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108 2011-12 Duquesne women’s basketball record book MEDIA SERVICES AND POLICIES We hope the 2011-12 Duquesne University women’s basketball media University home games. Contact Ryan Gavatorta, Assistant Director of Me- supplement helps you in your coverage of Dukes basketball. Below is an dia Relations, regarding broadcast access. Three radio lines, plus an ISDN outline of some of the services the media relations offi ce provides. Please line, are available for visiting radio. VISITING RADIO IS LOCATED AT THE feel free to contact the DU media relations offi ce for assistance. FOUL LINE, ACROSS FROM THE VISITORS’ BENCH. Three can sit com- fortably in the area provided. A monitor that updates player statistics during CREDENTIALS the game will also be provided. You will need to bring long phone cords to Credentials are issued to members of the working media only. Work space at plug into the telephone jacks which are clearly labeled and located at mid- Palumbo Center is limited. Children and other non-workers are not allowed on court. Radio stations serving as the offi cial carrier of Atlantic 10 Conference press row. Credential requests should be made via e-mail to Ryan Gavatorta school broadcasts have fi rst right to the telephone lines. Additional lines may in advance of each game. If time permits, the passes will be mailed. If not, the be installed at the A.J. Palumbo Center at the broadcaster’s expense by call- passes will be left at the table inside the doors of the media entrance (located ing the Telecommunications Offi ce at 412-396-6059. on the northeast side of the Palumbo Center off of Forbes Avenue). Creden- tials will be available at the media entrance 90 minutes prior to tip-off. INTERVIEW POLICY Student-athlete interviews are arranged through the media relations offi ce. PARKING We will do our best to coordinate an interview time that is convenient for both Media parking is located at the Forbes Garage Surface Lot located a half- the athlete and media member. (We ask that you keep in mind between class, block before the Palumbo Center on Forbes Avenue. Those who request practice and study hall, an athlete’s schedule can be pretty full.) The best time credentials will be placed on the gate list. Physical parking passes are not to interview an athlete is early afternoon or after practice. distributed. WWW.GODUQUESNE.COM PRESS ROW Members of the media are encouraged to keep up with the latest in Duquesne Media seating is located at courtside, opposite the team benches and in both athletics at www.GoDuquesne.com. Stats, results and game notes are updat- end zones. SEATING IS FOR MEMBERS OF THE WORKING MEDIA ONLY. ed daily in an effort to provide the latest happenings on the Bluff. A virtual me- Phone lines are not available at courtside (phones are located in the media dia guide as well as an electonic media supplement will be available online. In room). Duquesne University and the United States Basketball Writers Asso- addition, notes and stats for every game are uploaded in a timely manner. ciation remind each member of the media that press row is a working area. Cheerleading for either team will not be tolerated. The press row telephone DUQUESNE MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF number is 412-396-4925. Ryan Gavatorta • Asst. Director of Media Relations • (WBB Contact) Offi ce 412-396-6560 WIRELESS Cell 412-412-6569 Wireless internet service is available in both the main arena and media room. e-mail [email protected] Contact a media relations offi ce representative for password information. Dave Saba • Associate AD/Media Relations (MBB Contact) IN-GAME MEDIA Offi ce 412-396-5861 Live statistics via Gametracker as well as streaming video of all Duquesne Cell 412-225-5317 home games is available at www.GoDuquesne.com. Gametracker is provid- e-mail [email protected] ed free of charge, while subscriptions for the video feed are available through George Nieman • Asst. Director of Media Relations the All-Access link on the athletics web site. In-game streaming audio may be Offi ce 412-396-5376 accessed by visiting www.GoDuquesne.com or www.redzonemedia.com. Cell 412-580-7330 e-mail [email protected] PRESS ROW SERVICE Box scores will be distributed to the media at halftime. Final box scores will be available in the media room following the game. In addition, both print and Athletics Department Phone 412-396-6565 electronic media will have access to in-game statistics via video monitors. Media Relations Phone 412-396-6560 Media Relations Fax 412-396-6210 Palumbo Center Press Row 412-396-4925 MEDIA ROOM The media room is located off the main arena court in the Aloe Suite at the Athletics Website www.GoDuquesne.com southeast corner of the Palumbo Center (off the right side of press row as you face the court). Courtesy phones are available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served Mail/Overnight Address Duquesne University - Athletics Media Relations basis. Long distance calls require a credit card for billing. To get an outside A.J. Palumbo Center, Room 124 line, you must dial “9” then the number. Game programs, game notes are 600 Forbes Avenue • Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282 available 90 minutes prior to game time. A pre-game meal will also be served Duquesne Women’s Basketball 60 minutes prior to tip-off. Basketball Offi ce 412-396-6565 Basketball Fax 412-396-4157 PHOTOGRAPHERS Tickets (Ticketmaster) 412-323-1919 The NCAA has established a policy to control congestion in the photo areas Tickets (Season) 412-232-DUKE (3853) during basketball games. ONLY PHOTOGRAPHERS ON ASSIGNMENT AND/OR WORKING TELEVISION MEDIA WILL BE GRANTED CREDEN- TIALS. Camera persons may work along the baseline ONLY - on either end of the court, but not exactly under the basket support. Photographers must be seated beyond the white line on the baseline opposite the Duquesne cheer- leaders and dance team.

POST-GAME Both head coaches, if requested, and selected players will be brought to the media room following the NCAA-mandated 10-minute “cooling off” period at DU home games. THE DUQUESNE LOCKER ROOM IS CLOSED TO ME- DIA. On the road, if an interview area is not provided, Duquesne players and coaches will be available outside the locker room. After each game, Coach Serio will meet with the team, then do a brief radio show at courtside, before meeting with the media.

VISTING RADIO/TELEVISION Radio and television stations must acquire permission to broadcast Duquesne 109 2011-12 Duquesne women’s basketball record book DIRECTIONS/CAMPUS MAP

Pittsburgh International Airport is located 19 miles (approximately 30 min.) west of Downtown Pittsburgh and Duquesne University. Al- low more time if traveling during morning or evening rush hour. For web mapping purposes use the following as a street address for campus: DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY 600 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15282

From the Airport — WEST From the SOUTH Take I-376 East from the airport exit. Follow signs for Pittsburgh. You will Take I-79 North to Exit 59A (I-376 East) toward Pittsburgh, continue to the enter the downtown area through the Fort Pitt Tunnel/Fort Pitt Bridge. Stay city as described above (from the airport). in the right lane through the tunnel and over the bridge. Veer right at the end of the bridge and follow signs for Monroeville/I-376. Merge into the left lane From the EAST and take Exit #71A (Grant Street). Follow Grant Street to Forbes Avenue Exit the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Monroeville (Pittsburgh Exit #57) and fol- and turn right. Follow Forbes Avenue (0.2 miles) to the Forbes Avenue park- low I-376 West to Exit #71B (Blvd. of the Allies/Liberty Bridge). Stay in right ing garage (on right). lane. The road will split into a “Y”, keep right. This takes you onto the campus of Duquesne University. On football game days, you must make a right From the NORTH on Stevenson Street, cross Forbes Avenue and make a left on Fifth Avenue. Take I-79 South and veer left to Exit #72 (I-279 South). Follow I-279 to Proceed to Washington Place and make a left (the McAnulty Drive entrance Exit #2A (I-579 South) on right. Take the Veterans Memorial Bridge across to campus will be directly in front of you. The Forbes Avenue parking ga- the Allegheny River to the 6th and 7th Avenue Exit. Follow signs to CON- rage is located on the right-hand side of the street (just past the McAnulty SOL Energy Center. At the trafﬁ c light when the Marriott City Center is on entrance to Duquesne). your right, make a right onto Washington Place. To get to the Forbes Av- enue parking garage, make a left at the third light onto Forbes Avenue. The Forbes Avenue parking garage is located on the right-hand side of the street (just past the McAnulty Drive entrance to Duquesne).

110 2011-12 Duquesne women’s basketball record book MEDIA OUTLETS AUDIO STREAMING RADIO Red Zone Media - exclusive home for women’s basketball streaming WPGB-FM Newstalk 104.7 - Duquesne basketball ﬂ agship, 200 Fleet audio, 163 E. Sandle Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15237. 724-831-2053. Fax: Street, Fourth Floor, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15220. 412-937-1441. Fax: 412-937- 412-318-0483. redzonemedia.com. (Alex Panormios, president). 0323. wpgb.com. (Jay Bohannon, program director).

PRINT Duquesne Radio Play-by-Play, Ray Goss, 113 Sandro St., Indiana, Pa. 15701. 724-465-2276. Fax: 724-465-4218. email: [email protected]. Associated Press, 11 Stanwix St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222. 412-281-37470. ap.org. (Will Graves, sports editor). Duquesne Radio Color, Jarrett Durham, Duquesne Athletics, A.J. Palumbo Center, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282. 412-396-6068. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 34 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pa. email: [email protected]. 15222. 412-263-1621. Fax: 412-263-1926. post-gazette.com. (Jerry Micco, asst. managing editor - sports; Donna Eyring, sports editor; Jenn 970 ESPN (WBGG-AM), 200 Fleet Street, Fourth Floor, Pittsburgh, Pa. Menendez, beat writer; Gene Collier, Ron Cook, columnists; Bob Smizik, 15220. 412-937-1441. Fax: 412-937-0323. fox970.com. (Bob McLaughlin, blog). email: [email protected]. program director/producer; Joe Bendel, Greg Linnelli talk show hosts). Menendez email: [email protected]. WDVE-FM (102.5), 200 Fleet St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15220. 412-397-1441. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, D.L. Clark Building, Third Floor, 503 Mar- Fax: 412-397-0323. dve.com. (Mike Prisuta, sports director). tindale Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15212. 412-321-6460. Fax: 412-320-7964. pittsburghlive.com. (Kevin Smith, sports editor; no beat writer; Joe Starkey, WXDX-FM (105.9), 200 Fleet St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15220. 412-397-1441. Kevin Gorman, Dejan Kovacevic, columnists). email: ptrsports@tribweb. Fax: 412-397-0323. wxdx.com. (Mark Madden, Tim Benz, talk show com. hosts).

Duquesne Duke - Student Newspaper, Duquesne University, 417 Des KDKA-AM (1020), One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222. 412-575- Places Language Center, 1320 Stevenson St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282. 2547. Fax: 412-575-2874. kdkaradio.com. (Jeff Hathhorn, sports director). 412-396-6629. Fax: 412-396-5496 theduquesneduke.com. (Chad Houck, sports editor). email: [email protected]. KQV-AM (1410), Centre City Tower, 650 Smithﬁ eld St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222. 412-562-5960. Fax: 412-562-5903. kqv.com. (Frank Gottlieb, news Pittsburgh Sports Report, 3 South Linden Street, Duquesne, Pa. 15110. director). 412-269-9770 Fax: 412-469-9847. pghsports.com. (Ellis Cannon, publish- er; Tony DeFazio, managing editor; Anthony Jaskulski, college basketball 93.7-FM The Fan (KDKA-FM), 651 Holiday Drive, Building 5, Pittsburgh, writer). email: [email protected]. Pa. 15220. 412-920-9400. Fax: 412-920-9444. 937thefan.com. (Troy Clardy, Joe Kapp, Kraig Riley, Ryan Saeler producers; Paul Alexander, Ron Cook, Andrew Fillipponi, Gregg Gianotti, Josh Miller, Chris Mueller, TELEVISION Vinnie Richichi, John Seibel, Joe Starkey, talk show hosts; Jon Burton, Jim Colony, Jeff Hathhorn reporters). ROOT Sports Pittsburgh, 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15212. 412-316-3800. Fax: 412-316-3800. pittsburgh.rootsports. com. (Shawn McClintock, senior vice president/general manager; Doug Johnson, vice president/executive producer; Stan Savran, Rob King, Dan Potash, Paul Alexander, on air).

KDKA-TV (Ch. 2 Pittsburgh - CBS), One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222. 412-575-2215. Fax: 412-575-2871. kdka.com. (Mike Vukov- can, producer; Bob Pompeani, Jory Rand, Mike Zappone, on air).

WPXI-TV (Ch. 11 Pittsburgh - NBC), 4145 Evergreen Road, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15214. 412-237-1212. Fax: 412-323-8097. wpxi.com. (Mark Masa, producer; Alby Oxenreiter, Bill Phillips, Rich Walsh, on air).

WTAE-TV (Ch. 4 Pittsburgh – ABC), 400 Ardmore Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15221. 412-244-4659. Fax: 412-244-4628. thepittsburghchannel.com. (Andrew Stockey, Guy Junker, John Meyer, on air).

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