Women's Basketball Headlines
Murphy Earns NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team Accolades
03/02/2010
Worcester, Mass - March 2, 2010 - Sophomore Kelly Murphy was selected to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Basketball All-Conference Second Team. For the first time in her career, Murphy picked up all-conference accolades after a standout second season for the Pride. Read More
Five Student-Athletes Earn NEWMAC Women's Basketball All-Academic Team Honors
Babson Park, Mass. - March 3, 2010 - The Springfield College women's basketball team landed five of its student athletes on the 2009-10 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women’s Basketball Academic All-Conference Team, which was announced on Wednesday. Read More.
Late Rally Falls Short As Wellesley Upsets Women's Basketball, 58-57, In NEWMAC Quarterfinals
Springfield, Mass. -- February 24, 2010 -- Two free throws by Malia Maier with 28 seconds left proved to be the difference as the Wellesley College women's basketball team upset Springfield College, 58-57, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinal game tonight at SC's Blake Arena. With the win, Wellesley, the #6-seed, advances to the NEWMAC semis at Babson Saturday at 3 pm. The Blue raise their record to 8-15 while Springfield, the #3 seed, finishes its season at 15-11. Read More.
Murphy's Career-High 21 Leads Women's Basketball Past Wellesley, 77-61
Wellesley, Mass. - February 20, 2010 - Kelly Murphy poured in a game-high and career-high 21 points to pace the Springfield College women's basketball team to a 77-61 win at Wellesley in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest. Springfield closes out the regular season with a 15-10 overall record, including a 13-5 mark in league action. Read More.
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- Women's Basketball Eases Past Clark, 65-40
- Women's Basketball Earns its Fifth-Straight With 75-56 Win Over Coast Guard
- Women's Basketball Game Versus Coast Guard Postponed
- Women's Basketball to Particpate In WBCA Pink Zone Initiative on February 13
About The Team
The Springfield College women's basketball program has been one of the top programs collegiately in Division III in New England for a good number of years, especially since Naomi Graves took over the head coaching reigns. A model of consistency, Graves will be entering her 19th season at the helm at SC in 2009-2010.The Pride has now earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament and won the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference tournament title in five of the past nine years. There is little doubt that Springfield has been the dominant team in the conference since the year 2000.
In 2008-09, the Pride finished 16-11, led by a pair of seniors in NEWMAC Player of the Year Corey Finch and in 1,000-point career scorer Lauren O'Connor.
In the 2007-08 campaign, Graves led the team comprised of two 1,000-plus career point scorers in seniors Christine Cotter and Tara McCarthy and eight freshmen to the NEWMAC Tournament Championship game. Of those eight freshmen, Rachelle Walker was honored as the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year.
In 2005-06, the Pride achieved a 22-7 overall mark and recorded a 12-1 record in the NEWMAC, winning 12 straight conference games during the season. Forward Courtney Parvin earned NEWMAC Player of the Year honors that campaign.
During the 2004-2005 campaign, SC tied the school record for wins in a single season (25) and made its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III 'Elite Eight'. The Pride, which reached the 'Sweet 16' of the 2002 NCAA Division III Tournament, compiled a 25-4 record that year, including a school-record 17 consecutive wins while sweeping the NEWMAC regular-season and tournament titles.
Springfield College was ranked 19th in the final USA Today/ESPN/Women's Basketball Coaches Association Division III Poll of the 2002 season. That was the program's highest national ranking as a Division III program, and its best since the 1981-1982 season, when SC was ranked as high as fourth in the Division II national poll.
Team Links
- 2009-2010 Schedule
- 2009-2010 Roster
- 2009-2010 Statistics
- 2009-2010 Coaching Staff
- 2009-2010 JV Schedule
- Photo Gallery
- Live Stats
- Alumni Questionnaire
- NEWMACsports.com
- D3hoops.com
- Team Archives
Head Coach Naomi Graves
Entering her 19th season as head coach in 2009-10, Naomi Graves has directed her squads to an impressive 266-117 record (.695 winning percentage) since joining the Division III ranks in 1995. Graves has led the Pride to eleven post-season bids in the past 14 years, including five berths in the NCAA Division III Tournament in the past nine years.
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