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Women's Basketball Drops 72-57 Decision At Colby-Sawyer
11/19/2008
New London, N.H. - November 19, 2008 - Despite receiving a pair of double-doubles from Corey Finch and Lauren O'Connor, the Springfield College women's basketball team dropped its first game of the season at Colby-Sawyer, 72-57, on Wednesday evening. Read More.
Finch Paces Women's Basketball To 61-45 Season-Opening Win Over Worcester State
Springfield, Mass. - November 17, 2008 - Senior forward Corey Finch (Hanover, Pa.) poured in a career-best 25 points and added a game-high 15 rebounds as the Springfield College women's basketball team opened up the 2008-2009 season with a 61-45 win over the visiting Worcester State Lancers on Monday evening. Read More.
Women's Basketball Set To Kick Off 2008-2009 Season on Monday Night
Springfield, Mass. - November 14, 2008 - Anytime a program such as the Springfield College women’s basketball program graduates a pair of career 1,000 point scorers, it is a fair assumption that there could be a drop off in expectations for the following year. Yet, Head Coach Naomi Graves expects the Pride to pick up right where it left off a season ago. And where did the team finish a year ago? About five points away from an NCAA post-season tournament berth. Read More
Travelers Championship: Gregory '00 GR '02 Continues Inspirational Walk, With Marino
CROMWELL — - D.J. Gregory's journey has taken him to the mountains of Kapalua, Hawaii, the blossoming flowers of Augusta, Ga., and the stunning seaside vistas of San Diego. Read more here.
More Headlines
- Rachelle Walker Named NEWMAC Rookie of the Year; McCarthy Tabbed NEWMAC Second Team Selection
- Women's Basketball Plays Valiantly, But Falls in NEWMAC Finals To Wheaton, 74-69
- Women's Basketball Holds Off Coast Guard, 58-57, To Advance to NEWMAC Finals
- Women's Basketball Handles Wellesley, 67-40, In NEWMAC First Round
- Coast Guard Tops Women's Basketball, 69-46
About The Team
The Springfield College women's basketball program has been one of the top programs collegiately in Division III in New England for a good number of years, especially since Naomi Graves took over the head coaching reigns. A model of consistency, Graves will be entering her 18th season at the helm at SC in 2008-2009.The Pride has now earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament and won the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference tournament title in five of the past eight years. There is little doubt that Springfield has been the dominant team in the conference since the year 2000.
In the 2007-08 campaign, Graves led the team comprised of two 1,000-plus career point scorers in seniors Christine Cotter and Tara McCarthy and eight freshmen to the NEWMAC Tournament Championship game. Of those eight freshmen, Rachelle Walker was honored as the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year.
In 2005-06, the Pride achieved a 22-7 overall mark and recorded a 12-1 record in the NEWMAC, winning 12 straight conference games during the season. Forward Courtney Parvin earned NEWMAC Player of the Year honors that campaign.
During the 2004-2005 campaign, SC tied the school record for wins in a single season (26) and made its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III 'Elite Eight'. The Pride, which reached the 'Sweet 16' of the 2002 NCAA Division III Tournament, compiled a 25-4 record that year, including a school-record 17 consecutive wins while sweeping the NEWMAC regular-season and tournament titles.
Springfield College was ranked 19th in the final USA Today/ESPN/Women's Basketball Coaches Association Division III Poll of the 2002 season. That was the program's highest national ranking as a Division III program, and its best since the 1981-1982 season, when SC was ranked as high as fourth in the Division II national poll.
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Head Coach Naomi Graves
Entering her 18th season as head coach in 2008-09, Naomi Graves has directed her squads to an impressive 250-106 record (.702 winning percentage) since joining the Division III ranks in 1995. Graves has led the Pride to eleven post-season bids in the past 13 years, including five berths in the NCAA Division III Tournament in the past eight years.
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