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1 Game #27: Stonehill (19-7, 14-7) at Saint Anselm (7-19, 4-17) Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Stoutenburgh Gymnasium, Manchester, New Hampshire 5:30 p.m. EST WELCOME BACK TO THE GRANITE STATE : Stonehill makes its second visit in the last five days to the Granite State of New Hampshire this evening as the Skyhawks close out regular season play by taking on the Saint Anselm Hawks in a Northeast-10 Conference clash. Stonehill enters tonight s action seeking its third straight victory after posting a Northeast-10 triumph over Assumption last Saturday afternoon on Senior Day at Merkert Gymnasium, as freshman Megan Methven (Corning, N.Y./Corning Painted-Post East) led the way by coming off the bench to score 20 points, including five three-pointers. Senior co-captain Alisha Collins (Port Chester, N.Y./Trinity Catholic) added 18 points for the Skyhawks, who also received eight points and four rebounds from senior Caitlin Kennedy (Baldwin, N.Y./St. Francis Prep) and seven points and six assists from senior Kim Morast (Bridgewater, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham). Senior co-captain Tiffany Huggins (Stoughton, Mass./Brockton) chipped in with seven rebounds and six assists for the winners, who turned 27 Greyhound turnovers into 25 points to sweep the regular season series between the two schools. Saint Anselm enters tonight s action after posting a Northeast-10 triumph over LeMoyne last Saturday afternoon here at Stoutenburgh Gymnasium. PLAYOFF PROGNOSTICATIONS: Stonehill can finish as high as tied for fourth in the final Northeast-10 regular season standings and will be seeded either fifth or sixth in the upcoming conference tournament. The Skyhawks will be the fifth seed with a win this evening over Saint Anselm and would also be the fifth seed with a loss to the Hawks tonight coupled with a Pace loss to American International. Stonehill would be seeded sixth in the conference tournament with a loss to Saint Anselm this evening and a Pace win over American International, as the Skyhawks will host a first round playoff contest on Sunday afternoon at Merkert Gymnasium beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST. HONOR ROLL HONOREES: Senior co-captain Alisha Collins (Port Chester, N.Y./Trinity Catholic) and freshman Megan Methven (Corning, N.Y./Corning Painted-Post East) each earned spots on the Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll on Monday for their efforts in a pair of Stonehill victories last week. Collins averaged 15.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals on the week, including 18 points in a win over Assumption to go with 13 points and nine boards in a triumph at Southern New Hampshire. Methven averaged 13 points and four rebounds on the week, including a 20-point performance that included five three-pointers in last Saturday s victory over Assumption. LAST MEETING: Stonehill and Saint Anselm last met on January 3 rd at Merkert Gymnasium, and the Skyhawks posted a victory over the Hawks. Alisha Collins led four players in double figures with 16 points and 13 rebounds in the win for Stonehill, which also received 14 points from Caitlin Kennedy as well as 10 points and nine rebounds from sophomore Bethany Tighe (North Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames). Tiffany Huggins rounded out the Skyhawk quartet in double figures with 10 points, seven assists and three steals.

2 Add One THE SERIES: Stonehill and Saint Anselm are meeting for the 65 th time this evening, and the Skyhawks hold a advantage over the Hawks in the all-time series between the two schools. SKYHAWK SCOUT: Collins, the reigning Northeast-10 and ECAC Division II Player of the Year, leads Stonehill in scoring and rebounding at 16.0 ppg and 6.5 rpg, while Methven follows at 11.5 ppg. Kennedy is next at 8.6 ppg, while Huggins adds 7.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg and 4.3 apg for the Skyhawks. HAWK TALK: Senior Jessica Morgan leads Saint Anselm in both scoring and rebounding at 10 ppg and 7.7 caroms per contest, while junior Cassaundra Thorpe adds 8.8 ppg to date for the Hawks. HEAD COACH TRISHA BROWN: Trisha Brown is in her sixth season as Head Women s Basketball Coach at Stonehill College. A 1987 graduate of Harvard, Brown is just the third head coach in the 36- year history of varsity women s basketball at Stonehill, as she has posted a (.665) mark during her tenure and has led the Skyhawks to NCAA appearances in 2003 (that featured a run to the Sweet Sixteen), 2004 and Brown collected her 100 th career victory on November 21 st with the triumph over Southern New Hampshire. Brown, who helped lead Harvard to one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history when the Crimson knocked off top-seeded Stanford in the 1998 NCAA Division I first round, is assisted by Kelly Thompson (Springfield 02) and Patrick Brennan (Springfield 70) and is 8-1 during her career against Saint Anselm. JOINING THE CENTURY CLUB: Trisha Brown picked up her 100 th career victory with the November 21 st win over Southern New Hampshire, accomplishing the feat in just 151 games since SECOND TO ONE: The victory over West Texas A&M on November 5 th enabled Trisha Brown to move into second place on Stonehill s career win list with 99 triumphs, as she moved past Kelly Hart s total of 98 wins set from Current Director of Athletics Paula Sullivan posted 478 victories during her 25-year tenure as Stonehill s head coach from 1971 through HEAD COACH MONICA McCARTHY-GALAMAGA: Monica McCarthy-Galamaga is in her fourth season as Head Women s Basketball Coach at Saint Anselm College. A 1991 Saint Anselm graduate, McCarthy-Galamaga has guided her alma mater to an overall mark of (.343) during her tenure, and she is assisted by Ann Parks, Katie Schlender and Lanna Martin. McCarthy- Galamaga is 0-6 during her career against Stonehill. THIRTY-SIX IN A ROW, LOOK AT EM GO: The January 11 th win over Merrimack enabled Stonehill to clinch its 36 th straight winning campaign, a streak that dates back to the program s inception in The Skyhawks recorded 25 of those winning seasons during current Director of Athletics Paula Sullivan s tenure as head coach, and former Stonehill mentor Kelly Hart carried that streak to 30 seasons before Trisha Brown took over in DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE, DOUBLE YOUR FUN: Stonehill has reached the double-digit plateau in the victory column for 30 straight seasons following the December 17 th win at Merrimack, as the Skyhawks reached the 10-win mark before the turn of the New Year for the second straight season. THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS: Stonehill is now 72-2 in its last 74 contests when holding an opponent to 59 or fewer points following last Thursday s win at Southern New Hampshire, as the Skyhawks had won 25 straight such contests dating back to February 2005 against Bentley before the January 17 th setback at AIC. The 74-game streak dates back to February MILESTONE MARK: The November 5 th win over ninth-ranked West Texas A&M was the 675 th triumph in the 36-year history of Stonehill women s basketball, as the Skyhawks have amassed an overall mark of (.722) since the program s varsity inception in 1971.

3 Add Two TREY MAGNIFI QUE : Megan Methven tied the school single-game record for three-pointers with eight treys from behind the arc in the December 13 th win over Bryant, equaling the mark of eight first set by Hall of Famer Michelle Doonan 95 in a win over Saint Anselm during the campaign. In two games against the Bulldogs this season, Methven has netted 13 three-pointers and averaged 24.5 points per game, and she leads the Skyhawks with 69 three-pointers to date, a mark that leads the Northeast-10 in treys per game for a fourth straight week. D-I-S, N-E-Y, C-H-A-M-P (Sung to the tune of the old Mickey Mouse Club show): Stonehill joined North Dakota as the only two schools in the history of the Disney Division II Tip-Off Classic to post perfect 3-0 marks during the tournament. THE ALL-TIME VICTORIES LIST: Stonehill ranks 10 th among all NCAA Division II women s basketball programs in both all-time victories and all-time winning percentage. The Skyhawks entered the campaign with 672 wins and a.722 winning percentage. ECC SUCCESS: With the December 20 th win at Dowling, Stonehill sports an all-time mark of 37-5 (.881) against East Coast Conference foes all-time, including a triumph over Concordia back on November 26 th at Merkert Gymnasium as part of the Northeast-10/East Coast Conference Challenge. HITTING THE CENTURY MARK : Stonehill s 108 point effort in the November 26 th win over Concordia marked the second time in a little over a year that the Skyhawks have reached the century mark in a game, the last coming in November 2005 in a triumph over Bentley. Stonehill s 108 points fell one shy of the school single-game record of 109 points set during the campaign at Assumption, and the Skyhawks 59 first half ranks as the second highest mark before intermission. AYE, AYE CAPTAINS: Seniors Alisha Collins (Port Chester, N.Y./Trinity Catholic) and Tiffany Huggins (Stoughton, Mass./Brockton) have been named as co-captains for the 36 th edition of Stonehill women s basketball. Collins, the reigning Northeast-10 and ECAC Division II Player of the Year, averaged 18.2 ppg and 6.2 rpg last season, while Huggins added 5.6 ppg and 4.9 rpg. SKYHAWKS ON THE WEB: For the third straight season, Stonehill basketball can be accessed on the world wide web through Stretch Internet, a service of Gilbert, Ariz. A total of 12 Skyhawk regular season men s basketball broadcasts will be available throughout the season via Stretch Internet by accessing the official Stonehill Athletics website at powered by Presto Sports. Returning to call all of action of Stonehill basketball once again this winter is the tandem of Charlie Bergeron and Brian Buckley, who have served as the voices of Skyhawk Basketball since NORTHEAST-10 TV: All remaining Stonehill conference games can be accessed via videocast by logging-on to Northeast-10 TV, the videostreaming vehicle for the Northeast-10 Conference. The Northeast-10 has partnered with videocasting company Penn Atlantic to provide video coverage of Northeast-10 basketball throughout the year, as games can be purchased for a $6.99 fee. For more information on Northeast-10 TV, log-on to TWENTY-TWENTY VISION: Stonehill reached the 20-win plateau for the third time in four years under Head Coach Trisha Brown and for the 18 th time overall last season. The Skyhawks have won 20 or more games on 10 occasions since 1991, including a school-record 30 victories during the campaign. Former Stonehill mentor Kelly Hart recorded a pair of 20-win seasons prior to Brown s arrival, as Skyhawk Director of Athletics Paula Sullivan won 20 or more games on 13 occasions during her 25-year tenure as head coach.

4 Add Three A GRAND ENTRANCE: Alisha Collins became the 21 st player in Stonehill history to reach the 1,000 career point plateau with her 19-point effort in the win over Felician at the 2006 Disney Division II Tip-Off Classic on November 4 th, and she became the 13 th player in school history to eclipse the 1,300 career point barrier last Thursday night in the win at Southern New Hampshire with a 13-point effort. The members of the Stonehill 1,000 Point Club are listed below: 1. Mary Naughton 2, Sue Patchett 2, Paula Kohs 2, Michelle Doonan 1, Kim Trudel 1, Katy Delaney 1, Lesli Laychak 1, Ann Mallory 1, Julie Stockwell 1, Maryann Walsh 1, ALISHA COLLINS 1, Chris Donovan 1, Kristen McDonnell 1, Penny Bronsdon 1, Esther King 1, Kristen Morast 1, Jennifer Twomey 1, Andrea Barr 1, Betsy Wrobel 1, Dottie Chartier 1, Becky Barrett 1, NATIONAL RANK AND FILE: Stonehill received votes in the WBCA Division II National Top 25 released last Tuesday afternoon, as the Skyhawks have been ranked as high as 10 th nationally and were listed in each of the previous 10 regular season polls in the top 25 prior to this week. REGIONAL RANK AND FILE: Stonehill was rated eighth in the fourth official NCAA Division II Northeast Regional poll released last Wednesday afternoon. The NCAA Northeast Regional rankings as of February 14 th, with records shown through February 11 th, are as follows: 1. Southern Connecticut State Saint Rose American International Bentley Holy Family Pace Franklin Pierce Stonehill Bryant Philadelphia Sciences

5 Add Four HOME SWEET HOME: Merkert Gymnasium has certainly provided a distinct home court advantage for Stonehill, as the Skyhawks amassed an incredible mark of (.864) at home during the 1990 s. Over the last 11 seasons alone, Stonehill is (.799) at Merkert Gymnasium. AND THE AWARD GOES TO : Stonehill College forward Alisha Collins was named as the Northeast-10 Conference Women s Basketball Player of the Year, while Skyhawk forward Kelsey Simonds was tabbed as the Northeast-10 Freshman of the Year in a vote of the league s coaches. Collins becomes the sixth Stonehill individual to earn Northeast-10 Player of the Year honors, joining former standouts Julie Stockwell ( ), Sue Patchett ( ), Michelle Doonan ( and ), Mary Naughton ( ) and Lesli Laychak ( ) in garnering that accolade. Simonds becomes the sixth Stonehill individual to earn the nod as the Northeast-10 s top rookie, joining former standouts Kristen McDonnell ( ), Patchett ( ), Paula Kohs ( ), Katy Delaney ( ) and Chris Donovan ( ). SKYHAWK TALK: Methven has now recorded four 20-point performances during her rookie campaign following her effort on Saturday against Assumption The Skyhawks collected their 42 nd win in 66 series meetings with the Greyhounds following Saturday s triumph Stonehill will host a Northeast-10 playoff contest for the 25 th time in 26 seasons on Sunday Stonehill is now 12-0 against Pace all-time at Merkert Gymnasium following the January 27 th win over the Setters The January 20 th contest against Franklin Pierce marked the 950 th game in Stonehill s 36-year varsity history Stonehill is now 27-2 (.931) in regular season non-conference play during Brown s tenure after the December 20 th win at Dowling Stonehill has posted consecutive victories over Bentley at Merkert Gymnasium for the first time since Stonehill s 24 victories last season represented the Skyhawks highest single-season win total since the campaign Stonehill has won all six of its season openers under Brown s tutelage Stonehill has posted 3-0 starts in each of its six campaigns under Brown, who has compiled a 25-1 (.962) mark during the month of November Stonehill has posted a mark in its last 144 outings dating back to November 2002 for a winning percentage over that time span of.694 Stonehill s 18-game winning streak to start last season ranks as the second longest skein in school history Last year s run to the NCAA Northeast Regional semi-finals came in Stonehill s 16 th NCAA tournament appearance. PRESIDENT S CUP RUNNETH OVER: For the first time in school history, Stonehill College has been named as the recipient of the Northeast-10 Conference President s Cup that is awarded annually to the top all-around program in the 15-team league. Stonehill claimed the Cup by the slimmest of margins, edging out two-time Cup winner Bryant University by one point ( ) in the final standings that are calculated based upon each school s regular season finish in the 22 conference sports during the course of the academic year. Bentley College finished third, followed by the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Southern Connecticut State University in fourth and fifth place, respectively. After finishing the academic year in third place in the final President s Cup standings, Stonehill reached the top spot in the conference by claiming regular season championships in the sports of men s basketball, women s tennis and women s lacrosse as well as garnering league tournament crowns in men s cross country, field hockey and women s lacrosse. Additionally, five Skyhawk programs finished second in their respective standings during the year: women s cross country, women s basketball, baseball, men s tennis and men s outdoor track and field. Stonehill earned a record seven NCAA tournament berths last year and advanced to the Division II national semi-finals in both field hockey and men s basketball, while a record 10 studentathletes earned All-America honors in their respective sports. Six Skyhawk coaches were tabbed as their respective Northeast-10 Coaches of the Year, as Stonehill compiled an overall mark of (.638) in team competition during the course of the academic year, as five programs set school single season records for victories during their respective campaigns: field hockey (19), men s basketball (27), ice hockey (14), men s tennis (15) and women s tennis (17).

6 Add Five CHAMPIONS ON THE FIELD, LEADERS IN THE CLASSROOM: For the first time in school history, Stonehill College sits atop the list of the top academic and athletic colleges in the nation in NCAA Division II play according to the National Collegiate Scouting Association s Collegiate Power Rankings, which combine statistics from three major academic and athletic sources. The NCSA s power rankings are calculated by averaging the U.S. News & World Report rankings, the United States Sports Academy s Directors Cup rank and the student-athlete graduation rank of each Division II institution in the country. Stonehill ranked first in the U.S. News & World Report rankings and finished 27 th in both the final Division II Director s Cup rankings as well as Division II studentathlete graduation rate. Those statistics gave Stonehill an NCSA power rating of to outdistance the University of California-San Diego s rank score of 33.00, as the two schools traded spots in the NCSA s rankings from last year. Stonehill finished 11 th in the overall NCSA Top 50 Power Rankings that includes institutions from all three NCAA divisions, as included in that elite list of schools are Division I powers Duke, Stanford, Princeton and Notre Dame. Stonehill is the only Division II institution to appear in the top 25 of the NCSA Top 50 Power Rankings and is one of four Northeast- 10 Conference institutions to appear in the Division II top 10, as LeMoyne (5 th ), Assumption (6 th ) and Saint Anselm (9 th ) also made the list. The academic year was undoubtedly the most successful campaign in the history of Stonehill Athletics, as the College won the Northeast-10 Conference President s Cup as the top athletic institution in the league. A record seven Skyhawk squads earned NCAA tournament berths in their respective sports, including Division II Final Four appearances by the field hockey and men s basketball teams, while 10 individuals earned All-America accolades in their respective sports. Stonehill compiled an overall mark of (.638) in team competition during the course of the academic year. Along with success on the field came continued success in the classroom. A total of 26 student-athletes earned Northeast-10 Academic All- Conference honors in their respective sports, while nine others were named to their respective sport coaches association All-Academic squads. Nearly 45 percent of all Stonehill student-athletes were named to the Athletic Director s Honor Roll in achieving a 3.20 grade point average or higher for both the Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 semesters, and 45 individuals earned spots on the Northeast-10 Commissioner s Honor Roll for academic excellence. Additionally, women s lacrosse standout Erin Acone 06 became the first two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America in school history and the fifth individual to receive the prestigious accolade. WHO S NEXT: Stonehill will host a first round game as part of the 2007 Northeast-10 Conference Championships on Sunday, February 25 th at Merkert Gymnasium against an opponent to be determined beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST. Complete playoff pairings will be announced by the league office later this evening. For More Information on Skyhawk Basketball, log-on to