ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES TODAY’S OPPONENT
Monday, December 2, 2013 Kahl Gym - Albany, NY -- 6:00 p.m.
The Sage Colleges GATORS (3-2, 0-0 SKYLINE)
2013-14 Schedule (2-2, 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 W, 78-55 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 Opening Victory
The EC women are coming off a 78-55 victory over Keystone College in their first home contest of the season. The 23-point spread was the largest margin of victory for the EC women since November 25, 2012 when Elmira defeated Wells College 70-47.
Zoltowski’s Double-Double
In the win over Keystone Jessica Zoltowski ’14 led the Soaring Eagles with her first double-double of the season. She had come close to a double-double in each game so far this season, but was unable to reach that mark since the last game of the 2012-13 season when she posted 32 points and 10 rebounds against Utica College.
Double Digits
Meghan Loya ’16 and Maria Thannhauser ’14 also scored in doubledigits in the win against Keystone. Loya finished the game with 14 points, scoring seven in both halves, while Thannhauser dropped 11 points in the victory
Points In the Paint
34 of the 78 points scored against Keystone came inside the paint. This is the most points scored inside by an EC women’s team since the 38 paint points against Hartwick College January 29th of the 2009-10 season.
Third All-Time
Zoltowski’s 28 points against Keystone moved her up to third alltime in Elmira College history in career points (1,158). She is now 44 points from second place and 299 from first place. If she continues to average 19.0 points per game, she is on track to take the record in 16 games.
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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Second Half Push
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
The Soaring Eagles scored 42 points in the second half against Keystone, which is the most the team has scored in a single half since January 27th, 2012 when the team scored 43 points in the second half against St. John Fisher College.
Team Ranking In the Empire 8
The Soaring Eagles continue to improve their three-point defense as they moved into first place in the Empire 8 only allowing 11 of 59 shots to drop (18.6%). The team also ranks third in the turnover margin by averaging four less than their opponents this season while also holding down the third spot in assist-to-turnover ratio (0.87).
Individually Ranking In the E8
Zoltowski continues to prove she is one of the top-players in the conference as she ranks third in scoring (19.0 PPG) and steals (2.5 SPG) while BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach ................................................Shannon Howley also ranking fourth in minutes (34.5 MPG). Balara finds herself leading Assistant Coach ................................................ Jessica Imhof the conference in free-throw percentage (.909) after dropping 10 of her 11 Assistant Coach .............................................Brian Finucane so far this season. First Season ............................................................... 1974-75 2012-13 Overall Record................................................... 9-16 2012-13 Empire 8 Record................................................ 4-10
2013-14 EMPIRE 8 STANDINGS College Hartwick Stevens Ithaca St. John Fisher Alfred Elmira Nazareth Utica Houghton
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 5-0 1.000 W5 5-1 0.833 W4 3-1 0.750 L1 4-2 0.667 L1 2-2 0.500 W2 2-2 0.500 W1 2-2 0.500 W1 2-3 0.400 L1 1-5 0.167 L1
Picking Up Where She Left Off
Last season, Zoltowski led EC in every single major statistical category and so far this season she has done the same exact thing. If fact, she has even improved in four of the five categories: Points Per Game – 19.0; Rebounds Per Game – 8.3; Assists Per Game – 2.8; Steals Per Game – 2.5; Blocks Per Game – 0.5.
Scouting Sage
So far this season Sage is 2-2 with all but one game being decided by five or less points. The Gators are coming off a 60-59 loss to Utica College. Meghan Bowman led with team highs of 16 points and five assists, while Carlee Hirt pitched in with a game-high 1 rebounds.
Gators At Home
Sage has played one game at home so far this season defeating Southern Vermont College 86-31. In the game, Krystyn Knockwood posted a team high of 12 points while Amie Jefferson pulled down seven boards.
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The Purple and Gold have played Sage College once in recent history, last season, where the EC women pulled out a 65-53 win. Zoltowski and Thannhauser each contributed with the game-high of 22 points each in the victory while Zoltowski also had 15 rebounds to complete the doubledouble. Sara Tironi and Chelsea Martin combined for 27 points in the loss.
Sage Players to Watch
Bowman and Hirt lead the Gators through four games so far this season. Bowman is averaging 13.5 points, 5.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game while Hirt has posted 10.8 points, 7.5 boards and 1.5 steals per game. Behind them is Frankie Pearson and Knockwood each average 6.8 points per game.
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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 26, 2013) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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22 20 24 04 33 02 25 10 21 12 05 34 11
Player
ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica FORREST, Liz THANNHAUSER, Mari BALARA, Alex LOYA, Meghan POCHKAR, Karli GEISLER, Kelsey BLACK, Tempestt BROOKS, Jessica LONEY, Breen FIELDS, Carlene SILVERMAN, Marissa OLSEN, Allie 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 2-2 0-0 2-2
HOME 1-0 0-0 1-0
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
gp-gs
4-4 4-4 4-4 4-2 4-4 4-0 4-1 2-1 3-0 4-0 4-0 2-0 1-0
138 135 111 100 89 45 56 38 11 44 16 14 2
34.5 26-74 33.8 12-30 27.8 12-38 25.0 7-27 22.3 7-25 11.3 5-10 14.0 4-12 19.0 3-7 3.7 1-3 11.0 1-2 4.0 0-4 7.0 0-4 2.0 0-0
4 4
799 800
78-236 86-222
ECWB14 239 59.8 +0.0 78-236 .331 16-56 .286 4.0 67-100 .670 16.8 149 37.2 -1.5 53 13.3 61 15.3 +4.0 0.9 36 9.0 7 1.8 174 1-174 -
1st 2nd 121 118 112 127
.351 .400 .316 .259 .280 .500 .333 .429 .333 .500 .000 .000 .000
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
8-23 1-2 3-12 3-11 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-0
.348 16-21 .500 10-15 .250 7-13 .273 10-11 .000 7-12 .000 5-8 .000 6-10 .000 3-5 1.000 2-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0
.331 16-56 .387 11-59
.286 67-100 .186 56-83
OPP 239 59.8 86-222 .387 11-59 .186 2.8 56-83 .675 14.0 155 38.8 52 13.0 77 19.3 0.7 35 8.8 8 2.0 307 2-122 1-63
AWAY 0-2 0-0 0-2
Date 11/16/13 11/17/13 11/19/13 11/23/13
.762 .667 .538 .909 .583 .625 .600 .600
1.000
.000 .333 .000 .000 .670 .675
off
Rebounds def tot avg
12 21 33 8.3 16 12 28 7.0 2 11 13 3.3 5 10 15 3.8 7 9 16 4.0 3 5 8 2.0 3 7 10 2.5 1 7 8 4.0 2 0 2 0.7 2 6 8 2.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0.0 1 6 7 54 95 149 37.2 47 108 155 38.8
Opponent vs Manhattanville at Emerson at SUNY Cortland KEYSTONE COLLEGE
NEUTRAL 1-0 0-0 1-0
pf dq
a
6 9 9 9 8 8 9 6 1 5 7 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 9 5 11 3 2 3 2 0 5 2 0 0
79 90
1 -
53 52
W L L W
to blk stl
13 10 7 4 8 3 4 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 61 77
2 10 1 0 0 7 1 6 2 2 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
pts
avg
76 35 34 27 21 15 14 9 5 2 1 0 0
19.0 8.8 8.5 6.8 5.3 3.8 3.5 4.5 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0
7 36 239 8 35 239
59.8 59.8
Score 67-58 53-58 41-68 78-55
Att. 63 89 155 174
* - Conference game
Totals 239 239
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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
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
Newspaper Box Score Keystone College vs Elmira College 11/23/13 1:00 p.m. at Elmira, NY - Speidel Gymnasium At Elmira, NY - Speidel Gymnasium ELMIRA COLLEGE 78, KEYSTONE COLLEGE 55 KEYSTONE COLLEGE (2-1) Hayes, AAliya 6-15 2-4 14; Cuomo, Alyssa 3-9 1-2 8; Evans, Ashley 2-11 2-2 7; Blake, Chantel 2-8 2-2 6; Rode, Jerica 2-2 2-3 6; Robinson, Jazmyn 1-9 2-2 5; Donahue, Samantha 0-6 5-7 5; Hropovich, Chelsey 1-3 0-0 3; Nolen, Brianna 0-1 1-2 1; Scott, Na-dearah 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-64 17-24 55. ELMIRA COLLEGE (2-2) ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 10-18 4-4 28; LOYA, Meghan 6-14 2-5 14; THANNHAUSER, Maria 4-12 2-2 11; BALARA, Alex 4-5 0-0 9; FORREST, Liz 2-5 2-2 6; BLACK, Tempestt 2-6 1-3 5; POCHKAR, Karli 1-3 2-4 4; FIELDS, Carlene 0-0 1-2 1; SILVERMAN, Marissa 0-2 0-0 0; GEISLER, Kelsey 0-2 0-0 0; BROOKS, Jessica 0-0 0-0 0; LONEY, Breen 0-1 0-0 0; OLSEN, Allie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-68 14-22 78. Keystone College.............. 28 27 55 Elmira College................ 36 42 78 3-point goals--Keystone College 4-22 (Robinson, Jazmyn 1-6; Evans, Ashley 1-7; Hropovich, Chelsey 1-1; Cuomo, Alyssa 1-6; Donahue, Samantha 0-1; Blake, Chantel 0-1), Elmira College 6-14 (ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 4-5; THANNHAUSER, Maria 1-4; BALARA, Alex 1-2; GEISLER, Kelsey 0-2; LONEY, Breen 0-1). Fouled out--Keystone College-None, Elmira College-None. Rebounds--Keystone College 49 (Hayes, AAliya 9; Evans, Ashley 9), Elmira College 48 (ZOLTOWSKI, Jessica 12). Assists--Keystone College 10 (Evans, Ashley 4), Elmira College 20 (BALARA, Alex 5). Total fouls--Keystone College 19, Elmira College 19. Technical fouls--Keystone College-None, Elmira College-None. A-174
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