Women’s Basketball to Host Lady Cat Classic on Saturday and Sunday Head Coach Sasha Palmer and the Pitt Johnstown Lady Cat basketball team will play host to the 2009 Lady Cat Classic, Saturday and Sunday afternoons in the Sports Center. On Saturday, Slippery Rock University will take on Lake Erie (OH) College at 1 p.m., followed by Pitt-Johnstown battling Georgian Court (N.J.) University game at 3 p.m. The Classic will wrap-up on Sunday with Georgian Court playing Slippery Rock at 1 p.m. The Lady Cats will play Lake Erie at 3 p.m. This year's event is sponsored by Comfort Inn, Sleep Inn and Cummings Trophies & Engraving.
Coach Palmer’s Lady Cats (0-1) opened the 2009-10 season with a 63-61 loss to NCAA Division II No. 21 Indiana University (PA) last Sunday in the Sports Center. Junior guard/forward Andrea Dalton (Washington, Pa.) scored 20 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead Pitt-Johnstown, while sophomore center Monae Baker (Bushkill, Pa.) and freshman guard Maria Montini (Irwin, Pa.) each added 10 points in the loss. Baker also had five rebounds.
Georgian Court (1-0), under third-year Head Coach Valerie Curtis, opened a season with a victory for the first time since 2002 when the Lions secured a 62-54 home win over Mercy (NY) College on Wednesday. Junior guard Lauren Staats and sophomore forward Christina White scored 13 and 12 points, respectively, while freshman forward Shaniqua Bacote added nine points and 10 rebounds in the victory.
Lake Erie is 0-2 record after suffering a pair of losses at the Wheeling Jesuit (WV) University Tip-Off Classic. Head Coach Bob Booher’s (5th-year) Storm got 16 points from sophomore forward Jen Caiola in an 80-65 loss to Wheeling Jesuit on Sunday. On Monday, West Liberty (WV) University dealt Lake Erie an 87-74 loss, despite 21 points and 17 rebounds from junior forward Alyssa Wagers. Through two games, Wajers is averaging 17 points and 12 rebounds.
Head Coach Laurel Heilman’s (10th-year) Slippery Rock team is 0-2 following a 65-55 loss at Tiffin (OH) University on Sunday and a 74-59 home loss to Seton Hill University on Wednesday. Junior guard Grace Palucis had 12 points, and senior guard Julie Molloy added 11 points to lead the Rock in Sunday’s loss. On Wednesday, Molloy poured in 18 points, and fellow senior guard Nikki Presto chipped in 15 points.
Following the Lady Cat Classic, Pitt-Johnstown will open-up the 2009-10 WVIAC schedule at Wheeling Jesuit (WV) University on Tuesday, before hosting a non-conference game against Ohio Wesleyan (WV) University as part of a double header with the Mountain Cat men’s basketball team on Saturday, November 28. The Lady Cats will tip-off at 2 p.m. in the Sports Center, followed by the men’s game against California University (PA) at 4 p.m.
