2005-06 NEC Women's Basketball Media Guide
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2005-06 NEC Women’s Basketball Media Guide 2005-06 NEC Women's Basketball Guide Basketball Women's NEC 2005-06 NEC Staff Northeast Conference Table of Contents 200 Cottontail Lane NEC Information Commissioner Vantage Court North About the NEC ____________________________ 2 John Iamarino (Ninth year) Ext. 1 [email protected] Somerset, NJ 08873 NEC Member Directory/Notable Alumni ___________ 3 Phone: (732) 469-0440 NEC Commissioner/Presidents _________________ 4 Associate Commissioner Fax: (732) 469-0744 NEC Staff ________________________________ 5 Ron Ratner Ext. 6 NEC Officials ______________________________ 6 [email protected] www.northeastconference.org NEC Television Network ______________________ 7 Assistant Commissioner NEC Tournament __________________________ 8 Donna Poyant Ext.3 www.necstore.org NCAA Tournament _________________________ 9 [email protected] NEC Composite Schedule ____________________ 10 NEC Arena Guide _________________________ 11 Assistant Commissioner Andrew Alia Ext. 4 NEC League Notes _______________________ 12-13 [email protected] NEC Member Institutions Assistant Commissioner Central Connecticut State ___________________ 14-17 Rachelle Held Ext. 2 [email protected] Fairleigh Dickinson ______________________ 18-21 Long Island ___________________________ 22-25 Assistant Director of Communications Monmouth ____________________________ 26-29 Bob Balut Ext. 5 Mount St. Mary’s ________________________ 30-33 [email protected] Quinnipiac ____________________________ 34-37 Administrative Intern Robert Morris _________________________ 38-41 Alison Robbins Ext. 27 Sacred Heart __________________________ 42-45 [email protected] St. Francis (NY) ________________________ 46-49 St. Francis (PA) _________________________ 50-53 Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials Dr. Edward Meier Wagner ______________________________ 54-57 NEC History NEC Season Review: 2003-04 _______________ 58-61 NEC Season Reviews: 1986-2003 ____________ 62-70 NEC Records NEC All-Time Coaching Records _______________ 71 NEC All-Time Career Records _________________ 71 NEC Award Winners _______________________ 72 Single Game Records _____________________ 73-74 Season Records ________________________ 75-76 NEC Tournament Records _________________ 77-78 Year-by-Year Records ____________________ 79-80 Miscellaneous NEC Media Outlets _______________________ 81-83 NEC Driving Directions _____________________ 84 Credits Layout, Design & Copy: Bob Balut, Donna Poyant Copy & Editorial Assistance: Ron Ratner Photography: Charlie Covell, Steve Smith and NEC SID offices. Special Thanks to: All the talented NEC SIDs and Asst. SIDs. 1 About the NEC/Championship Info. NEC History 2005-06 Championship Dates When the Northeast Conference was first established as the ECAC-Metro Conference back in 1981, the league’s founders had Championship Date Site (Host) one simple goal in mind: to create a competitive Division I men’s basketball conference for unaffiliated schools on the Eastern seaboard. A single-sport entity at its inception, even the league’s most ardent supporters during its formative years Field Hockey Oct. 28 & 29 High Seed could not have envisioned a transformation into a burgeoning 11-member, 21-sport conference. Now, 25 years later, the M/W Cross Country Oct. 29 St. Francis (PA) NEC begins a yearlong celebration of its Silver Anniversary by proudly looking back at its heritage, while at the same time Women’s Soccer Nov. 4 & 6 High Seed writing the next chapter in the league’s evolution. Men’s Soccer Nov. 11 & 13 High Seed Volleyball Nov. 19 & 20 High Seed The NEC and its member institutions remain committed to enhancing the experience of its student-athletes, while strength- ening its competitive position both regionally and nationally. With that in mind, the league’s traditional focus on athletic M/W Indoor Track Feb. 11 & 12 P.G. County Sports Complex (Landover, MD) achievement, academic integrity and development, community outreach and sportsmanship has never been stronger. To M/W Swimming Feb. 17 & 19 P.G. County Sports Complex (Landover, MD) that end, the NEC launched Sportsmanship Counts! in 2004-05, an initiative designed to reinforce and promote the ideals Men’s Basketball Mar. 2, 5 & 8 High Seeds and fundamentals of good sportsmanship. Women’s Basketball Mar. 4, 7 & 11 High Seeds M/W Tennis Apr. 21 & 22 Mercer County Tennis Center (tentative) The remarkable success story of the conference began to unfold in 1985, when the league began sponsoring additional sports. Three years later, a change of name was in order and the Northeast Conference as we know it today was born. With Women’s Golf Apr. 29 & 30 Disney’s Lake Buena Vista Golf Course membership and sport sponsorship continuing to grow over the next decade and beyond, the NEC now has access to NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Apr. 28 & 30 High Seed automatic bids in 12 sports (baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, men’s Men’s Golf May 6 & 7 Disney’s Palm Golf Course and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s volleyball). M/W Outdoor Track May 6 & 7 Mount St. Mary’s 2005-06 NEC Women's Basketball Guide Basketball Women's NEC 2005-06 Though the NEC has featured various incarnations since its inception, charter members Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Softball May 12 & 13 High Seed Robert Morris, St. Francis (NY), St. Francis (PA) and Wagner remain part of the current 11-school alignment. They are Baseball May 25-27 FirstEnergy Park (Lakewood, NJ) joined by Monmouth (admitted in 1985), Mount St. Mary’s (1989), Central Connecticut State (1997), Quinnipiac (1998) and Sacred Heart (1999). NEC expansion, which culminated in 1999 with the addition of Sacred Heart, has given the league a five-state geographic footprint with access to such major media markets as New York City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Hartford. NEC Commissioner’s Cup With the addition of four sports over the last seven years, NEC member institutions now compete in 21 championship sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s golf, 2004-05 Commissioner’s Cup NEC Commissioner’s Cup men’s and women’s indoor track and field, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s and Overall Standings Past Champions women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball. 1. Monmouth 199.11 2004-05 Monmouth Iamarino has also succeeded in widening the NEC’s exposure on a national basis through a number of initiatives. The league’s 2. St. Francis (PA) 186.53 2003-04 Monmouth official website - one of the most comprehensive in the nation - was relaunched in 2004 with additional content and features, 3. Quinnipiac 177.70 2002-03 UMBC as well as a state-of-the-art design. To supplement one of the premier regional basketball television packages in the country, 2001-02 UMBC 4. Long Island 174.41 the conference also began televising football games in 2003. Over the last three years, the NEC has televised nearly 100 2000-01 UMBC events, as the league’s coverage area expanded to 20 million homes. Along with flagship station MSG Network, other 5. Sacred Heart 167.50 1999-00 UMBC regional television outlets included Fox Sports-New York, Fox Sports-Pittsburgh, Fox Sports-New England and Comcast 6. Robert Morris 166.82 1998-99 UMBC SportsNet. In 2005, ESPN broadcast the men’s championship game for the 18th straight year while MSG televised the 7. Cent. Conn. State 141.65 1997-98 Monmouth women’s title contest for the eighth season in a row. 8. Mount St. Mary’s 140.54 1996-97 Mount St. Mary’s 9. Wagner 126.69 1995-96 Mount St. Mary's 10. Fairleigh Dickinson 106.32 1994-95 Mount St. Mary's During the 2004-05 campaign, the NEC played on a national stage through the awarding of NCAA bids to the conference in 1993-94 Fairleigh Dickinson 11. St. Francis (NY) 80.95 12 team sports. In the league’s highest profile event of the year, the Fairleigh Dickinson men’s basketball team played top- 1992-93 Fairleigh Dickinson seed and eventual national runner-up Illinois to a first-half standstill, gaining instant recognition before a nationwide 1991-92 Fairleigh Dickinson audience. Monmouth won the Sports Network Cup in football, emblematic of the top mid-major program in the nation, as The Commissioner's Cup is awarded 1990-91 Monmouth five conference programs finished in the final top-10 poll. Men’s soccer has been the league’s most competitive sport on annually to the school that fares best 1989-90 Fairleigh Dickinson a regional and national basis in recent years, including Fairleigh Dickinson winning four NCAA Tournament matches over in the league's championship sports. 1988-89 Fairleigh Dickinson the past four years. Last season, NEC programs scored men’s soccer victories over teams from the ACC, Big East and Atlantic 1987-88 Fairleigh Dickinson 10, while Long Island tied a Michigan team that was ranked third in the nation at the time. Individually, St. Francis (PA) 1986-87 Long Island distance runner A.J. Suravicz claimed All-America honors in the indoor mile after finishing in ninth place at the NCAA Championships in March, while teammate Ryan Sheehan became a two-time All-American after placing 11th in the 10,000 meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June. Along with Sheehan, the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships produced two more All-Americans as Long Island’s Bryan Steele took sixth place in the 400 meter hurdles and Monmouth’s Bobby Smith claimed fifth place in the javelin. In football, Robert Morris linebacker James Noel and Albany offensive 2004-05 Championship Winners lineman Geir Gudmundsen were tabbed to the AFCA I-AA All-America team. Albany defensive back Kurt Campbell became the second NEC player drafted since the league began sponsoring football in 1996 when he was chosen by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round.