2008 Woodie Awards
Women hoops seeing red; suffer first NEC loss
Alyssa Iannoti
Issue date: 1/25/07 Section: Sports
The St. Francis Red Flash defeated the Sacred Heart women's basketball team on Saturday marking their first conference loss of the 2007 season.
The 69-63 route ended a five game winning streak for the Pioneers, who are now 7-1 in the NEC and 12-7 overall. The Red Flash improved its record to 2-6 in the Northeast conference and 5-14 overall.
Sacred Heart came out to a sloppy start in the opening half with Saint Francis taking an early lead and looking strong, although the Pioneers roaring back to tie the game at 33 apiece with two minutes left in the half. However, the Red Flash answered back with a pair of jumpers to take them into halftime 37-33.
The second half the Red Flash lead 42-35, but their offense struggled and would go scoreless over the next seven minutes. The Pioneers used this to their advantage to go on a 12-0 run to put them up by four with 12 minutes remaining. The Pioneers went up 52-50 with seven minutes to go and then the Red Flash answered with a 6-0 run to get the lead back for good.
"I think that we came out to a really slow start," said senior, Amanda Pape, Stamford. "We always do better when we come out and knock the other team back. We couldn't seem to get into our normal flow of the game and get our defensive stops."
"I take my hat off to Saint Francis. They were better prepared and came out with a lot of energy," said head coach Ed Swanson. "The dictated the tempo of today's game right from the opening tip and their first possession. They took it right to us and we just didn't respond."
The 69-63 route ended a five game winning streak for the Pioneers, who are now 7-1 in the NEC and 12-7 overall. The Red Flash improved its record to 2-6 in the Northeast conference and 5-14 overall.
Sacred Heart came out to a sloppy start in the opening half with Saint Francis taking an early lead and looking strong, although the Pioneers roaring back to tie the game at 33 apiece with two minutes left in the half. However, the Red Flash answered back with a pair of jumpers to take them into halftime 37-33.
The second half the Red Flash lead 42-35, but their offense struggled and would go scoreless over the next seven minutes. The Pioneers used this to their advantage to go on a 12-0 run to put them up by four with 12 minutes remaining. The Pioneers went up 52-50 with seven minutes to go and then the Red Flash answered with a 6-0 run to get the lead back for good.
"I think that we came out to a really slow start," said senior, Amanda Pape, Stamford. "We always do better when we come out and knock the other team back. We couldn't seem to get into our normal flow of the game and get our defensive stops."
"I take my hat off to Saint Francis. They were better prepared and came out with a lot of energy," said head coach Ed Swanson. "The dictated the tempo of today's game right from the opening tip and their first possession. They took it right to us and we just didn't respond."
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