Pictured Above (left ot right): Graduate Student
Sierra Clark, Seniors
Samantha Sullivan and
Tanasia Russell (photo by Dave Saffran)
Staten Island, NY – The Wagner women's basketball team will play host to the Mountaineers of Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, February 24 at 1:00 p.m. on Senior Day. In a pre-game ceremony, the Seahawk women's basketball program will honors four individuals – Graduate Student
Sierra Clark, Senior Guard
Tanasia Russell, Senior Forward
Samantha Sullivan and Student Manager
Alessandra Varrassi.
All-Time Series: Wagner vs. The Mount
Wagner and Mount St. Mary's meet for the 60th time with the Mountaineers holding a 44-15 advantage. The Mountaineers have won 15 straight over the Seahawks, most recently a 76-59 win in Emmitsburg, MD back on January 27.
Sierra Clark Named To 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-District™ Women's Basketball Team
Graduate student
Sierra Clark of the Wagner women's basketball team has been named to the 2017-18 Academic All-District First Team for District 1, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of A merica (CoSIDA).The CoSIDA Academic All-District Team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performance on the court and in the classroom. First-team Academic All-District™ honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be announced in March. Clark earned her undergraduate degree from Adelphi University last spring, where she was named a Second-Team Division II All-American as well a CoSIDA Academic All-American. In her one year here at Wagner, the Hughesville, MD native has continued to excel, both in the classroom and on the court. Majoring in Higher Education Leadership Organization, where she maintains a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Last Time Out
February 19, 2018
Bryant 70, Wagner 60
Spiro Sports Center, Staten Island, NY
Sydney Holloway scored 24 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, leading the Bryant women's basketball team to a 70-60 comeback victory over Wagner in a President's Day matinee on February 19 at the Spiro Sports Center. Wagner had it going early, opening the second quarter on a 12-0 run which helped the Seahawks build an 18-point lead before the Bulldogs sliced the deficit in half, making it a 37-28 game at the intermission. Bryant outscored Wagner 18-13 in the third quarter to draw to within four points at 50-46 heading to the fourth. Bryant then opened the final frame with a 13-5 burst, capped by a Naomi Ashley layup with 3:44 to play in taking a 59-55 lead. Wagner closed the margin to one on a top-of-the-key three-pointer by redshirt freshman guard
Morgan Lenahan, but this is as close the Green & White would get as the Bulldogs pulled away for the 10-point win. Lenahan, buoyed by a 4-of-8 shooting day from three-point range. led the way for Wagner with 17 points, two shy of her career high, while fifth-year senior forward
Sierra Clark and redshirt freshman forward
Taylah Simmons added 12 and 10 points, respectively. The Seahawks were able to build their first-half lead without the services of Clark who was forced to the bench due to early foul trouble as all 12 of her points, and all of her eight rebounds came in the second half. Freshman guard
Alayshia Dailey finished with six points on 2-of-2 shooting for the afternoon, while fellow freshman guard
Khaleah Dixon-Edwards, junior guard Nakyila Carter, and senior guard
Tanasia Russell all wound up with five points apiece. In addition to Holloway's game-high 24-point total, Ashley and Stephanie Lesko each supplied 12 points for the Bulldogs as Bryant gained a split of the season series.
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Senior Day
The Wagner women's basketball program will honor three student-athletes and one student manager in a pre-game ceremony on Senior Day Saturday.
Sierra Clark
Sierra Clark is a graduate student, having earned her undergraduate degree from Adelphi University last spring, where she was named a Second-Team Division II All-American as well a CoSIDA Academic All-American. In her one year here at Wagner, the Hughesville, MD native has continued to excel, both in the classroom and on the court. Majoring in Higher Education Leadership Organization, where she maintains a perfect 4.0 GPA, it was announced this week that Sierra was named to the 2017-18 Academic All-District Team. On the hardwood, this 5-11 forward has been equally impressive, ranking No. 1 in the Northeast Conference in blocked shots at 2.2 per game, and No. 2 in both scoring, at 18.6 ppg., and rebounding, at 9.6 per game addition, Sierra has 14 double-doubles to her credit this season, a figure that not only tops the NEC ranks, but also ranked 16th in all of NCAA Division I.
Tanasia Russell
Tanasia Russell has been a mainstay in the Seahawk lineup throughout her four-year Wagner career. Appropriately nicknamed "Pogo" due to her explosive leaping ability, this Vineland, NJ native has proven to be a versatile performer in her 111-game collegiate career. A 5'8" guard, she enters today's play having scored more than 700 career points, having pulled down more than 250 rebounds, while dishing out nearly 150 career assists. A Business Administration major with a 3.01 grade point average.
Samantha Sullivan
Samantha Sullivan hails from the Jersey Shore town of Manasquan, NJ. During her Seahawk career, this Sociology major has seen action in 73 career games in which she has logged more than 1,000 minutes played. Earlier this season, this tough, defensive-minded power forward, who possesses a high basketball I.Q., recorded a career high seven rebounds vs. New Hampshire and dished out a career-best four assists vs. Albany.
Alessandra Varrassi
A student manager for each of her last three years on Grymes Hill,
Alessandra Varrassi is a
trusted and valued member of the Wagner women's basketball program and an Arts Administration major who hails from Carle Place, NY.
Western PA Trip To Close Out Regular Season
Wagner will conclude the regular season with the annual two-game Western, PA swing, beginning with a 7:00 p.m. tip vs. Robert Morris on Friday, March 2 and concluding on Sunday, March 4 at Saint Francis U in a 1:00 p.m. start.
