University of San Diego Women's Basketball Media Guide 1997-1998
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University of San Diego Digital USD Basketball (Women) University of San Diego Athletics Media Guides Winter 1998 University of San Diego Women's Basketball Media Guide 1997-1998 University of San Diego Athletics Department Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/amg-basketball-women Digital USD Citation University of San Diego Athletics Department, "University of San Diego Women's Basketball Media Guide 1997-1998" (1998). Basketball (Women). 9. https://digital.sandiego.edu/amg-basketball-women/9 This Catalog is brought to you for free and open access by the University of San Diego Athletics Media Guides at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in Basketball (Women) by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1997-98 USD Women's Basketball Media Guide 1 Athletic Administration Table of Contents President: .... ... ......... ............... ....... .. ............. ... ........... Alice B. Hayes Previewing the 1997-98 Season .............................. .. ... ..................... 2 NCAA Faculty Athletic Rep.: ..................... .. ... .. Mitch Malachowski 1997-98 Roster and Team Photo ................................. .. ... ............ ..... 3 Athletic Director: .............. ........................................ Tom Iannacone Head Coach Kathy Marpe ... ... ............. .. ... ..... ... ..... ... ....................... 4 Associate Athletic Director: .. ......................... .. ...... .......... Dan Yourg Assistant Coaches ........................................................................... 5 Assistant Athletic Director/SWA: ... .. ... .................. ... Wendy Guthrie Returning Player Biographies .... ......... ... .................. .................. 6-11 Associate Athletic Director: ...... ... .. ............................. Brian Fogarty Seniors Nailah Thompson & Pat Sencion .. .. .......... .. .... .. .................. 6 Assistant Athletic Director: ....... ................................... Renee Wiebe Senior Justine Tuhakaraina & Junior Kari Ambrose .............. .......... 7 DirectorofFacilities: ....................... ..................... ...... ... .. John Martin Junior Maggie Dixon & Sophomore Amanda Bishop ............ .......... 8 Director of Intramurals/Recreation: ....................... .......... Gary Becker Sophomores Susie Erpelding & Jessica Gray .. ... ........... ... ............. .. 9 Head Athletic Trainer: .......................... Carolyn Greer, M.A. , A.T., C. Sophomores LaKia Alexander & Andrea Burns .......... ... ............... lO Assistant Trainer: ..... ............... ...... ........ Suzi Higgins, M.A., A.T., C. Freshmen Katie Trungale & Jamie Lucia & Jennifer Tuiolosega ... 11 Assistant Trainer: ... .. ... ...... ......................... Bill Tillson, M.S.,A.T., C. 1996-97 Overall and wee Statistics ........ .. ... .......... .. .................. ... 12 Sports Information Director: ......... .. ..... ... .... .. .. .. ............ .... Ted Gosen 1996-97 Final Results .. .... .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ..... ... .... .. 13 Assistant Sports Info. Director: ................. ... ................ Mike Daniels 1996-97 Individual and Team Game Highs ....................... .. .. ........... 13 West Coast Conference History ............................... ...... ........... 14-15 Women's Basketball Information Year-By-Year Results ................................................................. 16-17 USO Record Book ...................................................................... 18-21 Head Coach: ................................. Kathy Marpe (eighteenth season) All-Time Records vs. Opponents .......................... ..................... .... 'J) Assistant Coach: ...................................... Cheryl Getz (sixth season) USO Honor Roll .............. ............................. ... ... ............ .......... .. .. .. 21 Assistant Coach: .. ...................... Lakeysha Wright (second season) USO Alumni ................................................................... ............ 22-23 Women's Basketball Office Phone: .............................. (619)260-8892 All Time Roster .. ..... ....... ..................... .. ..................................... .. .. 23 The University of San Diego Profile .............................................. 24 University Quick Facts USO Leadership ............................................................................. 25 Location: ..................... 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA, 92110-2492 Jenny Craig Pavilion ... .......................... ................... .................... .. 25 Founded: ......................................... ... .................................. .. ..... 1949 Athletic Director Tom Iannacone ...... ..... ..... ......... ... ... ... ................. 26 Enrollment: .............. ........ .. ... ............................. ......................... 6,400 Athletic Department Staff ................. ............................................. 27 Nickname: .. ...... ......... .......... .. ................................. ................. Toreros Media Information ................................................................. ... ..... 28 Colors: ................................................ Columbia Blue, Navy & White San Diego profile ... ... .... ........................ ................. ....... ... ... ......... IBC Affiliation: ..................... ................. ...... .................. NCAA Division I 1997-98 Toreros Schedule .......................... ................. .... ... ......... OBC Conference: ..................................................... ..... ........... West Coast Home Arena: ....... ................................................. USO Sports Center Capacity: ............... ........ ........................................ ..................... 2,500 Press Row: ................................................................... (619)278-0648 Sports Information: .......... ........... .............. ................... (619)260-4745 Fax: ... ............................. ................. ....... .... ....... ..... .. ..... (6 19)292-0388 Torero Hotline ...... , ....................................................... (6 19)260-2323 On the Front Cover: (top right) Susie Erpelding, (bottom left) Kari Ambrose, (bottom right) Nailah Thompson. On the Inside Front Cover: 1997-98 Formal Team Photo. On the Inside Back Cover: Scenic photos of San Diego shot by photographer Brock Scott. '97-98 squad at Team Building Program wl Challenge Ropes Course. On the Back Cover: Campus photos with '97-98 schedule. 1997-98 USD Women's Basketball Media Guide Produced by the USD Sports /11for111atio11 Office 5998 ,\lea/a Park, Sa11 Diego, Ct 921/0-2492 Edit and layout: Mike Daniels Printing: King's Printing ~ Photos: Special Thank you to Brock Scott who took all action and W5CA team photos as well as San Diego scenic layout. ■ ?, ■ W & M = ■M · ■ 1997-98 University of San Diego Toreros Women's Basketball Media Guide lJANefHy of san Diego ArchtYN 2 Previewing the '97-98 Season This year Head Coach Kathy Marpe enters her eighteenth season at the helm of the USO women's basketball program. As she has done the previous 17 years, Marpe is stressing to this year's squad the importance of goals and learning from past experiences. Marpe wants her players to improve upon last year's misfortunes and have more desire this season to get back to the top of the West Coast Confer ence standings. "Our goal is to build on the effort we put in last year and learn from the experi ences to strive to make improvements and reach another level of success this sea son," says Marpe. "We want to continue to play a tenacious defense and keep our quick tempo offense. The key elements to winning games this year will be in how successful we our in forcing other teams to alter their style of basketball." The Toreros will have a young lineup in '97-98 with a total of eight underclassmen and only three seniors. Last year's leading scorer senior Nailah Thompson and sophomore Susie Erpelding are the two main components of this year's team and are a prime example of blending youth with experience. Thompson, who is the most experienced returner, is a two-time All WCC Honorable Mention selection. Though Thompson will be out until January with a foot injury, she should be ready for con ference play that begins January 9 at San Francisco. Erpelding, in her freshman season last year, was the only player to start in every game in '96-97. She was also the team's second leading scorer and WCC's leading freshman scorer (10.3 ppg). The two other seniors on this year's squad are guard Pat Sencion and center Justine Tuhakaraina. Sencion was a pleasant surprise for the Toreros last year, Susie Erpelding led all wee freshman scorers last season and ranked 13th overall in the wee. entering the starting lineup for the final 12 games of the year and averaging 4.7 points per game. Sencion battled knee injuries through her first three seasons at USO. Tuhakaraina ranked second on the team in blocks and played in 23 games. Bouncing back to rejoin the starting lineup this year will be junior Kari Ambrose, who was injured with stress fractures in both legs last year. Ambrose led the team at the point guard position two seasons ago and averaged 9.3 points and 3.2 assists per game. Another junior, forward Maggie Dixon has only missed one game over the past two years and averaged 3.4