Sports Information: Don Sherman (dsherman@elmira.edu); Steffan Waters ’13 (stwaters@elmira.edu); Nick Zwald (nzwald@elmira.edu) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu

Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14904

Last time OutThe Purple and Gold are coming off a 54-52 loss against Rutgers-Camden on December 30th. The Soaring Eagles were tied with the Scarlet Raptors in the closing seconds, however, Rutgers-Camden would make a last-second layup to seal Elmira’s fate.

BaLara Leading the WayAgainst Rugers-Camden, Alex Balara ’15 led the EC women with 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals. In just her third game of the season, Balara is averaging 18.0 points per game and has led the team in scoring in two of the three games.

LOya With a dOuBLe-dOuBLeMeghan Loya ’16 has come close to her first career double-double twice this season before completing the feat against Rutgers-Camden. Against Pitt.-Bradford she pulled down 14 rebounds, but came two points shy of a double-double and against Centenary College she tal-lied 14 points and nine rebounds. However, against the Scarlet Rap-tors, she produced 12 points and 10 rebounds to post her first career double-double.

POchkar in dOuBLe-digitsKarli Pochkar ’16 also had a strong game against Rutgers-Camden as she tallied 10 points and eight rebounds. She now has six games with double-figure scoring and has put together a five-game streak of drop-ping double-digit points.

geisLer’s heLPing handAveraging 3.7 assist per game, Kelsey Geisler ’15 not only leads the EC women in assists per contest, but she also ranks third in the Empire 8 Conference. She is only 0.3 away from first place in the conference.

ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES

THIS WEEKEND’S OPPONENTS

day date OPPOnent time-resuLt

NOV. 15 Pitt-BradfOrd L, 47-71 21 at Dallas# L, 51-71 22 at Centenary# W, 73-64 25 at Hilbert W, 63-58DEC. 6 at Clarkson L, 69-84 13 POtsdam W, 62-84 30 rutgers-camden L, 52-54 JAN. 2 at Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. 3 st. JOhn fisher* 2:00 p.m. 6 at Alfred* 6:00 p.m. 9 utica* 6:00 p.m. 10 hOughtOn* 2:00 p.m. 16 at Hartwick* 6:00 p.m. 17 at Stevens* 3:00 p.m. 20 at Nazareth* 6:00 p.m. 23 at Utica* 6:00 p.m. 24 cOrtLand 4:00 p.m.FEB. 2 Penn tech. 6:00 p.m. 6 at St. John Fisher* 6:00 p.m. 7 nazareth* 2:00 p.m. 13 stevens* 6:00 p.m. 14 hartWick* 2:00 p.m. 17 at Houghton* 2:00 p.m. 20 ithaca* 6:00 p.m. 21 Alfred* 2:00 p.m.

Home contests are bolded*Denotes Empire 8 contest#Univsity of Dallas-Off Tournament

2014-15 scheduLe (3-4, 0-0 emPire 8)

ithaca cOLLege BOMBERS

(6-3, 0-0 emPire 8 )

Friday, January 2nd, 2015Ben Light Gymnasium -- Ithaca, NY -- 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 3rd, 2015Speidel Gymnasium -- Elmira, NY -- 2:00 p.m.

st. JOhn fisher cOLLegeCARDINALS

(7-2, 0-0 emPire 8)

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2014-15 SOARING EAGLES BASKETBALL Games 8 & 9: Elmira College at Ithaca College & vs. St. John Fisher College

ELMIRA QUICK FACTSLocation .............................................................. Elmira, NYFounded ..........................................................................1855Enrollment ....................................................................1,200School Colors ................................................ Purple & GoldTeam Nickname ............................................. Soaring EaglesConference ............................Empire 8 Athletic ConferencePresident ..........................................Dr. Ronald ChampagneAthletic Director ......................................Pat Thompson ’75Athletic Department ........................................ 607-735-1730Basketball Arena ..................................Speidel GymnasiumCapacity ........................................................................1,500Athletics Affiliation ............................... NCAA Division III

BASKETBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach ...............................................Shannon HowleyAssistant Coach ............................................... Jessica ImhofFirst Season ............................................................... 1974-752013-14 Overall Record ................................................. 16-102013-14 Empire 8 Record .................................................7-7

2014-15 EMPIRE 8 STANDINGS

LEAGUE OVERALLCollege W-L Pct. W-L Pct. StreakStevens 0-0 0.000 5-1 0.833 W5St. John Fisher 0-0 0.000 6-2 0.750 W2Ithaca 0-0 0.000 6-3 0.667 L2Nazareth 0-0 0.000 4-4 0.500 W1Utica 0-0 0.000 4-5 0.444 L2Elmira 0-0 0.000 3-4 0.429 L1Alfred 0-0 0.000 3-5 0.375 W1Houghton 0-0 0.000 3-5 0.375 L3Hartwick 0-0 0.000 1-7 0.125 L3

eLmira frOm dOWntOWnThe EC women have been proficient from beyond the arc this season making 33.7 percent from the three-point range. The Purple and Gold lead the Empire 8 Conference in three-point field goal percentage, hold-ing a 0.6 percent lead over Ithaca College.

ec BLOcking shOtsThe Soaring Eagles have recorded 21 blocked shots this season. The EC women average 3.00 blocks per game, ranking second in the Empire 8 Conference. The Purple and Gold are just 0.17 behind conference leader Stevens Institute of Technology. Danielle Cleary ’18 and Megan Loya ’16 lead the Purple and Gold, and rank tied for fourth in the conference, in block shots per game with 0.9.

cLeary in the emPire 8Danielle Cleary ’18 has averaged 14.6 points per game this season. She sits sixth in the Empire 8 Conference in points per game, just 3.4 points away from leading the conference. She is also tied for second in the con-ference in three-point field goals per game with 2.4. She is only 0.1 away from first place.

LOya in the emPire 8Meghan Loya ’15 is averaging 9.6 rebounds per game this season. She is currently third in the Empire 8, just 1.0 away from ranking first.

POchkar frOm the charity striPeKarli Pochkar ’16 has been Elmira’s best free throw shooter this season, making 17 of her 20 free throw attempts. At 85.0 percent, she is second in the Empire 8 Conference, trailing the leader by 4.7 percent.

aLL-time vs. ithacaIthaca College holds the all-time advantage over Elmira College since the 2001-02 season as the Bombers hold a 24-3 record. The last time Elmira defeated Ithaca was on January 22nd, 2008 when the EC women won 55-35.

scOuting ithacaIthaca College enters the matchup with a 6-3 overall record, having lost their previous two games at the San Juan Shootout on December 28th and 29th. Ali Ricchiuti ’17 leads the Bombers, averaging 11.8 points per game, while Francesca Cotrupe ’15 leads Ithaca in rebounds per contest with 8.2.

aLL-time vs. st. JOhn fisherThe Cardinals of St. John Fisher College have the all-time advantage with a record of 49-13 over the Purple and Gold. The Purple and Gold, how-ever, have won two of the past three matchups against the Cardinals.

scOuting the cardinaLsSt. John Fisher enters the weekend with a 7-2 record and have won their past three games against Medaille College, SUNY Fredonia, and SUNY Geneseo. Portia Velasco ’15 and Mary Kate Cusack ’16 lead the Cardinals offensively with 16.9 and 15.9 points per game, respectively. Sydney Bloom-stein ’15 leads the battle of the boards with 7.1 rebounds per game while McKenzie Bezon ’17 sets up the offense with 2.6 assists per contest.

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2014-15 ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALLNO. NAME POS. HT. HOMETOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL4 Alex Balara ’15 G 5’7” Marlton, NJ Gloucester Catholic5 Jenn Gale ’18 G 5’5” Cheshire, MA Hoosac Valley11 Allie Olsen ’16 G 5’7” Glenmont, NY Bethlehem Central12 Karli Pochkar ’16 C-F 5’9” East Worcester, NY Worcester15 Casey Alencewicz ’17 G 5’4” Baldwinsville, NY C.W. Baker20 Danielle Cleary ’18 G 5’8” Rochester, NY Our Lady of Mercy21 Jessica Brooks ’16 G-F 5’9” Greene, NY Greene Central23 Madison Carolus ’18 G-F 5’8” Broad Brook, CT East Windsor24 Makinsey Carolus ’18 G 5’8” Broad Brook, CT East Windsor25 Kelsey Geisler ’15 G 5’5” Staten Island, NY St. Peter’s33 Meghan Loya ’16 F 5’10” Bethel, CT Immaculate34 Marissa Silverman ’17 G 5’8” South Windsor, CT South Windsor42 Ashley Heiman ’16 F 6’0” Dansville, NY Wayland-Cohocton44 Hillary Coates ’18 F 6’0” Syracuse, NY West Genesee

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Shannon HowleyAssistant Coach: Jessica Imhof

ELMIRA COLLEGE CAPTAINS

Alex Balara ’15 Kelsey Geisler ’15

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Elmira College BasketballElmira College Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 02, 2015)

All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 3-4 1-2 1-2 1-0CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 3-4 1-2 1-2 1-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg04 BALARA, Alex 3-3 97 32.3 18-36 . 5 0 0 3-7 . 4 2 9 15-18 . 8 3 3 4 15 19 6.3 12 1 9 4 2 14 54 18.011 OLSEN, Allie 6-0 55 9.2 2-4 . 5 0 0 1-1 1.000 4-10 . 4 0 0 0 5 5 0.8 7 0 5 5 0 3 9 1.512 POCHKAR, Karli 7-7 233 33.3 31-61 . 5 0 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 17-20 . 8 5 0 26 28 54 7.7 13 0 8 18 1 7 79 11.320 CLEARY, Danielle 7-7 214 30.6 31-88 . 3 5 2 17-48 . 3 5 4 23-41 . 5 6 1 5 17 22 3.1 21 0 16 28 6 8 102 14.621 BROOKS, Jessica 6-2 98 16.3 10-27 . 3 7 0 6-17 . 3 5 3 1-4 . 2 5 0 5 8 13 2.2 11 0 4 7 1 2 27 4.523 CAROLUS, Madison 7-2 142 20.3 11-32 . 3 4 4 0-5 . 0 0 0 8-11 . 7 2 7 5 14 19 2.7 6 0 4 7 2 1 30 4.324 CAROLUS, Makinsey 6-0 49 8.2 3-7 . 4 2 9 1-2 . 5 0 0 3-6 . 5 0 0 2 6 8 1.3 5 0 2 4 1 2 10 1.725 GEISLER, Kelsey 7-7 199 28.4 14-39 . 3 5 9 6-20 . 3 0 0 8-17 . 4 7 1 3 17 20 2.9 20 1 26 28 2 10 42 6.033 LOYA, Meghan 7-7 223 31.9 22-58 . 3 7 9 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-10 . 7 0 0 18 49 67 9.6 14 0 12 25 6 4 51 7.334 SILVERMAN, Marissa 7-0 58 8.3 4-17 . 2 3 5 1-4 . 2 5 0 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 0.4 6 0 3 13 0 1 11 1.642 HEIMAN, Ashley 5-0 30 6.0 1-5 . 2 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.6 3 0 1 2 0 1 2 0.444 COATES, Hillary 2-0 2 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Team 13 10 23 5Total.......... 7 1400 147-374 . 3 9 3 35-104 . 3 3 7 88-141 . 6 2 4 81 175 256 36.6 120 2 90 146 21 53 417 59.6Opponents...... 7 1400 172-429 . 4 0 1 21-68 . 3 0 9 84-134 . 6 2 7 96 168 264 37.7 131 - 87 107 17 99 449 64.1

TEAM STATISTICS ELMIRA OPPSCORING 417 449 Points per game 59.6 64.1 Scoring margin -4.6 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 147-374 172-429 Field goal pct . 3 9 3 . 4 0 13 POINT FG-ATT 35-104 21-68 3-point FG pct . 3 3 7 . 3 0 9 3-pt FG made per game 5.0 3.0FREE THROWS-ATT 88-141 84-134 Free throw pct . 6 2 4 . 6 2 7 F-Throws made per game 12.6 12.0REBOUNDS 256 264 Rebounds per game 36.6 37.7 Rebounding margin -1.1 -ASSISTS 90 87 Assists per game 12.9 12.4TURNOVERS 146 107 Turnovers per game 20.9 15.3 Turnover margin -5.6 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.6 0.8STEALS 53 99 Steals per game 7.6 14.1BLOCKS 21 17 Blocks per game 3.0 2.4ATTENDANCE 161 0 Home games-Avg/Game 3-54 3-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 1-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsElmira College 201 216 417Opponents 225 224 449

Date Opponent Score Att.11/15/14 PITT.-BRADFORD L 47-71 011-21-14 at University of Dallas L 51-71 011-22-14 vs Centenary W 73-64 011/25/14 at Hilbert College W 63-58 012/6/14 at Clarkson University L 69-84 012/13/14 SUNY POTSDAM W 62-47 8712/30/14 RUTGERS-CAMDEN L 52-54 74

* - Conference game

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PITT-BRADFORD 71, ELMIRA 47 November 15, 2014

Spiedel Gymnasium - Elmira, NY(1-0) (0-1)

DALLAS 71, ELMIRA 51 November 21, 2014

Maher Athletic Center - Irving, TX(1-0) (0-2)

ELMIRA 73, CENTENARY 64 November 22, 2014

Maher Athletic Center - Irving, TX(1-2) (0-4)

ELMIRA 63, HILBERT 58 November 25, 2014

Hafner Recreation Center - Hamburg, NY(2-2) (0-2)

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CLARKSON 84, ELMIRA 69 December 6, 2014

Maher Athletic Center - Potsdam, NY(4-2) (2-3)

ELMIRA 62, POTSDAM 47December 13, 2014

Spiedel Gymnasium - Elmira, NY(3-3) (1-7)

RUTGERS-CAMDEN 54, ELMIRA 52 December 30, 2014

Speidel Gymnasium - Elmira, NY(4-8) (3-4)Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

Rutgers-Camden vs Elmira College12/30/14 6:00 pm at Elmira, NY

Rutgers-Camden 54 • 4-7Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min01 Cara Racobaldo * 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 0 1 1203 Irene Grimanis * 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 8 9 3 2 1 0 0 1 3710 Alex Gravinese * 5-13 2-6 0-1 1 3 4 2 12 2 4 0 0 4032 Michelle Obasi * 6-15 0-0 2-4 4 4 8 1 14 0 3 0 3 4033 Tanjae Lewis * 3-11 0-1 1-4 3 3 6 3 7 0 2 0 1 3902 Kamari Talley 6-17 0-0 5-7 5 3 8 4 17 2 3 0 5 2622 Julia Gober 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 324 Brianna Walker 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 131 Cherise Carter 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Team 2 3 5Totals 22-59 2-7 8-18 16 25 41 13 54 8 17 0 12 200

FG % 1st Half: 12-24 50.0%3FG % 1st Half: 0-3 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4%

2nd half: 10-35 28.6%2nd half: 2-4 50.0%2nd half: 4-9 44.4%

Game: 22-59 37.3%Game: 2-7 28.6%Game: 8-18 44.4%

DeadballRebounds

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Elmira College 52 • 3-4Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min04 BALARA, Alex * 6-11 2-3 2-2 0 7 7 4 16 4 1 0 4 3112 POCHKAR, Karli * 4-11 0-0 2-2 5 3 8 4 10 0 3 0 0 3520 CLEARY, Danielle * 3-11 1-5 0-0 1 2 3 1 7 1 4 1 1 3225 GEISLER, Kelsey * 2-6 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 4 2 0 2 2733 LOYA, Meghan * 6-9 0-0 0-0 4 6 10 2 12 1 7 1 0 3711 OLSEN, Allie 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 623 CAROLUS, Madison 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1334 SILVERMAN, Marissa 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1142 HEIMAN, Ashley 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8

Team 1 1 2 1Totals 22-57 4-12 4-5 11 24 35 15 52 12 19 2 10 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-26 42.3%3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0%

FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0

2nd half: 11-31 35.5%2nd half: 2-7 28.6%2nd half: 2-3 66.7%

Game: 22-57 38.6%Game: 4-12 33.3%Game: 4-5 80.0%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Keith Miller, Eric Striba, Jeffrey O'BrienTechnical fouls: Rutgers-Camden-Tanjae Lewis. Elmira College-None.Attendance: 74

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalRutgers-Camden 28 26 54Elmira College 26 26 52