Above: Redshirt-sophomore center Ugo Nwaigwe had eight blocks in the Nov. 14 win at Monmouth, which was a career high and tied for the third-highest single-game total in Seahawk history. (Photo by Hilton Flores/Staten Island Advance).

Game 3: Wagner (1-1) at Iona (3-2)
Wednesday,  Nov. 20- 7:00 pm
Hynes Center – New Rochelle, NY

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New Rochelle, NY - The Wagner women's basketball team, coming off of last Thursday's impressive 70-57 win at Monmouth,, looks to make it two in a row when the Seahawks travel to Iona for a 7:00 pm tip-off vs. the Gaels at the Hynes Center.

All-Time vs. Iona
The Seahawks and Gaels will be squaring off for the 16th time and the Gaels lead the all-time series 11-4. These teams met last season, on December 1, 2012, on Staten Island and Iona emerged with a 74-64 victory.

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And a Freshman Shall Lead Them
In the first two games of her college career, freshman point guard Jasmine Nwajei has shown why she was such a coveted and highly-recruited prospect. The 5-8 Nwajei signaled her collegiate arrival by scoring the first five points of the game en route to a 19-point performance vs. No. 7 Kentucky. In her next outing, she tossed in 20 points in helping Wagner to a comeback victory at Monmouth. She enters the Iona game averaging 19.5 points per game, which tied for fourth in the NEC and is tops among all league freshmen.

Peck Production
Dynamic sophomore left-handed guard Jordyn Peck, a member of the 2012-2013 All-NEC freshman team when she averaged 10.1 points per outing, tossed in 12 of  her team-high 21 points down the stretch in leading Wagner to an impressive 70-57 win at Monmouth (11/14). The 21-point outburst, which included 3-of-7 shooting from downtown, was one shy of her career hgh and she enters the Iona game second on the team in scoring at 14.5 points per game.

Ugo's Block Party
By halftime of Wagner's game at Monmouth on Nov. 14, redshirt sophomote center Ugo Nwaigwe had already set a career high with five blocked shots. By game's end, the 6-3 Nwaigwe had a career high eight blocks. Her previous career best came last time out, a three-block affair, vs. Kentucky. Last season, Nwaigwe was sidelined with a foot injury after nine games last season, and had a total of five blocks for the year. The eight blocks registered by Nwaigwe tied for the third-highest in school history and are the most since Ali Ridge came up with eight blocks vs. Manhattan (12/28/04). Ridge and Meredith Kerns hold the Seahawk single-game record for blocked shots with 10.
 
Wagner All-Time Single-Game Blocked Shots Records
1. Ali Ridge vs. NJIT, 1-18-07 ......................        10
    Meredith Kerns vs. CCSU, 1-4-99 ..................10
3.  Ugo Nwaigwe at Monmouth, 11-14-13…      8
     Ali Ridge vs. Manhattan, 12-28-04 ..................8

First Win at Monmouth in 11 Years
Tonight's win was Wagner's first at Monmouth since January 18, 2003, when the Seahawks earned a 63-60 victory at Boylan Gymnasium, the former home of the Hawks which sits right next to, and is dwarfed, by the Multipurpose Athletic Complex (MAC) which opened n 2009.
 
First Win Over Monmouth In Five Tries
The victory tonight was the Seahawks' first over Monmouth since February 5, 2011 when Wagner posted a 67-50 win on Staten Island, breaking a string of five consecutive losses to the Hawks
 
Road Rage
The win over Monmouth was Wagner's first on the road since November 11, 2012 when the Seahawks' posted a 61-47 win at Columbia.

Seahawks Began Year Two of Cermignano Era by Hosting No. 7 Kentucky
The Green & White, in its second season under head coach Lisa Cermignano, kicked off the 2013-14 campaign by hosting No. 7 Kentucky on Nov. 10 in front of a loud, boisterous crowd of 1,847 at the Spiro Center. Wagner held its own early vs. the highest-ranked opponent to ever play on campus, as freshman guard scored Jasmine Nwajei scored the first five points of the game en route to an impressive 19-point performance.

Blais, Peck Lead Returnees, Amorosa, Williamson Tabbed Captains
The Seahawks were 3-26 (2-16 NEC) a year ago and return two of their top three leading scorers in junior forward Stephanie Blais (Sherbrooke, Quebec/ Montmorency) and sophomore guard Jordyn Peck (Shaker Heights, OH/Shaker Heights), who burst on to scene by averaging 10. 2 points per game while earning All-NEC Freshman Team honors. Senior forward Laura Amorosa (Kirkland, Quebec/Phillips Academy) will serve as co-captain along with her roommate and senior manager, Melanie Williamson. A top-rated guard out of Baltimore, MD, Williamson's playing career ended prior to her freshman season in 2010-2011 due to a heart ailment, but she has remained an integral member of the program during her time at Wagner. Redshirt sophomore center Ugo Nwaigwe (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South) has performed well throughout the preseason, while redshirt freshman Jazmine Hamlet (Queens, NY/Francis Lewis) and sophomore Tessa Wade (Penn Valley, PA/Lower Merion) each enter their second year in the program.