First Week of MAAC Play Ends in Spilt

After losing a tough game to Loyola on Sunday night, the team came out ready to go on Tuesday at Manhattan.

In our MAAC home opener against Loyola, Diana led the team with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. Anna almost had another double-double for the year with 9 points and 17 rebounds (2nd best rebounding total since our season-opener). Suzi had 10 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals. This game goes to show you (which I'm sure everyone knows), that pre-season rankings do not mean anything...it's all about what you bring on a day-to-day basis. And on Sunday, Loyola brought it harder than we did.

However, Tuesday against Manhattan was a different story for us. We went into that game determined to make sure we got the W. Anna and Kristina both had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Diana scored in double digits with 11 points, as well as Thazina with 20 points. Z (Thazina) reached her 1,000th career point against Manhattan, making her only the 19th player in school history to reach this feat...CONGRATS Z!

We leave tomorrow morning for Buffalo for our games against Canisius and Niagara. Gotta make sure we back lots of scarfs, mittens and sweats to stay warm up there!!

MAAC is Back!!

What a way to start off the new year and new decade...MAAC play starts today and we all couldn't be more excited and ready! This is what we've been waiting for and working so hard for the last 8+ months. It's why the girls push through early morning summer workouts, preseason conditioning and lifting, and a tough non-conference schedule...we can only hope that they are prepared enough to go out there and do what needs to be done.

We start with a home game tonight against Loyola-MD and then go to Manhattan College on Tuesday (Jan. 5th). Next week we'll be up in Buffalo to play Canisius and Niagara. But we'll keep you updated with all the details as the schedule plays on.

Here we go!!! Let's Go Gaels!!

Happy Holidays

Seasons Greetings! We had our Holiday Party last week and had a great time playing charades and guessing our Secret Santa's. Everyone gave great gifts and it was nice to relax with the whole team. We wanted to thank all of you who have been such avid followers of our Blog and great supporters of our team. We hope you all have a great New Year...see you in 2010!! :)

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UMES and Fordham "Behind the Scenes" Look

Videos from our UMES and Fordham games from this past week. Post-game interviews from Diana (UMES) and Thazina (Fordham) are at the end of each video.

Coach Bozzella Interview

David Greenwald interviews Coach Bozzella about the season up to this point and our upcoming games this week.

Happy Birthday, Anda!

Anda turned 21 on Thursday...and by now, you all know what that means! A Happy Birthday song led by Anna and a piece of Coach Abbate's cake. We had to get a little creative with the "Happy Birthday" writing on the cake this time around. Great thinking by Kara (one of our managers...not the player) to use Jelly-Belly's and Twizzlers for the letters!