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Women’sWomen’s BasketballBasketball 2006-072006-07 2006-07 Schedule & Results Drexel Game Day 11/10 Fri. Penn State L, 56-74 Drexel (6-17, 1-11 CAA) vs. VCU (11-11, 4-8 CAA) 11/12 Sun. Loyola (Md.) L, 57-66 February 11, 2007 11/17 Fri. Temple L, 50-61 1:00 p.m. Daskalakis Athletic Center 11/21 Tue. at Dayton L, 46-62 All-Time Series Record: Today’s game is the 12th meeting between 11/26 Sun. Lehigh W, 62-55 Drexel and Virginia Commonwealth. The Rams hold a 7-4 advantage in 11/29 Wed. at Siena W, 69-66 (OT) the all-time series, but the Dragons have won the last three meeetings. 12/3 Sun. Delaware* L, 53-65 The last time Drexel lost to the Rams was during the 2003-04 season. 12/9 Sat. at La Salle L, 53-67 Last year, senior Jackie Falson exploded for 22 points in a 70-60 victory. 12/16 Sat. Monmouth W, 75-67 (OT) Websites: Drexel (drexeldragons.com) VCU (VCUrams.vcu.edu) 12/21 Thu. at Penn L, 57-60 12/28 Thu. at Mt. St. Mary’s W, 53-46 The Tip... 12/30 Sat. at American W, 61-58 - Reaching a Milestone: Narissa Suber scored her 1,000th career point in 1/4 Thu. William & Mary* L, 43-48 Drexel’s last game, Feb. 8, at Towson. The holder of every individual 1/7 Sun. at Old Dominion* L, 45-70 three-point shooting record at Drexel, Suber appropriately reached the career milestone on a three-pointer. Her benchmark bucket came with 1/11 Thu. Hofstra* L, 45-46 9:56 left in the contest and sparked a 10-2 Drexel run. Suber is now 1/14 Sun. at Northeastern* L, 53-64 ranked 15th on Drexel’s all-time scoring list with 1,001 points. She also 1/18 Wed. at James Madison* L, 63-84 has the 10th highest scoring average all-time at 12.4 points per game. 1/21 Sun. Old Dominion* L, 83-51 1/25 Thu. Towson* L, 57-65 - Virginia Connection: Narissa and Anora Suber teamed up with Virginia 1/28 Sun. at Georgia State* L, 67-78 Commonwealth’s senior guard Michele Cosel on Atlee High’s 2003 Virginia State Championship team. The trio combined to lead Atlee to a 2/1 Thu. at William & Mary* L, 50-75 perfect 30-0 record that season. Cosel was the captain of the team as a 2/4 Sun. UNCW* CSN W, 51-48 senior and the Suber sisters were juniors on the squad. 2/8 Thu. at Towson* L, 52-55 - Marginean a Major Contributor: Freshman forward Gabriela Marginean 2/11 Sun. VCU* 1:00 was named the CAA’s Co-Rookie of the Week on Feb. 5. This is the sec- 2/15 Thu. at Hofstra* 7:00 ond time this season that Marginean has received the honor. Last week 2/18 Sun. at UNCW* 12:00 she led the Dragons to their first CAA victory of the season while averag- 2/22 Thu. Northeastern* 7:00 ing 19.5 points and five rebounds per game. In the team’s last game, 2/25 Sun. at Delaware* 1:00 Marginean compiled her fourth double-double of the season with 16 3/1 Thu. George Mason* 7:00 points and 15 rebounds. 3/8-3/11 CAA Tournament (Newark, Del.) 2006-07 Drexel Roster * Colonial Athletic Association game No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School Home games are in bold. Probable Starters Dates and times subject to change. 2 Andrea Peterson G Jr. 5-6 Norwood, Pa./Archbishop Carroll 23 Kira Karlstrom G Sr. 5-4 Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston 33 Narissa Suber G Jr. 5-9 Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee Media Information 34 Anora Suber F Jr. 5-9 Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee 44 Gabriela Marginean F Fr. 6-1 Cluj-Napoca, Romania/Mt. de Chantal Academy WBB Contact Britt Faulstick Reserves Office Phone: 215.895.6895 3 Carly Golden G So. 5-8 Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson Fair Haven 4 Anna Karlsson F Jr. 6-1 Madrid, Spain/Int'l College of Spain E-mail: [email protected] 10 Kelly Golden G So. 5-9 Doylestown, Pa./The Hill School Sports Information Fax: 215-895-2038 11 Alison Lupariello G R-Fr. 5-6 Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson Press Row Phone: 215-895-2041 12 Stacy McCullough G Jr. 5-7 Jamison, Pa./Central Bucks East 14 Jennifer Stjärnström F Fr. 6-2 Norrköping, Sweden/De Geer Gymnasiet 22 Delise Johnson F Jr. 6-1 Queens, N.Y./Martin Van Buren Interview Policy: The women’s basketball 24 Nicole Hester F Jr. 5-10 Waldorf, Md./Westlake 50 Nicole McCombs F Fr. 6-1 Richmond, Va./Manchester locker room is off limits to all members of 41 Brooke Cornish F So. 6-4 Collegeville, Pa./Archbishop Carroll the media. Post-game interviews will be accommodated in a designated area. All Pronunciation Guide requests for players and coaches following ANNA Karlsson Ah-nah the game should be directed to Britt Alison LUPARIELLO Lou - perry - el - oh Faulstick, assistant director of sports infor- Jennifer STJARNSTROM Starn - strum mation. Gabriela MARGINEAN Marr - JIN - E - in Nicole MCCOMBS Mick - combs Drexel Women’s Basketball 2006-07 Head Coach Denise Dillon The Denise Dillon File Entering just her fourth season as head 2003-04 (10-18, 7-11 CAA) coach of Drexel's women's basketball team, Denise Dillon has already proven to be one -Defeated George Mason, ranked of the rising stars among coaches in the second in the CAA at home, 80-74 Colonial Athletic Association. Last season, in -Took CAA Tournament semifinalist a follow up to her 2004-05 CAA Coach of the Year campaign, Dillon became just the sec- VCU to overtime in tournament ond coach in Drexel history to lead the team -Set Drexel records for three-pointers to back-to-back winning seasons. After put- made and attempted in a season ting together its best-ever finish in confer- ence play in 2004-05, Drexel was a marked 2004-05 (19-10, 12-6 CAA) team last season. Dillon's squad rose to the -Led Drexel to its best CAA finish, challenge and closed out the season by win- 12-6 in third place ning nine of its final 14 games to finish with a 15-14 overall record and a 9-9 mark in con- -The team’s 19-10 record tied for the ference play. For a second straight season best mark in a decade and a half the Dragons also advanced to the quarterfinals of the CAA tournament. In 2005-06 Dillon's motion offense proved to be peerless in generating -Named CAA Co-Coach of the Year shooting opportunities from deep and keeping her team in close games. Led by sharpshooter Narissa Suber, who set or matched Drexel single-game, sin- -Defeated Old Dominion for the first gle-season and career records for three-point shooting, the Dragons knocked time in school history down the second-most three pointers in the history of the conference. The -Defeated St. Joe’s for the first time team also set a single-game record by knocking down 18 threes against Northeastern on February 17, 2006. Dillon had her squad clicking so effi- in school history ciently by the end of the season, that the Dragons defeated three of their last -Advanced to the semifinals of the four opponents by an average of just under 20 points. CAA tournament The tenacity displayed by Dillon's teams over the past three years is a reflection of their coach, whose work-ethic and determination as a player pro- -Team ranked in top 15 nationally in pelled her to greatness in her playing days at Villanova. From 1993-96 Dillon assist-to-turnover ratio started in the post for legendary coach Harry Perretta's Wildcats. She was a unanimous pick for the Big East All-Rookie Team in 1993 and followed that -Two of Dillon’s recruits landed on up with three All-Big East and All-Big 5 seasons on the Main Line. She was the All-CAA First Team and a third just the 12th player in Villanova history to reach the 1,000-point scoring made the All-Rookie Team mark in her career and finished with 1,355 points and 677 rebounds; both totals are among the Wildcats' all-time best. Perhaps her greatest honor as a -Held nine opponents below 50 player came on January 30, 2004 when the Philadelphia Big 5 inducted her points, a school record for defense into its Hall of Fame. Following her playing career, Dillon, who graduated with a degree in ele- 2005-06 (15-14, 9-9 CAA) mentary education, assumed an assistant coaching role for Perretta at -Finished with second consecutive Villanova from 1997-2001. During this time Dillon learned the intricacies of winning record, 15-14, became the teaching Perretta's vaunted motion offense, which she would later bring to second coach in school history to Drexel as a head coach. lead the team to back-to-back After eight years at Villanova, four as a player and four as a coach, Dillon came to University City to take an assistant coaching position at Drexel in winning seasons 2001. She helped with scouting, recruiting and coaching Drexel's forwards -Defeated two of the top four teams during her two years as an assistant. She helped to bring in post players in the conference to close out the Katrina Martin and Catherine Scanlon who were integral parts of the Dragons' success during her tenure and are two of Drexel’s all-time greats.