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PAC North Division

Institution	PAC	Overall
(1) Gwynedd-Mercy	16-0	26-4
(2) Alvernia	14-2	21-8
(7) Misericordia	8-8	12-14
Arcadia	7-9	10-15
Marywood	6-10	8-14
Cedar Crest	0-16	1-21

Institution	PAC	Overall
Cabrini	10-6	12-13
Eastern	9-7	15-11
Neumann	8-8	11-16
Wesley	8-8	14-12
Immaculata	7-9	11-12
Rosemont	3-13	8-16

* - Clinched berth in PAC Tournament, number at left indicates seed;
PAC Tournament Champion in Bold

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2003-04 PAC Women's Basketball Coaches Pre-Season Poll

October 27, 2003

PAC Coaches Select Alvernia as Favorite in Women's Basketball

Aston, PA - Alvernia College's women's basketball team has been selected as the pre-season favorite in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) coaches poll. The Crusaders received six of 12 first-place votes and earned 65 points in the poll to edge out Gwynedd-Mercy College and claim the honor.

Gwynedd-Mercy, the Conference's defending champion, earned five first-place votes and 64 points. The Griffins were picked to finish second in the PAC North.

Neumann College received the other first-place vote, and tallied 62 points. The Knights are the favorite to win the PAC South.

"It is an honor to be selected #1 in the PAC pre-season poll," Alvernia head coach Kevin Calabria said. " We are optimistic this year because we have our entire team back from last season. More importantly, the players made a tremendous committment to basketball and each other in the offseason. We know that the league will be stronger than ever this year from top to bottom."

In the North, Misericordia University (49), Marywood University (32), Arcadia University (27) and Cedar Crest College (15) rounded out the voting.

Cabrini College (59) was selected as the runner-up in the South, followed by Eastern University (40), Wesley College (37), Immaculata University (35) and Rosemont College (15).

PAC North

Institution (First Place vote)	Points
Alvernia (6)	65
Gwynedd-Mercy (5)	64
Misericordia	49
Marywood	32
Arcadia	27
Cedar Crest	15

PAC South

Institution (First Place vote)	Points
Neumann (1)	62
Cabrini	59
Eastern	40
Wesley	37
Immaculata	35
Rosemont	15

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First Team

Jen Sawyer, Alvernia (Sr, G, 5-7, Taneytown, MD/Francis Scott Key)
Becky Soda, Arcadia (Jr, F, 6-1, Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan)
Kathy Snell, Gwynedd-Mercy (Sr, F, 6-0, Lower Gwynedd, PA/Wissahickon)
Whitney Deeney, Immaculata (Sr, C, 5-11, Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove)
Colleen Corrigan, Misericordia (Sr, G, 5-8, Lake Arial, PA/Western Wayne)
T'Neisha Turner, Wesley (SO, G, 5-7, Upper Marlboro, MD/Frederick Douglass)

Player of the Year: Kathy Snell, Gwynedd-Mercy
Rookie of the Year: Katie Linder, Rosemont
Coach of the Year: Keith Mondillo, Gwynedd-Mercy

Second Team

Erin McIntyre, Alvernia (Jr, G, 5-6, Orwigsburg, PA/Blue Mountain)
Amanda Magri, Eastern (Jr, G, 5-6, Clayton, DE/Clayton)
Kate Puschak, Marywood (Sr, F/C, 6-0, Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley)
Kaleena Simmons, Neumann (Sr, G/F, 5-6, Sharon Hill, PA/Archbishop Prendergast)
Nellie Mixon, Neumann (So, G, 5-7, Philadelphia, PA/West Catholic)
Katie Linder, Rosemont (Fr, C, 6-0, Philadelphia, PA/St. Basil)

Honorable Mention

Trish O'Gurek, Alvernia (Jr, G, 5-7, Summit Hill, PA/Panther Valley)
Amy Richetti, Cabrini (So, G, 5-1, Boothwyn, PA/Chichester)
Tiffany Henry, Eastern (Sr, G, 5-6, Kettering, MD/Chelsea)
Gina Morano, Gwynedd-Mercy (Jr, G, 5-8, Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth)
Kelly Olinger, Gwynedd-Mercy (Sr, G, 5-4, Springfield, PA/Cardinal O'Hara)
Meghan Markle, Immaculata (Sr, G, 5-6, West Chester, PA/Henderson)
Emily Sauck, Misericordia (So, G/F, 5-8, Scottsdale, AZ/Desert Mountain)

2/23/04
Arcadia University's Becky Soda (Jr, F, Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) - Soda averaged 25.7 points and 13.7 rebounds in a 3-0 week for Acradia. She also became Arcadia's first woman to score 1,000 points since the institution joined the NCAA in 1993.

2/16/04
Immaculata University's Whitney Deeney (Sr, C, Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) - Deeney averaged 19 points and nine rebounds (including one double/double), and was 79% from the free throw line, in a 2-1 week.

2/9/04
Gwynedd-Mercy College's Kathy Snell (Sr, F, Lower Gwynedd, PA/Wissahickon) - Snell averaged 22.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in a 2-0 week for the Griffins.

2/2/04
Wesley College's Robin Smith (So, C, Washington, DC/St. John's) - Smith averaged 20.7 points, 12.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocked shots per game in a 3-0 week for the Wolverines.

1/26/04
Arcadia University's Becky Soda (Jr, F, Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) - Soda averaged 26.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game in a 2-1 PAC week for the Scarlet Knights.

1/19/04
Misericordia University's Colleen Corrigan (Sr, G, Lake Arial, PA/Western Wayne)- Corrigan averaged 17 points, including the 1,000th of her career, and five rebounds per game in a 2-1 PAC week.

1/12/04
Wesley College's T'Neisha Turner (SO, G, Upper Marlboro, MD/Frederick Douglass)- Turner averaged 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 1.3 steals in a 2-1 week.

1/5/04
Arcadia University's Becky Soda (Jr, F, Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) - Soda scored 19 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and added two blocked shots and one steal in Arcadia's 72-63 loss to Delaware Valley College on Sunday.

12/15/03
Gwynedd-Mercy College's Kathy Snell (Sr, F, Lower Gwynedd, PA/Wissahickon) - Snell averaged 17.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 blocked shots and 1.5 steals in a 2-0 week.

12/8/03
Immaculata University's Whitney Deeney (Sr, C, Landenberg, PA/Avon Grove) - Deeney scored 21 points and added eight rebounds and one blocked shot in Immaculata's 74-39 win over Cedar Crest College on Wednesday.

12/1/03
Immaculata University's Jaime Williams (Jr, F, Minersville, PA/Nativity BVM) - Williams scored 36 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Immaculata to a 74-67 victory over Wesley in its Conference opener on Monday.

11/24/03
Rosemont College's Katie Linder (Fr, C, Philadelphia, PA/St. Basil) -  Linder averaged 22.5 points, 17 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 2.5 steals in a 1-1 week.

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2003-04 Women's Basketball Championships

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Saturday, March 6, 2004- Round of 32

Scranton (26-2) 60, Gwynedd-Mercy (26-4) 58

Scranton, PA - Senior guard Kate Pierangeli scored 16 points, pulled down eight rebounds and handed out six assists as The University of Scranton held off a second-half rally to defeat Gwynedd Mercy College, 60-58, in a second round game of the 2004 NCAA Division III championships Saturday evening at the John J. Long, S.J., Center.

The 3rd-ranked Lady Royals, now 26-2, built up a 13-point second half lead before the Griffins, who ended their season with a 26-4 record, battled back and had an opportunity to tie or win the game on their final possession, but a 12-foot jump shot by senior guard Tracy Kent in the closing seconds was short of the mark. Senior forward Kathy Snell led Gwynedd Mercy with 20 points and 13 rebounds—both game highs—and junior forward Candice Ober came off the bench to contribute 13 points and six rebounds.

Freshman forward Taryn Mellody had 11 points and seven rebounds and senior guard Katie Dougherty added 10 points for Scranton, which ended the first half on a 18-9 run to break a 14-14 tie and take a 32-23 lead at halftime. Pierangeli, junior center Eileen Webster and Mellody combined for 21 first half points to offset a 13-point, 8-rebound effort by Snell. The Griffins were guilty of 14 first half turnovers, but used a 22-16 rebounding advantage to stay in contention.

Pierangeli and Dougherty combined for 10 points as the Lady Royals used a 14-10 run in the opening eight minutes of the second half to build up a 46-33 lead. Ober then took over the game for Gwynedd Mercy by scoring 10 points during a 14-2 spurt as the Griffins cut the margin to one, 48-47, with 8:05 remaining. Pierangeli answered with a 3-pointer, junior forward Tara Gemmel scored on a layup and Mellody made a conventional 3-point play sandwiched between two free throws by Gwynedd Mercy’s Kathy Olinger to extend Scranton’s lead to seven, 56-49, with 5:25 left.

The Griffins continued to chip away at Scranton’s lead and eventually tied the game at 58-58 with 40 seconds remaining on a layup by Ober. With time running down on the shot clock, Gemmel hit a driving layup with 11 seconds left to put Scranton up 60-58.

After a timeout with six seconds left, Gwynedd Mercy got the ball down low to Kent, whose shot fell short and Webster rebounded the shot for Scranton as the clock expired.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2004 - First Round

Johns Hopkins (24-3) 71, Alvernia (21-8) 53

Baltimore, MD – Senior guard Maureen Myers (Waverly, PA/Abington Heights) scored a game-high 22 points on 7-of-17 shooting to lead the Johns Hopkins women’s basketball team to a 71-53 win over Alvernia College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament Wednesday night at Goldfarb Gymnasium.

Senior Trista Snyder (West Chester, PA/Unionville) scored 14 points for the Blue Jays (24-3) who will travel to Marymount (Va.) Saturday for a second-round match-up. Junior Ashley Felix (Pittsburg, PA/North Catholic) also reached double-figures for the guests with 12 points. Juniors Kacie Androsko (Pottsville, PA/Pottsville) and Trish O’Gurek (Summit Hill, PA/Panther Valley) led the Crusaders (21-8) with 11 points. Androsko also grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds.

Hopkins opened with the first 14 points of the game led by four from Felix, and held Alvernia to an 0-for-10 effort over the first 9:51. The Blue Jays held a 16-4 lead following Alvernia’s first bucket of the game from O’Gurek at 10:09. The hosts pushed their first-half lead up to 17 points, 23-6, following a Snyder 3-point play at 7:57, and held the 17-point edge after an exchange of free throws. Jen Sawyer (Taneytown, MD/Francis Scott Key) scored her first points of the game for the Crusaders with 7:35 left in the half to spark a 6-0 run that cut the gap to 11 points, 24-13. Hopkins quickly pushed its lead back to 16 points with a 6-1 run taking a 30-14 lead on a Felix layup with 4:38 on the clock. The hosts then returned the ‘0-for” favor missing their last seven shots of the half, including three free throws as Alvernia climbed back into the game scoring the final 10 points of the half. Sophomore point guard Mandy Reinhart (Pine Grove, PA/Pine Grove) led the way with three free throws at the 29-second mark and a jumper as time ran out that left the Crusaders down six points, 30-24.

Hopkins scored two early buckets to start the second half, but Alvernia cut the 34-24 lead down to 34-32 on an 8-0 run that Androsko finished at 15:33. The gap remained two points, 38-36, after another Androsko bucket, but the Crusader never had the ball with a chance to tie or take the lead as Hopkins rattled off 13 of 15 points to take a 51-38 lead with 9:14 left in the game. The rush stopped momentarily with an O’Gurek layup, but the Blue Jays answered with four straight points and 15 of the next 22 as they cruised to the 18-point victory.

Johns Hopkins advances to the second round where they will face Marymount (Va.) at 5:00 pm on Saturday. Alvernia finishes the season with a 21-8 record. This marks the seventh time in school history the Crusaders have reached 20 wins in a season.

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Gwynedd-Mercy (26-3) 66, Widener (18-10) 52

Lower Gwynedd, PA - Kelly Olinger scored 12 points, and senior Kathy Snell added 11 points and 12 rebounds to lead Gwynedd-Mercy College (26-3) to a 66-52 win over Widener University in an NCAA Division III Tournament First-Round Game. The Lady Griffins advance to play the University of Scranton (25-2) on Saturday.

Gwynedd-Mercy used smothering defense to take a 36-18 advantage into the half. The Lady Griffins held Widener to 16 percent (4-25) from the field in the first half and forced 13 turnovers. Snell had seven points and five rebounds in the first half to pace Gwynedd's offense.

Widener scored the first 11 points of the second half to cut Gwynedd's lead to seven, closing the gap to 36-29 with 14:05 remining in the half. Erin Nemshick, who scored 18 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, both game-highs, scored four points in the run, and Nicole Stanley added five. The Griffins responded with seven of the game's next eight points to build the lead back to 13.

Widener made one more run at the Lady Griffins, cutting the lead to seven, at 45-38, with 9:29 remaining. The Pioneers missed a three-point attempt to cut the deficit to four, and Gwynedd went on an 11-2 run over the next five minutes to put the game out of reach.

Note- This was the third time in PAC history that two or more teams have been invited to the NCAA Division III Tournament. In 1996, Allentown (now DeSales), Alvernia and Cabrini earned bids and in 1999, Cabrini and Gwynedd-Mercy earned bids.

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