3/2/2010 -

Centerville, Mass. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team has been

The Mount will play in its third straight ECAC Tournament when it takes on Drew Wednesday night.

selected as the second seed in this week’s ECAC Metro Division Tournament it was announced on Monday afternoon. The Dolphins will travel to Drew University on Wednesday, March 3 as they will mark their third straight appearance in the tournament. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m.

 

The Dolphins will enter the contest with an 18-9 overall record after making their fourth straight trip to the Skyline Conference Tournament Semifinals. A loss to Mount Saint Mary on Saturday in the conference tournament snapped a season long eight game winning streak.

 

Mount Saint Vincent is paced by four players who are averaging in double-figures on the season. Courtney Heesemann (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) has netted a team-high 359 points on the season and is second on the squad in scoring average at 13.3 points per night. She is the team leader in rebounding at 11.0 per game and has posted a career best 12 double-doubles this season. Heesemann was named First Team All-Skyline Conference for the first time in her career on Monday afternoon.

 

Sophomore Jen Mocanu (Middletown, N.J.) leads the Dolphins in scoring average at 14.4 points per night, but injuries have limited her to just 14 games this season. Rounding out the quartet in double-figures are seniors Karissa Koerner (Bay Shore, N.Y.) at 10.7 points per game and Lauren Percodani (Staten Island, N.Y.) at 10.1 points a contest.

 

Percodani netted a career-high 26 points in the Skyline Conference Quarterfinals against NYU-POLY and tallied her 1,000^th career point against CCNY earlier this season. She was named First Team All-Skyline Conference for the third straight season on Monday afternoon. 

 

Drew enters Wednesday night with a 14-11 overall record and opened the season winning its first nine contests. The Rangers are led on the season by Danielle Barber’s 12.8 points and Jessica Reid’s 6.9 rebounds per night.

 

Mount Saint Vincent will be in search of its first postseason win in program history on Wednesday. Heading into the contest with the Rangers, the Dolphins hold an 0-2 record all time in the ECAC Tournament.