Elmira College Women’s Basketball Game Notes Today’s Opponent
Saturday, November 23, 2013 Speidel Gymnasium - Elmira, NY -- 1:00 p.m.
Keystone College GIANTS (2-0, 0-0 csac)
2013-14 Schedule (1-2, 0-0 Empire 8) Day Date Opponent Time-Result NOV. 16 Manhattanville# W, 67-58 17 Emerson# L, 53-58 19 at Cortland L, 41-68 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
Home Opener
Today’s matchup against Keystone College marks the first game at Speidel Gymnasium for the Purple and Gold. The Soaring Eagles have struggled in home openers dating back to the 2001-02 season, only winning two out of 12 home opening games in that span.
Double-Digit Scoring Streak
Two-time Empire 8 Scoring leader, Jessica Zoltowski ’14, has an impressive streak of double-digit scoring games going right now after recording 10 points against Cortland State on Tuesday. Dating back to last season, the fourth-year standout has eclipsed the double-digit barrier in 10 straight games.
Leading the Way
Not only has Zoltowski recorded double-digit points in each of her last 10 games, the fourth-year standout has led the team in scoring in each of Elmira’s last nine games, dating back to last season. During that span, the forward has averaged a remarkable 18.9 points per game. Also starting a team-leading streak of her own is Liz Forrest ’14 who has led the Soaring Eagles in rebounds in each game to start the 2013-14 season. Through EC’s first three games, Forrest is averaging a team-high 7.7 rebounds.
Ranking High in the Empire 8
The Soaring Eagles have one of the best defenses from behind the arc as EC is ranked second in three-point defense. The Purple and Gold have allowed just seven of the 37 three-point attempts to fall (18.9%). On the individual side of the rankings, Alex Balara ’15 currently ranks third in free-throw percentage as she has made 10 of her 11 free throw attempts thus far, good enough for a 90.9 free throw percentage.
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
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Home Sweet Home
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
The Soaring Eagles experienced great success within the confines of Speidel Gymnasium last season, finishing 2012-13 with a 6-5 record at home, their best home record since the 2007-08 season. The women really came on strong at the end of the season, winning their last three games at Speidel over Empire 8 foes. Under Coach Howley, the Purple and Gold have a 17-39 record at home.
Moving On Up
With four made three-point baskets so far this season, Zoltowski has moved up to fourth place in Elmira College history in made three-pointers with a total of 123. The fourth-year standout has a chance to move up in a few other statistical categories this weekend as she is just 11 points away from third all-time in points scored, nine made field goals away from fourth all-time in made field goals, and three successful free throws away from second in that category in Elmira College history.
Shooting Woes
The Soaring Eagles struggled from the floor Tuesday night against Cortland State, shooting 28.9 percent from the floor and 23.1 percent from behind the arc. It was the worst shooting performance of the young season for the Purple and Gold and the lowest shooting percentages since January 15, 2013 against Ithaca College.
All-Time vs. Keystone 2013-14 Empire 8 Standings College Hartwick Ithaca Stevens St. John Fisher Alfred Elmira Nazareth 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 Pct. Streak 2-0 1.000 W2 2-0 1.000 W2 2-1 0.667 W1 1-1 0.500 W1 1-2 0.333 W1 1-2 0.333 L2 1-2 0.333 L2 0-3 0.000 L3 0-2 0.000 L2
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This is the third year in a row and the fifth time in the last 10 years that EC and Keystone have played each other. The overall series record is as even as you can get as each team has won two games entering today, with the Giants pulling out the 65-60 home victory last season.
Keystone this Season
Keystone College comes into today’s non-conference matchup with a 2-0 record after picking up wins over Cazenovia College and Division II Mercy College. The Giants trailed Mercy by as many as 14 points during Tuesday night’s game, but a 22-13 run from Keystone put the Giants out in front for the first time all night. Alyssa Cuomo’15 stepped to the line in a tied game with less than five seconds to play and hit one of her two free throws to give Keystone the 71-70 victory.
Triple-Digit Outburst
The Giants exploded for 104 points in their season opener against Cazenovia. Keystone shot a blistering 53.6 percent from the floor, including 40 percent from distance. The 104 points is the most points the Keystone women have recorded in a game since joining NCAA Division III competition and the most since dropping 98 points on Yeshiva University last season.
Keystone’s Scoring Options
The Giants have four players averaging double-digit points through the first two games of the season, led by newcomer, AAliya Hayes ’17. Hayes Twitter is averaging 24 minutes per game off the bench, but leads the team with www.twitter.com/ECSoaringEagles 22.5 points per game. Coming in behind Hayes is Tuesday’s hero, Alyssa YouTube Cuomo ’15, who is averaging 17.5 points per game while Jazmyn Robin www.youtube.com/ECSportsInfo son ’15 and Ashley Evans ’15 round out the double-digit scorers, averaging 11.5 and 10.5 points respectively. 2
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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 22, 2013) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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22 20 24 04 25 02 33 21 10 12 05 34
Player
ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica FORREST, Liz THANNHAUSER, Mari BALARA, Alex GEISLER, Kelsey POCHKAR, Karli LOYA, Meghan BROOKS, Jessica BLACK, Tempestt LONEY, Breen FIELDS, Carlene SILVERMAN, Marissa 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 1-2 0-0 1-2
HOME 0-0 0-0 0-0
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
gp-gs
3-3 3-3 3-3 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-3 2-0 1-0 3-0 3-0 1-0
102 104 79 79 50 34 66 9 16 37 14 9
34.0 16-56 34.7 10-25 26.3 8-26 26.3 3-22 16.7 4-10 11.3 4-7 22.0 1-11 4.5 1-3 16.0 1-1 12.3 1-1 4.7 0-4 9.0 0-2
3 3
599 600
49-168 69-158
ECWB14 161 53.7 -7.7 49-168 .292 10-42 .238 3.3 53-78 .679 17.7 101 33.7 -1.7 33 11.0 48 16.0 +3.3 0.7 24 8.0 3 1.0 0 0-0 -
1st 2nd 85 76 84 100
.286 .400 .308 .136 .400 .571 .091 .333
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
4-18 1-2 2-8 2-9 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2
.222 12-17 .500 8-13 .250 5-11 .222 10-11 .000 6-10 .000 3-4 .000 5-7 1.000 2-2 .000 2-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0-0
.292 10-42 .437 7-37
.238 53-78 .189 39-59
1.000 1.000
.000 .000
OPP 184 61.3 69-158 .437 7-37 .189 2.3 39-59 .661 13.0 106 35.3 42 14.0 58 19.3 0.7 24 8.0 5 1.7 307 2-122 1-63
AWAY 0-2 0-0 0-2
Date 11/16/13 11/17/13 11/19/13
.706 .615 .455 .909 .600 .750 .714
1.000 1.000
.000 .000 .000 .679 .661
off
8 13 2 5 3 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 40 29
Rebounds def tot avg
13 21 7.0 10 23 7.7 9 11 3.7 9 14 4.7 4 7 2.3 3 5 1.7 7 10 3.3 0 1 0.5 1 1 1.0 4 6 2.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 2 61 101 33.7 77 106 35.3
Opponent vs Manhattanville at Emerson at SUNY Cortland
NEUTRAL 1-0 0-0 1-0
pf dq
a
5 7 8 7 8 4 6 1 4 4 6 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 5 2 6 2 2 3 0 0 4 2 0
60 71
1 -
33 42
W L L
to blk stl
9 7 6 4 4 3 6 1 1 2 2 2 1 48 58
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
avg
48 29 23 18 14 11 7 5 4 2 0 0
16.0 9.7 7.7 6.0 4.7 3.7 2.3 2.5 4.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
3 24 161 5 24 184
53.7 61.3
Score 67-58 53-58 41-68
6 0 5 5 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
pts
Att. 63 89 155
* - Conference game
Totals 161 184
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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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Newspaper Box Score Elmira College vs SUNY Cortland 11/19/13 6 p.m. at Cortland, NY (Corey Gym) At Cortland, NY (Corey Gym) SUNY CORTLAND 68, ELMIRA COLLEGE 41 ELMIRA COLLEGE (1-2) ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 4-15 2-3 10; BALARA, Alex 1-3 4-4 7; THANNHAUSER, Maria 2-6 0-0 5; BROOKS, Jessica 1-3 2-2 5; BLACK, Tempestt 1-1 2-2 4; FORREST, Liz 2-4 0-0 4; POCHKAR, Karli 1-3 2-2 4; LONEY, Breen 1-1 0-0 2; SILVERMAN, Marissa 0-2 0-0 0; LOYA, Meghan 0-3 0-0 0; GEISLER, Kelsey 0-1 0-2 0; FIELDS, Carlene 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 13-45 12-15 41. SUNY CORTLAND (2-1) WILLIAMSON, Grace 8-9 0-0 16; TOUHEY, Megan 5-9 4-6 15; COHEN, Caysea 5-8 2-4 13; BYRNES, Phoebe 3-12 1-1 8; SEGER, Sarah 2-2 0-0 4; RANDO, Brittany 2-4 0-0 4; WOLSTENHOLME, Erin 1-5 2-2 4; HARRIS, Jeannette 1-2 0-0 2; MINOR, Lindsey 0-2 1-2 1; CHAPKO, Cassidy 0-1 1-2 1; FRASIER, Rae 0-0 0-0 0; DeMARCO, Brooke 0-1 0-0 0; ESWORTHY, Alexis 0-1 0-0 0; WHITE, Shannon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-56 11-17 68. Elmira College................ 22 19 41 SUNY Cortland................. 31 37 68 3-point goals--Elmira College 3-13 (BALARA, Alex 1-2; THANNHAUSER, Maria 1-4; BROOKS, Jessica 1-1; SILVERMAN, Marissa 0-2; ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 0-4), SUNY Cortland 3-18 (TOUHEY, Megan 1-2; COHEN, Caysea 1-3; BYRNES, Phoebe 1-7; WOLSTENHOLME, Erin 0-3; MINOR, Lindsey 0-1; CHAPKO, Cassidy 0-1; RANDO, Brittany 0-1). Fouled out--Elmira College-None, SUNY Cortland-None. Rebounds--Elmira College 20 (FORREST, Liz 5), SUNY Cortland 40 (WILLIAMSON, Grace 6; TOUHEY, Megan 6; WOLSTENHOLME, Erin 6). Assists--Elmira College 8 (FIELDS, Carlene 2; FORREST, Liz 2), SUNY Cortland 15 (TOUHEY, Megan 5). Total fouls--Elmira College 19, SUNY Cortland 21. Technical fouls--Elmira College-None, SUNY Cortland-None. A-155
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