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Women's Basketball Weekly Release - Week 1
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- The 2010-11 women's
basketball season gets underway this week as all eight Ivy League
squads hit the court for a single game.
Returning all five starters and coming off the most successful
season in Ivy League history, Princeton lead the charge for the
Ancient Eight this season. The Tigers went 26-2 in the regular
season and a perfect 14-0 in Ivy play a year ago, the former
resulting in the best regular-season record in Ivy history and the
latter occurring for the first time since 2002-03. Princeton begins
the 2010-11 season as the lone Ivy school receiving votes in the
preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, also marking the first time
an Ivy team has been listed in that particular preseason poll
(Harvard earned votes in the 2002-03 preseason AP Poll).
Key to Princeton's repeat success in 2010-11 will be the 10
returning letterwinners, including all five starters in sophomore
forward Niveen Rasheed, junior guard
Lauren Edwards, junior center Devona
Allgood, senior guard Addie Micir and
sophomore guard Lauren Polansky. Rasheed, the Ivy
Rookie of the Year, was also a first team All-Ivy selection along
with Edwards while Allgood and Micir earned second team honors.
The team most likely to give Princeton a run at the Ivy title is
Harvard (20-9, 11-3 Ivy in 2009-10). The Crimson also return five
starters from last year's NIT qualifying squad. Senior forward
Emma Markley was a first team All-Ivy pick while
junior guard Brogan Berry and sophomore guard
Victoria Lippert were second team selections.
Dartmouth (11-17, 6-8 Ivy) welcomes back 2009-10 first team
All-Ivy selection Brittney Smith and All-Rookie
selection Faziah Steen among its nine returning
letterwinners. The backcourt duo of sophomore Megan
Vasquez and senior Yoyo Greenfield
headline the seven returning letterwinners for Yale (13-15, 8-6
Ivy).
Following the departure of all-everything Judie
Lomax, Columbia (18-10, 9-5 Ivy) will look for others to
step up and fill the void left by their leading scorer and
rebounder. Junior guard Kathleen Barry will be one
of the keys to that transition after earning All-Ivy honorable
mention honors in 2009-10.
Brown (8-20, 5-9 Ivy) returns its top scorer in the form of junior
guard Hannah Passafuime. Featuring no seniors in
2010-11, the Bears will look to its underclassmen to step up into
key roles. Another team with just one senior, and one junior, is
Cornell (7-20, 2-12 Ivy). The Big Red roster features four
sophomores and six freshmen, including 2009-10 All-Rookie selection
Clare Fitzpatrick.
Penn (2-26, 1-13 Ivy) second-year head coach Mike
McLaughlin has a rebuilding process in front of him after
just two wins in his inaugural campaign. But if his career record
is any indication (409-76), McLaughlin will look to begin turning
the tide with seven returners and six freshmen.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, November 12
Long Island at Columbia, 1 pm
Brown at Albany, 5 pm
Bryant at Penn, 7 pm
Yale at Holy Cross, 7 pm
Dartmouth at Northwestern, 8 pm
Saturday, November 13
Harvard at Maine, Noon
Fairleigh Dickinson at Princeton, 4 pm
Cleveland State at Cornell, 7 pm
Monday, November 15
Cornell at Syracuse, 7 pm
