The Lady Knights held off the Golden Lions of Dowling College, 67-60, on Senior Night in Flushing. Maryann Welsh and Jessica Sanchez closed out their regular season Lady Knights careers on the winning side as QC finished sixth in the ECC standings and will face third seeded C.W. Post in the ECC Quarterfinals on Wednesday at 6:00 pm.
Amanda Bartlett had 12 points but Shanasia Franklin of DC countered with 10 as the two teams battled to a 27-27 draw after 20 minutes. With the score knotted at 37, Jennifer Robbins hit a three pointer with 14:21 left and Rachel Primm followed with a three of her own 39 seconds later to ignite a 12-2 QC run to give the Lady Knights the lead for good. A three from Kristina Mitchell of Dowling capped a 11-2 spurt that brought her team to within one, 51-50, but Amanda Bartlett and Primm answered with long balls, sandwiched around a DC free throw, to restore QC's six point advantage with 6:04 left in the match. Dowling pulled within three with 34.5 seconds remaining on a Franklin three but free throws from Bartlett and Sanchez in the final 34 seconds closed out the scoring.
Molly Tubridy of Dowling led all scorers with 20 points. Bartlett paced Queens College with 19 and five assists and Jennifer Robbins added 12 points, 13 boards and three rejections.
2/27/08
For the second consecutive game Amanda Bartlett scored 12 straight points to lead Queens College to a 83-72 win over Concordia College in Bronxville, New York on Wednesday night. Maryann Welsh had 24 points and 13 rebounds as QC improved to 13-13 overall and 11-8 in ECC play with one game to go in the regular season.
Danielle McLaughlin hit a jumper for Concordia with 6:04 left in the game to put the home team ahead, 60-59. That's when Bartlett took over, starting with a three pointer to give the Lady Knights the lead, 62-60 with 5:31 on the clock. She then capped a run of 12 straight points with two from the foul line to give QC a 71-60 advantage with 181 seconds to go. Welsh followed with a streak of her own, accounting for the next nine points QC would score in maintaining a double digit lead.
Bartlett finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and Jennifer Robbins grabbed 13 boards, her third straight game in double digits, for QC .
2/23/08
Amanda Bartlett scored 12 straight points down the stretch for the Lady Knights in a 61-55 come from behind win over NYIT on Saturday in Flushing, New York. QC center Jennifer Robbins had 10 points, seven blocked shots and a career high 20 rebounds to help her team halt a three game slide.
Madison Robertson scored eight of NYIT's first 10 points as they opened up an early 19-9 lead over QC. The Lady Bears, who forced nine Lady Knights turnovers and held them to 27% from the field, led 31-25 at the break.
The second half featured eight lead changes and one tie in the final 12:46 of the contest. After Bartlett made two straight baskets to put QC ahead, 51-50, Freda Elston was successful on one of two from the foul line to knot the game at 51 apiece with 2:56 remaining. Bartlett put Queens College up for good with a three ball at the 1:23 mark, followed by a lay up and a free throw to give QC a 57-51 advantage with 29.7 ticks left on the clock. Emily Bolling of Tech, Bartlett and Maryann Welsh each made two free throws to make the final score Queens College 65, NYIT 55.
Bolling, who was Tech's leading scorer, had 16 points and 8 boards while Bartlett finished with 19 and Welsh added 14 for the Lady Knights.
2/20/08
Mary Lepore's basket with 3:12 left capped a 9-0 Adelphi run as they took a 57-54 lead en route to a 63-60 win at Queens College on Wednesday evening. The loss breaks a fifth place tie between the two clubs in the East Coast Conference as QC drops to 11-13 overall and 9-8 in conference play. Amanda Bartlett led all scorers with 24 points for the Lady Knights.
QC scored the last two points of the first half and the first 16 of the second half to open up a 40-26 lead with 13:10 to go. In the process they held Adelphi off the scoreboard for opening seven minutes and 31 seconds of the second half. Adelphi rallied to take a 55-54 lead on an Ashley Andrews put back with 3:20 remaining in the contest, a lead they would not relinquish.
Jessica Sanchez, who had 16 for QC, topped the 1,000 point mark for her career when she connected from inside the paint off of an assist from Rachel Primm 5:48 into the game. Mary Lepore and Lisa Manetta led Adelphi with 17 and 16 respectively.
2/16/08
Four Lady Knights scored in double figures but it was all for naught as they lost at the University of Bridgeport, 75-68, on Saturday afternoon in an ECC game with playoff implications. The loss dropped QC to 9-7 in conference play, one game behind Bridgeport for fourth place and one half game behind Adelphi for fifth. The top four teams gain home court advantage in the ECC Quarterfinals.
The Lady Knights got out of the gate slowly, giving up the first seven points of the contest. They rallied with ten straight to take a lead which would grow to six points when Jennifer Robbins put them ahead 32-26 with 2:58 remaining in the half. Amanda Bartlett finished the half with 18 points as QC took a 36-34 advantage into the locker room.
UB held Bartlett off the scoreboard in the second half as they slowly took over the game. Two free throws from Shannon Malone, who led all scorers with 30 points, gave Bridgeport at 67-53 lead with 4:10 left, their largest cushion of the match.
Bethanie Mandresh made four of five three pointers in four minutes of play to record 12 points while Jessica Sanchez scored 11, grabbed six boards and dished out five assists for Queens College. Jennifer Robbins narrowly missed a double-double for the Lady Knights with 10 points and nine rebounds as her team dropped their second straight after seven consecutive victories.
2/13/08
Molloy College beat Queens College, 52-47, in Rockville Centre, New York on Wednesday evening in an East Coast Conference game. The loss puts an end to the Lady Knights' seven game winning streak. Amanda Bartlett led the QC attack with 17 points.
The first half featured six ties as Molloy took a 29-26 lead after 20 minutes. Amanda Bartlett had nine of her 17 in the half. The Lady Knights opened the second half with a 7-1 run to take their biggest lead of the evening, 33-30. Maryann Welsh capped that surge for QC with a layup with 15:13 left. That would be it for Queens College as Molloy repsonded by outscoring them 19-8 to open up a 49-41 bulge with just over six minutes left in the game.
Kymira Woodberry led Molloy with 15 points and 14 boards while Welsh had eight points and nine rebounds and Jennifer Robbins grabbed 12 rebounds for Queens College.
2/9/08
The Lady Knights made it seven in a row by defeating C.W. Post, 87-62, on Think Pink Night in Flushing. Jessica Sanchez led a balanced attack with 19 points - 15 in the second half - and six assists as they improved to 11-10 overalll and 9-5 in ECC play.
With the score knotted at 17, QC connected from three point range six times as they streaked to a 41-24 lead with 1:33 remaining in the opening stanza. Janine Maser was three of three from beyond the arc in the Lady Knights game changing run. In all, QC made nine three pointers in opening up a 43-28 lead after one half. Later, two straight buckets from Jamie DiChiara gave the home team a 73-49 lead with 7:39 left.
Amanda Bartlett scored 15 and dished out six assists and Maryann Welsh posted a double-double (12 points, 13 rebounds) to help Queens College to their ninth win in their last 11 games.
2/6/08
Amanda Bartlett poured in 29 points as Queens College handed the University of New Haven their first ECC loss in 14 games, 79-69, in Flushing on Wednesday evening. The win was the Lady Knights' sixth straight and their eighth in the last ten games.
UNH led for the first 14 minutes, with their biggest lead being seven, before Barttlett put QC ahead 27-26. The lead changed hands five times before Bethanie Mandresh connected from long range to give the Lady Knights a 34-30 advantage.
New Haven rallied at the start of the second half to tie the score two times, first at 40 and then at 42. The two teams traded three pointers before QC put together a 12-5 run to go ahead 65-57. Baskets by Helin Marte and Tiana Williams got New Haven back to within four but Jessica Robbins capped a streak of six straight points by Queens College to put them in front by 10, 71-61, with 3:49 remaining. The Lady Knights were able to maintain that lead the rest of the way, pinning a 79-69 loss on New Haven.
Jessica Sanchez and Maryann Welsh each had 15 for QC while Lauren Hood led the visitors with 24 points and 10 boards.
2/2/08
The Lady Knights made it five straight victories with a 75-53 win at St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday afternoon. Amanda Bartlett had 29 points, eight boards, six assists and three steals as Queens College improved to 9-10 overall and 7-5 in ECC play with the win.
Trailing 4-2, QC went on a 20-3 run, capped by a three by Rachel Primm to take a 22-7 lead after 9:32 of play. Their lead grew as large as 25 (55-30) on another three, this one from Bartlett, with just under 13 minutes left to play.
Primm finished with 17 and Jessica Sanchez contributed 12 to help the Lady Knights to their seventh win in their last nine outings.
1/26/08
Amanda Bartlett scored a career high 37 points as Queens College went on the road and beat Mercy College, 83-69, on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Lady Knights have now come out on the right end of the score in six of their last eight outings and five of their last six conference tilts. Of added significance was the fact that this game was also the 100th in the Lady Knights' career of senior Jessica Sanchez.
Bartlett gave QC the lead for good 12:09 into the first half when her two free throws put Queens College up 24-23. The Lady Knights led by as many as 15 on three different occassions in the second half in completing a sweep of their season series with Mercy.
Maryann Welsh scored 19 and grabbed eight boards while Jennifer Robbins posted a double-double (10 points, 11 rebounds) in helping Queens College improve to 8-10 overall and 6-5 in ECC play.
1/23/08
Rachel Primm led a balanced attack with 16 points as Queens College defeated Dowling College, 66-62, on Long Island on Wednesday evening. The Lady Knights rallied late to register the win, their third straight and fifth in their last seven outings.
Trailing 54-46 with 7:52 remaining in the contest, QC rattled off 10 consecutive points - six of which came from Amanda Bartlett - over the next four minutes to take a two point lead. After Shanasia Franklin tied it for Dowling, Primm gave the Lady Knights the lead for good with a three with 110 seconds to go. Free throws from Jennifer Robbins, Primm (2) and Bartlett (2) helped sustain QC's lead before a lay up by Jamie DiChiara with seven seconds left iced the win.
Bartlett finished with 15 points and six assists while Jessica Sanchez added 10 for Queens College. Robbins (9 points, 9 boards) and DiChiara (8 points, 7 rebounds) were also part of QC's balanced attack as they evened their conference record at 5-5.
1/19/08
The Lady Knights topped the century mark in an easy 102-47 victory over Concordia College on Saturday evening in Flushing, New York. For QC it was their fourth victory in their last six games, including three of four in East Coast Conference play. The 102 point output was their most since a 96-67 win over Mercy College on November 30, 2005.
Jamie DiChiara scored eight of her 16 points in a 23-2 run midway through the first half that put the Lady Knights up 34-13. Queens College then proceeded to outscore their opponents 20-9 over the remainder of the half to open up a 54-22 halftime lead with Amanda Bartlett scoring 20 points in the game's opening 20 minutes. Bartlett finished with a game high 23 points, including five of eight from three point land.
Rachel Primm also had 15 and Maryann Welsh added 10 for QC as they improved to 6-10 overall and 4-5 in ECC play. Concordia was led by Danielle Bacon, who finished with 13.
1/16/08
Jessica Sanchez scored 27 points and handed out six assists to help Queens College defeat NYIT, 86-80, on Wednesday evening in Old Westbury, New York. QC shot 52.5% from the field while NYIT connected on 50% of their field goal attempts in an ECC shootout.
Maryann Welsh put the Lady Knights up for good (76-75) with a bucket with 4:09 left in the game. Welsh finished with 18 points and five boards for QC. A three pointer from Sanchez 1:20 later gave the Lady Knights a four point cushion at 79-75. Brittany Smith of Tech made one of two free throws with 2:24 remaining to pull her team within a long ball of a deadlock as the contest entered its final minute of play.
That final minute tested the Lady Knights' ability to make free throws as Sanchez, Amanda Bartlett and Jennifer Robbins were sent to the line in the final 41 seconds. Bartlett was the first to step up to the line and she responded by making both of her attempts to increase QC's lead to 81-76. After Madison Robinson missed the second of her two attempts, Jennifer Robbins grabbed the rebound, was fouled, and made one of two with 29 seconds remaining to make the score QC 82, NYIT 77. Bartlett followed with two more from the free throw line with 0:11 on the clock to give her team an insurmountable seven point lead. Sarah Vivonetta ended a four minute and 27 second NYIT field goal drought when she connected on her squad's 13th three pointer of the game with 5 seconds left and Sanchez made two more free throws a second later to close out the scoring.
Bartlett had 17 points and seven assists for Queens College, who improved to 5-10 overall and 3-5 in conference play.
1/12/08
Amanda Bartlett scored 12 points and dished out six assists in a 66-53 Lady Knights loss at Adelphi University on Saturday evening. Jennifer Robbins also had eight points and ten rebounds for QC as they saw their record drop to 4-10 overall and 2-5 in East Coast Conference play.
A jumper by Jamie DiChiara pulled the Lady Knights to within one, 14-13, with 11:28 left in the opening 20 minutes. Seven minutes and 58 seconds later the score was AU 28, QC 13 after a 14-0 run by the home team. The Lady Knights finished the half down 34-19 after shooting 25% from the field, compared to 53.8% by their opponents.
1/9/08
The Lady Knights took an early lead and held off the University of Bridgeport, 50-46, on Wednesday night in an ECC match played in Flushing, New York. Jessica Sanchez led Queens College with 14 points as they moved to 4-9 overall and 2-4 in conference play. UB drops to 5-8 and 2-4 with the loss.
QC scored 12 straight points to turn a 8-2 deficit into a 14-8 lead early in the game. They then answered a basket by Sandra Dziurdzia of Bridgeport with six unanswered ponts to go up 20-10, on their way to a 29-22 lead after 20 minutes. The Lady Knights made 12 steals and forced 17 UB turnovers in the first half.
Jennifer Robbins made two free throws with 16:23 left in the game to conclude a 10-2 run to open the second half, increasing the Lady Knights' lead to 39-24. Bridgeport hung around and when Danielle Bowles converted on a three point play with 57.3 seconds left, Bridgeport found themselves within range at 49-46. Bowles and Maja Westman each had chances to knot the game with three pointers in the last 24 seconds but both missed. Rachel Primm then converted on one of two from the line with 5.4 tics left on the clock to clinch the victory for QC.
Robbins grabbed 16 boards, blocked two shots and made four steals and Amanda Bartlett scored 12 points in a big conference win for the Lady Knights.
1/5/08
Queens College was beaten by Molloy College, 79-59, in East Coast Conference action on Saturday afternoon in Flushing, NY. Molloy used runs of 11 and 10 points to improve to 3-9 overall and 2-4 in conference play. With the loss Queens drops to 3-9 and 1-4.
The visitors strung together 11 unanswered points while forcing seven Lady Knights turnovers and holding them to one of 12 from the field in building an early 15-3 lead. QC got as close as six (26-20) but trailed by nine at the end of the first half.
Molloy rattled off the first 10 points of the final session to open up a 19 point lead en route to the victory. Kymira Woodberry scored 16 of her game high 18 points in the second half and Randi Bender added 16 to lead Molloy. Amanda Bartlett paced QC with 17.
12/30/07
Amanda Bartlett had 16 points and six assists and Rachell Primm added 12 as the Lady Knights defeated Northwood University, 63-58, in day 2 of the Hampton Inn Classic in Boca Raton, Florida. The win ends QC's six game losing streak and drops Northwood to 10-3 on the season.
A three pointer by Janine Maser with 17 seconds left in the first half sent Queens into the locker room with a 25-24 halftime lead. With 5:16 elapsed in the second half, Bartlett capped a 9-1 Lady Knights' run with another three pointer to give Queens their biggest lead of the day, 39-29. However, Northwood came back to take a 52-46 with 5:23 left in the contest but it was QC's turn to rally and when Bartlett converted on a lay-up with 1:10 remaining, Queens had the lead for good, 58-56.
Jessica Sanchez came off of the bench to score 11 while Jennifer Robbins added six points, 11 rebounds and two blocks for the Lady Knights.
12/29/07
The Lady Knights were beaten by the host team, Lynn University, 68-40, in the opener of the Hampton Inn Classic in Boca Raton, Florida on Saturday afternoon. Rachel Primm and Maryann Welsh each scored eight points for Queens, who shot 22.2% from the field and 10% from three point range (3 or 30) in the loss.
Lynn used a 12-0 run to open up a 16-3 lead just 6:35 into the contest. Primm connected form long range to pull QC within seven (26-19) with 4:39 left in the first half but their hosts outscored them 10-4 to take a 36-23 lead after 20 minutes.
Any hopes of a Lady Knights comeback were quickly dashed by Lynn, who scored nine straight points to open the second half. Jamie DiChiara and Jessica Sanchez each had seven points and three steals while Jennifer Robbins had a team high nine boards and two blocks for Queens.
12/21/07
Caldwell College defeated Queens College, 74-59, on Friday evening in Fitzgerald Gymnasium. The Lady Knights enter the Christmas break losers of their last five.
Caldwell ran off nine unanswered points to open up an early 21-8 lead. That lead eventually grew to 39-19 as Queens was forced into 18 turnovers in the opening half. Mackenzie Lynch was the one that did the most damage for Caldwell, scoring 17 of her game high 29 points in the first half.
The second half degenerated into a turnover festival with both teams coughing the ball up 15 times each while scoring 29 points apiece. Janine Maser led the hometown team with 11 while fellow backcourt mate Amanda Bartlett added 10.
12/17/07
Amanda Bartlett led the Lady Knights with 15 points in a 70-49 loss at Dominican College on Monday night. Queens was held under 50 points for the second straight game and under 60 for the third time in a row in the loss.
A Nicole Lippolis basket gave Queens a 17-15 lead 8:43 into the contest. Dominican then went on a 16-3 run to take a 31-20 lead with 1:43 remaining in the first half on their way to a 33-25 halftime advantage.
The Lady Knights got as close as nine on a Bartlett three pointer three minutes into the second half but DC responded with 17 unanswered points to open up a 56-30 lead on their way to a 21 point win. Jennifer Robbins led QC with 10 rebounds, but Dominican held on overall edge of 50-28 on the glass.
12/12/07
C.W. Post defeated Queens College, 69-39, on Wednesday evening in Greenvale, New York. The loss was the third straight for QC, who fall to 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the East Coast Conference.
The Lady Knights were undone by a big second half from the Lady Pioneers, who held a 43-22 scoring advantage in the final 20 minutes. Two free throws from Maryann Welsh cut Post's lead to 33-25 with 17:11 remaining in the game but Post put together a 23-2 run over the next 9:23 to take control of the contest.
Jamie DiChiara led Queens College in scoring 14 points while Jennifer Robbins led them in rebounding with 10.
12/8/07
Big runs in each half enabled the University of New Haven to defeat the Lady Knights, 77-56, in Connecticut on Saturday afternoon. The loss drops Queens College to 2-4 overall and 1-2 in ECC play. UNH improves to 4-2 and 4-0.
Two free throws by Maryann Welsh (14 points, six boards) 5:05 into the game pulled QC to within 11-8 but New Haven scored 20 of the next 25 points to take a 31-13 lead with 8:20 left. UNH would eventually take a 41-27 lead after 20 minutes.
Queens made it 57-46 with a lay-up from Rachel Primm 8:27 into the second half but UNH answered with a 14-0 run over the next three minutes to put the game away. Primm finished with 12 points while Jennifer Robbins grabbed 11 rebounds and rejected four shots for Queens.
12/5/07
St. Thomas Aquinas College defeated the Lady Knights, 73-64, in Flushing on Wednesday evening in the first game of an East Coast Conference basketball doubleheader. Takiyah Ingraham poured in 32 for STAC while Jessica Sanchez led three Lady Knights in double figures with 14 points.
STAC took a 32-28 lead into the break after an uneventful opening half. A Jennifer Robbins basket about seven minutes into the second half capped a 13-0 QC run, giving them a 47-39 lead. STAC answered with a vengence, outscoring the home team 20-2 over the next five and a half minutes to open up a ten point bulge. Ingraham and Erika Ostrove scored the last 11 points in that surge. Janine Maser converted from long range with five and a half minutes remaining to pull Queens within striking distance at 61-58 but Theresa Dowling countered with a three of her own as STAC held off the Lady Knights the rest of the way.
Maryann Welsh (13) and Amanda Bartlett (11), who was held pointless in the second half, were the other two Lady Knights who scored in double digits in the loss. Jennifer Robbins added 11 boards and six rejections for Queens while Raven Brinkley had 14 points and 15 rebounds for STAC.
11/28/07
Jessica Sanchez poured in 25 to lead the Lady Knights to a 87-75 East Coast Conference victory on Wednesday in Flushing. Amanda Bartlett added 19 and Maryann Welsh chipped in with 16 in QC's conference schedule opener.
Both teams came out gunning in the first half with Queens coming out on top, 50-41, after 20 minutes of action. Sanchez had 15, Welsh scored 11 and Bartlett added 10 to help Queens build that 11 point lead.
Things did not go as well for QC to start the second half as they turned the ball over 10 times and were outscored 20-8 in falling behind Mercy, 61-58, seven minutes in. Queens responded by going on a 9-0 run, capped by five straight points from Bartlett, to take the lead for good.
Fine shooting from the charity stripe helped Queens close out the game with the home team connecting on 18-20 in the second half and 28-31 for the night. Jennifer Robbins also provided a boost off of the boards with a game high 14 rebounds for the Lady Knights.
11/26/07
The Lady Knights trailed the entire game but erased several deficits along the way in a 77-66 loss at Georgian Court University in non-league action on Monday night. Amanda Bartlett, fresh off of her second consecutive ECC Co-Rookie of the Week award, led Queens with a game high 30 points.
Indicative of the evening's events, QC fell behind 18-4 just 5:32 into the game. Queens then mounted the first of several comebacks on the night to score the next 11 and pull within three points 9:04 into the match. Bartlett keyed that rally with seven points. The two teams then traded seven and eight point runs respectively, leaving Queens behind by two, 25-23, with six minutes remaining in the first half. Bartlett scored another six in the Queens' run and 20 for the half as her team left the floor trailing 39-35 after 20 minutes.
The Lady Knights made it a two point game (43-41) with just under 17 minutes remaining but would get no closer in dropping their second game of the season to CACC opponents. Bartlett was the only Lady Knight to top double figures and Jennifer Robbins led the team with eight rebounds.
11/20/07
Amanda Bartlett followed up her 26 point performance on Sunday with 25 more in a 80-58 Lady Knights win at Felician College on Tuesday night. The win evens QC's record at 1-1 while dropping Felician to 0-2.
Bartlett scored 14 of her points and Bethanie Mandresh added 11 of her 20 in the opening half to help Queens open up a 43-23 lead after 20 minutes. A three pointer from Bartlett 1:15 into the second half gave the Lady Knights their largest lead of the game, 48-23, as they cruised to an easy victory.
Mandresh connected on six of six from beyond the arc in the win. Jennifer Robbins and Maryann Welsh were strong off of the boards for QC, grabbing 13 and 10 rebounds respectively.
11/18/07
Wilmingotn University spoiled a stellar debut by Amanda Bartlett in handing the Lady Knights a 94-74 season opening defeat in Flushing on Sunday in a non-conference tilt. Bartlett led all scorers with 26 points while adding nine assists in 34 minutes for QC.
Wilmington built a double digit lead midway through the first half and maintained that lead until Jessica Sanchez capped a Lady Knights' surge with a three pointer to pull the home team to within five points (61-56) with 12 minutes to go. WU responded by holding Queens scoreless for the next six minutes while pouring in 22 unanswered points to blow the game wide open.
Amelia Simmons led Wilmington with 22 points while Nordia Henry and Sherelle Holmes added 18 and 17 respectively to help them improve to 2-0 on the season. Maryann Welsh (12) and Jessica Sanchez (10) scored in double figures in a losing effort for QC.
2/24/07
Four Lady Knights scored in double digits in their 78-67 loss to Mercy College in Flushing on Saturday evening. Sophomore guard Bethanie Mandresh led the pack with 17 while Elissa Krossber of Mercy led all scorers with 25.
Mercy got out to an early 22-8 start, capped by a three pointer by Jazmin Steele nine minutes in. Steele had 10 of her 19 and Queens misfired on 14 of 19 shots in that stretch. QC never recovered in losing their seventh straight to end the 2006-07 season 6-21 overall and 4-16 in ECC games.
Jessica Sanchez finished with 15 points while Maryann Welsh had 14 and Janine Maser added 11 in the season ending loss.
2/21/07
Dowling College salvaged a split of the season series between themselves and Queens with a 74-49 win in Oakdale, New York, on Wednesday evening. Danielle Castelli posted her second consecutive double-double, scoring 14 while grabbing 11 rebounds, in the loss for QC. The Lady Knights had won the first meeting between the two clubs, 80-73, back on January 23rd when Bethanie Mandresh poured in 26 points.
Dowling roared out to a 41-20 lead after 20 minutes and coasted to the victory. Jessica Sanchez had 14 points and eight rebounds for Queens, who have now lost six straight games.
2/17/07
Bethanie Mandresh had 22 points but the Lady Knights still lost to Concordia College, 76-72, in Fitzgerald Gymnasium on Saturday evening. For Concordia, it was their first win of the 2006-07 season after dropping their first 25 games.
Mandresh had 12 points while Jessica Sanchez and Danielle Castelli each added seven to help Queens take a 38-28 lead after 20 minutes. Their lead held up until Dana Rommel scored with 7:09 left in the game to tie the score at 57 apiece. Concordia then proceded to go on an 11-2 run to take over the match. QC got to within two when Sanchez hit a three pointer with 1:04 left but two free throws each from Jennifer Osher, Brittany Binnie and Danielle McLaughlin iced it for the Lady Clippers.
Dana Rommel of Concordia led all scorers with 23 points - 19 in the second half alone - while Sanchez answered with 19 for Queens.
2/15/07
NYIT led throughout in defeating the Lady Knights, 79-54, on Thursday evening in Old Westbury, New York. Maryann Welsh led Queens with 19 points and eight rebounds.
Down 29-13 with 6:05 left in the first half, QC made a game of it with a 13-6 run to close within 35-26 at the break. However, they would get no closer in losing for the sixth time in their last seven outings.
Jessica Sanchez added 11 points for Queens while Alexis Tyson led all players with 25 points and 15 rebounds for Tech.
2/13/07
Jessica Sanchez had 21 points but the Lady Knights lost at Adelphi, 69-56, on Tuesday. Sanchez connected on 10 of 15 from the field but her hot hand could not prevent Queens from losing for the third straight time and the fifth time in their last six games.
Adelphi built upon a five point halftime lead with a 9-0 run to open the second half to make the score 43-29 in their favor. AU's lead grew as large as 17 when Betty Mendieta hit a basket with five and a half minutes remaining to put the Lady Panthers up 63-46. Queens responded with 10 straight points - two buckets from Sanchez, four free throws from Maryann Welsh and another basket from Bethanie Mandresh - to pull within seven but Adelphi scored the final six points of the game to claim the victory.
2/10/07
The University of Bridgeport defeated the Lady Knights 68-57 on Saturday night in Fitzgerald Gymnasium despite 21 points from sophomore guard Bethanie Mandresh. Angelina Jiminez led the Purple Kniights of UB with 19 points and 24 rebounds.
Danielle Castelli hit from long range with 6:05 left in the opening half to make the score 25-24 and give the home town team their second lead of the game. Tereza Arnetova responded with a basket for UB, starting a 14-2 outburst which put Bridgeport up 38-27. Jiminez had 12 points and 15 rebounds for UB and Mandresh scored 11 for QC in the half.
Bridgeport came out of the locker room on fire and put up 11 of the next 14 points to go up 49-32 and take control of the contest. Jiminez had five points, five boards and an assist in that stretch for UB. Queens went cold from the field, missing 13 of their first 15 shots of the second half, and found themselves in a 57-38 hole from which they could not recover.
Danielle Castelli and Janine Maser also scored in double digits for Queens with 11 and 10 points respectively.
2/8/07
Molloy College outscored the Lady Knights 12-2 to open the second half en route to a 69-49 win at Queens College on Thursday evening. With the victory Molloy sweeps the season series between the two clubs.
Danielle Castelli and Bethanie Mandresh connected on consecutive three pointers to conclude a 11-0 QC run 12:19 into the game to give their team a 20-12 lead. Molloy stormed right back by closing the half on a 20-6 run of their own to take a 32-26 lead into the locker room.
Danielle Castelli led the Lady Knights with 15 points while teammate Jessica Sanchez added 13 in a losing effort. Randi Bender of Molloy led all scorers with 23 points.
2/6/07
Sophomore guard Bethanie Mandresh connected on five of eight from long range and finsihed with 17 points as the Lady Knights avenged an early season loss to C.W. Post by beating them on their own court, 64-59. Danielle Castelli added 14 points, 15 rebounds, three assists and three steals in a game that had 10 lead changes and five tie scores.
A Mandresh trey with 15:09 remaining in the contest capped a 12-3 run that gave Queens a 45-37 lead. Post managed to pull within a point on two occassions but the Lady Knights held them off and gained their fourth ECC win in their last six outings.
2/3/07
Bethanie Mandresh had 22 points in QC's 99-64 loss to the University of New Haven in Connecticut on Saturday. This marks the second time in the last four games that Mandresh has scored 20 or more points in a game.
Queens had lost the first meeting between the two ECC rivals, 98-77, back on December 6th. Jessica Sanchez had 14 points, four rebounds and four assists and Brittany Faherty chipped in with 13 points and nine boards as the Lady Knights fell to 5-14 overall and 3-9 in ECC play.
1/31/07
St. Thomas Aquinas College defeated Queens College, 68-61 in Flushing on Wednesday evening. The loss snaps the Lady Knights' modest win streak at three games.
The teams exchanged baskets early before Queens put together five straight points to lead 11-8. It would be their last lead of the game, however, as STAC stormed back with 12 unanswered points to open up a 20-11 lead. Erika Ostrove hit a three, a basket and a free throw to key that spurt. STAC would eventually take a 42-26 edge into the second half, keyed by 16 first half points by Raven Brinkley.
Queens hung tough and, when Janine Maser connected on a three pointer, they found themselves back within six points with around eight minutes to go. The visitors built their lead back up into double digits but the Lady Knights managed to pull back within six points at 63-56 on a Maryann Welsh basket with 1:31 remaining. That's as close as they would get as STAC made five free throws in the last 90 seconds to secure the victory.
Maryann Welsh, who was named ECC Player of the WEEK on Monday, led QC with 16 points and nine boards. Brittany Faherty added 13 and Jessica Sanchez had 12 points and six assists for the Lady Knights, who fell to 5-13 overall and 3-8 in ECC play. Brinkley of STAC led all scorers with 23 points.
1/25/07
The Lady Knights made it three in a row when they beat Mercy College, 65-60, at Westchester Community College on Thursday. Maryann Welsh (14 points, 16 boards) and Danielle Castelli (13 points, 10 rebounds) each had double-doubles for Queens as they improved to 3-7 in East Coast Conference play.
Queens rallied from a 44-32 deficit with 12:38 left by to take a 54-52 on Bethanie Mandresh's basket with 3:09 remaining. QC led the rest of the way as Mandresh finished the game with 13 points. Brittany Faherty also added 10 points for Queens.
1/23/07
Bethanie Mandresh was eight for eight from three point range as the Lady Knights made it two in a row by beating Dowling College, 80-73, in Flushing on Tuesday. Mandresh added two free throws to finish with 26 points while Shanasia Franklin led Dowling with 23.
After falling behind 6-0, QC rallied on five three's from Mandresh to open up a 26-13 lead with 7:48 left in the opening half. DC bounced back and cut the Lady Knights' lead to one point at the half on a Janika Sunstrom three.
Queens outscored Dowling 25-11 over a six minute span, culminated by another Mandresh three, to open up their biggest lead of the game at 65-49 with 8:38 remaining. The visitors did not give in and when Sundstrom hit from beyond the arc with 1:33 to go, Dowling was back to within one at 74-73. A Danielle Castelli basket with 1:07 left quelshed the rally and Queens closed out the game from the foul line.
Brittany Faherty, who made two clutch free throws with 18.6 seconds left, had 13 and Maryann Welsh added 10 points and 14 boards for Queens.
1/20/07
The Lady Knights picked up their first ECC win of the season by defeating Concordia College, 75-69, on Saturday in Bronxville, New York. Five players scored in double figures for Queens, led by Danielle Castelli, Brittany Faherty and Maryann Welsh, who each had 16.
Janine Maser's jumper with 3:25 remaining started a 7-2, game ending spurt that enabled QC to secure the victory. Jessica Sanchez and Maser scored 13 apiece in the win.
1/17/07
It was a case of too little too late as the Lady Knights fell to New York Tech, 72-61, in Flushing on Wednesday. Queens ran off nine consecutive points to pull within six with 2:22 to go but NYIT made 10 straight free throws to ice the game.
Queens got out of the gate slowly, missing on their first seven shots and nine of ten in falling behind 13-3. They never could quite recover from this slow start, despite cutting their deficit to five later in the half.
After calling a time out with 5:34 remaining in the game, Queens responded with a 9-0 run on a free throw from Janine Maser, two more from Jessica Sanchez and three pointers from Maser and Danielle Castelli to make the score 62-56 in NYIT's favor. After Nicole Matthwes made two from the charity stripe for Tech, Castelli connected on another three with 1:33 left to pull QC back within five at 64-59. That's as close as they would get as NYIT hit eight of eight from the line to register the 72-61 win.
Freshman Janine Maser led the QC offense with 16 points while Danielle Castelli added 12 points and eight boards and Maryann Welsh had eight points and a team high 11 boards in the conference setback. Anette Johansen led all scorers with 17 points and 19 rebounds for Tech.
1/13/07
Adelphi University defeated Queens College, 63-50, in East Coast Conference action on Saturday in Flushing. Valentina Ionova led Adelphi with 16 points while Jessica Sanchez had 11 for Queens.
Adelphi used a stifling defense to hold the Lady Knights scoreless until Danielle Castelli (10 points, 10 rebounds) converted two free throw attempts to make the score 7-2 Adelphi after four minutes and 46 seconds of action. Queens did not make a field goal until Jillian Henn hit from long range to the cut the Adelphi lead to 16-5 with 10:35 left in the first half. The Lady Knights finished the half four of 28 from the field.
QC scored the first six points of the second half to pull within four and, when Maryann Welsh scored on a drive to the basket with 10 minutes to go, Queens found themselves within three at 43-40. Adelphi then outscored QC 20-10 to finish the game and record a 63-50 victory.
1/10/07
The Lady Knights trailed from start to finish in dropping a 81-66 decision to the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut on Wednesday evening. Danielle Castelli led QC with 16 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in the loss.
Queens hung tough for most of the first half and found themselves down by only five at 25-20. However, UB went on a 16-0 run en route to a 45-30 halftime lead and the victory. Bethanie Mandresch scored 11 and Brittany Faherty added 10 for the Lady Knights in defeat.
1/8/07
Jessica Sanchez scored 15 points and Danielle Castelli added 13 but it wasn't enough to prevent a 67-56 Lady Knights' loss to the University of the District of Columbia on Monday evening in Flushing. UDC was led by Robin Williams, who scored 15 points.
UDC never looked back after erasing a six point Queens' lead by rattling thirteen consecutive points late in the first half. The visitors completed the half on a 18-2 roll, taking a 30-20 halftime lead. A Sanchez put back 8:21 into the second half pulled Queens back to within six at 45-39 but that would be as close as they would get in dropping the non-conference game.
Maryann Welsh and Brittany Faherty each chipped in with 10 points apiece for QC.
12/29/06
Ouachita Baptist University defeated Queens College, 78-63, in a rare Friday afternoon matinee in Queens. Maryann Welsh, who led the Lady Knights with 14 points, was one of four QC players to score in double figures in the loss. Queens outscored OBU 27-7 from the foul line but were out-rebounded 44-35 in dropping to 2-8 on the season.
Lindsey Dooley of OBU opened the second half with a three pointer to give the visitors an eleven point cushion but when Welsh connected with 16 minutes to go QC was right back in it, trailing by only a single point, 41-40. Ouachita Baptist then went on to outscore the home team 21-8 over the next six and a half minutes to open up a 62-48 lead and take control of the game for good.
Danielle Castelli, who scored all 13 of her points from the charity stripe, Bethanie Mandresch (12) and Jessica Sanchez (12) were the other Lady Knights to score in double figures for Queens, who are off until January 8th when they host UDC.
12/16/06
Bethanie Mandresch and Danielle Castelli each had 15 points to lead the Lady Knights past Felician College, 70-53, on Saturday in Flushing. Mandresch, in her first starting assignment as a Lady Knight, also had 10 boards.
A Janine Maser steal and breakaway layup with eight minutes remaining in the first half capped a 10-0 run which erased a 13-9 deficit to give Queens a lead which they would not relinquish. Jessica Sanchez also scored in double figures for QC, adding 13 points, all in the second half.
12/13/06
Molloy College defeated the Lady Knights, 73-53, in ECC action on Wednesday on Long Island. Danielle Castelli led Queens with 15 points and nine rebounds.
QC stayed within striking distance the entire first half and went into the break down 35-27. The home team then scored 16 of the first 18 points of the second half to put some distance between themselves and Queens. Sophomore Brittany Faherty added 13 points and six boards for the Lady Knights, who lost for the fifth consecutive time.
12/9/06
Danielle Castelli had a game high 23 points but it wasn't enough to prevent a 84-61 loss at the hands of C.W. Post on Saturday in Flushing. Erica Bell led Post with 21 as Queens dropped to 0-3 in East Coast Conference play.
The hometown fans were riding high when Queens rallied to take their first lead of the game at 24-23 on a Jessica Sanchez steal and basket with 9:17 left in the first half. Two minutes later, Maryann Welsh made two from the charity stripe to give Queens a 29-25. However, that would be their last lead of the game as they were outscored 19-2 and closed out the first half trailing Post 44-31.
Jillian Henn added 13 points and Sanchez had 12 points and three steals for Queens in the loss.
12/6/06
The Lady Knights dropped a 98-77 decision to New Haven in Fitzgerald Gymnasium on Wednesday evening. Jillian Henn led all scorers with 27 points as Queens dropped to 1-5 overall and 0-2 in conference play. Queens could not overcome 19 first half turnovers in the loss.
Ahead 27-22, New Haven went on a 14-0 run to open up a nineteen point lead and take control of the game for good. Danielle Castelli hit a three pointer six minutes into the second half to pull Queens within 11 at 59-48 but UNH responded with a 19-7 run to open up their largest lead of the game at 78-55.
Jessica Sanchez added 18 points for Queens while Briiana Rende and Ashley Hilton led UNH with 21 and 20 points, respectively.
12/2/06
St. Thomas Aquinas led wire to wire in a 78-58 East Coast Conference win over the Lady Knights in a Saturday afternoon matinee in Sparkill, New York. Jessica Sanchez led Queens with 20 points in the loss.
STAC, who led 39-26 at the half, used a 18-2 run at the start of the second half to put the game way. Brittany Faherty added 10 points for QC.
11/22/06
Jillian Henn had 25 points and eight rebounds to lead the Lady Knights to a 86-64 non-conference win over Georgian Court on Wednesday in Flushing. Trailing 13-7 early in the first half, Queens went on an 11-0 run to take the lead for good.
Jessica Sanchez and Maryann Welsh each had 15 points in QC's first win of the 2006-2007 season. Each of these players scored 11 points in the first half in helping Queens build a 44-27 lead.
11/17, 11/18/06
Senior Jill Henn poured in 25 points but it was not enough to prevent a 107-67 loss to American International on day 2 of the Bryant University Tip-off Tournament in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Henn connected on seven of 13 three point field goal attempts in the loss.
Jessica Sanchez chipped in with 19 points, shooting eight for 14 in the process, and Brittany Faherty added 10 points and five rebounds as Queens dropped to 0-2 on the young season.
The weekend began with Bryant University defeating the Lady Knights, 91-63, in the tournament opener on Friday evening. Henn led Queens with 18 points and connected on four of her nine three point field goal attempts in a losing effort.
QC started well, building an eight point lead through eight minutes of play but their hosts rallied to take a 46-34 halftime lead. Jessica Sanchez and Danielle Castelli each added 16 points for the Lady Knights in the loss.
NEW YORK, September 21, 2004 -- The accomplishments and impact of the 1972-73 Queens College women’s basketball team were recognized when its members became the first women’s team inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place during an awards dinner on Tuesday evening, September 21, at the New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park South between 7th Avenue and Avenue of the Americas.
Queens College joined just a handful of teams in the City’s Basketball Hall of Fame, including the 1969-70 NBA champion Knicks, the 1949-50 City College team that won both the NCAA and NIT crowns, and the 1963-64 undefeated Power Memorial H.S. team that featured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The Queens College women hosted a standing-room-only national championship tournament in 1972-73, finished second, and attracted a previously unprecedented level of media and public attention that became a benchmark for other colleges. The team had a 22-5 overall record; a 19-point average margin of victory; and an undefeated streak against New York State colleges that would last nearly a decade. This was the first women’s team from New York City to play for a national championship.
The Queens College team proved that women could play a fast-paced, aggressive, highly skilled game that crowds would enjoy. Its success started the process of opening the door for the team to play at Madison Square Garden two years later, before a crowd of almost 12,000--the first women’s collegiate basketball game ever played in that storied arena.
Debbie “the Pearl” Mason, perhaps the nation’s most creative player at the time, led the team with 15 points per game and regularly brought crowds to their feet with fast, flashy drives for baskets.
The other team members were: Cathy Andruzzi; Maggie Hilgenberg; Maryann Jecewiz; co-captain Shirley Johnson; Gail Marquis, a member of the silver medal 1976 U.S. Olympic and 1977 World University teams; Judy Milewski, a 1,000 point career scorer; Yvette Pierre; Barbara Riccardi, co-captain and rebounds co-leader; Nancy Rullo; Judy Spina; Maureen Steuerer; Rachel Wells, who averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds per game; Lucille Kyvallos, the renowned, retired head coach; and Connie VanHousen, assistant coach.
None of the players was taller than 5’11”, several had little or no pre-college playing experience, and there were no scholarships, dorms or other athletic-recruiting incentives available.
Donna Lopiano, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of the Women’s Sports Foundation, is scheduled to introduce the Queens team at the induction dinner.
The other inductees for the 15th annual ceremony are: the late Malik Sealy, St. John’s University’s second all-time scorer; Leroy Ellis, an All-American at St. John’s; George Kaftan, of Xavier H.S., Holy Cross College and the Knicks; Johnny Lee, an Erasmus Hall H.S. and Yale star; Zeke Sinicola, of Ben Franklin H.S. and Niagara University; Buck Freeman, who coached St. John’s, Scranton, North and South Carolina; and Herb Turetzky, N.J. Nets statistician.
3/1/06
Erin White and Jillian Henn each scored 17 in a 72-60 loss at the University of New Haven in a NYCAC Quarterfinal match-up of the #1 and #8 seeded teams. Queens sees their season come to an end with 13 wins and 15 losses.
The Lady Knights ran off the first 10 points of the second half to take 39-38 lead. After six ties and several lead changes Henn connected for a three pointer and Danielle Castelli added a basket to put the visitors on top 56-53 with 5:38 remaining. Unfortunately for Queens, a 12-2 UNH run put their upset aspirations on ice as New Haven took a 66-58 lead with 2:21 left in the game en route to a 12 point victory.
Patti Cronin had six points, six assists and seven rebounds while Amoy Kirlew added a team high nine rebounds in the Lady Knights' season-ending loss. With her 17 points, Erin White ended her Queens College career with 1340 points in 111 games.
2/22/06
The Lady Knights clinched a playoff berth by defeating the University of Bridgeport, 64-53, on Senior Night at Fitzgerald Gymnasium. Jessica Sanchez led four Queens players in double figures with 16 points. QC moves on to face the University of New Haven in the NYCAC quarterfinals next Wednesday with tip-off scheduled for 7:00 pm.
Bridgeport ran off eight unanswered points late in the game to cut a 12 point QC lead down to four, 54-50. However, Queens answered back with nine straight points to regain their double digit lead and win the game. Jillian Henn hit a big three with 2 minutes to go and Patti Cronin made a steal and a lay-up to cap that rally and put the game away for Queens.
Danielle Castelli posted her second consecutive double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds while Henn had 12 and Patti Cronin, in her last appearance at Fitzgerald Gymnasium in her home whites, scored 11 in the win.
2/18/06
The Lady Knights used a big first half to beat St. Thomas Aquinas, 71-64, in Flushing on Saturday. Jillian Henn led all scorers with 27 points and Erin White added 15 to help Queens stop a three game slide.
QC got out of the gate quickly, holding STAC scoreless for the first 4:45 of the game in building a 7-0 lead. That bulge expanded to 43-20 on an Amoy Kirlew basket with about two minutes to go in the half and Jillian Henn had 17 points as Queens went in at halftime with a 47-25 lead.
Things looked good for the home team as they held a 55-31 lead five minutes into the second half but STAC stormed back, outscoring the Lady Knights 19-5 to pull within 10. STAC got even closer and when Kelly McManus made three free throws with 12.5 left, they found themselves down 69-64. That's as close as they would get as two Queens free throws made the final 71-64.
2/16/06
New York Tech avenged a January drubbing in defeating the Lady Knights, 67-42, in Old Westbury on Thursday evening. Queens had easily defeated Tech back on January 14th by a score of 73-40.
Amoy Kirlew opened the second half with a basket to help QC close to within six but NYIT responded with a 29-6 run to make the score 58-29 and end any chance of a Lady Knights' victory. QC couldn't get anything going, shooting just 26.9% from the field for the game.
Jillian Henn came off of the bench to lead Queens with 12 points. Jessica Sanchez added nine points and Patti Cronin had eight points and six rebounds as the Lady Knights lost for the third consecutive time.
2/14/06
Erin White had 13 points and Jillian Henn added 11 but it was not enough to prevent a 78-52 loss at New Haven on Tuesday night. The loss drops the Lady Knights to 11-12 overall and 7-9 in NYCAC play. New Haven improves to 17-6 and 14-2 with the win.
The home team put the game away early by putting together a 14-0 run to take a 20-2 lead. Queens was their own worst enemy, turning the ball over 27 times in losing for the third time in their last four games.
2/11/06
Queens was held to just 17 first half points in losing at C.W. Post, 70-48, on Saturday afternoon. Erin White led the Lady Knights with 13 points and Jessica Sanchez added 11 in the loss.
After building a 14-9 lead, QC surrendered the next 11 points to fall behind 20-14. Patti Cronin broke the Lady Knights' scoring drought with a basket with 6:41 left but C.W. Post broke the game open with a 16-1 run to end the first half.
2/9/06
Sophomore Jessica Sanchez scored a career 20 points to lead the Lady Knights to a 80-68 win over Dowling College on Thursday in Flushing. The win gives Queens a season series sweep over Dowling.
Erin White, who finished with 18, helped key a 12-4 run at the end of the first half to send her team into the locker room with a 44-33 lead. Dowling hung around on the strength of 21 offensive rebounds but got no closer than six points the rest of the way.
Jillian Henn returned to action after missing four games to score 13 points and Patti Cronin contributed 10 points and 12 assists in a winning effort.
2/7/06
Molloy used a smothering defense in the second half to defeat the Lady Knights, 69-54, in Flushing on Tuesday evening. Queens was held to 22 second half points on 25.8 % from the field in dropping to 6-7 in NYCAC play.
Brittany Faherty's basket 7:40 into the first half capped a 9-0 run to give Queens their largest lead of the game, 16-9. Molloy responded with seven consecutive points of their own before Queens scored to take what would be their last lead of the game, 18-16.
Patti Cronin and Jessica Sanchez each scored a dozen points to lead the Lady Knights' offense. Molloy was led by Randi Bender, who had a game high 20 points, while teammates Donna Lohrey and Chelsey Thompson each added 16 points.
2/4/06
Erin White made two free throws with 5.2 seconds remaining in the game to give Queens a 72-71 win over Concordia College in Flushing on Saturday evening. White tied a career high with 36 points to lead the Lady Knights offense.
A Patti Cronin drive capped a 15-1 run with 4:55 left in the opening half to put QC up 34-18 on their way to a 17 point halftime lead. Concordia came out of the locker room on fire and when Monique Mighty scored 5:34 into the second half the game was knotted at 44. The Lady Clippers led by as much as six but Cronin connected on a three pointer with 26.0 seconds left to cut their lead to 71-70. Katie Reynolds then missed the front end of a one and one with 24.6 second showing on the clock, setting the stage for White's heroics.
Cronin ended the contest with nine points, 14 assists and 14 rebounds while Amoy Kirlew added eight points and 11 boards for Queens. Pam Karagiorgios scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Mighty added 19 points for Concordia.
2/1/06
Adelphi made it a clean sweep of the their two game season series against the Lady Knights with a 84-69 win in Garden City on Wednesday night. Brittany Faherty came off of the bench to lead Queens in scoring with 15 points in just 23 minutes.
The Lady Knights, who trailed 41-34 after the first half, used a Danielle Castelli basket 1:05 into the second half to pull within five points at 43-38. However, that's as close as Queens would get despite 24 offensive rebounds and a 45-37 edge on the glass.
Erin White scored 14 points for QC while Maryann Welsh had 12 and Patti Cronin added 11 for the Lady Knights in the loss.
1/28/06
Patti Cronin paced Queens with 20 points, six assists and six rebounds in their 78-56 win at Mercy College on Saturday afternoon. The win put Queens above .500 for the first time in the 2005-06 season and helped them to improve to 5-5 in conference play.
The Lady Knights took control of the game in the second half by outscoring their opponents from Dobbs Ferry 45-27. Jessica Sanchez, who had 14 points, was one of four Lady Knights to score in double figures. Cronin, Danielle Castelli (13) and Erin White (10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists) were the others.
1/26/06
The Lady Knights led from wire-to-wire in defeating Dowling College, 67-59, in Oakdale, New York on Thursday. Three players scored in double figures for Queens as they won for the fifth time in the last seven games.
QC's offense was once again led by Erin White, who had 23 points, was a perfect eight for eight from the line and made three of five three point attempts. White has now scored 83 points in the last three games. Jessica Sanchez and Patti Cronin added 12 and 10 points respectively while Amoy Kirlew led QC on the boards with nine rebounds to help the Lady Knights even their overall record at 8-8.
1/21/06
Bridgeport defeated Queens 70-60 in a physical game played in Connecticut on Saturday afternoon. Erin White, who had another outstanding game, led the Lady Knights' offensively with 24 points.
QC trailed most of the way, finding themselves down by as many as 18 midway through the second half. They battled back to within five with two mintes to go but ran out of time.
White made six of 10 three point attempts and grabbed six rebounds and has now put up 60 points in the last two games. Jillian Henn also shot well from long range, making four of eight and scoring 14, and Jessica Sanchez had 10 points and seven boards in a losing effort.
1/18/06
Erin White torched St. Thomas Aquinas for a career high 36 points to help the Lady Knights to a 76-69 win in Sparkill, New York on Wednesday evening. With the win, Queens evened their record at 7-7.
White was a perfect 16 for 16 from the charity stripe and made six of seven three point field goal attempts. She also topped the 1,100 point mark and ended the evening with 1125 career points. As a team, the Lady Knights were 26 of 29 from the foul line and 12 of 14 from three point range.
Jillian Henn, who finished with 19 points, got QC out to a fast start by hitting four - three pointers in the first half. Queens led most of the way and were up by as much as 17 at 52-35 after a White three pointer with just 14:39 left in the contest. Patti Cronin had 11 and Danielle Castelli added 10 to help QC to their fourth win in their last five games.
1/14/06
The Lady Knights scored 24 unanswered points in the first half on their way to a 73-40 conference win over New York Tech on Saturday in Flushing. Jillian Henn scored 12 of her game high 24 points in helping Queens sprint out to a 24-2 lead with 5:20 left in the opening half.
Henn connected on four from three point range while NYIT went 13 minutes without a field goal during QC's big run. Erin White added 11 points and Jessica Sanchez came off of the bench to chip in with 10 in the win.
1/11/06
A late second half Lady Knights rally came up short in a 79-72 loss to New Haven on Wednesday evening in Flushing. Patti Cronin led Queens with 17 points and Jillian Henn added 16 in the loss.
New Haven took command at the start of the opening half, running off 12 unanswered points on their way to a 54-33 lead. Queens fought back and when Erin White connected from three point range with 25.9 seconds remaining, QC pulled to within three at 75-72. That's as close as it would get as New Haven scored the last four points of the game to win by seven.
12/30/05
Jillian Henn connected on two from beyond the three point arc to key a 11-1 overtime ending run in a Lady Knights' 80-71 win over Eckerd College in Fort Myers, Florida. With the win, Queens completes the Florida Gulf Coast University Holiday Classic with a 2-0 record.
Erin White, who led QC with 17 points, opened the extra session with two free throws to give her team a short-lived 69-67 lead. After Anna Gernandt put Eckerd up 70-69 with a three pointer, Henn responded with two of her own 49 seconds apart to start the 11-1 Lady Knights' run. Henn finished the afternoon with 13 points.
For the second straight day, sophomore Jessica Sanchez had another outstanding start to a game. This time she scored 12 of her 16 in the opening half on six for six from the field to help QC take a 35-34 lead into the locker room. Henn and White pitched in with seven points apiece in the half.
Five Lady Knights in all scored in double figures in the win. Danielle Castelli, who had 14 points and nine rebounds and Patti Cronin (10) joined White, Sanchez and Henn with 10 or more points in the contest.
12/29/05
Erin White's last minute basket and free throws provided the winning margin for the Lady Knights in a 57-54 victory over the University of Montevalo in the Florida Gulf Coast University Holiday Classic. White connected with 29 seconds to go to put Queens up 55-53 and, after being fouled when grabbing the rebound of a missed Montevallo free throw, made two from the charity stripe with six seconds remaining to ice the win.
QC, who opened the game behind 11-1, relied on the scoring of Jessica Sanchez and Patti Cronin to lead by four, 31-27, at the break. Sanchez converted five of eight from the field in scoring 11 while Patti Cronin had nine in the first half.
Cronin finished the contest with 17 points while Sanchez scored 14 and White added 10 to help the Lady Knights end their losing streak at three.
12/14/05
Queens trailed throughout in a 85-81 conference loss to C.W. Post in Flushing on Wednesday evening. Erin White was five for eight from three point range and scored 22 points to lead the Lady Knights attack.
The home team started slowly, missing their first seven attempts from the field and, as a result, trailed 14-0 just 5:13 into the game. QC got as close as one point when White made two free throws with 33.4 seconds left in the game to make the score 82-81. Alex Williams of Post and Jennifer Robbins of Queens followed by each missing two free throws before Basimah Thompson made one of two with 9.7 ticks left on the clock and Erica Bell made two more with 6.1 seconds left to put the game on ice for Post.
Patti Cronin and Danielle Castelli each netted 18 for the Lady Knights in their third consecutive loss of the season.
12/7/05
The Lady Knights were unsuccessful in their first conference road excursion, losing to Concordia College, 73-69, in Bronxville on Wednesday evening. Queens had taken a six point lead into the second half and led until the last two minutes of the contest.
Once again Jillian Henn was hot for QC, hitting on five of ten from three point range to account for 15 of her 25 points. Kerra Lain and Danielle Castelli each scored a dozen and Erin White added 11 for the Lady Knights.
12/3/05
Senior guard Erin White became the seventh player in the Lady Knights' Division II history to top 1,000 points in a career in a 78-76 loss to Adelphi in Flushing. White connected on a three pointer from the left side 6:51 into the game off of a pass from Patti Cronin to reach the milestone.
Trailing 61-60, Adelphi went on a 9-0 run to take the lead for good late in the second half. Queens closed to within one at 77-76 on a Jillian Henn basket with 34.8 seconds remaining but Betty Mendieta made one of two free throws with 15.3 seconds left for the final margin. Cronin had two shots to tie in the final seconds but could not convert.
Cronin led Queens with 16 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds while Erin White added 15 in the loss.
11/30/05
Five Lady Knights scored in double figures as they defeated Mercy College, 96-67, in Flushing on Wednesday evening. Jill Henn led Queens with 18 points while Mercy's Christine Baxter led all scorers with 21 points.
Queens used a 13-0 run early in the game to open up a 22-6 lead en route to a 54-31 advantage at the break. Danielle Castelli posted her second double-double of the year with 11 points and 12 boards while Erin White (16), Patti Cronin (14) and Kerra Lain (10) also scored in double figures in the Lady Knights first conference victory of the season in as many tries.
11/28/05
Jill Henn scored 24 points to help the Lady Knights past Felician College on Monday night in New Jersey. The win was QC's second in two tries against CACC opponents.
Henn hit 6 three pointers and scored all of her points in the first half. Danielle Castelli (17 points) and Patti Cronin (11 points) also scored in double figures for Queens.
11/22/05
The Lady Knights used a 23-3 run midway through the first half to take control of the game and beat Georgian Court, 87-61, in Lakewood, New Jersey. Jill Henn made two three pointers and Georgian Court missed all 18 of their field goal attempts during that stretch in which Queens opened up a 38-15 lead.
Kerra Lain led all scorers with 21 points and nine boards in QC's first win of the season. Henn also added 19 while Patti Cronin, Danielle Castelli and Jessica Sanchez each had 10 points for the winners.
11/20/05
Jill Henn's 12 points made her the lone Lady Knight to score in double figures in a 76-47 loss to St. Anselm in the 2005 DoubleTree Tip-off Classic, hosted by St. Michael's College. Henn was named to the all-tournament team for her efforts.
St. Anselm outscored QC 21-8 over the last 7:07 of the first half to open up a 39-26 halftime lead. Jessica Sanchez came off of the bench to score nine points for Queens in the loss.
11/19/05
Patti Cronin scored 15 points in a 67-53 loss to St. Michael's College in the opening day of the 2005 DoubleTree Tip-Off Classic, hosted by Saint Michael's. The hosts shot 48% from the field in the first half to put QC behind 39-32 at the break.
All hopes of a comeback were dashed as the Lady Knights shot only 24% in the second half. Jill Henn added nine points and five rebounds in the loss.
11/16/05
Bryant University used a 7-0 run late in the game to rally for a 67-66 win over Queens in their 2005 -06 debut in Flushing. A Lauren Rubenoff basket with 1:35 left in the game gave Bryant the lead at 64-63 and they never relinquished it. QC had led 53-43 with just over eight minutes left in the second half.
Jill Henn and Erin White each had 16 points to lead the Lady Knights offense while Danielle Castelli posted a double-double (12 points, 13 rebounds) in her Queens College debut.
3/1/05
The Lady Knights gave their seniors a proper send off by defeating Georgian Court 76-44 on Senior Night in Flushing. Queens broke open a tight game by outscoring the visitors 47-17 in the second half.
Shonda Holder recorded the 51st double-double of her career by scoring 26 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in the win. The Uniondale, NY native ends her 110 game QC career with 1745 points and 1096 rebounds.
Katie Brown also posted a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) in her final game while Lauren Tartamella scored 13 points and Theresa Williams had two points, a rebound, a steal and an assist in their Lady Knight swan songs.