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DOMINICAN COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL EARNS BERTH IN NCAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
March 10, 2008

DOMINICAN COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL EARNS BERTH IN NCAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

Blauvelt, NY (3/10/08) The Dominican College women’s basketball team will be the sixth seed in the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional Tournament, as was announced by the NCAA on Sunday night.

DOMINICAN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL EARNS BERTH IN NCAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

Blauvelt, NY (3/10/08)  The Dominican College women's basketball team will be the sixth seed in the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional Tournament, as was announced by the NCAA on Sunday night.

The Lady Chargers will face Frankin Pierce University in the opening round of the tournament which will take place on Friday, March 14th in the Campus Center on the campus of the top seed in the Northeast Region and fellow Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) member Holy Family University Tigers.

Dominican, led by seventh year head coach John Burke, enters the tournament with a 22-8 record.  This past Saturday, the Lady Chargers lost in the CACC Championship Game to Holy Family University.  This will be the first NCAA appearance in program history for the Lady Chargers.

Franklin Pierce University earned the third seed in the Northeast Region and will come into tournament play with a    24-5 overall record.  The Ravens lost in the semi-finals of the Northeast-10 Tournament to Bryant University.  Johannah Leedham leads the Ravens with 22.2 ppg and 6.6 rpg.  Jennifer Leedham is netting 11.0 ppg.

DC currently has three players in double figure scoring, led by junior guard Althea Chambers (Yonkers, NY), an CACC Honorable Mention pick this season, with 12.3 ppg and 6.8 rpg.  Sophomore forward and CACC Second Team selection, Adele Laskowski who hails from Wayne, NJ, is netting 12.0 ppg and 4.0 rpg and senior point guard Dana Rotio, another CACC Second Team member from Garfield, NJ, is averaging 11.4 ppg, 3.7 apg and 3.2 spg.  She currently leads the CACC in steals (97).

The winner of this game will advance to the Northeast Semifinals which will be held on Saturday, March 15th.  The Northeast Region Championship will be held on Monday, March 17th at 7pm.  The Northeast Region winner will go on to the NCAA Elite Eight that will be held in Kearney, Nebraska beginning March 26th through March 29th.

Below is a complete list of the Northeast Region seedings.

2007-08 NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament (to be held at Holy Family University)

1.        Holy Family University (30-0)

2.        Stonehill College (28-4)

3.        Franklin Pierce University (24-5)

4.        Bentley College (19-10)

5.        Assumption College (21-9)

6.        Dominican College (NY) 22-8

7.        Bryant University (20-11)

8.        Molloy College (19-11)

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.