2011-2012 Dominican College Women’s Basketball Season Summary


The Lady Chargers basketball team finished the 2011-2012 season with a 14-14 overall record and a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) record of 12-7.

 

The Lady Chargers finished in third place in the CACC North Division standings and earned the third seed in the North Division in the CACC Tournament.  The Lady Chargers took on Goldey-Beacom College, the second seed in the south division, in a quarter-final game where DC pulled away with a 48-46 victory. 

 

In the CACC Semi-Finals, Dominican fell to the University of the Sciences, the fourth-seed in the south division, 62-59 to end their season.

 

Junior guard, Lindsey Lopez, led the Lady Chargers in scoring with 11.9 ppg and in assists (84).  She earned All-CACC Third Team honors this season and was named the Dominican College women’s basketball Most Valuable Player for the second straight season.  She was also named to the All-Met Division II Women’s Basketball Second Team.  Lopez finished 17th in the nation in three point field goal percentage, 21st in free-throw percentage and 27th in three-point field goals made per game.

 

Forward Bianca Harris paced the team with 6.8 rpg and finished second on the team in scoring 9.5 ppg. 

 

Sophomore KC Jentzen averaged 9.4 ppg and 5.1 rpg, while senior Marley Klunk netted 7.7 ppg and 5.5 rpg.

 

The Lady Chargers will say farewell to four seniors as Meghan Murphy, Kaity Lent, Samantha Klunk and Marley Klunk will all graduate in May.  Lent was the recipient of the Dominican College women’s basketball Coach’s Award.

 

DC will lose two members of the starting rotation in the Klunk sisters, but will return a solid lineup for the 2012-13 season under head coach, Bill Diener.

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.