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Wagner Hosts Sacred Heart In Monday Night NEC Contest

Game 21: Sacred Heart (14-7, 6-3 NEC) at Wagner (2-18, 1-8 NEC)
Monday, Feb. 4 - 7:00 pm
Spiro Sports Center - Staten Island, NY

Game Notes | Live Stats | Live Audio/Video - NEC Front Row - Free!

The Wagner College women's basketball team hosts the Pioneers of Sacred Heart at Spiro Sports Center on Monday night. It is the lone meeting of the 2012-2013 season between the two schools, as the Seahawks do not travel to Fairfield this year.

Wagner is looking to split the weekend following a 74-56 loss to first-place Quinnipiac on Saturday. Three Seahawks were in double-figures against the Bobcats, as sophomore Stephanie Blais and freshman Jordyn Peck each had 15 points, while junior Laura Amorosa finished one shy of her career-high, tallying 10. Senior Veronick Fournier grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds in the game.

Peck leads Wagner at 11.4 ppg, while Blais has tallied 10.3, and senior Marie-Laurence Archambault has added 10.1. Fournier is the team's leading rebounder with 5.8 rpg, and sophomore Jacqui Thompson leads the team with 4.0 apg.

Scouting The Pioneers
Sacred Heart comes to Staten Island on a five-game winning streak, having most recently defeated Mount St. Mary's on Saturday. The road has not been very kind to the Pioneers, who are 4-5 in road games, as opposed to 2-1 at neutral sites and 8-1 at the Pitt Center. However, they have won their last three on the road.

Sophomore Gabrielle Washington leads the Pioneers at 15.8 ppg. Seniors Morgan Merriman and Kiley Evans are also in double-figures at 11.8 and 11.7 ppg, respectively. Junior Enjoli Bland has pulled down a team-best 6.3 rpg, while sophomore Ericka Norman has dished out an NEC-leading 7.1 apg.

All-Time vs. Sacred Heart
Monday's game is the 27th meeting between the Seahawks and Pioneers, with Sacred Heart holding an 18-8 edge in the all-time series. The Pioneers won the only game between the two schools last year.

On The Air
Monday's game can be viewed on NECFrontRow.com, free of charge, with Mike Ventola on the call.

Last Time vs. Sacred Heart
Kelly Clark and Marie-Laurence Archambault were both in double-figures, and Clark grabbed eight rebounds, but the Seahawks fell at the Pitt Center, 77-67, on Jan. 30, 2012.

Air Jordyn
Freshman Jordyn Peck has scored 12 or more points in eight out of nine NEC games so far this season. In the seven games since being inserted into the starting lineup, Peck has scored 20 or more points three times. In NEC games, Peck is averaging 16.9 ppg, good for fourth in the conference.

MLA Style
Senior Marie-Laurence Archambault begins Monday's game just 25 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. 

Here's To You, Chanez Robinson
Redshirt-senior Chanez Robinson grabbed a season-high eight rebounds on Monday at Mount St. Mary's, adding 11 points for the Seahawks in an efficient 18 minutes off the bench.

Wild Horses Couldn't Drag V Away
Senior Veronick Fournier is the lone Seahawk to start in each of the team's first 20 games so far this year. Fournier is fourth in the NEC in minutes played during conference games at 37.3.

Grand Theft Basketball
Wagner has come up with 10 or more steals in eight games this season, including each of the Seahawks' last four contests. Wagner recorded a season-high 14 steals against St. Francis Brooklyn (Jan. 12). Sophomore Stephanie Blais had five thefts against the Terriers, a career high. 

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.

More For The Mantle
Freshman Jordyn Peck won her third Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week award of the year Jan. 15 after 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 five 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 has now done so in eight of its past nine games. The Seahawks are 2-2 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).

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).

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 five scorers - sophomore Stephanie Blais (10.3 ppg), along with seniors Marie-Laurence Archambault (10.1 ppg) and Veronick Fournier (6.1 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 seven games this season. The Seahawks tallied nine made shots from outside the arc against FDU (Jan. 5), St. Francis Brooklyn (Jan. 12) and Mount St. Mary's (Jan. 28), 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.

Put Me On A Highway
The Seahawks play their sixth of eight games on the road when Wagner travels to Moon Township, PA on Saturday at 4:00 pm to face Robert Morris for the only time this season.
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