Elmira CollEgE vs. lyComing CollEgEaugust 31, 2013 -- Campus FiEld, Elmira, ny

Elmira CollEgE soaring EaglEsHead Coach: Shannon HowleyAssistant Coach: Jessica Imhof

No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 4 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

Game Notes (as of Dec. 19)Taking Control: In Elmira’s 62-47 win over SUNY Potsdam, the EC women took a 21 point lead with 5:42 left in the game. Not only is this the largest lead the Purple and Gold have had this season at any point during a game, it is the biggest lead since last season’s February 4th matchup with Alfred University when EC led by the same amount.

Balara’s Return: Alex Balara ’15 played in just her second game of the season against SUNY Potsdam and she posted 14 points, nine rebounds, five steals, four assists, and two blocks. She now has six games in her career with five steals.

Loya in the Empire 8: Meghan Loya ’16 sits third in the Empire 8 Conference in rebounds per game with 9.5, just 1.4 shy of conference leader, Maisie Pipher ’16 of Houghton College. Loya is also tied for fifth in blocked shots per con-test with 0.8.

Geisler in the Empire 8: Kelsey Geisler ’15 is averaging 3.7 assists per game this season, the third best average in the con-ference, just 0.6 assists per game behind conference leader, Veronica Peck ’16 of Nazareth College. Geisler is also is tied for seventh in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio with 0.8.

Pochkar From The Charity Stripe: Karli Pochkar ’16 has gone 15-of-18 from the foul line this season. Pochkar’s 83.3 free-throw percentage is tied for second-best in the Empire 8 Conference.

Looking Ahead: The EC women will be back in action Thursday, January 6th when the Purple and Gold travel to Alfred University in an Empire 8 Conference matchup.

day datE opponEnt timE-rEsultNOV. 15 pitt-BradFord L, 47-71 21 at Dallas L, 51-71 22 vs. Centenary (Louisiana) W, 73-64 25 at Hilbert W, 63-58DEC. 6 at Clarkson L, 69-84 13 suny potsdam W, 62-47 30 rutgErs-CamdEn 6:00 p.m.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 Tech* 3:00 p.m. 20 at Nazareth* 6:00 p.m. 23 at Utica* 6:00 p.m. 24 suny Cortland 4:00 p.m.FEB. 2 pEnn CollEgE 6:00 p.m. 6 at St. John Fisher* 6:00 p.m. 7 nazarEth* 2:00 p.m. 13 stEvEns tECh* 6:00 p.m. 14 hartwiCk* 2:00 p.m. 17 at Houghton* 6:00 p.m. 20 ithaCa* 6:00 p.m. 21 alFrEd* 2:00 p.m.

*Denotes Empire 8 contest

2014-15 sChEdulE (3-3, 0-0 E8)

points: Balara - 19.0 ppg Cleary - 15.8 ppg Pochkar - 11.5 ppgrEBounds: Loya - 9.5 rpg Pochkar - 7.7 rpgassists: Geisler - 3.7 apg Cleary - 2.5 apg

Elmira CollEgE statistiCal lEadErs

Fg pCt: Pochkar - .540 Balara - .480 Carolus - .3793pt pCt: Cleary - .372 Brooks - .353Ft pCt: Silverman - 1.000 Pochkar - .833

st. John FishEr CardinalsHead Coach: Marianne O’Connor Ermi

Assistant Coaches: Al Mack & Shelby LymanNo. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 2 Emily Piacentini ’17 G 5’5” Rochester, NY -- East Irondequoit 3 Portia Velasco ’15 G 5’4” Vallejo, CA -- Carondelet 4 Mary Kate Cusack ’16 G 5’5” Clifton Park, NY -- Shenendehowa 5 Brooke Seavitt ’15 G 5’7” Oro Valley, AZ -- Ironwood Ridge 10 Claire Walsh ’16 G 5’9” Binghamton, NY -- Chenango Valley 11 Meghan Ermi ’15 G 5’6” Rush, NY -- Rush-Henrietta 12 Allie Mowder ’18 G 5’8” Sykesville, MD -- Century 14 Sydney Bloomstein ’15 G 5’8” Millbury, MA -- Millbury Memorial 15 Lunden Cunningham ’18 F 5’11” Escondido, CA -- San Pasqual 20 Larissa Maier ’18 G 5’4” Dexter, NY -- General Brown 22 McKenzie Bezon ’17 G 5’5” Elba, NY -- Elba23 Caroline Robertson ’18 G 5’9” Glen Head, NY -- North Shore 24 Bridget Carney ’16 F 5’11” Averill Park, NY -- Averill Park25 Jessica Rhone ’18 F 5’11” Penn Yan, NY -- Romulus 31 Nicole Robinson ’18 F 6’0” Cedarhurst, NY -- Lawrence

Game Notes (as of Dec. 19)Fisher So Far: The Cardinals enter the weekend with a 6-2 overall record. St. John Fisher is led offensively by Portia Velasco ’15 and Mary Kate Cusack ’16 who average 17.4 and 14.9 points per game, respectively.

Last Time Out: St. John Fisher is coming off an 89-61 win over SUNY Fredonia on December 14th. The Cardinals had four players record double-digits in the win. Bridget Carney ’16 scored a career-high 19 points and added eight rebounds, a steal, and an assist while Mary Kate Cusack ’16 poured in 19 points with five rebounds and a steal. Portia Velasco ’15 and Lunden Cunningham ’18 also chipped in with 14 and 10 points, respectively.

Empire 8 Player of the Week: Portia Velasco ’15 was named the Empire 8 Player of the Week on December 8th for her performance the prior week. Velasco averaged 20.7 points, 4.7 steals, and 2.7 assists per game during the week of three contests. She was named to the All-Classic First Team for the second consecutive year at the Wendy’s College Classic.

All-Time vs. Fisher: St. John Fisher holds the advantage in the all-time series with a 21-6 record against Elmira. In the past three seasons, the Purple and Gold have split each two game series, going 3-3, with four of the six games being decided by four points or fewer.

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points: Velasco - 17.4 ppg Cusack - 14.9 ppg Carney - 7.9 ppgrEBounds: Bloomstein - 7.1 rpg Bezon - 5.0 rpgassists: Piacentini - 2.5 apg Bloomstein - 2.4 apg

st. John FishEr statistiCal lEadErs

Fg pCt: Carney - .585 Velasco - .526 Robertson - .5003pt pCt: Velasco - .467 Piacentini - .407Ft pCt: Velasco - .882 Mowder - .750

Elmira College BasketballElmira College Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 17, 2014)

All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 3-3 1-1 1-2 1-0CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 3-3 1-1 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 2-2 66 33.0 12-25 . 4 8 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 13-16 . 8 1 3 4 8 12 6.0 8 1 5 3 2 10 38 19.011 OLSEN, Allie 5-0 49 9.8 2-3 . 6 6 7 1-1 1.000 4-10 . 4 0 0 0 4 4 0.8 5 0 4 5 0 2 9 1.812 POCHKAR, Karli 6-6 198 33.0 27-50 . 5 4 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 15-18 . 8 3 3 21 25 46 7.7 9 0 8 15 1 7 69 11.520 CLEARY, Danielle 6-6 182 30.3 28-77 . 3 6 4 16-43 . 3 7 2 23-41 . 5 6 1 4 15 19 3.2 20 0 15 24 5 7 95 15.821 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 6-2 129 21.5 11-29 . 3 7 9 0-5 . 0 0 0 8-11 . 7 2 7 5 12 17 2.8 6 0 3 6 2 0 30 5.024 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 6-6 172 28.7 12-33 . 3 6 4 5-16 . 3 1 3 8-17 . 4 7 1 3 17 20 3.3 19 1 22 26 2 8 37 6.233 LOYA, Meghan 6-6 186 31.0 16-49 . 3 2 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-10 . 7 0 0 14 43 57 9.5 12 0 11 18 5 4 39 6.534 SILVERMAN, Marissa 6-0 47 7.8 3-13 . 2 3 1 1-4 . 2 5 0 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 0.5 5 0 3 13 0 1 9 1.542 HEIMAN, Ashley 4-0 22 5.5 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 0.544 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 12 9 21 4Total.......... 6 1200 125-317 . 3 9 4 31-92 . 3 3 7 84-136 . 6 1 8 70 151 221 36.8 105 2 78 127 19 43 365 60.8Opponents...... 6 1200 150-370 . 4 0 5 19-61 . 3 1 1 76-116 . 6 5 5 80 143 223 37.2 118 - 79 90 17 87 395 65.8

TEAM STATISTICS ELMIRA OPPSCORING 365 395 Points per game 60.8 65.8 Scoring margin -5.0 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 125-317 150-370 Field goal pct . 3 9 4 . 4 0 53 POINT FG-ATT 31-92 19-61 3-point FG pct . 3 3 7 . 3 1 1 3-pt FG made per game 5.2 3.2FREE THROWS-ATT 84-136 76-116 Free throw pct . 6 1 8 . 6 5 5 F-Throws made per game 14.0 12.7REBOUNDS 221 223 Rebounds per game 36.8 37.2 Rebounding margin -0.3 -ASSISTS 78 79 Assists per game 13.0 13.2TURNOVERS 127 90 Turnovers per game 21.2 15.0 Turnover margin -6.2 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.6 0.9STEALS 43 87 Steals per game 7.2 14.5BLOCKS 19 17 Blocks per game 3.2 2.8ATTENDANCE 87 0 Home games-Avg/Game 2-44 3-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 1-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsElmira College 175 190 365Opponents 197 198 395

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 87

* - Conference game

sChool ConF CpCt. ovErall pCt. strEak

Ithaca 0-0 0.000 6-1 0.857 W3Stevens 0-0 0.000 5-1 0.833 W5St. John Fisher 0-0 0.000 6-2 0.750 W2Utica 0-0 0.000 4-4 0.500 L1Elmira 0-0 0.000 3-3 0.500 W1Nazareth 0-0 0.000 3-3 0.500 L3Alfred 0-0 0.000 3-5 0.375 W1Houghton 0-0 0.000 3-5 0.375 L3Hartwick 0-0 0.000 1-6 0.143 L2

2014-15 EmpirE 8 standings (as oF 12-9-14)