Notre Dame Athletics Web Site Contains Sched- Its Top Returning Scorer from a Year Ago Due to Conference’S Most Improved Players This Season
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NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2006-07 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 6 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 14 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2007 NCAA Dallas Region — First Round 2006-07 Schedule 19-11 / 10-6 BIG EAST #9 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish (19-11 / 10-6 BIG EAST) vs. O31 Lake Superior St. (exhib.) W, 82-55 #8 seed California Golden Bears (23-8 / 12-6 Pac-10) N5 Northwood (exhibition) W, 82-35 uDATE: March 18, 2007 uRADIO: ESPN Radio 1490 AM N10 Central Michigan W, 88-66 OT uTIME: Noon ET Sean Stires, p-b-p N13 Bowling Green W, 85-81 CSTV uAT: Pittsburgh, Pa. uTV: ESPN2 (live) N16 @ Penn State L, 49-75 Petersen Events Ctr. (12,508) Linda Cohn, p-b-p N19 Western Michigan W, 87-67 uSERIES: First meeting Fran Fraschilla, color N24 @ USC L, 58-69 uTICKETS: (800) 643-7488 Wendi Nix, sideline N28 Richmond W, 87-66 uLIVE STATS: www.und.com D1 @ Michigan W, 61-58 D3 Indiana L, 51-54 Storylines Web Sites D6 Purdue (10/9)CL W, 67-58 u Notre Dame has advanced to the NCAA u Notre Dame: http://www.und.com D16 IUPUI W, 75-65 Tournament for the 12th consecutive year u California: http://www.calbears.com D19 @ ValparaisoWHME W, 60-59 and the 14th time in program history. u BIG EAST: http://www.bigeast.org D28 Prairie View A&M W, 94-55 u The Irish will be facing a brand-new oppo- u Pac-10: http://www.pac-10.org D30 @ Tennessee (4/4)CSS L, 54-78 nent in the NCAA Tournament for the 13th J2 • @ Seton Hall W, 64-61 time, having gone 10-2 in their previous 12 Setting The Standard NCAA matchups with first-time foes. J10 • Cincinnati W, 81-70 Under the guidance of 20th-year head coach J13 • @ South FloridaBETV L, 78-87OT Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame has evolved into J16 • St. John’s W, 83-65 njoying a season of great promise and po- one of the country’s leading women’s basketball tential, Notre Dame will look to continue powers. The Irish have appeared in 14 NCAA J20 • Syracuse W, 83-55 CSTV its tradition of postseason success when Tournaments (including a current streak of 12 J23 • @ Marquette (17/18) L, 62-71 E CPTV it tips off its 12th consecutive NCAA Tourna- in a row) and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 J27 • @ Connecticut (7/5) L, 47-64 ment appearance Sunday at noon (ET) against six times in the previous 10 years. Notre Dame J31 • @ Pittsburgh L, 62-71 California at the Petersen Events Center in Pitts- also has reached the NCAA Women’s Final Four F4 • West VirginiaESPNU W, 77-67 burgh. The Irish are seeded ninth in the Dallas twice, winning college basketball’s ultimate F7 • Louisville (17/16) W, 64-55 Region, while the Golden Bears are the No. 8 prize with the 2001 national championship. F11 • DePaulESPN2 W, 78-70 seed for a game that will be televised nationally In its history, Notre Dame has developed F13 • @ Villanova W, 75-58 by ESPN2. eight All-Americans, nine WNBA players (includ- F17 • @ Providence W, 82-65 Notre Dame has not played since March ing six draft picks in the past six years) and four F21 • Georgetown W, 73-48 3, when the Irish dropped a hard-fought 76- USA Basketball veterans (eight medals won). F24 • Rutgers (21/22)BETV L, 60-76 71 decision to DePaul in the first round of the Now in their 30th season in 2006-07, the Irish F26 • @ DePaulCSTV L, 73-87 BIG EAST Championship at the Hartford Civic own an all-time record of 612-277 (.688). Center. Notre Dame rallied from an 11-point M3 vs. DePaul1-BETV L, 71-76 second-half deficit to tie the game with under Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw M18 vs. California2-ESPN2 Noon ET 2-ESPN2 four minutes left, but couldn’t quite complete Saint Joseph’s ’77 M20 NCAA Second Round 7:00 ET the comeback. u 20th season at Notre Dame M25 NCAA Regional Semifinal3-ESPN2 TBD Junior guard Charel Allen registered a team- • 448-178 (.716) at Notre Dame. M27 NCAA Regional Final3-ESPN TBD high 18 points, as well as six rebounds and five • 536-219 (.710) in 25 years as head coach. A1 NCAA National Semifinals4-ESPN 7/9:30 ET assists for the Irish. Senior guard Breona Gray NOTES A3 NCAA Championship Game4-ESPN 8:30 ET chipped in with 17 points, 13 in the first half. u 2001 consensus National Coach of the Year u Four-time Naismith Coach of the Year finalist (x) = numbers before opponent name indicate ND rank in AP/ Rankings u Four-time conference Coach of the Year ESPN-USA Today polls; numbers after are opponent rank. u Notre Dame is not ranked. • BIG EAST Conference (2001) • = BIG EAST Conference game u California is receiving votes in the Associ- • Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1991) 1 = BIG EAST Championship (Hartford, Conn.) ated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. • North Star Conference (1988) 2 = NCAA Dallas Region First/Second Rounds (Pittsburgh, Pa.) • East Coast Conference (@ Lehigh) (1983) 3 = NCAA Dallas Regional (Dallas, Texas) 4 = NCAA Women’s Final Four (Cleveland, Ohio) ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU = Game to be televised on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup (c = captain) CSTV = Game televised on College Sports Television No Name Pos Ht Yr PPG RPG Other Notes CPTV = Game televised on Connecticut Public Television CSS = Game televised on Comcast/Charter Sports SE 34 Crystal Erwin F 6-2 Sr. 5.4 4.0 0.6 spg • 1 of 2 ND players making 4th NCAA trip CL = Game televised on Comcast Local (Detroit) 33 Melissa D’Amico C 6-5 Jr. 8.1 4.6 1.0 bpg • Seventh in BIG EAST with .524 FG% BETV = Game televised on BIG EAST TV package 1 Tulyah Gaines (C) G 5-7 Jr. 9.7 2.4 3.9 apg • 11.5 ppg., .538 FG% past 4 games WHME = Game televised on WHME-TV in South Bend 2 uCharel Allen G 5-11 Jr. 17.0 6.4 2.2 spg • Kodak A-A Team finalist; 1st tm all-BE All times local to site and subject to change 32 Breona Gray (C) G 5-9 Sr. 6.9 3.1 1.7 apg • 13.3 ppg., .556 FG%, .471 3FG% past 3 gms Off the Bench For the Irish 11 Amanda Tsipis G 5-9 Jr. 0.3 0.1 0.1 spg • Sank 2 FT late in win over Georgetown 20 vAshley Barlow G 5-9 Fr. 10.8 5.3 1.9 spg • 9p, 7r vs. DePaul in BIG EAST Tourn. 23 vMelissa Lechlitner G 5-7 Fr. 6.2 2.1 2.8 apg • 9.0 ppg., .480 FG% past 7 games 24 Lindsay Schrader G 6-0 So. — — — • Will miss ’06-07 season (torn right ACL) 31 Danielle Ben-Tsvulun F 6-3 Fr. 0.9 0.4 0.1 bpg • Season-high 4 pts. (2-2 FG) vs. WVU 52 vErica Williamson C 6-4 Fr. 6.1 5.5 1.2 bpg • T-8th in BIG EAST (No. 2 frosh) in blocks u = First-team all-BIG EAST // v = BIG EAST All-Freshman Team 2006-07 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball 1 fighting irish women’s basketball 2006-07 NOTRE DAME Covering the Irish A Quick Look At The Fighting Irish the main offensive catalysts for the Irish, averag- Notre Dame Sports Information Although the final weeks of the 2006-07 regular ing a team-high 17.0 ppg. (good for seventh in C112 Joyce Center, Second Floor season may not have unfolded as Notre Dame the league). A first-team all-BIG EAST selection Notre Dame, IN 46556 phone (574) 631-7516 // fax (574) 631-7941 hoped, it’s hard to deny the Irish have made and finalist for the Kodak/WBCA All-America Team, she also is logging a team-best 6.4 re- Chris Masters, Asst. Sports Information Director (WBB) significant progress this season, even in the face [email protected] // cell (574) 532-4166 of numerous challenges. bounds per game and 2.0 steals per night. With a young and inexperienced roster that Allen’s classmate and backcourt running Media Services has only two seniors, and subsequently losing partner, Tulyah Gaines, was easily one of the The official Notre Dame athletics web site contains sched- its top returning scorer from a year ago due to conference’s most improved players this season. ules, rosters, updated statistics and historical information a preseason knee injury, Notre Dame was not The speedy Gaines has stoked the Notre Dame from previous seasons. High-resolution color headshots expected to do much in ’06-07. At least, that’s offensive fire to an even hotter level, averaging and action photos of Notre Dame players, coaches and what the BIG EAST coaches thought, as they 9.7 points and 3.9 assists per game. Gaines, staff are available upon request. Official Notre Dame athletics web site: picked the Irish to finish 11th in their preseason who came into the season with a 3.7 ppg. career • http://www.und.com poll (a survey taken before Lindsay Schrader scoring average, has scored 20 points in a game had her season-ending ACL tear on Oct. 15). three times this year, including a career-high 27 points on Jan. 10 in a win over Cincinnati.