Ind./Franklin Central), a second-team all-conference selection, will play her final season at UMBC. She is
the only player in the league to rank in the top-11 in conference games only for scoring (fifth, 14.8 ppg),
rebounding (11th, 6.4 rpg), assists (8th , 2.94 apg) and field goal percentage (3rd , 57.1 percent). She also
has a streak of 84 consecutive games started.
Maine (10-19, 5-11), who is traditionally one of the most successful programs in America East with seven
league titles, looks to bounce back from a 10-19 finish in 2005-06. Senior Bracey Barker (Bar Harbor, Maine/
Mount Desert Island), a third-team all-conference selection, returns to lead the Black Bears. She was the
team’s top scorer (13.8 ppg) and rebounder (6.6 rpg) last season. Fellow senior Ashley Underwood (Augusta, Maine/Cory) averaged 13.4 points per game and was one of the league’s top outside shooters.
Senior Brittney Cross (Durham, N.H./Oyster River) will look to lead a youthful Vermont (9-18, 5-11) team
this season. After back-to-back seventh-place finishes, this year’s team will look to return Vermont to more
familiar surroundings among the America East elite. Vermont, who has the second-most titles (four) behind
only Maine, will rely greatly on its six-player sophomore class and its four incoming freshmen. America East
all-rookie selection Andrea Cihal (Mississaura, Ontario/Cawthra Park) will be asked to play a greater role
during her sophomore campaign.
Albany (7-21, 3-13) head coach Trina Patterson returns juniors Sherri Mikus (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquenita),
the team leader in assists, and Gia Sanders (Bowie, Md./The Bullis School), who led the league in blocked
shots (1.86 bpg). Behind Sanders, the Great Danes led the league and were ranked 42nd in the nation in
blocked shots.
2006-07 preseason All-conference
preseason All-conference team
*Danielle Hood, Jr., F, Hartford
*Mykeema Ford, Sr., G, Stony Brook
Erika Beverly, So., F, Hartford
Jessica Smith, Jr., F, Stony Brook
Laine Kurpniece, Jr., C, Binghamton
page 13
Hartford's Hood, Stony Brook's Ford Lead Preseason All-Conference Team
University of Hartford’s Danielle Hood (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) and Stony Brook University’s Mykeema Ford (Trenton, N.J./Trenton/Cheshire Academy) were unanimous selections to the 2006-07 America
East Women’s Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team. Both players received eight votes from the coaches around the league (coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players) and were all-conference
selections from a year ago.
Joining Hood and Ford on the preseason squad is junior center Laine Kurpniece (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) of Binghamton, 2006 Rookie of the Year
Erica Beverly (Bridgeport, Conn./Kolbe Cathedral) of
Hartford, and senior forward Jessica Smith (Butler, N.J./
Butler) of Stony Brook. All three were second-team all-conference selections last season.
*unanimous selection
Mykeema Ford
One of two unanimous selections, Hood was a first-team all-conference selection in 2005-06, helping lead
Hartford to a second-straight America East Championship. The 6-1 forward was the Hawks’ top scorer from
a year ago, averaging 13.9 points per game, which was fifth-best in the conference. She led Hartford to a
program-best 27-4 record last season and was crucial in an unpresidented win over sixth-seeded Temple in
the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Another unanimous selection, Ford was a first-team all-conference selection in 2005-06. The 5-8 guard
helped lead Stony Brook to its best season at the Division I level. The Seawolves finished 20-10 overall last
season and represented America East in the Women’s NIT. It was Stony Brook’s first-ever trip to the postseason. She is America East’s top-returning scorer as she averaged 15.4 points per game in 2005-06. Ford
led all of America East with 4.41 assists per game and also ranked in the top 10 in three-point field goals
made (1.52 - 8th) and steals (1.59 - 9th).
Beverly, the 2006 America East Rookie of the Year, was
a second-team all-conference and an all-rookie team
selection. She won the league’s Rookie of the Week
award a conference-record 10 times and ranked 20th
in the league in scoring (10.2 ppg) and was the conference’s second-leading rebounder (8.7 rpg).
Danielle Hood
Smith, a second-team all-conference selection,
ranked in the top five in America East in scoring (14.9
- 4th) and rebounding (7.4 rpg - 5th). She is the only
returner in America East to be named an all-conference selection in the past three seasons.
Kurpniece, a second-team all-conference selection, led the Bearcats in scoring, averaging 12.2 ppg (11th
AE) and pulled down a team-high 7.0 rpg (7th AE). She earned America East Player of the Week honors
three times during the 2005-06 season.
2005-06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (ALL GAMES)
PlayerGPGS
D. Hood
31 30
M. Ford
29 29
E. Beverly
31 30
J. Smith
30 30
L. Kurpniece
28 26
Min
768
964
791
883
649
Avg
24.8
33.2
25.5
29.4
23.2
FG
180
160
124
174
108
FGA
329
435
225
396
202
Pct 3FGFGA Pct FT
.547
0
0 .000 71
.368 44 134 .328 84
.551
0
0 .000 68
.439
0
2 .000 99
.535
3 11 .273 124
FTA
116
124
121
132
152
PctOff DefTot Avg PF FO ATO BlkStl Pts Avg
.612 53 89 142 4.6 55 0 34 56 14 27 431 13.9
.677 12 87 99 3.4 79 2 128 83 5 46 448 15.4
.562 86 184 270 8.7 60 0 36 48 38 24 316 10.2
.750 86 135 221 7.4 112 6 33 88 6 65 447 14.9
.816 65 119 184 6.6 68 1 55 83 8 15 343 12.2