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

Opening WeekendFor the first time since the 2008-09 season, the Elmira College wom-en’s basketball team will open the season without playing Cortland State. Elmira begins their 2013-14 campaign by taking on Manhattan-ville College on a neutral court at the Emerson Tip-Off Tournament.

SeaSOn OpenerSElmira has struggled in season opening games over the last 12 seasons, going 3-9 in those contests. EC’s last season opening win came on November 11, 2007 when the Soaring Eagles topped Delaware Valley College, 73-52.

Veteran StatuSA whopping 12 players from last year’s team are back for another run with the EC women’s basketball squad. It is the most returning play-ers Head Coach Shannon Howley has had in her six seasons at the helm of the women’s basketball program

MOSt WinS in FiVe YearSElmira produced a 9-16 record last season. EC’s nine wins is the most the program has had in five years – the Soaring Eagles totaled an iden-tical 9-16 record in the 2008-09 season.

QualitY FrOM the StripeEC has three players that rank among the best free throw shooters in Elmira College history. Jessica Zoltowski ’14, Maria Thannhauser ’14 and Alex Balara ’15 are all inside the Top 11 in terms of free throw percentage in EC history. Thannhauser is fourth with a percentage of 78.5; Zoltowski is close behind at sixth at 75.9 and Balara is 11th at 74.2.

ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES

THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTSSaturday, November 16, 2013

Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym - Boston, MA -- 2:00 p.m.

ManhattanVille COllegeVALIANTS

(0-0, 0-0 MAC)

Sunday, November 17, 2013Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym - Boston, MA -- TBA

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WentWOrth inStitute OF teChnOlOgYLEOPARDS

(0-0, 0-0 CCC)

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NOV. 16 Manhattanville# 2:00 p.m. 17 Wentworth/Emerson# TBA 19 at Cortland 6:00 p.m. 23 keYStOne 1:00 p.m.DEC. 2 at Sage Colleges 6:00 p.m. 7 ClarkSOn 3:00 p.m. 14 at Penn Tech. 2:00 p.m.JAN. 3 at Nazareth* 8:00 p.m. 4 St. JOhn FiSher* 4:00 p.m. 7 CazenOVia 8:00 p.m. 10 at Utica* 8:00 p.m. 11 at Alfred* 4:00 p.m. 14 at Houghton 8:00 p.m. 21 at PSU-Abington 7:00 p.m. 24 at St. John Fisher* 8:00 p.m. 28 ithaCa* 8:00 p.m. 31 hOughtOn 8:00 p.m.FEB. 1 utiCa* 4:00 p.m. 4 alFred* 8:00 p.m. 7 hartWiCk* 8:00 p.m. 8 SteVenS* 4:00 p.m. 14 at Ithaca* 8:00 p.m. 15 nazareth* 4:00 p.m. 21 at Stevens* 8:00 p.m. 22 at Hartwick* 5:00 p.m.

Home contests are bolded*Denotes Empire 8 contest#Emerson Tip-Off Tournament

2013-14 SChedule (0-0, 0-0 eMpire 8)

eMerSOn COllegeLIONS

(0-0, 0-0 neWMaC)

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2013-14 SOARING EAGLES BASKETBALL Games 1 & 2: Elmira College vs. Manhattanville & Wentworth/Emerson

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 ImhofAssistant Coach ............................................Brian FinucaneFirst Season ............................................................... 1974-752012-13 Overall Record .................................................. 9-162012-13 Empire 8 Record ...............................................4-10

2012-13 EMPIRE 8 STANDINGS

LEAGUE OVERALLCollege W-L Pct. W-L-T Pct. StreakIthaca 13-1 0.929 27-3 0.900 L1Hartwick 10-4 0.714 22-8 0.733 W3Stevens 8-6 0.571 14-13 0.519 L2St. John Fisher 7-7 0.500 12-14 0.462 L2Utica 7-7 0.500 12-13 0.480 L2Nazareth 7-7 0.500 10-15 0.400 L1Elmira 4-10 0.286 9-16 0.360 W1Houghton 0-0 0.000 10-15 0.400 L2Alfred 0-14 0.000 6-19 0.240 L5

letting it FlYLast season the Soaring Eagles launched 493 three-point attempts, con-necting 129 times for an average of 5.2 three-point makes per game and a 5.4 average in Empire 8 Conference games. Elmira’s 5.2 makes per game was second most in the conference and their 5.4 makes in conference play led the Empire 8.

FirSt in the e8Aside from shooting the ball well from beyond the arc, the Elmira women found a great deal of success shooting from the charity stripe. The Soar-ing Eagles averaged a conference best 13.3 made free throws per contest.

FiVe Or leSSElmira had nine games last season that were decided by five points or less. The Soaring Eagles went 3-6 in those games. However, Elmira figured out how to close out those tight games as all their last three games that were decided by five or less resulted in wins.

SCOring OptiOnSElmira’s one-two punch of Jessica Zoltowski ’14 and Maria Thannhauser ’14 will be looked upon to carry the load offensively again for the Soaring Eagles. Last season the two classmates combined for 713 points, account-ing for 49.76% of Elmira’s scoring.

SCOring ChaMpTwo-time Empire 8 All-Conference First Team selection Jessica Zoltowski ’14 not only led Elmira, but the entire Empire 8 Conference in points per game with 16.9. She was one of only three players in the Empire 8 to average 16 points or more.

SCOring title in SightAfter 423 points last season, Jess Zoltowski ’14 boasts a career total of 1,082. She is 376 points away from becoming Elmira’s all-time points leader, eclipsing EC’s current all-time leader, Mary Kay Babcock ’82.

SeriOuSlY, eVerY MaJOr CategOrYZoltowski had a monster season in 2012-13. She singlehandedly led the Soaring Eagles in every major statistical category. Points Per Game: 16.9 – Rebounds Per Game: 7.7 – Assists Per Game: 2.0 – Steals Per Game: 2.5 – Blocks Per Game: 0.6.

lOOking FOr her third StraightZoltowski has led the Soaring Eagles in scoring in each of the last two seasons. She will be looking to become the first player in Elmira College history to lead the Purple and Gold in scoring in three consecutive sea-sons since Mary Kay Babcock ’82 did it four times in a row from 1979-83.

SCOuting the ValiantSManhattanville enters the 2013-14 season after going 10-14 the previous year. The Valiants will be missing their leading scorer from a season ago in Taylor Wilson ‘13, who, led the Freedom Conference with a league best 19.0 points per game. However, Manhattanville does return the Free-dom Conference’s leading rebounder in junior forward Alyson Caiazzo.

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2013-14 SOARING EAGLES BASKETBALL Games 1 & 2: Elmira College vs. Manhattanville & Wentworth/Emerson

2013-14 ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALLNO. NAME POS. HT. HOMETOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL2 Karli Pochkar ’16 C-F 5’9” East Worcester, NY Worcester4 Alex Balara ’15 G 5’7” Marlton, NJ Gloucester Catholic5 Carlene Fields ’16 G 5’4” Lansing, NY Lansing10 Tempestt Black ’14 G 5’6” Wolcott, NY North-Rose Wolcott11 Allie Olsen ’16 G 5’7” Glenmont, NY Bethlehem Central12 Breen Loney ’14 G-F 5’8” West Chesterfield, NH Keene20 Liz Forrest ’14 G-F 5’9” North Walpole, NH Fall Mountain21 Jessica Brooks ’16 G-F 5’9” Greene, NY Greene Central22 Jessica Zoltowski ’14 G 5’9” Erie, PA Harbor Creek24 Maria Thannhauser ’14 G 5’8” Newfield, NY Newfield25 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 Windsor

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Shannon HowleyAssistant Coach: Jessica ImhofAssistant Coach: Brian Finucane

ELMIRA COLLEGE CAPTAINS

Liz Forrest ’14 Maria Thannhauser ’14 Jessica Zoltowski ’14

PRONUNCIATION GUIDEKarli Pochkar .............................................. POCH-kerAlex Balara ................................................ Ba-LAIR-uhBreen Loney ......................................................LO-neeJessica Zoltowski ........................................ZOL-tow-skiMaria Thannhauser ................................ TAN-how-serKelsey Geisler .............................................. GUISE-lerMeghan Loya ....................................................LOY-uh

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2013-14 SOARING EAGLES BASKETBALL Games 1 & 2: Elmira College vs. Manhattanville & Wentworth/Emerson

2012-13 EC Women's BasketballElmira College Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2013)

All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 9-16 6-5 3-9 0-2CONFERENCE 4-10 3-4 1-6 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 5-6 3-1 2-3 0-2

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 avg22 Jessica Zoltowski 25-25 923 36.9 145-395 . 3 6 7 42-139 . 3 0 2 91-117 . 7 7 8 46 147 193 7.7 44 0 50 90 15 63 423 16.924 Maria Thannhauser 24-20 711 29.6 99-270 . 3 6 7 28-99 . 2 8 3 64-89 . 7 1 9 29 65 94 3.9 54 0 45 48 3 38 290 12.120 Liz Forrest 25-25 775 31.0 62-176 . 3 5 2 19-62 . 3 0 6 44-60 . 7 3 3 50 59 109 4.4 51 0 25 53 11 20 187 7.504 Alex Balara 24-20 647 27.0 51-194 . 2 6 3 14-66 . 2 1 2 41-63 . 6 5 1 39 69 108 4.5 56 0 38 34 9 42 157 6.534 Meghan Loya 19-14 395 20.8 28-86 . 3 2 6 0-1 . 0 0 0 19-30 . 6 3 3 32 34 66 3.5 42 2 16 28 7 9 75 3.925 Kelsey Geisler 21-10 416 19.8 28-89 . 3 1 5 11-53 . 2 0 8 13-23 . 5 6 5 17 25 42 2.0 55 1 17 41 2 13 80 3.802 Karli Pochkar 20-10 324 16.2 20-57 . 3 5 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 15-25 . 6 0 0 26 20 46 2.3 26 1 7 25 3 7 55 2.810 Tempestt Black 22-0 237 10.8 12-50 . 2 4 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 22-40 . 5 5 0 23 23 46 2.1 19 0 8 31 1 13 46 2.123 Sam Strzepek 21-0 164 7.8 14-59 . 2 3 7 10-46 . 2 1 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 5 11 16 0.8 25 0 10 6 2 5 38 1.821 Jessica Brooks 11-0 30 2.7 6-10 . 6 0 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 4-4 1.000 3 3 6 0.5 4 0 0 2 0 3 17 1.512 Breen Loney 20-0 174 8.7 6-25 . 2 4 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 17-29 . 5 8 6 24 23 47 2.4 19 0 8 20 0 8 30 1.503 Marki Michaels 24-1 156 6.5 10-31 . 3 2 3 2-13 . 1 5 4 0-4 . 0 0 0 7 6 13 0.5 10 0 4 8 0 6 22 0.905 Carlene Fields 20-0 114 5.7 5-14 . 3 5 7 1-4 . 2 5 0 2-9 . 2 2 2 2 15 17 0.9 28 0 8 8 0 6 13 0.711 Allie Olsen 3-0 3 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.044 Erin Renken 4-0 4 1.0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.0

Team 59 54 113 12Total.......... 25 5073 486-1458 . 3 3 3 129-493 . 2 6 2 332-493 . 6 7 3 362 556 918 36.7 435 4 237 407 53 234 1433 57.3Opponents...... 25 5093 522-1277 . 4 0 9 91-319 . 2 8 5 354-508 . 6 9 7 268 692 960 38.4 454 - 314 492 101 194 1489 59.6

TEAM STATISTICS ECWB1213 OPPSCORING 1433 1489 Points per game 57.3 59.6 Scoring margin -2.2 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 486-1458 522-1277 Field goal pct . 3 3 3 . 4 0 93 POINT FG-ATT 129-493 91-319 3-point FG pct . 2 6 2 . 2 8 5 3-pt FG made per game 5.2 3.6FREE THROWS-ATT 332-493 354-508 Free throw pct . 6 7 3 . 6 9 7 F-Throws made per game 13.3 14.2REBOUNDS 918 960 Rebounds per game 36.7 38.4 Rebounding margin -1.7 -ASSISTS 237 314 Assists per game 9.5 12.6TURNOVERS 407 492 Turnovers per game 16.3 19.7 Turnover margin +3.4 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.6 0.6STEALS 234 194 Steals per game 9.4 7.8BLOCKS 53 101 Blocks per game 2.1 4.0ATTENDANCE 2418 2143 Home games-Avg/Game 11-220 12-171 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 2-44

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT TotalsElmira College 653 757 23 1433Opponents 703 765 21 1489

Date Opponent Score Att.11/15/12 SUNY CORTLAND L 64-67 268

N 11/17/12 at Keystone College L 60-65 20511/25/12 at Wells W 70-47 23111/27/12 SAGE COLLEGES W 65-53 21211/30/12 at Clarkson University W 62-46 16012/01/12 at St. Lawrence University L 63-79 287

* 12/04/12 at Ithaca L 46-66 0* 12/07/12 at St. John Fisher College L o t 64-66 350

12/15/12 PENN TECH W 63-42 9612/30/12 vs Fitchburg State L 47-56 5112/31/12 vs Maine Maritime L 59-60 38

* 1/8/13 at Alfred University W 62-53 80* 1/11/13 NAZARETH COLLEGE L 50-63 280

01/12/13 at Houghton College L 54-55 0* 01/15/13 ITHACA L 29-55 77* 1/19/13 at Utica College L 51-67 123

01/22/13 HOUGHTON COLLEGE W 63-45 287* 01/25/13 HARTWICK COLLEGE L 44-62 285* 01/26/13 STEVENS L 66-69 240* 02/01/13 ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE W 56-52 206* 2/05/13 ALFRED UNIVERSITY W 61-58 178* 02/09/13 at Stevens L 47-60 108* 02/09/13 at Hartwick College L 52-60 210* 02/15/13 at Nazareth L 56-68 300* 02/16/13 UTICA COLLEGE Wot 79-75 289

* - Conference game