1/13/2007 - Freshman Lauren Percodani (Staten Island, NY/St. Joseph by the Sea) scored a career-high 17 points to go with a game-high seven assists, and fellow freshman Courtney Heesemann (New Hyde Park, NY/New Hyde Park HS) notched her fifth double-double of the season as a strong second half rally propelled the Mount Saint Vincent Women's Basketball team to a 70-53 win over the College of Saint Elizabeth on Saturday. Up five at halftime, Mount Saint Vincent stormed to one of their finest halves of the season during the final 20 minutes, allowing for one of their biggest wins of the 2006-07 season against a much improved Saint Elizabeth team. More...

1/10/2007 - It has been well documented that the Mount Saint Vincent Women's Basketball team has made up considerable ground on the rest of the Skyline Conference during the early part of the 2006-07 season. Wins over Manhattanville and Centenary, followed by an overtime loss to Farmingdale State and a loss to USMMA-Kings Point that went to the final seconds proved that the Dolphins are a contender in the Conference despite boasting a roster consisting of mainly freshman. But in Skyline Conference Women's Basketball, there is a major difference between competing with "the rest" and defeating "the best" as it is impossible to be considered a contender without going through Mount Saint Mary. The seven-time defending Skyline Conference Champions have defeated the Mount by an average of 31.6 points during eight meetings over the last four years, and on Wednesday night, the Dolphins traveled to Mount Saint Mary for their first meeting of the 2006-07 season. 40 minutes later two things were clear: Mount Saint Mary is still the very best the Skyline Conference has to offer, but Mount Saint Vincent is right there with them. More...

1/8/2007 - Mount Saint Vincent freshman Courtney Heesemann (New Hyde Park, NY/New Hyde Park HS) was recruited to play Women's Basketball at the Mount for dozens of reasons: She is an outstanding interior player who is capable of turning in a double-double every game. She is a tremendous worker, a fearless leader, and a team player who is the leader of a very good Mount Saint Vincent team in both rebounds and scoring despite her status as a rookie. However, of the many reasons why Head Coach Ed Ryder wanted Heesemann at the Mount, the ability to hit the long, outside shot was not one of them ... until tonight. In the midst of a furious second-half rally where the Mount fought tooth and nail to overtake one of the premier teams in the Skyline Conference, Heesemann connected on the first two three-pointers of her Mount Saint Vincent career during a one-minute span, and the Dolphins battled back from a 15-point deficit to USMMA-Kings Point with 3:27 to play in the game and made it a two-point game with 24 seconds remaining. Unfortunately for the Mount, the rally fell just short as one last defensive stand did not happen and USMMA escaped their own building with a 70-66 win. More...

1/3/2007 - A year ago, first year Mount Saint Vincent Head Women's Basketball Coach Ed Ryder saw his team mired in a slump almost from day one. The Dolphins began the year 2-2, but an eight-game losing streak put the Mount at 2-10 during the early stages of 2006, and the Dolphins never fully recovered. After graduating one of the best senior classes in the history of the program and boasting a 2006-07 line-up that includes eight freshmen, Ryder and company expected a rebuilding year, however much to his delight the team has surpassed expectations, opening the campaign by winning five of their first seven games, and now for the second time this season a Dolphin has earned Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week honors as freshman Courtney Heesemann (New Hyde Park, NY/New Hyde Park HS) was awarded this week after an incredible effort during a 75-37 win over Yeshiva on Dec. 19. More...

1/2/2007 - The first games of 2007 for the Mount Saint Vincent Men's & Women's Basketball teams proved to be quite a challenge for the Dolphins on Tuesday afternoon as Mount Saint Vincent lost both ends of a doubleheader to national powerhouse NYU as the Men's team opened play with an 86-47 loss, while the Women's team fell 75-33. The twin-bill marked the beginning of a crucial stretch of games for both teams as an important series of Conference games are right around the corner. More...

12/19/2006 - Freshman Courtney Heesemann (New Hyde Park, NY/New Hyde Park HS) and junior Kaitlin Burud (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook HS) notched double-doubles and 10 different players scored points as the Mount Saint Vincent Women's Basketball team closed 2006 with a 75-37 rout of Yeshiva University on Tuesday night during a game played at Baruch College. With the win, the Mount enters the holiday break with a 5-2 overall record, including a 2-0 mark in Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference (HVWAC) play. More...

12/11/2006 - Down 26-17 with 6:17 remaining in the first half of Wednesday night's Women's Basketball game against Centenary, Mount Saint Vincent Head Coach Ed Ryder could have easily accepted a loss against Skyline Conference rival Centenary and chalked it up to inexperience. After all, with a starting line-up consisting of three freshmen, a sophomore, and a junior, this is a team just not yet accustomed to the intensity and parity of Skyline Conference Basketball, and Centenary entered the game the hottest team in the Conference, having begun the season 4-0. However, instead of calling it a night or accepting anything less than a victory, Ryder turned to his talented young group and challenged them to win the game, and the relative neohphytes came through. And while the game - and an exciting week of basketball for the Mount - featured heroic efforts from several freshmen, one in particular stepped forward to take over, and as a result, freshman Karissa Koerner (Bay Shore, NY/Brentwood HS) was named Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week for the first time. More...

12/9/2006 - It was a game so close to victory - a major, stunning upset victory - that second year Mount Saint Vincent Head Coach Ed Ryder could literally taste it. After scoring huge wins over St. Joseph's (Brooklyn), Manhattanville, and Centenary, Ryder could feel the Mount's first, "we have arrived" win coming in a matter of seconds. Freshman Lauren Percodani (Staten Island, NY/St. Joseph by the Sea) hit a three-pointer with nine seconds remaining, Mount Saint Vincent took a 71-69 lead, and the first major upset of the Skyline Conference basketball season appeared imminent. And while a dramatic, buzzer-beating jump-shot by Farmingdale State's superstar, Mercedes Miller, tied the score and forced an overtime session in which the host Rams dominated play en route to an 86-78 win, one thing was clear when the dust settled and the game was finally over ...

The Mount Saint Vincent Women's Basketball team truly has arrived.

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12/6/2006 - If there is one thing Head Coach Ed Ryder has learned during his second season at the Mount Saint Vincent helm, it is that in the world of Skyline Conference basketball, depth is a crucial determinant of success. On Wednesday night, the point was proven more than ever before as with his top-two scorers on the bench having fouled out of the Mount's conference tilt with Centenary, the rest of the team had to provide a spark during a game that saw the Mount up by two points with less than two minutes to play. The young Dolphins responded as freshman Karissa Koerner (Bay Shore, NY/Brentwood HS) scored a career-high 21 points - six of which came during the final two minutes of play - and junior Edeana Martinez (Bronx, NY/St. Catherine's) pulled down a game-high and career-high 19 rebounds as the Mount held off a pesky Centenary College team, 82-74 to improve to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in Skyline Conference play. More...

12/5/2006 - For the second time during the last three weeks, Mount Saint Vincent JV Basketball freshman Ralph Kube (West Babylon, NY/West Babylon HS) and Women's Basketball freshman Courtney Heesemann (New Hyde Park, NY/New Hyde Park HS) were honored as the Hudson Valley Men's Athletic Conference (HVMAC) and Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Rookie of the Week for their respective efforts in leading their teams to 2-0 records. The JV team overcame an 0-7 start to the season to win the Gryphon Invitational at Sarah Lawrence College, while the Women's team scored victories over their arch-rival in both the HVWAC and Skyline Conferences. Both were honored as Rookie of the Week during the week of Nov. 21. More...

12/2/2006 - There is a reason why as a junior, Kaitlin Burud (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook HS) is the Mount Saint Vincent Women's Basketball Team Captain. In fact, she is the only Team Captain ... and rightfully so. When Head Coach Ed Ryder looked at the 2006-07 team and realized that an overwhelming majority of the roster would be freshmen, he chose Burud to be the Captain to provide leadership for a young team, keep the Dolphins motivated through thick and thin, and make big plays when big plays were needed. On Saturday afternoon against Skyline Conference arch-rival Manhattanville College, Burud did all three ... and Mount Saint Vincent is 3-1. More...

11/28/2006 - If the St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) Women's Basketball team is going to win its 40th straight Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference (HVWAC) regular season game, they are going to have to wait a while ... a long while. After 39 consecutive HVWAC regular season wins over more than five years of play, the Lady Bears saw their streak come to a crashing halt on Tuesday night as Mount Saint Vincent unleashed one of the finest performances in the history of the program, opening up a 17-point halftime en route to a 66-29 upset win that catapulted the Dolphins to the top of the HVWAC standings and put the Mount in the driver's seat to capture their first-ever HVWAC Basketball regular season crown. More...

11/21/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent JV Basketball freshman Ralph Kube (West Babylon, NY/West Babylon HS) and Women's Basketball freshman Courtney Heesemann (New Hyde Park, NY/New Hyde Park HS) were named Basketball Rookie of Week by the Hudson Valley Men's Athletic Conference (HVMAC) and Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference (HVWAC), respectively, this week after outstanding weeks of play for both inside players. Kube was named to the All-Tournament team during the HVMAC Tip-off this weekend, while Heesemann earned All-Tournament honors at the Skidmore College Invitational. More...

11/19/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent Head Women's Basketball Coach Ed Ryder spent much of the pre-season talking about how excited he is for the future of his program as his 10-member freshman class is expected to lead to a very successful run during the next four years. However, little did Ryder know how fast the successful future would come. As much as there are still nearly two dozen games to play during the 2006-07 campaign, it is clear that this young group is built to be competitive. Coming off of an outstanding effort during a tight loss to Ithaca College during the opening round of the Skidmore College Tournament on Saturday, the Mount turned their play up a notch on Sunday, opening up a 35-8 first half lead en route to a 78-22 win over York College to claim third place in the tournament and improve to 1-1. More...

11/18/2006 - Freshman Courtney Heesemann (New Hyde Park, NY/New Hyde Park HS) scored a team-high 15 points and added nine rebounds, and fellow freshman Lauren Percodani (Staten Island, NY/St. Joseph by the Sea) added 13 points, but the Mount Saint Vincent Women's Basketball team opened the 2006-07 season with a 67-50 loss to Ithaca College during the first round of the Skidmore College Invitational. Mount Saint Vincent will play York College in the consolation game on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. More...

11/17/2006 - Women's Basketball season is here, and Mount Saint Vincent is poised for what will be one of their most challenging seasons in recent memory as the Dolphins' line-up features nearly exclusively freshmen. However, second year Head Coach Ed Ryder feels his team has all of the tools to challenge once again for the HVWAC Championship and Skyline Conference post-season. Read all about how Ryder and company are gearing up for the 2006-07 season in this special edition of The Dolphin Digest. More...

10/19/2006 - 10 home games and non-conference clashes with Ithaca, NYU, and CCNY highlight the 2006-07 Mount Saint Vincent Women's Basketball schedule as the Dolphins seek to recapture the Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Championship after falling in last year's championship game, and make further strides in the Skyline Conference under second-year Head Coach Ed Ryder. More...

8/8/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent Director of Athletics Cathy Ingram has announced the hiring of Jessica Stzabinik as Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach. The former Jessica Nowak is a 2001 graduate of NYU where she was a four-year letter winner for their powerhouse Women’s Basketball team. Stzabinik started 88 games during her career and was a Co-Captain of the 2000-01 team that advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals playing under legendary Head Coach Janice Quinn. More...

3/22/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent senior men’s basketball players James Mooney (Bronx, NY/Iona Prep), Charles Hernandez (Bronx, NY/Msgr. Scanlan), and women’s basketball players Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Masters) and Laura Bucci (Irvington, NY/Our Lady of Victory) will represent the Mount one final time on the hardwood on Wednesday night as they will participate in the inaugural Skyline-NJAC Senior Basketball game at New Jersey City University. More...

3/2/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Basketball senior James Mooney (Bronx, NY/Iona Prep) and Women’s Basketball senior Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Masters) were both named All-Conference by the Skyline Conference today after incredible seasons to end their respective careers in fine fashion. Mooney was named First Team All-Conference for the second consecutive season after earning Honorable Mention All-Conference as a sophomore, while DiNizo was named Honorable Mention All-Conference for her first ever Skyline Conference honor. More...

3/1/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent senior guard Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Masters) and sophomore forward Kaitlin Burud (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook HS) were named to the All-Conference team of the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) after outstanding seasons in which the duo helped lead Mount Saint Vincent to runner-up finishes in both the regular season and championship tournament. More...

2/20/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent senior Meagan Fitzpatrick (Yonkers, NY/Our Lady of Victory) notched her fourth double-double of the 2005-06 season, and all four Dolphin seniors combined for 50 points and 32 rebounds, but the Dolphins struggle with one of their worst shooting performances of the 2005-06 season and fell to Centenary, 72-64 in the Skyline Conference play-in game at Mount Saint Vincent. With the loss during the Mount’s third game in three days, the Dolphins finish the 2005-06 season with an 8-17 record. More...

2/20/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent senior Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Masters) was named to both the Skyline Conference and PrestoSports/MBWA Honor Rolls this week for Women’s Basketball after averaging 19.5 points, 2.5 assists, and 2.5 steals during a 1-1 stretch for the Mount in which they defeated the College of Saint Elizabeth in the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Semifinals on Saturday and lost to St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn) in the HVWAC Championship Game on Sunday.  More...

2/19/2006 - It wasn’t the silence on the Mount Saint Vincent bench that measured the magnitude of the loss, nor was it the long faces or the tears. The sadness on Sunday afternoon was not because it was St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn) celebrating the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Tournament Championship, and not the Mount as had happened a year ago. Sunday’s 71-59 defeat was crushing for one reason and one reason only … Mount Saint Vincent spent a majority of the game performing as the better team. But has happened on six other occasions during the 2005-06 campaign, an explosive start to the game that included a halftime lead turned into disaster down the stretch, as St. Joseph’s outscored the Dolphins 20-9 during the final 8:49 of play, and the Bears walked away with the HVWAC Tournament crown, 71-59. More...

2/18/2006 - Senior Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Masters) scored a game-high 18 points, and fellow seniors Laura Bucci (Irvington, NY/Our Lady of Victory) and Lauren DeRosa (Hawthorne, NY/Westlake HS) each netted double-doubles as the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team blew a tight first half wide open during the final 20 min utes of play and advanced to the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Championship Game with an 89-54 win over the College of Saint Elizabeth in the HVWAC Semifinals on Saturday night at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. More...

2/15/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent senior Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Masters) is capping one of the finest careers in Women’s Basketball history, while freshman Drew Gomes  (Thomaston, CT/Thomaston HS) is in the midst of starting one. Both of their unique and outstanding talents were on full display last week as the duo enjoyed a terrific stretch of games in leading the Mount to a 1-2 record that clinched the #2 seed in the upcoming Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) playoffs. For their efforts, DiNizo was named HVWAC Player of the Week,  while Gomes earned Rookie of the Week honors, marking the first time this season that Mount Saint Vincent has swept the HVWAC weekly awards for Women’s Basketball. More...

2/11/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball seniors Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Masters) and Laura Bucci (Irvington, NY/Our Lady of Victory) entered their final career regular season game on Saturday hoping to make it a day to remember. 40 minutes later, both lived up to their hopes and then some, having enjoyed one of the finest performances of their outstanding careers. Against the College of New Rochelle, DiNizo scored a career-high 29 points, and Bucci netted her fourth career double-double with 10 points and a season-high 11 assists as the Dolphins routed CNR, 81-44 during a game played at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. More...

2/9/2006 - 3,482 points, 1,633 rebounds, 752 assists, and 564 steals later, the four senior members of the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball played in front of the home crowd one final time on Thursday night after nearly 100 career starts apiece. And while the result was the Mount's third straight loss, a 77-58 defeat to Centennial Conference powerhouse, Muhlenberg College, the mood was not dampened by the scoreboard as Senior Night saw all four members of the Class of 2006 shine. However, while the night was for the seniors, it was a rookie who stole the show.  More...

2/7/2006 - During an outstanding four-year career, Mount Saint Vincent senior Laura Bucci (Irvington, NY/Our Lady of Victory) has emerged as one of the finest point guards in the history of the Mount’s Women’s Basketball program, joining an elite group of fine point guards to play for the Dolphins. Last year, she helped lead Mount Saint Vincent to the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Tournament Championship, and earned All-Conference honors from both the HVWAC and Skyline Conference as well after leading the Skyline in assists. More...

2/7/2006 - Senior Meagan Fitzpatrick (Yonkers, NY/Our Lady of Victory) scored a team-high 17 points and added 13 rebound for her third double-double of the 2005-06 season, and sophomore Kaitlin Burud (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook HS) added seven points, nine rebounds, and a game-high three steals, but the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team got off to a sluggish start and were never able to fully recover, losing 66-48 to USMMA-Kings Point during a game played at Mount Saint Vincent. More...

2/4/2006 - Senior Laura Bucci (Irvington, NY/Our Lady of Victory) scored a game and season-high 21 points, and fellow senior Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Our Lady of Victory) added 11 points, six rebounds, and six assists, but the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team loss to Stevens, 70-57 on Saturday during a game played at Mount Saint Vincent. With the loss, the Dolphins fall to 6-13 on the season, and 2-9 in Skyline Conference play. More...

1/31/2006 - Sophomore Kaitlin Burud (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook HS) came within a hair of a quadruple-double, fellow sophomore Edeana Martinez (Bronx, NY/St. Catherine’s) added a double-double, and five Dolphins scored in double digits as the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team exploded for a 99-42 win over Yeshiva on Tuesday night at Mount Saint Vincent. More...

1/30/2006 - For the second time in a three-week span, Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball freshman Drew Gomes (Thomaston, CT/Thomaston HS) was named the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Rookie of the Week this week. By winning the award again, Gomes becomes the third straight Dolphin named Rookie of the Week after Ashley Farrow (Ocean, NJ/Ocean Township HS) earned the honor last week. More...

1/30/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent senior Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Masters) was named to the Skyline Conference Honor Roll this week after one of her finest weeks of play this season. The shooting guard was instrumental in leading the Mount to a 2-1 week that included a dramatic, final-minute 65-64 win over Manhattanville on Tuesday, and an incredible effort during a 67-45 loss to Mount Saint Mary on Saturday in a game that was far closer than the score indicated. For the week, she averaged 10.7 points and 4.3 assists per game, included within the statistics were several clutch shots to help make the week a very successful one for the Dolphins. More...

1/28/2006 - Their defense was much improved, their rebounding more effective, and their intensity matched an opponent that has been nothing short of a dynasty in Skyline Conference play. And when they headed to the locker room at halftime trailing only 42-34 to Mount Saint Mary on Saturday, the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball found themselves in an all-too-familiar position of going toe-to-toe with one of the best teams in the Skyline Conference during the first half of play. Ultimately, as has happened throughout the 2005-06 season, the second half proved to be the Mount’s downfall, and Mount Saint Mary earned a hard-fought 67-45 win over the Dolphins for their 62nd straight Skyline Conference win … but it wasn’t easy. More...

1/26/2006 - At the beginning of the 2005-06 season, Mount Saint Vincent first year Head Coach Ed Ryder raved about the defensive play of sophomore Kaitlin Burud (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook HS). He considered her among the team’s best defensive players, and her team leading 74 steals a year ago were proof of Ryder’s assessment. 17 games into the season, Burud has evolved into far more than a defensive specialist. More...

1/25/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball freshman Ashley Farrow (Ocean, NJ/Ocean Township HS) has been named the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Rookie of the Week after the finest week of her young career. During a 1-2 week for the Mount, Farrow averaged 9.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, and shot 71 percent from the free throw line. More...

1/24/2006 - When the smoke cleared and the game was finally over, Laura Bucci (Irvington, NY/Our Lady of Victory) breathed a sigh of relief so strong it nearly brought the house down as much as the performance she had just exhibited. When the chips were down on Tuesday night and the Skyline Conference portion of Mount Saint Vincent’s season was on the line, Bucci did what seniors are supposed to do … she turned in the performance of her career. And with a dramatic 65-64 win over Manhattanville, there is life in Riverdale once again, and a trip to the Skyline Conference post-season is not out of the question for the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team. More...

1/23/2006 - Four different Dolphins scored nine points apiece, and senior Meagan Fitzpatrick (Yonkers, NY/Our Lady of Victory) and freshman Ashley Farrow (Ocean, NJ/Ocean Township HS) each grabbed a team-high seven rebounds, but the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team fell to 3-11 with an 86-49 loss to Mount Saint Mary on Saturday at Mount Saint Mary. More...

1/19/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent Head Women’s Basketball Coach Ed Ryder finally figured out the formula to make his team tick. It took a little while, but if the last 24 hours of his coaching career prove that he has it all figured out, and the Mount seems poised to enjoy their first extended period of prosperity during the 2005-06 season. It’s simple really, when every single player on the Mount Saint Vincent roster scores at least one point in a game, the Dolphins play their very best. More...

1/18/2006 - Teams mired in eight-game losing streaks just don’t do the things the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team continues to do whenever they take the court. Teams in such a “slump” don’t dive after loose balls, they don’t battle for rebounds, and they certainly never come back from double-digit deficits to play the best teams on their schedule close. But, Mount Saint Vincent is doing just that. Instead of pouting in the face of defeat, this is a team that has come together and continues to go down fighting. Wednesday night was the perfect example of how the Mount refuses to let another team have it easy. More...

1/18/2006 - Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball freshman Drew Gomes (Thomaston, CT/Thomaston HS) was named the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Rookie of the Week this week after an outstanding week of play in which she was among the team’s leaders in points, rebounds, and assists. More...

1/14/2006 - There are two sides to every story, and while the story of the 2005-06 Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team includes a current seven-game losing streak, the other side to that story is thus far is that they continue to battle and compete with the very best their schedule has to offer. Saturday continued the trend as the Dolphins enjoyed another solid defensive effort and spent the entire game nearly dead-even with a deeper and bigger Old Westbury foe, but the Mount ultimately lost their seventh consecutive game, 54-47 to the Panthers. More...

1/12/2006 - It was a back and forth game that featured the grit, intensity, and energy that is Skyline Conference basketball, and it even required an extra session. However, despite an incredible effort to force overtime, the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team ultimately lost their sixth straight game, 77-68 to Manhattanville in a game played at Manhattanville College. More...

1/10/2006 - On paper, it had all of the makings of a blowout. The Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team looked across at their opponent during warm-ups on Tuesday night, and saw an opponent with exactly double the number of players on their roster than the Dolphins had. Not only was 11th ranked NYU deep, they had size, speed, and a 10-1 record to boot. But somebody forgot to tell Mount Saint Vincent that they weren’t supposed to win on paper, and for more than a half, it seemed as if the Dolphins were going to pull one of the biggest upsets across the country this season. More...

1/7/2006 - It was a day when everything went right for the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team. Turnovers were few and far between, the Dolphins outrebounded their opponent, 60-46, and found themselves at the free throw line nearly twice as many times. But poor shooting proved to spoil a season sweep of Centenary by Mount Saint Vincent as the Dolphins squandered a 37-36 halftime lead, shooting only 17% from the floor during the second half of play and missing several key free throws as Centenary rallied to beat Mount Saint Vincent, 64-55 during a game played at Centenary. More...

1/4/2006 - Nearly an entire month since last taking the court, the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team got off to a sluggish start during their Wednesday night encounter with Skyline Conference foe, St. Joseph’s (LI), and the slow start doomed the Dolphins as they lost their third straight game, 60-44 to the Golden Eagles during a game played at St. Joseph’s. With the loss, Mount Saint Vincent falls to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the Skyline Conference.
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12/13/2005 - (Riverdale, NY) - For the last four years, Mount Saint Vincent senior Meagan Fitzpatrick (Yonkers, NY/Our Lady of Victory) has played for three Head Coaches, three different systems, and has undertaken an infinite number of roles within these systems because of her versatility on the court and tenacity during team preparation that has made her a vital piece of a puzzle that has consistently challenged for the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Championship and Skyline Conference post-season. More...

12/9/2005 - Senior Meagan Fitzpatrick (Yonkers, NY/Our Lady of Victory) had a team-high nine points and seven rebounds, and freshman Drew Gomes (Thomaston, CT/Thomaston HS) added eight points and six rebounds, but the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team lost their second straight game, 54-44 to the Stevens Institute of Technology in a Skyline Conference game played at Stevens. More...

12/3/2005 - It took only four games for Head Coach Ed Ryder to make his impact felt as the new leader of the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team. In front of an excited home crowd for opening day 2005-06, senior Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Masters) scored a season-high 22 points, and fellow senior Meagan Fitzpatrick (Yonkers, NY/Our Lady of Victory) added seven points and a career-high 15 rebounds as the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team defeated Skyline Conference foe, Centenary College, for the first time in three years, 59-45. More...

11/21/2005 - Senior Andrea DiNizo (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Masters School) scored a season-high 18 points, and freshman Lanette Brannon (Woodside, NY/St. John’s Prep) added a career-high 15 points on 6 for 7 shooting, as the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team crushed Marymount, 83-37, in their Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) opener. More...

11/20/2005 - Three Dolphins scored in double figures, and the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team engaged in a furious second-half comeback, but the Dolphins ultimately fell to Clarkson, 52-48 during the Consolation Game of the Hunter College Tip-off Tournament. More...

11/18/2005 - Senior Lauren DeRosa (Hawthorne, NY/Westlake HS) scored a team-high 10 points, and Meagan Fitzpatrick (Yonkers, NY/Our Lady of Victory) added five points and a team-high eight rebounds, but the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team opened the 2005-06 season with a 64-46 loss to Hunter College during the opening round of the Hunter College Tip-off Tournament. More...

11/17/2005 - Considering that they graduated only one player from last year’s Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Championship squad, the Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team sure looks different heading into the 2005-06 season. In fact, many of the attendees who packed the Hayes Gymnasium for last Sunday’s scrimmage with Sullivan Community College could not help but comment about how much has changed in a matter of months, even if the faces are pretty much the same.

 

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10/27/2005 - On Friday, Oct. 14, the Mount Saint Vincent Department of Intercollegiate Athletics presented Midnight Madness 2005 - an event to celebrate the beginning of a new basketball season. Check out the photo gallery from the evening's festivities. More...

10/13/2005 - On Friday, Oct. 14, the Mount Saint Vincent Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will present Midnight Madness 2005 at 10:00 p.m. in the Hayes Gymnasium. Doors will open at 9:45 for one of the biggest Athletics events of the year. Admission is free, but you must have a valid Mount Saint Vincent Student ID to enter the Hayes Gymnasium. Only one guest will be allowed for each Mount student, but seating is limited, so please arrive early! More...

10/5/2005 - Mount Saint Vincent Director of Athletics, Cathy Ingram, has announced the hiring of Ed Ryder as the new Head Women’s Basketball Coach. Ryder, a resident of Holbrook, New York, brings to the Mount a coaching career that has spanned almost 20 years, includes stops at three different Colleges, and has brought the newest member of the Dolphin staff all around the world pursuing his passion for coaching Women’s Basketball. More...

7/25/2005 - Mount Saint Vincent Director of Athletics, Cathy Ingram, has announced the resignation of Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Andrew Francis, who has accepted a position on the Men’s Basketball Staff at Villanova University, a Division I member of the Big East Conference. More...

6/23/2005 - Mount Saint Vincent Director of Athletics, Cathy Ingram, has announced the hiring of former Dolphin standout Jackie Cullen as Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach. Cullen, a 1999 graduate of Mount Saint Vincent, spent the last six seasons as the Girls Junior Varsity Basketball Coach at Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx, where she is employed as a teacher. More...