2009-10 Drexel Women's Basketball
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2009-10 Drexel Women’s Basketball 2009-10 Drexel Schedule November 13, 2009 Date Day Opponent Time Drexel v. Penn State November Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, Pa. 13 Fri. Penn State 7:00 7:00 p.m. 15 Sun. Penn 1:00 20 Fri. at Richmond 7:00 Media: WKDU 91.7 FM (Pat Delsi, Alex Falk) 29 Sun. at Maryland 2:00 PSU Sports Network (Jerry Fisher, Ben Youngerman) December 2 Wed. American 7:00 Drexel’s Probable Starters 5 Sat. La Salle 1:00 No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 13 Sun. at Saint Joseph’s 2:00 3 Tyler Hale 6-0 So. F 2.9 3.5 17 Thu. Princeton 7:00 5 Jasmina Rosseel 5-8 Jr. G 10.8 3.2 21 Mon. Bucknell 1:00 12 Marisa Crane 5-5 So. G 3.8 2.0 Villanova Wildcat Classic 14 Jennifer Stjärnström 6-2 Sr. F 2.1 2.0 28 Mon. Loyola (Md.) 5:30 44 Gabriela Marginean 6-1 Sr. F 23.3 7.3 29 Tue. Consolation Game 5:30 Reserves Championship Game 7:30 4 Renee Johnson-Allen 5-6 Fr. G - - January 11 Alison Lupariello 5-6 Sr. G 1.0 0.2 3 Sun. James Madison* 1:00 13 Hollie Mershon 5-10 Fr. G/F - - 7 Thu. William & Mary* 7:00 20 Taylor Wootton 6-1 Fr. F - - 10 Sun. at Old Dominion* 2:00 21 Ashley Davis 5-10 Fr. G - - 14 Thu. at Hofstra* 7:00 22 Ayana Lee 5-7 So. G 1.1 1.0 17 Sun. at Delaware* 2:00 23 Kamile Nacickaite 5-11 So. F/G 5.7 3.4 21 Thu. George Mason* 7:00 33 Fiona Flanagan 5-10 Fr. G - - 24 Sun. VCU* (TCN)12:00 28 Thu. at Northeastern* 7:00 Drexel won the 2009 CAA Championship and made its first 31 Sun. Delaware* (TCN)12:00 appearance in the NCAA Tournament last season. Gabriela February Marginean, the 09-10 CAA Preseason Player of the Year, is 4 Thu. at Towson* 7:00 Drexel’s top scoring option. Junior guard Jasmina Rosseel is the 7 Sun. at James Madison* 2:00 team’s best three-point shooter and a Second Team Preseason 11 Thu. Northeastern* 7:00 All-Conference selection. 14 Sun. at VCU* 2:00 18 Thu. Towson* 7:00 Penn State’s Probable Starters 21 Sun. Hofstra* 1:00 No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG 25 Thu. at Georgia State* 6:00 1 Tyra Grant 5-11 Sr. G 19.6 4.5 28 Sun. UNC Wilmington* (CSN) 1:00 11 Julia Trogele 6-2 Jr. G/F 7.6 6.3 March 12 Zhaque Gray 5-8 So. G 3.0 0.6 3 Wed. at William & Mary* 7:00 20 Alex Bentley 5-7 Fr. G - - 10-13 Wed-Sat. CAA Championship 54 Nikki Greene 6-4 Fr. F/C - - (Harrisonburg, Va.) Reserves Bold denotes home game *CAA 2 Emily Phillips 5-4 So. G 0.6 0.4 All dates and times are subject to change. 15 Renee Womack 5-8 So. G 1.8 2.2 22 Nicole Arcidiacono 5-11 Jr. G 0.4 0.2 Media Information 23 Meggan Quinn 5-8 Sr. G 2.8 0.6 Drexel SID: Britt Faulstick ([email protected]) 24 Mia Nickson 6-2 So. F - - Penn State SID: Kris Peterson ([email protected]) 25 Gizelle Studevent 5-11 Fr. G - - Faulstick Phone: 215-895-6895 33 Meredith Monroe 6-1 Sr. F 2.2 2.5 Drexel Sports Info. Fax: 215-895-2038 40 Marisa Wolfe 6-2 Fr. F - - Press Row Phone: 215-895-2041 42 Janessa Wolff 6-3 Jr. F/C 6.8 5.6 Stat of the day: 47...points Penn State returns nine from a team that went 11-18 last season. Gabriela Marginean needs to score to Tyra Grant was a First Team All-Conference selection. Junior Julia break Drexel’s career scoring record. Trogele, a veteran of the German National Team, is the Lions’ Currently held by Michelle Maslowski best post player. Penn State is looking for its first winning season (1998-02) with 1,900 career points. under third-year coach Coquese Washington. 2009 Colonial Athletic Association Champions 2009-10 Drexel Women’s Basketball 2009-10 Drexel Quickfacts Last meeting... Drexel mounted a furious comeback University Information in the second half only to fall 66-60 to the Lady Lions in Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 State College on Nov. 25, 2007. Rookie Jasmina Rosseel Founded: 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel made her first career start at point guard and scored 16 Enrollment: 21,537 points, 12 of which came during a second-half rally that Nickname: Dragons cut Penn State’s lead to just four points with 32 seconds Colors: Navy Blue and Gold to play. Gabriela Marginean led all scorers with 25 Interim President: Dr. C.R. “Chuck” Pennoni points and she scored 16 of Drexel’s 28 first-half points. Senior Vice President: James Tucker Director of Athletics: Dr. Eric Zillmer All-Time Series...Penn State has won both previous Faculty Athletic Advisor: Dr. Hazem Maragah meetings with Drexel. 66-60 on Nov. 25, 2007 in State Athletic Department Phone: (215) 895-1999 College and 74-56 on Nov. 10, 2006 at the DAC. Affiliation: NCAA Division I Team Facts Team Comparison Home Venue: John A. Daskalakis Athletic Center Drexel Penn State Capacity: 2,532 2029 . .Points . .1855 Division I Record: 366-391 (27 seasons) 61.5 . .PPG . .64.0 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association +5.9 . .Margin . .+0.7 Coaching Staff 678-1725 . .FG-ATT . .708-1768 Head Coach: Denise Dillon .393 . .FG% . .400 Alma Mater: Villanova ‘96 211-641 . .3Pt. FG-ATT . .124-403 Career Record: 96-84 .329 . .3Pt.% . .308 Drexel Record: same (six seasons) 6.4 . .3Pt. FG/G . .4.3 Assoc. Head Coach: Amy Mallon (St. Joseph's '93) 462-576 . .FT-ATT . .315-483 Asst. Coach: Melissa Dunne (Temple ‘02) .802 . .FT% . .652 Asst. Coach: James Clark (La Salle ’06) 14.0 . .FT/G . .10.9 Operations Assistant: Stacy McCullough (Drexel ’08) 1096 . .Rebounds . .1128 2008-09 Review 33.2 . .RPG . .38.9 Overall Record: 24-9 -2.5 . .Margin . .+0.2 CAA Record (Finish): 16-2 (1st) 419 . .Assists . .362 CAA Tournament: 3-0, CAA Champions 12.7 . .APG . .12.5 Defeated Towson 53-48 in quarterfinals 502 . .Turnovers . .513 Defeated Old Dominion 62-41 in semifinals 15.2 . .TO/G . .17.7 Defeated James Madison 64-58 in championship +2.0 . .Margin . .+1.0 NCAA Tournament: 0-1 0.8 . .A/TO . .0.7 Lost to Kansas State 68-44, in opening round 243 . .Steals . .250 (Albuquerque, N.M.) 7.4 . .SPG . .8.6 Award Winners: Gabriela Marginean: CAA Player of the 97 . .Blocks . .94 Year, First Team All-CAA, CAA Tournament MVP 2.9 . .BPG . .3.2 Jasmina Rosseel: Third Team All-CAA, All-Tournament Team Leaders Andrea Peterson: Dean Ehlers Award, All-Tournament Sam Cozen Court Marginean (23.3) . .Scoring . Grant (19.6) Drexel’s new court is named after former men’s basketball coach Marginean (7.3) . .Rebouning . Trogele (6.3) Sam Cozen. This project was made possible by a generous gift from Rosseel (2.2) . .Assists . Grant (1.4) Sandy and Steve Cozen, Ellen and Tony Scarcelle, and the Cozen Marginean (1.6) . .Steals . Grant (1.2) Family. Mr. Cozen guided Drexel’s men’s basketball team for 16 years, Stjarnstrom (0.5) . .Blocks . Wolff (1.2) helping to establish the program before the Dragons began play in Division I. He is the winningest coach in the program’s history, amass- Mariginean (7.6) . .FG . Grant (6.9) ing 213 victories during an era when college basketball teams rarely Marginean (.476) . .FG% . Wolff (.462) played 20 games in a season. Marginean (7.4) . .FT . Grant (3.8) Cozen led Drexel to 11 Middle Athletic Conference championships Marginean (.897) . .FT% . Quinn (.778) during his 16 years and his teams also made four NCAA tournament appearances during his tenure. Cozen coached six future Drexel Hall Rosseel (2.7) . .3FG . Grant (1.9) of Famers. Bob Buckley, Dan Promislo, Alfred McCart, Bobby Morgan, Nacickaite (.402) . .3FG% . Grant (.367) Mike McCurdy and Ronald Kleppinger all played under Cozen during Marginean (34.4) . .Min . Grant (33.6) their days in University City. 2009 Colonial Athletic Association Champions 2009-10 Drexel Women’s Basketball Head Coach In her sixth season as Drexel women’s basketball Head Coach Denise Dillon brought the school its first CAA Denise Dillon title ever. The conference’s 2009 Coach of the Year Seventh Season guided her team through a dream season last year that saw the Dragons ascend to new heights of success in Villanova ‘96 the conference and make a name for themselves nation- ally. Dillon’s squad won the 2009 regular-season CAA 2009 CAA Coach of the Year title outright, knocked off 17-time defending tourna- 2005 CAA Co-Coach of the Year ment champion Old Dominion in the semifinals of the 2009 CAA Tournament and bested James Madison on Career Record: 96-84 (six years) its home court to claim the school’s first ever CAA Championship and NCAA Tournament berth. CAA Record: 61-47 (six years) Dillon brought a winning attitude and vision of success Highlights: to Drexel when she took over as head coach in 2002-03 2009 CAA Championship and it has pervaded her program ever since. Each class 2009 NCAA Tournament of Dragons has grown to believe in themselves, their 2nd most wins in Drexel history abilities and Dillon’s system of basketball.