Women's Basketball Headlines
Four Named NEWMAC All-Academic in Women's Basketball03/01/2012
Wellesley, Mass. -- March 1, 2012 -- A total of four players from the Springfield College women's basketball team have been named to the 2011-12 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference All-Academic team. They include Meghan Biondolillo, Andrea Butler, Briana Freymuth, and Kelly Murphy. Read More
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Slattery Earns NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team Honors Wellesley, Mass. - February 28, 2012 - Senior Kelly Slattery was selected to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Basketball All-Conference Second Team on Wednesday after a standout final season for Springfield College. Read More. |
No. 5 Women's Basketball Set To Clash With No. 4 Wellesley In NEWMAC Championship Quarterfinals Springfield, Mass. - February 22, 2012 - The fifth-seeded Springfield College women's basketball team will hit the road on Wednesday for a clash with fourth-seeded Wellesley College in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Basketball Championship Quarterfinals. Tip-off is slated for 7:00 pm. Read More. |
Women's Basketball Falls, 66-54, To Wellesley In NEWMAC Championship Quarterfinal; Murphy Records Her 1,000th Point Wellesley, Mass. - February 22, 2012 - The fifth-seeded Springfield College women's basketball team's season came to a close on Wednesday evening as it dropped a 66-54 decision at fourth-seeded Wellesley in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Basketball Championship Quarterfinals. On the positive side, senior guard Kelly Murphy scored her 1,000th point. Read More. |
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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 21st season at the helm at SC in 2011-2012.
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 11 years. There is little doubt that Springfield has been the dominant team in the conference since the year 2000.
In 2008-09, the Pride finished 16-11, led by a pair of seniors in NEWMAC Player of the Year
Corey Finch and in 1,000-point career scorer
Lauren O'Connor.
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 (25) 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 21st season as head coach in 2011-12, Naomi Graves has directed her squads to an impressive 294-142 record (.674 winning percentage) since joining the Division III ranks in 1995. Graves has led the Pride to eleven post-season bids in the past 16 years, including five berths in the NCAA Division III Tournament in the past 11 years.
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Contact Head Coach Naomi Graves
E-Mail | Phone: 413.748.3415
