ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES TONIGHT’S OPPONENT
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 Whitney T. Corey Gymnasium - Cortland, NY -- 6:00 p.m.
Cortland State RED DRAGONS (1-1, 0-0 SUNYAC)
2013-14 Schedule (1-1, 0-0 Empire 8) Day Date Opponent Time-Result NOV. 16 Manhattanville# W, 67-58 17 Emerson# L, 53-58 19 at Cortland 6:00 p.m. 23 Keystone 1:00 p.m. DEC. 2 at Sage Colleges 6:00 p.m. 7 Clarkson 3:00 p.m. 14 at Penn Tech. 2:00 p.m. JAN. 3 at Nazareth* 8:00 p.m. 4 St. John Fisher* 4:00 p.m. 7 Cazenovia 8:00 p.m. 10 at Utica* 8:00 p.m. 11 at Alfred* 4:00 p.m. 14 at Houghton 8:00 p.m. 21 at PSU-Abington 7:00 p.m. 24 at St. John Fisher* 8:00 p.m. 28 Ithaca* 8:00 p.m. 31 Houghton 8:00 p.m. FEB. 1 Utica* 4:00 p.m. 4 Alfred* 8:00 p.m. 7 Hartwick* 8:00 p.m. 8 Stevens* 4:00 p.m. 14 at Ithaca* 8:00 p.m. 15 Nazareth* 4:00 p.m. 21 at Stevens* 8:00 p.m. 22 at Hartwick* 5:00 p.m. Home contests are bolded *Denotes Empire 8 contest #Emerson Tip-Off Tournament
Opening Weekend
Elmira went 1-1 in the Emerson College Tip-Off Tournament. In the season opener, the Soaring Eagles defeated Manhattanville College 67-58, marking the first time that Elmira has won a season opener since November 11, 2007 when Elmira defeated Delaware Valley College 73-52. The Purple and Gold then advanced to the Tip-Off Championship game where they fell to Emerson College 58-53.
First Time
The 67-58 win over Manhattanville is the first time Elmira has won against the Valiants in the last five matchups dating back to the 198283 season. The closest matchup was in the 1991-92 season when the Soaring Eagles fell, 68-59.
All-Tournament Team
Jessica Zoltowski ’14 and Liz Forrest ’14 earned All-Tournament Honors for their efforts at the Emerson Tip-Off Tournament. Zoltowski totaled 38 points, 17 rebounds, six assists and three steals over the weekend while Forrest posted 25 points, 18 boards, three assists and one block.
20-Plus Night
Zoltowski’s 22 points against Manhattanville College isn’t the first time she has had a game where she has scored more than 20 points. In fact, she has dropped 20-plus points in 18 games over her career. The Soaring Eagles are 10-8 in games that Zoltowski has scored 20plus points.
Sports Information: Don Sherman (dsherman@elmira.edu); Steffan Waters ’13 (stwaters@elmira.edu); Nick Zwald (nzwald@elmira.edu) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14904
2013-14 SOARING EAGLES BASKETBALL
Game 3: Elmira College vs. Cortland State
Zoltowski’s Big Half
ELMIRA QUICK FACTS Location ............................................................... Elmira, NY Founded...........................................................................1855 Enrollment.....................................................................1,200 School Colors................................................. Purple & Gold Team Nickname.............................................. Soaring Eagles Conference............................. Empire 8 Athletic Conference President...........................................Dr. Ronald Champagne Athletic Director.......................................Pat Thompson ’75 Athletic Department......................................... 607-735-1730 Basketball Arena ................................... Speidel Gymnasium Capacity .........................................................................1,500 Athletics Affiliation................................ NCAA Division III
BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach ................................................Shannon Howley Assistant Coach ................................................ Jessica Imhof Assistant Coach .............................................Brian Finucane First Season ............................................................... 1974-75 2012-13 Overall Record................................................... 9-16 2012-13 Empire 8 Record................................................ 4-10
Zoltwoski’s 19 second half points are the most points she has scored in a single half of a game since December 1, 2012 when she scored 22 points in the second half against St. Lawrence University.
Almost There
Forrest’s nine rebounds with double-digit points is the closest she has come to her first career double-double since January 10, 2012 against Pennsylvania College of Technology when she recorded nine rebounds and 10 points.
The Captains
Zoltowski, Forrest and Maria Thannhauser ’14 are showing their leadership on the court as they combined for 81 of the team’s 120 total points, accounting for 67.5 percent of the team’s points. These three are also responsible for over half the team’s rebounds with 45 of 81.
Right Behind the Captains
Alex Balara ’15 and Kelsey Geisler ’15 have scored 25 of the remaining 39 points and grabbed 18 of the remaining 36 rebounds for the Soaring Eagles so far this season. Balara has 11 points, 12 rebounds, five assists and five steals through the first two games while Geisler has added 14 points, six caroms, two assists and two steals.
Keeping It Close 2013-14 EMPIRE 8 STANDINGS College Hartwick Ithaca Elmira Nazareth St. John Fisher Stevens Alfred Houghton Utica
LEAGUE W-L Pct. 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000
OVERALL W-L-T Pct. Streak 2-0 1.000 W2 1-0 1.000 W1 1-1 0.500 L1 1-1 0.500 L1 1-1 0.500 W1 1-1 0.500 L1 0-2 0.000 L2 0-2 0.000 L2 0-1 0.000 L1
MEDIA COVERAGE Live Stats: http://colfax.cortland.edu/athletics/mbasketball/live/xlive.htm Live Video: http://www.cortlandreddragons.com/ sports/2007/12/17/internetradio.aspx
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Elmira had nine games last season that were decided by five points or less. The Purple and Gold went 3-6 in those games, including winning the last three games that were decided by five or less.
Scouting the Red Dragons
SUNY Cortland is coming off a split in the Mary Washington Tip-Off Tournament. Cortland won the first game against Virginia Wesleyan 8347, four different players recorded double-digit numbers in scoring, including Grace Williamson ’14 and Megan Touhey ’14, who tallied 22 points apiece. Caysea Cohen ’16 recorded a double-double with 13 points and a team-high 14 rebounds. Then the Red Dragons fell to Mary Washington in the second game, 60-53. Williamson recorded a double-double with 17 points and 15 caroms and Erin Wolstenholme ’15 added 12 points and five rebounds.
Last Time Out
The last time these two teams played each other was November 15th, 2012 when Cortland edged Elmira by three points, 67-64. The top returners for Elmira from the game were Thannhauser and Zoltowski. Thannhauser scored 19 points and six rebounds while Zoltowski had 17 points and pulled down six boards. Cortland’s top returning performers from the game were Williamson and Segar. Williamson tallied 17 points and nine caroms while Segar posted 15 points and seven rebounds.
Seeking Revenge
The Red Dragons have won the previous 13 matchups against Elmira, dating back to the 2001-02 season. Last year’s 67-64 loss to Cortland was the closest game between the two since the 2008-09 campaign when Cortland edged out Elmira, 67-65.
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Game 3: Elmira College vs. Cortland State
2013-14 ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NO. NAME 2 Karli Pochkar ’16 4 Alex Balara ’15 5 Carlene Fields ’16 10 Tempestt Black ’14 11 Allie Olsen ’16 12 Breen Loney ’14 20 Liz Forrest ’14 21 Jessica Brooks ’16 22 Jessica Zoltowski ’14 24 Maria Thannhauser ’14 25 Kelsey Geisler ’15 33 Meghan Loya ’16 34 Marissa Silverman ’17
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Shannon Howley Assistant Coach: Jessica Imhof Assistant Coach: Brian Finucane
POS. C-F G G G G G-F G-F G-F G G G F G
HT. 5’9” 5’7” 5’4” 5’6” 5’7” 5’8” 5’9” 5’9” 5’9” 5’8” 5’5” 5’10” 5’8”
HOMETOWN East Worcester, NY Marlton, NJ Lansing, NY Wolcott, NY Glenmont, NY West Chesterfield, NH North Walpole, NH Greene, NY Erie, PA Newfield, NY Staten Island, NY Bethel, CT South Windsor, CT
SECONDARY SCHOOL Worcester Gloucester Catholic Lansing North-Rose Wolcott Bethlehem Central Keene Fall Mountain Greene Central Harbor Creek Newfield St. Peter’s Immaculate South Windsor
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Karli Pochkar............................................... POCH-ker Alex Balara................................................. Ba-LAIR-uh Breen Loney.......................................................LO-nee Jessica Zoltowski.........................................ZOL-tow-ski Maria Thannhauser................................. TAN-how-ser Kelsey Geisler............................................... GUISE-ler Meghan Loya.....................................................LOY-uh
ELMIRA COLLEGE CAPTAINS
Liz Forrest ’14
Maria Thannhauser ’14
Jessica Zoltowski ’14
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Elmira College Basketball Elmira College Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2013) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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22 20 24 25 04 33 02 12 05 21
Player
ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica FORREST, Liz THANNHAUSER, Mari GEISLER, Kelsey BALARA, Alex LOYA, Meghan POCHKAR, Karli LONEY, Breen FIELDS, Carlene BROOKS, Jessica Team Total.......... Opponents......
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods Elmira College Opponents
OVERALL 1-1 0-0 1-1
HOME 0-0 0-0 0-0
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
gp-gs
2-2 2-2 2-2 2-0 2-2 2-2 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 2 2
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
73 73 56 39 58 53 16 25 6 0
36.5 12-41 36.5 8-21 28.0 6-20 19.5 4-9 29.0 2-19 26.5 1-8 8.0 3-4 12.5 0-0 3.0 0-1 0.0 0-0
.293 .381 .300 .444 .105 .125 .750 .000 .000 .000
4-14 1-2 1-4 0-1 1-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
.286 10-14 .500 8-13 .250 5-11 .000 6-8 .143 6-7 .000 5-7 .000 1-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0-0
.714 .615 .455 .750 .857 .714 .500 .000 .000 .000
399 400
36-123 42-102
.293 .412
7-29 4-19
.241 41-63 .211 28-42
.651 .667
ECWB14 120 60.0 +2.0 36-123 .293 7-29 .241 3.5 41-63 .651 20.5 81 40.5 +7.5 25 12.5 25 12.5 +5.5 1.0 16 8.0 2 1.0 0 0-0 -
1st 2nd 63 57 53 63
AWAY 0-1 0-0 0-1
OPP 116 58.0 42-102 .412 4-19 .211 2.0 28-42 .667 14.0 66 33.0 27 13.5 36 18.0 0.8 8 4.0 4 2.0 152 1-89 1-63
Date 11/16/13 11/17/13
off
7 12 2 3 5 2 2 2 0 1 0 36 15
NEUTRAL 1-0 0-0 1-0
Rebounds def tot avg
10 6 8 3 7 6 2 3 0 0 0 45 51
17 18 10 6 12 8 4 5 0 1 0 81 66
Opponent vs Manhattanville at Emerson
8.5 9.0 5.0 3.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 2.5 0.0 1.0
40.5 33.0
pf dq
a
2 4 6 7 7 4 4 3 4 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 3 2 2 5 2 1 4 0 0
41 50
1 -
25 27
W L
to blk stl
5 4 5 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 25 36
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
pts
avg
38 25 18 14 11 7 7 0 0 0
19.0 12.5 9.0 7.0 5.5 3.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 16 120 4 8 116
60.0 58.0
Score 67-58 53-58
3 0 3 2 5 0 1 0 1 1
Att. 63 89
* - Conference game
Totals 120 116
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Season Box Scores Newspaper Box Score Elmira College vs Manhattanville 11/16/13 2:15 p.m. at Boston, Mass. - Brown-Plofker Gym At Boston, Mass. - Brown-Plofker Gym ELMIRA COLLEGE 67, MANHATTANVILLE 58 ELMIRA COLLEGE (1-0) ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 8-24 7-8 25; THANNHAUSER, Maria 5-13 5-11 16; FORREST, Liz 5-10 3-4 14; BALARA, Alex 1-5 2-2 4; LOYA, Meghan 0-3 3-4 3; GEISLER, Kelsey 0-2 3-4 3; POCHKAR, Karli 1-2 0-0 2; LONEY, Breen 0-0 0-0 0; FIELDS, Carlene 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-59 23-33 67. MANHATTANVILLE (0-1) Shayna Robinson 5-13 4-4 14; Ashley Raaf 5-10 3-6 14; Alyson Caiazzo 4-8 0-0 8; Ashley Franklin 1-3 4-4 7; Alyson Chase 3-8 0-0 6; Candice Scott-Mason 3-7 0-0 6; Brittany Deieso 1-4 1-2 3; Jazmin Pryce 0-1 0-0 0; Alexis Sommers 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-55 12-16 58. Elmira College................ 36 31 67 Manhattanville................ 30 28 58 3-point goals--Elmira College 4-12 (ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 2-7; FORREST, Liz 1-2; THANNHAUSER, Maria 1-2; BALARA, Alex 0-1), Manhattanville 2-10 (Ashley Franklin 1-2; Ashley Raaf 1-3; Alyson Chase 0-4; Shayna Robinson 0-1). Fouled out--Elmira College-None, Manhattanville-Ashley Franklin; Alyson Caiazzo. Rebounds--Elmira College 37 (FORREST, Liz 9; ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 9), Manhattanville 35 (Alyson Caiazzo 12). Assists--Elmira College 13 (LONEY, Breen 3; ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 3), Manhattanville 13 (Candice Scott-Mason 3; Ashley Raaf 3). Total fouls--Elmira College 16, Manhattanville 25. Technical fouls--Elmira College-BALARA, Alex, Manhattanville-Ashley Franklin. A-63
Newspaper Box Score Elmira College vs Emerson 11/17/13 3:00 p.m. at Boston, Mass. - Brown-Plofker Gym At Boston, Mass. - Brown-Plofker Gym EMERSON 58, ELMIRA COLLEGE 53 ELMIRA COLLEGE (1-1) ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 4-17 3-6 13; GEISLER, Kelsey 4-7 3-4 11; FORREST, Liz 3-11 5-9 11; BALARA, Alex 1-14 4-5 7; POCHKAR, Karli 2-2 1-2 5; LOYA, Meghan 1-5 2-3 4; THANNHAUSER, Maria 1-7 0-0 2; BROOKS, Jessica 0-0 0-0 0; LONEY, Breen 0-0 0-0 0; FIELDS, Carlene 0-1 0-1 0. Totals 16-64 18-30 53. EMERSON (2-0) Kelsey Johnson 7-8 3-4 17; Janissa Delzo 5-11 0-2 10; Elissa Chojnicki 1-4 5-7 7; Elizabeth Horan 2-4 1-2 7; Sienna O'Han 1-2 5-7 7; Kristin Brice 3-9 0-2 6; Catherine Cloutier 1-6 0-0 2; Emily Cameron 0-0 2-2 2; Olivia Still 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-47 16-26 58. Elmira College................ 27 26 53 Emerson....................... 23 35 58 3-point goals--Elmira College 3-17 (ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 2-7; BALARA, Alex 1-6; THANNHAUSER, Maria 0-2; FIELDS, Carlene 0-1; GEISLER, Kelsey 0-1), Emerson 2-9 (Elizabeth Horan 2-4; Elissa Chojnicki 0-2; Kristin Brice 0-2; Catherine Cloutier 0-1). Fouled out--Elmira College-GEISLER, Kelsey, Emerson-Janissa Delzo; Sienna O'Han. Rebounds--Elmira College 44 (BALARA, Alex 9; FORREST, Liz 9), Emerson 31 (Janissa Delzo 8). Assists--Elmira College 12 (BALARA, Alex 3; ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 3), Emerson 14 (Sienna O'Han 4). Total fouls--Elmira College 25, Emerson 25. Technical fouls--Elmira College-None, Emerson-None. A-89
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