The Wagner College women's basketball team travels to Emmitsburg, MD for a Monday night clash with the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers. Monday's game concludes a five-game road swing for the Seahawks, who will play six of their next seven at Spiro Sports Center following the game in Emmitsburg.
The Seahawks are looking to split the weekend following a loss at Saint Francis U on Saturday. Three Wagner players were in double-figures in the contest, led by 12 points from freshman
Jordyn Peck. Senior
Veronick Fournier and sophomore
Stephanie Blais each tallied 11.
Peck leads the Seahawks offensively at 10.7 ppg, with senior
Marie-Laurence Archambault and Blais right behind at 10.1 and 10.0 ppg, respectively. Fournier leads the Green & White with 5.6 rpg, while sophomore
Jacqui Thompson has recorded a team-best 3.9 apg.
Mount St. Mary's is also looking for a split of the weekend, having fallen at Robert Morris, 61-59, on Saturday afternoon. Jacqueline Brewer led the Mountaineers with 19 points in the defeat, while Selina Mann added 15 points and seven rebounds. Sydney Henderson leads the Mountaineers offensively with 12.9 ppg, with Brewer adding 9.4 ppg. Henderson also is the team leader on the boards for The Mount with 6.0 rpg. Mann has dished out a team-best 3.9 apg.
Monday's game is the 47th between the two NEC opponents. Mount St. Mary's holds a 31-15 edge in the series, and has won the past three games. In the past 10 meetings, the teams are 5-5 against each other.
On The Air
Monday's game can be viewed on NECFrontRow.com, free of charge.
Last Time vs. Mount St. Mary's
On Feb. 15, 2012, Senior Kelly Clark scored a game-high 25 points and added 11 rebounds, while
Chanez Robinson grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds, and
Marie-Laurence Archambault (12 points) and
Jacqui Thompson (10) were in double-figures, but the Seahawks fell to the Mountaineers at Knott Arena, 68-60.
Wild Horses Couldn't Drag V Away
Senior
Veronick Fournier is the lone Seahawk to start in each of the team's first 18 games so far this year. Fournier is second in the NEC in minutes played during conference games at 38.6, trailing only Robert Morris' Artemis Spanou.
Take Me Home, Country Roads
Monday is the fifth straight game on the road for Wagner. After Monday's game, the Seahawks will have played 10 of their last 12 away from Grymes Hill, and 14 of their first 19 games of the season. Following this weekend, Wagner plays six of its next seven at Spiro Sports Center.
Grand Theft Basketball
Wagner came up with 13 steals at Bryant (Jan. 21), the fifth time this season the Seahawks have tallied 10 or more steals in a game. Sophomore
Jacqui Thompson set a career-best mark with four steals at Bryant. Wagner recorded a season-high 14 steals against St. Francis Brooklyn (Jan. 12). Sophomore
Stephanie Blais had five thefts, a career high.
MLA Style
Senior
Marie-Laurence Archambault begins Monday's game just 34 points away from joining the Seahawks' 1,000-point club. There have been 22 1,000-point scorers in Seahawk history, most recently Kelly Clark, who reached the mark last season.
20/20 Vision
The performances by sophomore
Stephanie Blais (24 points) and freshman
Jordyn Peck (22) at LIU Brooklyn (Jan. 14) marked the first time two Seahawks scored 20 or more points in a game since Joy Gallagher (23) and Chelsey Bunyer (20) achieved the feat on Feb. 18, 2006.
Air Jordyn
Freshman
Jordyn Peck scored 22 points in each of her first two collegiate starts - at LIU Brooklyn (Jan. 14) and Central Connecticut (Jan. 19) - making her the first Wagner freshman to score 20 or more points twice in a season since
Marie-Laurence Archambault did it twice in a three-game span during the 2009-2010 season.
More For The Mantle
Freshman
Jordyn Peck won her third Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week award of the year Jan. 15after a pair of 22-point performances in her first two collegiate starts.
Blais All Day
Sophomore
Stephanie Blais scored a career-high 24 points in the Seahawks' win at LIU Brooklyn (Jan. 14), going 9-for-16 from the floor and pulling down six rebounds in the victory. Blais' Monday performance came after an effort of 14 points, seven rebounds, six assists and fi ve steals against St. Francis Brooklyn in the previous game (Jan. 12).
You Will Not Make This Shot
The Seahawks held LIU Brooklyn to one field goal in the final 4:47 on Jan. 14, and only two made baskets from the floor in the final 7:37 of the contest.
The Free Throw Line Is Your Friend
The Seahawks took a season-best 23 free throw attempts in the win at LIU Brooklyn (Jan. 14). It was the fourth consecutive game in which Wagner took double-digit trips to the line, and extended the streak to seven games on Saturday at SFU. The Seahawks are 2-1 in games when the team takes 18 or more free throw attempts.
If I Can Make It There...
The Seahawks have played two road games within the five boroughs of New York City so far this season, and are 2-0 in those games. Wagner defeated Columbia in Manhattan (Nov. 14), and won against LIU Brooklyn in a game across the Verrazano (Jan. 14).
Swat Team
Entering the weekend, Wagner ranked second in the NEC in blocks per game at 3.47. Sophomore
Stephanie Blais ranked fifth in the NEC with 20 blocks, while senior
Marie-Laurence Archambault was also in the top 10, tied for eighth with 15. Archambault recorded four blocks at LIU Brooklyn (Jan. 14), a career-high.
Uno, Dos, Tres, Catorce
The number 14 has been very good to the Seahawks this season. Wagner is 2-0 on the 14th of the month, with wins over Columbia (Nov. 14) and LIU Brooklyn (Jan. 14). The Seahawks' season-high in steals is 14 against St. Francis Brooklyn (Jan. 12). In addition, the team's second-leading scorer,
Marie-Laurence Archambault, wears No. 14.
Boards Aren't Boring
Three Seahawks tallied career-highs in rebounds vs. FDU (Jan.5) Senior
Marie-Laurence Archambault and freshman
Jordyn Peck each grabbed eight rebounds, while redshirt-freshman
Ebony Jennings had seven. The 27 defensive rebounds were the second most this season, trailing only the 36 recorded at Columbia (Nov. 14).
Amorosa Named To All-Tournament Team
Junior
Laura Amorosa was named to the Saint Joseph's Hawk Classic All-Tournament Team for her play against UMBC (Dec. 28) and Fairfield (Dec. 29). Amorosa tallied a career-high seven rebounds in the first game against UMBC, following it up with nine points against the Stags.
Les Habitants de Staten Island
Three of the Seahawks' top four scorers - sophomore
Stephanie Blais (10.0 ppg), along with seniors
Marie-Laurence Archambault (10.1 ppg) and
Veronick Fournier (6.6 ppg) are all from the province of Quebec. All three attended College Montmorency.
Here We Go, Ugo
Sophomore center
Ugo Nwaigwe grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds against Iona (Dec. 1), and tied her career-high in points, tallying eight on the afternoon.
Threes Fallin'
Wagner has made at least eight three-pointers in six games this season. The Seahawks tallied nine made shots from outside the arc against FDU (Jan. 5) and St. Francis Brooklyn (Jan. 12), in addition to four games making eight: vs. Army (Nov. 9), Lehigh (Nov. 23), New Hampshire (Dec. 17), and UMBC (Dec. 28).
Numero Uno
The Nov. 14 victory over Columbia was the first in the head coaching career of
Lisa Cermignano. The Seahawks' first-year coach served as an assistant at Maryland, Monmouth, George Washington, Vanderbilt, and Illinois before joining Wagner.
Cutting Through the Ivy
The win at Columbia (Nov. 14) moves the Seahawks to 16-7 all-time over the Lions, and 22-17 against the Ivy League. The Seahawks are 5-7 vs. Princeton, 1-1 vs. Dartmouth, and 0-2 vs. Harvard.
Coach Cermignano Announces Class Of 2017
Wagner College Head Women's Basketball Coach
Lisa Cermignano announced the signing of five student-athletes to national letters of intent earlier in the season. 5-9 shooting guard
Maria Conyers-Jordan (Philadelphia, PA/ Friends' Central), 5-11 small forward
Jackie Dluhi (Middletown, NJ/ Middletown South), 5-8 point guard
Jasmine Nwajei (Rockaway Park, NY/ Murry Bergtraum), 5-8 shooting guard
Lyndsay Rowe (South River, NJ/ St. John Vianney) and 6-3 forward
Shakila Small(Brooklyn, NY/ Medgar Evers College Prep) will join the Seahawks for the 2013-2014 school year.
Coaching Connections
So far this season, first-year head coach
Lisa Cermignano has faced two fellow alumnae of New Jersey's Gloucester Catholic High School - Pitt's Agnus Berenato and Lafayette's Dianne Nolan. Nolan attended Glassboro State College, now Rowan University. Wagner assistant coach Gina Catanzariti graduated from Rowan in 2011, scoring 1,017 points during her time in Glassboro. Catanzariti's college teammate, Ashley Cieplicki, was an assistant coach on the opposing bench for the game against FDU. The Seahawks have also faced a father and daughter pairing of head coaches this season - Army's Dave Magarity and New Hampshire's Maureen Magarity.
Front Row Seats
Wagner and the Northeast Conference have partnered with the Pack Network to launch NEC Front Row, the new webstreaming service of the Northeast Conference. NEC Front Row features live video of all men's and women's basketball games hosted by NEC member institutions during the 2012-2013 season, in addition to highlights, features, and interviews from around the conference. Go to necfrontrow.com for more information.
Tweet, Tweet
Information on Wagner women's basketball and other Seahawk teams can be found at @WagnerAthletics. The official Twitter account of the women's basketball program is @WagSwagg_WBB.
There's No Place Like Home
The Seahawks play at home for the fi rst time since Jan. 12 when Wagner hosts NEC leader Quinnipiac on Feb. 2 at 1:00 pm at Spiro Sports Center.
