WEEKLY REPORT Jan. 26, 2009

UPCOMING SCHEDULE Day Date Opponent Time Wed. Jan. 28 Women’s Basketball at Montclair State* 5:00 p.m. Wed. Jan. 28 Men’s Basketball at Montclair State* 8:00 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 31 Women’s Basketball vs. Kean* 1:00 p.m. National Girls and Women in Sports Day Sat. Jan. 31 Men’s Basketball vs. Kean* 3:00 p.m.

RECENT RESULTS Day Date Opponent Result Wed. Jan. 21 Women’s Basketball vs. Rutgers-Newark* W, 59-32 Wed. Jan. 21 Men’s Basketball vs. Rutgers-Newark* W, 71-54 Wed. Jan. 21 Swimming & Diving at Queens Men: W, 141-78; Women: W, 120-118

Sat. Jan. 24 Women’s Basketball at TCNJ* L, 65-69 Sat. Jan. 24 Men’s Basketball at TCNJ* L, 65-70

Sun. Jan. 25 Swimming & Diving at TCNJ* Men: L, 117-167; Women: L, 116-173 PIONEER ATHLETICS William Paterson University

PIONEERS TO HOST “NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN IN PIONEERS OF THE SPORTS DAY” CELEBRATION JAN. 31 WEEK (Jan. 26) William Paterson University will celebrate “National Girls and Women in Sports Day” on Saturday, Jan. 31, with a series of free events off ered at the Recreation Center on campus.

A free basketball clinic for girls of all ages will be conducted from 9:45 – 10:45 a.m., followed by a discussion about Title IX and its impact on female athletes. Lunch will be served from 12:00 – 12:45 p.m., followed by the tip-off of William Paterson’s women’s basketball game against nationally-ranked Kean at 1:00 p.m. At halft ime of the contest, the Pioneers’ female student-athletes will be honored for their academic and athletic achievements during the last year.

Free T-shirts will be given to the fi rst 200 girls/women in att endance. For more information about the day’s events, co-sponsored by the William Paterson Uni- versity Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the William Paterson Wom- en’s Center, contact soft ball head coach Hallie Cohen (973.720.3016, cohenh@ Cathy Hartwell -- wpunj.edu). W. Swimming Senior, Toms River, N.J.

Hartwell touched fi rst in both the 50 (26.68) and 100 (57.73) frees during a 120-118 win at Division II Queens College Jan. 21, and also was a part of the 400 medley relay team that turned in a winning time of 4:24.12. At The College of New Jersey Jan. 25, she was the Pioneers’ lone individual winner, fi nishing fi rst in the 50 (25.86) and 100 (56.81) frees. Hartwell also helped post a winning time of 1:57.57 in the 200 medley relay against the Lions.

FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information about William Paterson Athletics, please contact the Pioneer Sports Information Offi ce.

Heather Brocious Director [email protected]

Matt Agnoli Assistant [email protected]

Offi ce: 973.720.2705 Fax: 973.720.3017

wpupioneers.com PIONEER MEN’S BASKETBALL William Paterson University

Starting the week in a three-way tie for the top spot in the New Jersey Athletic MEN’S BASKETBALL Conference (NJAC) North Division standings, the No. 23 William Paterson men’s basketball team (14-3, 5-2 NJAC) will face one of the co-leaders in a road game at SCHEDULE/RESULTS Montclair State (13-5, 5-2 NJAC) Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 8:00 p.m. The Pioneers will fi nish the week with a home game against Kean (10-9, 3-4 NJAC) Saturday, Jan. 31, at NOVEMBER 3:00 p.m. Sun. 16 at FDU-Florham W, 74-59 21-22 at Gordon College Tip-Off Tour. PIONEERS SPLIT PAIR OF NJAC CONTESTS Fri. 21 vs. Wesleyan W, 73-65 No. 23 William Paterson continues to prove that if you send the Pioneers to the Sat. 22 at Gordon L, 67-68 free-throw line, their opponent will pay the price. Sophomore guard Gabriel Paul Tue. 25 NY CITY TECH W, 78-43 (Hillside, N.J./Hillside) scored a game-high 19 points – including 13-of-13 from the Sat. 29 at Hunter W, 71-69 free throw line - to fuel No. 23 William Paterson’s (14-2, 5-1 NJAC) 71-54 victory over DECEMBER Rutgers-Newark (11-7 4-2 NJAC) in a batt le for sole possession of fi rst place in the Sat. 6 ROWAN* W, 48-45 New Jersey Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball North Division Jan. 21. Wed. 10 YORK (N.Y.) W, 71-66 William Paterson won its fourth-straight game thanks a grind-it-out eff ort by the Sat. 13 SUNY OLD WESTBURY defense, which held Rutgers-Newark to 17-of-49 shooting (34.7 percent). The Pio- W, 71-54 neers also owned an edge on the glass (36-34) and won the turnover batt le (18-11). Mon. 29 at Lehman W, 65-64 To illustrate its marksmanship at the charity stripe, William Paterson made 17- Tue. 30 at CCNY W, 62-34 of-18 free throws in the fi rst half despite its shooting woes, and fi nished the game JANUARY missing just three of its 31 att empts at the line (90.3 percent). Wed. 7 at New Jersey City* W, 62-52 During a competitive, and at times physical, fi rst half, the two teams combined to shoot just 17-of-55. But the game’s see-saw nature ultimately benefi ted the Pioneers Sat. 10 at No. 13 Richard Stockton* and Paul. The sophomore guard scored all 10 of fi rst-half points at the free-throw line L, 76-77 (4ot) (10-for-10) to fuel a 14-6 spurt that also saw the Pioneers’ defense hold Rutgers-New- Wed. 14 RAMAPO* W, 67-53 ark without a fi eld for the fi nal 5:13 of the half, helping WP to a 34-24 halft ime lead it Sat. 17 at Rutgers-Camden* W, 70-34 would not relinquish. Mon. 19 at Baruch W, 70-65 Jordan Fowler (East Orange, N.J./Montclair) added a solid line of nine points, Wed. 21 RU.-NEWARK* W, 71-54 six rebounds and three steals, and helped the Pioneers shoot 13-of-27 (48.1 percent) Sat. 24 at TCNJ* L, 65-70 from the fl oor during the second half to expand their lead to as many as 17 points Wed. 28 at Montclair State* 8:00 p.m. (56-39, 4:52 remaining). Sat. 31 KEAN* 3:00 p.m. Sophomore forward Shaun Canty (Englewood, N.J./Paramus Catholic) added FEBRUARY six points and two blocked shots to highlight the defensive eff ort for William Pater- Mon. 2 at John Jay 7:00 p.m. son. Wed. 4 at Manhatt anville 7:00 p.m. Sat. 7 NEW JERSEY CITY* 1:00 p.m. Wed. 11 at Rutgers-Newark* 7:30 p.m. A 7-0 run early in the second half helped host The College of New Jersey (8-8, 4-3 Sat. 14 at Ramapo* 3:00 p.m. NJAC) secure a 70-65 victory against No. 23 William Paterson (14-3, 5-2 NJAC) Wed. 18 MONTCLAIR STATE* 8:00 p.m. Jan. 24. Sat. 21 at NJAC Tournament First Round With the loss, the Pioneers dropped into a three-way tie for fi rst place in the New Tue. 24 at NJAC Tournament Semifi nals Jersey Athletic Conference’s) NJAC North Division with Montclair State (5-2) and Fri. 27 at NJAC Tournament Final Rutgers-Newark (5-2). Deadlocked at 36-36 aft er the Pioneers orchestrated an 11-2 spurt late in the fi rst half, the Lions scored the fi rst seven tallies of the second period. William Paterson CAPS indicate home game at Rec Center answered with six unanswered points of its own, including back-to-back buckets * indicates New Jersey Athletic Conference by junior guard Tim Lucas (Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge), to pull within one (43-42, (NJAC) game 14:56), but TCNJ’s Adam Gonzalez sparked a mini 7-0 run for the Lions, pushing the home team’s advantage to eight at 50-42 with 12:37 remaining. William Paterson was fi nally able to make it a one-possession game aft er Manny Perrott e (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) capped a 5-0 stretch with his layup at the 2008-09 WEEKLY 2:39 mark, gett ing the Pioneers to within two at 63-61. WP had two chances to tie HONORS the contest, but neither shot would fall, and a foul put the Lions at the line 1:20 later. Joseph Ellis (Jr., Newark, N.J.) Jay Frank’s two free throws made the score 65-61 with 1:19 on the clock, and junior MBWA Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 15) Joseph Ellis (Newark, N.J./Newark Science) was twice unsuccessful from behind the arc during the next possession, the start of a combined 0-for-4 stretch for the two teams. Eric Blackmon-Hays made one of two from the charity stripe (66-61, 0:21) before Perrott e converted another layup for the Pioneers, making it a 66-63 score with 13.4 PIONEER MEN’S BASKETBALL William Paterson University

seconds remaining. The Pioneers immediately fouled, but Blackmon-Hayes was perfect from the line (68-63, 0:09) before Ellis drained a jumper with 2.8 seconds to play (68-65). William Paterson was again forced to foul, and TCNJ’s Frank fi nished the Pioneers’ comeback hopes with two free throws with less than two seconds left . Senior Courtney Nelson (Newark, N.J./Bloomfi eld Tech) tied for game-high scoring honors with his 19 points, while sopho- more guard Gabriel Paul (Hillside, N.J./Hillside) added 10 tallies. Lucas contributed six points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals for William Paterson. TCNJ made 19 of 26 (.731) free throws compared to William Paterson’s 10-for-13 (.769) eff ort. The Lions also out-rebounded the Pioneers, 42-30.

2008-09 WILLIAM PATERSON MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School 1 Joseph Ellis Jr. G 6-1 175 Newark, N.J./Newark Science 2 Shaun Canty So. F 6-8 215 Englewood, N.J./Paramus Catholic 3 Courtney Nelson Sr. G 6-1 185 Newark, N.J./Bloomfi eld Tech 4 John Kardos Jr. G 6-3 175 Norwood, N.J./Old Tappan 5 Robert Whetham Fr. F 6-6 220 Haledon N.J./Passaic Valley 10 Nolan Hill Fr. F 6-2 180 Englewood, N.J./Bergen Catholic 11 Christopher Diaz Fr. G 5-9 165 Teaneck, N.J./Teaneck 12 Mark Schroback Fr. G 5-11 190 Hasbrouck Heights, N.J./Hasbrouck Heights 13 Gabriel Paul So. G 6-4 190 Hillside, N.J./Hillside 14 Walter Farrior Fr. G 5-9 175 Teaneck, N.J./Teaneck 20 Manny Perrott e Jr. G 6-2 190 Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway 21 Tim Lucas Jr. G 6-3 190 Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge 22 Bobby Dunn Jr. G 6-3 175 Garwood, N.J./Arthur L. Johnson 25 Chris Brown Jr. F 6-6 235 Newark, N.J./Newark Science 30 Jordan Fowler Sr. F 6-5 210 East Orange, N.J./Montclair 35 Kevin Hardison Jr. C 6-8 245 Roselle, N.J./Abraham Clark

Head Coach: Jose Rebimbas (Seton Hall ’90), 14th season at William Paterson, 15th season overall Assistant Coaches: Brian Chapman (Ramapo ’86), 14th season Jason Vieira (William Paterson ’07), fi rst season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Jason Geleski (Montclair State), fi rst season Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Jeff Palmer (William Paterson), fi rst season 2008-09 Wm. Paterson Men's Basketball William Paterson Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 24, 2009) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 14-3 6-0 7-3 1-0 CONFERENCE 5-2 3-0 2-2 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 9-1 3-0 5-1 1-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 03 Courtney Nelson 17-13 469 27.6 84-190 . 4 4 2 18-50 . 3 6 0 48-68 . 7 0 6 8 31 39 2.3 38 1 43 52 1 18 234 13.8 01 Joseph Ellis 17-8 418 24.6 60-155 . 3 8 7 25-85 . 2 9 4 65-80 . 8 1 3 18 37 55 3.2 30 0 20 22 5 20 210 12.4 13 Gabriel Paul 17-11 392 23.1 49-109 . 4 5 0 1-7 . 1 4 3 36-43 . 8 3 7 30 38 68 4.0 36 1 14 26 13 13 135 7.9 30 Jordan Fowler 17-6 335 19.7 49-119 . 4 1 2 7-23 . 3 0 4 20-26 . 7 6 9 24 44 68 4.0 19 0 11 25 2 20 125 7.4 21 Tim Lucas 17-10 403 23.7 23-70 . 3 2 9 10-36 . 2 7 8 48-62 . 7 7 4 15 47 62 3.6 48 2 38 23 9 28 104 6.1 20 Manny Perrotte 17-4 299 17.6 38-94 . 4 0 4 5-23 . 2 1 7 21-30 . 7 0 0 8 28 36 2.1 21 0 27 29 4 18 102 6.0 22 Bobby Dunn 17-16 523 30.8 32-88 . 3 6 4 9-29 . 3 1 0 9-12 . 7 5 0 36 64 100 5.9 47 2 37 17 9 21 82 4.8 25 Chris Brown 15-5 207 13.8 21-48 . 4 3 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 10-16 . 6 2 5 14 28 42 2.8 32 1 2 18 3 6 52 3.5 02 Shaun Canty 16-11 286 17.9 22-43 . 5 1 2 0-0 . 0 0 0 11-18 . 6 1 1 21 23 44 2.8 37 2 1 17 17 9 55 3.4 31 Omar Brito 3-0 18 6.0 2-3 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 3 0 3 1.0 4 0 0 1 0 1 7 2.3 05 Robert Whetham 10-1 67 6.7 7-17 . 4 1 2 0-4 . 0 0 0 4-8 . 5 0 0 10 12 22 2.2 3 0 5 7 2 5 18 1.8 11 Christopher Diaz 11-0 25 2.3 6-11 . 5 4 5 2-6 . 3 3 3 5-6 . 8 3 3 0 1 1 0.1 2 0 2 0 0 2 19 1.7 04 John Kardos 5-0 13 2.6 3-5 . 6 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 1 3 4 0.8 1 0 1 2 0 1 7 1.4 10 Nolan Hill 10-0 22 2.2 4-8 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 1 2 3 0.3 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 1.0 35 Kevin Hardison 6-0 12 2.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 12 Mark Schroback 5-0 7 1.4 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 14 Walter Farrior 4-0 4 1.0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.8 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 Total...... 17 3500 401-964 . 4 1 6 78-266 . 2 9 3 282-380 . 7 4 2 222 397 619 36.4 323 9 202 243 65 163 1162 68.4 Opponents...... 17 3500 328-892 . 3 6 8 65-269 . 2 4 2 251-351 . 7 1 5 210 381 591 34.8 334 10 163 317 43 108 972 57.2

TEAM STATISTICS WPMBB OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1162 972 11/16/08 at FDU-Florham W 74-59 347 Points per game 68.4 57.2 % 11/21/08 vs Wesleyan W 73-65 415 Scoring margin +11.2 - % 11/22/08 at Gordon L 67-68 425 11/25/08 NY CITY TECH W 43-78 110 FIELD GOALS-ATT 401-964 328-892 11/29/08 at Hunter College W 71-69 150 Field goal pct . 4 1 6 . 3 6 8 * 12/6/08 ROWAN W 45-48 280 3 POINT FG-ATT 78-266 65-269 12/10/08 YORK (N.Y.) W 66-71 175 3-point FG pct . 2 9 3 . 2 4 2 12/13/08 SUNY OLD WESTBURY W 54-71 165 3-pt FG made per game 4.6 3.8 12/29/08 at Lehman W 65-64 0 FREE THROWS-ATT 282-380 251-351 12/30/08 at The City College of New York W 62-34 50 * 1/7/09 at New Jersey City W 62-52 323 Free throw pct . 7 4 2 . 7 1 5 * 1/10/09 at Richard Stockton L o t 76-77 150 F-Throws made per game 16.6 14.8 * 1/14/09 RAMAPO W 53-67 270 REBOUNDS 619 591 * 1/17/09 at Rutgers-Camden W 70-34 75 Rebounds per game 36.4 34.8 1/19/09 at Baruch W 70-65 154 Rebounding margin +1.6 - * 1/21/09 RUTGERS-NEWARK W 54-71 450 ASSISTS 202 163 * 1/24/09 at The College of NJ L 65-70 525 Assists per game 11.9 9.6 * = Conference game TURNOVERS 243 317 % = Gordon College Tip-Off Tourn. Turnovers per game 14.3 18.6 Turnover margin +4.4 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.5 STEALS 163 108 Steals per game 9.6 6.4 BLOCKS 65 43 Blocks per game 3.8 2.5 ATTENDANCE 1450 2614 Home games-Avg/Game 6-242 10-220 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 1-415

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 OT4 Totals William Paterson 539 600 87251161 Opponents 438 511 8726 972 PIONEER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL William Paterson University

The William Paterson women’s basketball team (14-5, 6-1 NJAC) will face a pair WOMEN’S BASKETBALL of critical tests this week, starting with a game at Montclair State (11-6, 6-1 NJAC) Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 5:00 p.m. before fi nishing the week at home against No. 24 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Kean (15-3, 7-0 NJAC) Saturday, Jan. 31, at 1:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER PIONEERS SEE WIN STREAK SNAPPED AT TCNJ Tue. 20 at Manhatt anville W, 68-51 William Paterson (14-4, 6-0 NJAC) jumped out to a 26-4 lead and never looked 21-22 at Muhlenberg/Scott y Wood Tour. back, cruising to a 59-32 victory against Rutgers-Newark (8-9, 2-4 NJAC) in New Jer- Fri. 21 vs. Penn State Altoona W, 78-69 sey Athletic Conference (NJAC) women’s basketball action Jan. 21 at the Rec Center. Sat. 22 at No. 24 Muhlenberg L, 62-72 The Pioneer defense held Rutgers-Newark to 2-for-5 shooting and nine turnovers 29-30 at Red Hawk/Pioneer Classic during the Scarlet Raiders’ fi rst 14 possessions, while William Paterson was 10-for-14 Sat. 29 vs. Colby (at MSU) W, 67-66 from the fi eld with six steals during the game’s fi rst 8:43 to build the early 22-point Sun. 30 STEVENS TECH L, 73-76 cushion. At the conclusion of the opening 20 minutes, the Pioneers had turned 18 DECEMBER Raider turnovers into 16 points, taking a 30-14 lead into the locker room. Wed. 3 at Merchant Marine W, 77-66 Rutgers-Newark came out of the break fi ghting, using an 8-2 spurt to make Sat. 6 ROWAN* W, 75-54 it a 10-point game at 32-22, but William Paterson snuff ed out the Scarlet Raiders’ Wed. 10 at Staten Island L, 80-89 comeback hopes with a 15-4 run of its own, opening up a 47-26 advantage with 9:01 Sat. 13 MT. ST. MARY W, 61-58 remaining in the contest. Thu. 18 MT. ST. VINCENT W, 76-54 Sophomore forward Absatu Mustapha (Somerset, N.J./Franklin) scored nine of Sat. 20 LEHMAN W, 77-68 her game-high 15 points during the fi rst half, and fi nished the contest with four re- JANUARY bounds and three steals. Junior guard Erin Cook (Princeton, N.J./Princeton) chipped in 13 tallies, sophomore forward April Smith (Barnegat, N.J./Southern Regional) 2-3 at STARTERS/Moravian Classic had seven points and a team-best seven rebounds, junior guard Julie Haledjian Fri. 2 vs. Bridgewater State W, 76-62 (Montvale, N.J./Pascack Hills) dished out a game-high seven assists, and freshman Sat. 3 at No. 21 Moravian L, 58-70 guard BriAnna Lucas (Hamilton, N.J./Nott ingham) compiled eight tallies and four Wed. 7 at New Jersey City* W, 93-51 steals. Sat. 10 at Richard Stockton* W, 70-54 The Pioneers used 46.7 (7-15) percent shooting from beyond the arc and 31 points Wed. 14 RAMAPO* W, 72-54 off of 29 Scarlet Raider turnovers to pull away from Rutgers-Newark. The 32 points Sat. 17 at Rutgers-Camden* W, 91-40 were the fewest allowed by William Paterson since Feb. 2, 2005, when the Pioneers Wed. 21 RU.-NEWARK* 6:00 p.m. defeated visiting Rutgers-Newark, 53-31. Sat. 24 at TCNJ* 1:00 p.m. Wed. 28 at Montclair State* 5:00 p.m. Despite a dramatic run that transformed a 14-point defi cit into a six-point lead, Sat. 31 KEAN* 1:00 p.m. William Paterson (14-5, 6-1 NJAC) could not hold off The College of New Jersey (14- FEBRUARY 3, 6-1 NJAC), suff ering its fi rst New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) loss in a 69-65 Sat. 7 NEW JERSEY CITY* 3:00 p.m. women’s basketball contest Jan. 24. Wed. 11 at Rutgers-Newark* 5:30 p.m. The Pioneers trailed 35-23 at halft ime, and the Lions expanded that lead to 14 Sat. 14 at Ramapo* 1:00 p.m. during the opening moments of the second period (39-25, 18:49) before William Wed. 18 MONTCLAIR STATE* 6:00 p.m. Paterson put together a 16-3 run, pulling to within one at 42-41 with 15:10 to play. Sat. 21 at NJAC Tournament First Round Sophomore forward April Smith’s (Barnegat, N.J./Southern Regional) pair of free Tue. 24 at NJAC Tournament Semifi nals throws handed the Pioneers their fi rst lead of the game 24 seconds later, and a later Fri. 27 at NJAC Tournament Final 9-2 spurt, capped by a Jillian Kane (Ridgefi eld Park, N.J./Ridgefi eld Park) three- pointer, gave William Paterson its biggest lead of the contest at 52-46 with 9:56 on the clock. CAPS indicate home game at Rec Center With WP owning a 57-53 edge at the 6:09 mark, TCNJ scored the next fi ve points * indicates New Jersey Athletic Conference to snatch away the lead and push ahead by one (58-57, 4:11). Two BriAnna Lucas (NJAC) game (Hamilton, N.J./Nott ingham) free throws momentarily gave William Paterson a one-point edge a minute later, but it would be the last for the Pioneers, as TCNJ 2008-09 WEEKLY scored eight of the next 10 points for a 66-61 score with 1:23 on the clock. A pair of HONORS free throws by junior guard Julie Haledjian (Montvale, N.J./Pascack Hills) cut the BriAnna Lucas (Fr., Hamilton, N.J.) lead to three (66-63, 0:57), but a Nicole Diaz free throw again made it a two-posses- NJAC Rookie of the Week (Dec. 15, sion game (67-63, 0:30). Smith nailed a layup six seconds later to cut the advantage in Jan. 5) half, but Hillary Klimowicz put the Lions in front by four with two free throws with 14 seconds to play. William Paterson’s fi nal eff ort resulted in a pair of missed three- April Smith (So., Barnegat, N.J.) pointers during the game’s fi nal 10 seconds. NJAC Player of the Week Smith led the Pioneers with 19 points, while Lucas chipped in 14 tallies. Haled- (Nov. 24, Dec. 22) jian added seven assists and three steals to her six points, and sophomore forward MBWA Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 22) PIONEER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL William Paterson University

Absatu Mustapha (Somerset, N.J./Franklin) posted fi ve steals, fi ve rebounds and eight tallies. Klimowicz set the TCNJ single-game scoring record with her 35 points, and added 22 rebounds. TCNJ took the 35-23 lead into the locker room as Klimowicz posted a double-double in the fi rst stanza of play with 16 points and 12 boards. WP pulled within one point, down 21-20 with 6:24 left , before the Lions went on a 7-0 run over the next minute. The Pioneers shot just 25.0 (9-36) percent from the fl oor during the fi rst stanza, and each team turned the ball over 13 times but TCNJ owned a 18-8 edge in points scored off the miscues. William Paterson bounced back to shoot 41.9 (13-31) percent during the second half and forced 13 Lion second-half turn- overs. For the game, WP was 22-for-67 (.328) from the fi eld compared to TCNJ’s 25-for-58 (.431) eff ort, and the Pioneers out- scored the Lions 26-20 off turnovers but were at a 42-28 disadvantage in points scored in the paint.

2008-09 WILLIAM PATERSON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School 5 BriAnna Lucas G Fr. 5-4 Hamilton, N.J./Nott ingham 10 Erin Cook G Jr. 5-8 Princeton, N.J./Princeton 11 Julie Haledjian G Jr. 5-4 Montvale, N.J./Pascack Hills 12 April Smith F So. 5-9 Barnegat, N.J./Southern Regional 14 Danielle Sindorf F Fr. 5-11 Burlington, N.J./Burlington Twp. 15 Absatu Mustapha F So. 5-7 Somerset, N.J./Franklin 20 Deidra Thompson F Jr. 5-9 Prospect Park, N.J./Paterson Eastside 21 Jonnelle Rodriguez F Jr. 5-9 Elizabeth, N.J./Carteret 22 Kelly McCourt F Jr. 5-9 West Milford, N.J./West Milford 23 Jillian Kane G Jr. 5-10 Ridgefi eld Park, N.J./Ridgefi eld Park 31 Elisa Brown G Jr. 5-7 Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk

Head Coach: Erin Monahan (William Paterson ’91), 16th season Assistant Coaches: Jill Bachonski (William Paterson ’95), seventh season Michelle Jones (William Paterson ’93), fi rst season 2008-09 Wm. Paterson Women's Basketball William Paterson Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 24, 2009) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 14-5 6-1 5-4 3-0 CONFERENCE 6-1 3-0 3-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 8-4 3-1 2-3 3-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 12 April Smith 18-16 506 28.1 108-218 . 4 9 5 6-16 . 3 7 5 77-102 . 7 5 5 85 103 188 10.4 46 1 16 46 16 22 299 16.6 05 BriAnna Lucas 19-14 506 26.6 74-193 . 3 8 3 20-60 . 3 3 3 41-58 . 7 0 7 18 19 37 1.9 30 0 44 36 2 52 209 11.0 11 Julie Haledjian 19-19 606 31.9 67-201 . 3 3 3 29-95 . 3 0 5 40-55 . 7 2 7 12 39 51 2.7 48 1 117 48 1 37 203 10.7 10 Erin Cook 19-12 484 25.5 74-196 . 3 7 8 31-78 . 3 9 7 20-34 . 5 8 8 59 76 135 7.1 40 1 22 37 9 23 199 10.5 23 Jillian Kane 18-0 176 9.8 37-85 . 4 3 5 16-42 . 3 8 1 15-21 . 7 1 4 12 22 34 1.9 23 0 10 20 7 10 105 5.8 15 Absatu Mustapha 19-9 323 17.0 34-118 . 2 8 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 28-36 . 7 7 8 40 22 62 3.3 42 0 15 41 2 25 96 5.1 31 Elisa Brown 18-15 437 24.3 31-108 . 2 8 7 9-47 . 1 9 1 16-23 . 6 9 6 36 41 77 4.3 47 1 32 38 2 31 87 4.8 21 Jonnelle Rodriguez 19-3 257 13.5 26-65 . 4 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 16-33 . 4 8 5 24 28 52 2.7 33 1 7 20 5 10 68 3.6 20 Deidra Thompson 18-0 166 9.2 24-51 . 4 7 1 0-1 . 0 0 0 9-14 . 6 4 3 21 26 47 2.6 18 0 11 18 2 14 57 3.2 22 Kelly McCourt 18-7 246 13.7 16-59 . 2 7 1 1-4 . 2 5 0 11-16 . 6 8 8 13 31 44 2.4 24 0 4 18 11 7 44 2.4 14 Danielle Sindorf 13-0 84 6.5 4-9 . 4 4 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 311141.190 51048100.8 30 Ashley Schaefer 2-0 6 3.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-1 1.000 1 0 1 0.5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.5 24 Lauren Zarantonello 1-0 3 3.0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 0 2 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Total...... 19 3800 495-1306 . 3 7 9 112-344 . 3 2 6 276-395 . 6 9 9 370 466 836 44.0 363 5 284 341 61 239 1378 72.5 Opponents...... 19 3800 399-1079 . 3 7 0 69-240 . 2 8 8 288-402 . 7 1 6 278 500 778 40.9 343 - 245 458 69 140 1155 60.8

TEAM STATISTICS WPWBB OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1378 1155 11/18/08 at Manhattanville W 68-51 0 Points per game 72.5 60.8 % 11/21/08 vs Penn State Altoona W 69-78 75 Scoring margin +11.7 - % 11/22/08 at Muhlenberg L 62-72 620 # 11/29/08 vs Colby W 66-67 244 FIELD GOALS-ATT 495-1306 399-1079 # 11/30/08 STEVENS L 76-73 140 Field goal pct . 3 7 9 . 3 7 0 12/3/08 at U.S. Merchant Marine W 77-66 0 3 POINT FG-ATT 112-344 69-240 * 12/6/08 ROWAN W 54-75 280 3-point FG pct . 3 2 6 . 2 8 8 12/10/08 at Staten Island L 80-89 0 3-pt FG made per game 5.9 3.6 12/13/08 MOUNT SAINT MARY W 58-61 165 FREE THROWS-ATT 276-395 288-402 12/18/08 MT. ST. VINCENT W 54-76 265 12/20/08 LEHMAN W 68-77 60 Free throw pct . 6 9 9 . 7 1 6 @ 1/2/09 vs Bridgewater State W 62-76 87 F-Throws made per game 14.5 15.2 @ 1/3/09 at Moravian L 58-70 196 REBOUNDS 836 778 * 1/7/09 at New Jersey City W 93-51 167 Rebounds per game 44.0 40.9 * 1/10/09 at Richard Stockton W 70-54 100 Rebounding margin +3.1 - * 1/14/09 RAMAPO W 54-72 220 ASSISTS 284 245 * 1/17/09 at Rutgers-Camden W 91-40 75 * 1/21/09 RUTGERS-NEWARK W 32-59 115 Assists per game 14.9 12.9 * 1/24/09 at The College of NJ L 65-69 325 TURNOVERS 341 458 Turnovers per game 17.9 24.1 * = Conference game Turnover margin +6.2 - % = Muhlenberg/Scotty Wood Tourn. Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.5 # = Red Hawk/Pioneer Classic STEALS 239 140 @ = Moravian Winter Starters Classic Steals per game 12.6 7.4 BLOCKS 61 69 Blocks per game 3.2 3.6 ATTENDANCE 1245 1889 Home games-Avg/Game 7-178 9-165 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-135

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals William Paterson 647 731 1378 Opponents 561 594 1155 PIONEER SWIMMING & DIVING William Paterson University

The William Paterson men’s (8-2, 0-2 NJAC) and women’s (10-2, 0-2 NJAC) swim- SWIMMING & DIVING ming and diving teams will enjoy a week off from competition, returning to action Tuesday, Feb. 3, at home against Ramapo at 6:00 p.m. SCHEDULE/RESULTS PIONEER MEN DEFEAT DIVISION II QUEENS, LOSE TO TCNJ OCTOBER Aft er an extended break for the holidays, the William Paterson men’s swimming Sat. 25 at Rowan* Men: L, 76-166; Women: L, 87-155 and diving team (8-1) was successful in its return to the pool, defeating Division II Tue. 28 ST. JOSEPH’S-LONG ISLAND Queens College (1-3) 141-78 Jan. 21. Women: W, 100-85 Senior David Caputo (Staten Island, N.Y./Curtis) touched fi rst in the 500 NOVEMBER (5:16.21) and 1,000 (10:52.4) frees, while junior Voyta Karas (Brno, Czech Repub- Sat. 1 at Mount Saint Mary Invitational lic) was also a double winner with victories in the 100 (49.6) and 200 (1:50.36) frees. Men: First of Three; Women: First of Four Tue. 4 SUNY MARITIME Senior Michael O’Shea (Edgewater, N.J./Leonia) fi nished fi rst in the one-meter Men: W, 133-85; Women: W, 116-82 required (88.8) and optional (123.0) dives, sophomore Evan Seft el (Montville, N.J./ Sat. 8 at Baruch Montville) fi nished fi rst in the 50 free (23.17), junior Stefan Rosales (Rahway, N.J./St. Men: W, 106-81; Women: W, 111-76 Joseph’s-Metuchen) touched fi rst in the 200 back (2:13.27), and junior Kirk Smith Thu. 13 at Lehman (West Orange, N.J./West Orange) won the 200 breast (2:33.01). Men: W, 128-97; Women: W, 127-73 Wed. 19 ARCADIA Men: W, 108-53; Women: W, 102-85 The William Paterson men’ swimming and diving team (8-2, 0-2 NJAC) saw its DECEMBER eight-meet win streak come to end with a 167-117 loss at The College of New Jersey Tue. 2 NJIT (9-1, 3-0 NJAC) Jan. 25. Men: W, 98-71; Women: W, 68-23 Junior Voyta Karas (Brno, Czech Republic) earned the Pioneers’ lone individual Sat. 6 DREW victory with a 48.86 swim in the 100 free. Men: W, 109-60; Women: W, 100-83 Thu. 11 at Hunter Women: W, 54-39 Second-place eff orts were turned in by Karas in the 50 (22.06) and 200 (1:47.67) Sat. 13 ADELPHI frees, senior David Caputo (Staten Island, N.Y./Curtis) in the 500 free (5:14.86) and Men: W, 123-103; Women: W, 124-99 200 IM (2:11.65), senior Michael O’Shea (Edgewater, N.J./Leonia) in the one-meter JANUARY (225.00) and three-meter (205.20) dives, junior Jeremy Lim (Clift on, N.J./Clift on) in Wed. 21 at Queens the 100 fl y (59.18), and junior Stefan Rosales (Rahway, N.J./St. Joseph’s-Metuchen) Men: W, 141-78; Women: W, 120-118 Sun. 25 at TCNJ* in the 100 back (59.20). Men: L, 117-167; Women: L, 116-173 FEBRUARY Tue. 3 RAMAPO* 6:00 p.m. PIONEER WOMEN DEFEAT QUEENS, LOSE AT TCNJ Sat. 7 MONTCLAIR STATE* 1:00 p.m. The William Paterson women’s swimming and diving team (10-1) earned a hard- Fri.-Sun. 20-22 at Metropolitan Championships fought 120-118 victory at Division II Queens College (5-3) Jan. 21 in the Pioneers’ fi rst competitive race of 2009. CAPS indicate home meet at Senior Cathy Hartwell (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) touched fi rst in Wightman Pool both the 50 (26.68) and 100 (57.73) frees, while classmate Grace McKay (Fair Lawn, * indicates New Jersey Athletic Conference N.J./Fair Lawn) won the 200 free (2:03.12) and 200 back (2:19.54). Freshman Lesly (NJAC) meet Mendoza (Passaic, N.J./Paramus Catholic) fi nished fi rst in the 200 fl y (2:13.63), and All meets men and women unless otherwise indicated junior Giana Albruzzese (Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany) fi nished fi rst in the one-me- ter optional dive (92.7). 2008-09 WEEKLY The 400 medley relay team of McKay, freshman Brett Kuchin (Cherry Hill, N.J./ Cherry Hill East), Mendoza and Hartwell turned in a winning time of 4:24.12. HONORS Giana Albruzzese (Jr., Parsippany, N.J.) The William Paterson women’s swimming and diving team (10-2, 0-2 NJAC) fell NJAC Diver of the Week to host The College of New Jersey (7-2, 3-0 NJAC) 173-116 Jan. 25, ending the Pio- (Nov. 18, Nov. 24, Dec. 15) neers’ 10-meet win streak. Voyta Karas (Jr., Brno, Czech Republic) Senior Cathy Hartwell (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) was the lone indi- NJAC Swimmer of the Week vidual winner for the Pioneers, touching fi rst in the 50 (25.86) and 100 (56.81) frees. (Dec. 8, Dec. 15) Hartwell, along with senior Grace McKay (Fair Lawn, N.J./Fair Lawn), freshman Brett Kuchin (Fr., Cherry Hill, N.J.) Brett Kuchin (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) and freshman Lesly Mendoza NJAC Rookie of the Week (Nov. 4) (Passaic, N.J./Paramus Catholic), posted a winning time of 1:57.57 in the 200 medley Grace McKay (Sr., Fair Lawn, N.J.) relay. NJAC Swimmer of the Week (Dec. 15) Second-place eff orts were turned in by McKay in the 100 fl y (1:02.56) and 100 Lesly Mendoza (Fr., Passaic, N.J.) (1:02.59) and 200 (2:18.03) backs, Kuchin in the 100 (1:13.65) and 200 (2:40.47) breasts, NJAC Rookie of the Week (Nov. 18) and sophomore Lauren Horowitz (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) in the 500 free Michael O’Shea (Sr., Edgewater, N.J.) (5:52.28). NJAC Diver of the Week (Nov. 18, Nov. 24) PIONEER SWIMMING & DIVING William Paterson University

2008-09 WILLIAM PATERSON MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING ROSTER Name Yr. Event(s) Hometown/High School Brian Birkbeck Fr. Free/Breast Absecon, N.J./Holy Spirit Alex Burdi So. Breast/IM Oak Ridge, N.J./Jeff erson Twp. David Caputo Sr. Dist. Free Staten Island, N.Y./Curtis A.J. Comly So. Free Sea Isle, N.J./Ocean City Michael Ehlers Sr. Free Saddle Brook, N.J./Saddle Brook Lucas Hopper Sr. Free Kingston, N.Y./Kingston Voyta Karas Jr. Free Brno, Czech Republic/Ludvika Danka Jeremy Lim So. Fly/Free Clift on, N.J./Clift on Danny Lynch Jr. Free/Fly Rockaway, N.Y./St. Francis Prep Alex MacArthur Fr. Diving Maplewood, N.J./Columbia Dyle MacGregor Fr. Sprint Free/Back Fair Lawn, N.J./Fair Lawn J.P. McNamara Jr. Sprint Free Caldwell, N.J./Caldwell Dan O’Shea So. Diving Edgewater, N.J./Leonia Michael O’Shea Sr. Diving Edgewater, N.J./Leonia Stefan Rosales Jr. Back/Free Rahway, N.J./St. Joseph’s-Metuchen Andrew Scimeca So. Back/Diving Lincoln Park, N.J./ Boonton Evan Seft el So. Sprint Free/Fly Montville, N.J./Montville Kirk Smith Jr. IM/Breast West Orange, N.J./West Orange Kevin Thomas Jr. Back/Free Seaville, N.J./Ocean City Edward Zappile Fr. Dist. Free Oak Ridge, N.J./Jeff erson Twp.

2008-09 WILLIAM PATERSON WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING ROSTER Name Yr. Event(s) Hometown/High School Giana Albruzzese Jr. Diving Parsippany, N.J./Parsippany Aneesa Ali Fr. Diving West Orange, N.J./West Orange Casey Eustace Sr. Diving Laurel Springs, N.J./Highland Regional Tara Graham So. Back/Breast Rockaway, N.J./Morris Hills Cathy Hartwell Sr. Sprint Free Toms River, N.J./Toms River East Kelly Haughwout Sr. Free/Breast Bayville, N.J./Central Regional Lauren Horowitz So. Dist. Free Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough Brett Kuchin Fr. Breast/IM Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East Grace McKay Sr. Fly/Back Fair Lawn, N.J./Fair Lawn Lesly Mendoza Fr. Free/Fly Passaic, N.J./Paramus Catholic Kathleen O’Neill Fr. Free/Back Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge Samantha Parin Jr. Free/Back Clark, N.J./Arthur L. Johnson Caitlin Rotondo Jr. Breast/IM Brick, N.J./Methacton Kirsten Shea So. Fly/Dist. Free Turnersville, N.J./Washington Twp. Stephanie Smith Fr. Fly/Free West Orange, N.J./West Orange Christine Sullivan Jr. Diving Old Tappan, N.J./Northern Valley Regional-Old Tappan Rebecca Vinch Fr. Free Lawrenceville, N.J./Lawrence

Head Coach: Ed Gurka (University of Maryland ’76), 33rd season Assistant Coach: Angel Camacho (William Paterson University ’08), second season Diving Coach: Steve McDonough (Southern Connecticut State University ’74), 27th season Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Katelyn Esposito (fi rst season)