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Holy Family University Women’s Basketball Ranked 17th in USA TODAY/ESPN Division II Preseason Poll (11/4/2009) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Holy Family University women’s basketball team is 17th in the USA TODAY/ESPN Division II preseason poll released by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) on Wednesday. Holy Family is also ranked ninth in the Women’s Division II Bulletin preseason poll and is the preseason favorite to win the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) southern division in the conference coaches poll. Holy Family returns three starters, nine players overall, from last year’s squad, which went 26-6 overall and advanced to the NCAA Division II East Region Semifinals for the sixth year in a row. This season, Holy Family will be led by first year head coach Mark Miller, who spent the last three seasons as the head coach at Division III Norwich University. Forward Catherine Carr (jr. Bernardsville, N.J./Bernards) enters the season as a Women’s Division II Bulletin Pre-Season Super 16 selection. Last season, she earned numerous awards last season including: CACC player of the year, Women’s Division II Bulletin All-America third team, All-America honorable mention and All-East Region by the WBCA, ECAC Division II All-Star first team and Daktronics Division II All-East Region. She recorded 15.3 points per game (ppg), 5.9 rebounds per game (rpg), 69 assists, 29 steals and 15 blocks. Carr finished eighth in the CACC in scoring and 11th in assist to turnover ratio (1.08). Center Christine McCollum (sr. Abington, Pa./St. Basil’s Academy) was named to the All-CACC second team last season. She led the Tigers in rebounding (8.3 rpg), steals (49) and blocked shots (38). McCollum also dished out 78 assists. McCollum finished second in the CACC in assist to turnover ratio (1.59), fifth in blocks and ninth in rebounds. Guard Lauren Peters (so. Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks W.) is the other returning starter. In her freshman season, she paced Holy Family with 107 assists and a .438 three-point shooting percentage. Peters also added 8.1 ppg. Peters was the CACC’s second best three-pointer shooter and boasted the third best assist to turnover ratio (1.51). Holy Family visits La Salle for an exhibition game on Friday, November 6 at 7 p.m. The Tigers begin the 2009-10 campaign on Sunday, November 15 with a road contest at Bentley at 2 p.m. |
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