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1 LAFAYETTE WOMEN S BASKETBALL For Immediate Release: December 21, 2000 LAFAYETTE QUICK FACTS Location... Easton, PA Founded Enrollment... 2,283 undergraduates Nickname... Leopards Colors... Maroon & White Affiliation... NCAA Division I (Football I-AA) Conference... Patriot League Home Court (capacity)... Allan P. Kirby Sports Center (3,500) President... Arthur J. Rothkopf 55 Director of Athletics... Eve Atkinson Head Coach... Pat Fisher (East Stroudsburg 60) Career Record (.521), 21st season Director of Athletic Communications... Scott Morse Publications Coordinator... Phil LaBella Athletic Communications Intern... Pam Krewson Athletic Communications Phone... (610) Athletic Communications FAX... (610) Press Row Phone... (610) Krewson at Home... (610) SCHEDULE & RESULTS NOVEMBER (2-4) 17 vs. Vermont (Vermont Tourn.)... L vs. Radford (Vermont Tourn.)... L vs. Fairfield (Fairfield Tourn.)... L vs. St. Francis (N.Y.) (Fairfield Tourn.)... W SACRED HEART (LSN-TV)... W FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (LSN-TV)... L DECEMBER (2-1) 6 PRINCETON (LSN-TV)... W at Yale... L AIR FORCE... W at Maryland... 7:30 JANUARY 2 at George Mason... 7:00 4 at Rider... 7:00 6 at Albany... 7:00 10 LEHIGH* (LSN-TV)... 5:45 13 BUCKNELL* (LSN-TV)... 1:00 17 at Navy* (LSN-TV)... 5:15 20 PENNSYLVANIA (LSN-TV)... 1:00 24 HOLY CROSS* (LSN-TV)... 5:45 27 ARMY* (LSN-TV)... 1:00 31 at Colgate*... 5:30 FEBRUARY 3 at Lehigh*... 4:00 7 at Bucknell*... 5:15 11 NAVY* (LSN-TV)... 1:15 13 DREXEL... 7:00 17 at Holy Cross* (LSN-TV)... 1:00 21 at Army*... 5:30 24 COLGATE* (LSN-TV/PL-TV)... 12:00 MARCH PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT 2-3 Hosted by Navy... TBA 7 Championship at Highest Seed (PL-TV)... 7:30 Overall: 4-5 Patriot League: 0-0 Home: 3-1 Away: 0-3 Neutral: 1-1 Streak: +1 GAME 10: AT MARYLAND DEC. 22, 2000 COLE FIELD HOUSE (14,500) 7:30 P.M.. M LEOP EOPARD DEPTH CHAR HART VS.. MAR ARYL YLAND Off the Bench Ht. Cl. Hometown/High School PPG RPG 11 Samaiyah Council 5-3 Jr. Anchorage, Alaska/Dimond Stephanie Dorsey 5-9 Fr. Stockton, Ga./Stephen F. Austin-Texas Elizabeth McKeon 5-6 So. Westfield, N.J./Westfield Kim Costello 5-8 So. Pleasant Valley, N.Y./Arlington Jen Corvigno 5-6 So. Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks W Colleen Fitzpatrick 5-11 Fr. Springfield, Pa./Acad. of Notre Dame Elecia Kruise 5-8 Fr. Coalport, Pa./Glendale Laurie Infantino 5-11 So. Easton, Pa./Easton Ashley Watamura 5-11 Fr. Honolulu, Hawaii/Honolulu Heather Morgan 6-0 Sr. Pen Argyl, Pa./Pen Argyl Office of Athletic Communications, AP Kirby Sports Center, Easton, Pennsylvania (610) Fax: (610) krewsonp@lafayette.edu Hotline: (610) Contact: Pam Krewson SERIES HISTORY: This is Lafayette s first-ever meeting with the Terrapins of Maryland. LAST ACC MEETING: The last time the Leopards faced an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent was on Dec. 30, 1998, as the squad fell to Georgia Tech, , in the championship game of the Yellow Jackets Holiday Invitational. NEXT UP: Lafayette opens up the new year with three consecutive non-conference road games: at George Mason (1/2), at Rider (1/4) and at Albany (1/6). The Leopards open Patriot League play on Jan. 10 when they host conference rival Lehigh. COACHES CHES Leopard Head Coach Pat Fisher (East Stroudsburg 60) is the winningest coach in the history of Lafayette College basketball. She has led the program to a mark (.521) since arriving on College Hill. She earned East Coast Conference (ECC) Coach of the Year honors three times, while leading the Leopards to conference titles in and Fisher is assisted by LaRonda Murphy (Saginaw Valley State 91), Dean Dedopoulos (North Adams State 79) and Val Davis (Kutztown 83). Chris Weller (Maryland 66) has been a mainstay in the Maryland program as she is in her 26th year as the Terrapins head coach. The Maryland alum boasts an overall career record of (.648) and is backed up on the sideline by assistant coaches Christy Winters Scott (Maryland 90), Allison Jones (St. John s 81) and Jocelyn Katsock (NYU 91). Probable Starters Ht. Cl. Hometown/High School PPG RPG F 45 Elise Palac 5-11 Jr. Hanover, N.H./Hanover F 35 Christina LiVecchi 6-1 So. Haddonfield, N.J./Haddon Twshp C 33 Jen Bayer 6-1 So. Lowell, Ind./Lowell G 14 Christel Rocha 5-7 Sr. Lansing, Mich./Lansing Catholic Cntrl G 24 Megan Haughey 5-8 Fr. Pittstown, N.J./North Hunterdon

2 L LEOP EOPARDS ARDS LAST CONTEST LAFAYETTE 62, AIR FORCE 53 DECEMBER 10, 2000; 9 The Leopards were able to hold Air Force under 10 points until one second before halftime as Lafayette cruised to a victory over the Falcons in women s basketball action on Sunday. Two Leopards scored in double-figures with sophomore Kim Costello leading the way with 11 points. Christel Rocha had 10 in the contest to go along with three assists and three steals. Falcon captain Rozalyn Russ led all scorers with 23 points and teammate Morgan Bennett also finished in doubledigits for the Falcons with 11. Air Force (2-6) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Bennett, Morgan f Russ, Rozalyn f Stillman, Wendy c Tomlinson, Ali g Peebles, ShaNekia g San Pietro, M Neff, S Albright, S Jackson, A Childress, J Clifton, S Totals Lafayette (4-5) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Fitzpatrick, Colleen f Palac, Elise f Bayer, Jen c Rocha, Christel g Haughey, Megan g Council, S Dorsey, S McKeon, E Costello, K Corvigno, J LiVecchi, C Kruise, E Infantino, L Watamura, A Totals Halftime: Lafayette 29, Air Force 12. Three-point goals: Lafayette 3-5 (Costello 3-3, Corvigno 0-1, Infantino 0-1); Air Force (Bennett 2-9, Russ 6-7, Tomlinson 0-2, Peebles 1-1, Jackson 0-1, Childress 0-1, Clifton 1-2. Turnovers: Lafayette 16, Air Force 23. Attendance: 149. PATRIO TRIOT LEA EAGUE STANDINGS (Through games of 12/20/00) League Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Army Bucknell Lehigh Holy Cross Lafayette Navy Colgate (T HE LONG AND WINDING ROAD AD (TRIP RIP) Lafayette s game at Maryland is the first of four consecutive away games for the Leopards in pre-conference play. The road trip to Cole Field House is followed by a bit of a break before the Leopards play three away games in five days when they travel to George Mason on Jan. 2, Rider two days later and Albany two days after that. The Leopards are currently 0-3 on the road, last losing at Yale on Dec. 8. LAF AFAYET YETTE TE VS. HE HE ACC Lafayette s meeting with Maryland is only the second time the Leopards have faced an opponent from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the history of the program. The Leopards have their chance to earn their first win over an ACC opponent as they are currently winless against schools in the conference with a record of 0-4. Lafayette has faced only two of the nine institutions that make up the ACC before its meeting against the Terrapins this season. The Leopards versus ACC opponents: Clemson Georgia Tech N.C. State Duke Maryland Virgina Florida State North Carolina Wake Forest BATTLE TLE OF BOARDS So far this season, the Leopards have outrebounded their opponents by 64 boards and have posted a mark of 4-1 when they grab more rebounds than their foes. In the squad s win over Princeton, the Leopards dominated the boards, recording 53 rebounds to the Tigers meager 29. Sophomore center Jennifer Bayer set the pace for Lafayette, recording a career-high 19 boards against the Ivy League opponent and she is currently fifth in the Patriot League rebounding standings. Lafayette currently leads the league in rebounding defense (32.6 per game) and team rebounding margin (+7.3). MAR ARYL YLAND TERRAP ERRAPINS Maryland enters its contest against Lafayette with an impressive 7-2 overall record (0-1 ACC) on the season. The Terps opened up their slate with six consecutive wins before registering their first loss of the season on Dec. 5 at the home of the nationally-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions. The team followed up its loss at the Bryce Jordan Center with an loss just four days later at ACC foe North Carolina. The Terrapins are most recently coming off a trouncing of Coppin State on Nov. 12 at Cole Field House. Maryland s six-game season opening win streak included victories over Howard, Loyola, Wagner, Delaware, Dayton and UMBC. P A The T Terps F I are S also H undefeated E R at 5-0 on their home court this season. YEAR-BY-YEAR COMEBA OMEBACK KID Sophomore reserve guard Kim Costello has finally overcome a slew of injuries that hampered her last season and is now a key contributer on the floor for Lafayette. Costello set two career-highs in the Leopards win over Princeton, netting 18 points and grabbing seven rebounds. She scored in double figures two other times this season, both of which were Lafayette victories. Costello came off the bench to score 10 points in Lafayette s nail-biting win over Sacred Heart and she added 11 points on 4-for-4 from the field against Air Force, including 3-for-3 from three-point land. The Arlington, N.Y., native is averaging 5.9 points and 2.4 rebounds per game. ROJAHN INJUR NJURY UPDA PDATE TE PAGE 2 Elizabeth Rojahn, Lafayette s second-leading scorer last season, has not been able to dress for a game yet this season due to a lower back injury suffered in mid- September. The 5-10 forward started all the Leopards 29 contests last season, averaging 11.3 points and 3.9 rebounds as a freshman. Rojahn is currently listed as day-to-day and will not compete against Maryland.

3 HOW Y FARE: Lafayette College s Record in when: LC wins opening tip-off Opp. wins opening tip-off LC leads at halftime LC trails at halftime LC is tied at halftime LC outrebounds opponent LC ties opponent in rebounds LC shoots.500 or better from the field Opp. shoots.500 or better from the field LC and opponent equal in FG% LC commits less turnovers than opponent LC commits more turnovers than opponent LC and opponent commit equal turnovers Two or less score in double figures Three score in double figures Four score in double figures Five or more score in double figures LC scores 59 points or less LC scores between points LC scores between points LC scores between points LC score between points In games decided by three points or less In games decided by 4-10 points In games decided by points In games decided by points In games decided by 30 points or more In November games In December games In January games In February games In March games Saturday games Sunday games Monday games Tuesday games Wednesday games Thursday games Friday games Afternoon games Evening games Overtime games Tournament games PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Jennifer Corvigno... Core-VEE-no Samaiyah Council... Suh-MY-yuh Dean Dedopoulos... Duh-DOP-o-lus Megan Haughey... HOW-ee Laurie Infantino... In-fan-TEE-no Elecia Kruise... Crew-EZ Christina LiVecchi... Lih-VECK-ee Elizabeth McKeon... Mick-KYUNE Elizabeth Rojahn... ROW-john CAPT APTAINS AINS Samaiyah Council and Laurie Infantino have been named the captains of the Lafayette women s basketball team. Selected by their teammates, Council and Infantino will provide the team with leadership and experience both on and off the court this season. Council will watch over the backcourt this season as a point guard while Infantino will take charge of the frontcourt as a 5-11 junior forward. -- LAF AFAYET YETTE TE LEADS NATION -- AGAIN For the second straight year, the Lafayette College women's basketballprogram is ranked first in the nation as one of 11 Division I institutions to graduate all women's basketball players in the latest NCAA Graduation Rates Report. The latest report is for student-athletes who entered from 1990 to 1993, and Lafayette's women's basketball graduation rate was aperfect 100 percent. LAF AFAYET YETTE TE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM The Lafayette College women s basketball Feb. 17 at Holy Cross team will see at least 12 contests hit the Feb. 24 COLGATE television air waves this season. The Lafayette Sports Network will air games to more than 5.2 million viewers in the Lehigh Valley, central New Jersey, New York City and Boston. Locally, the telecasts will be aired on RCN TV-4 and WBPH-TV 60, and will cover the entire Lehigh Valley as well as Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Mercer and Warren counties in New Jersey. LEOP EOPARDS WALK ON AIR WAVES Lafayette s women s basketball team boasts the largest commercial radio package in the Patriot League this season, seeing at least 12 of its contests take to the airwaves of WEST-AM Stereo Both of the Leopards home and away regular season league contests against Lehigh, Bucknell, Navy, Holy Cross and Army will be broadcast by the voice of Lafayette Athletics Dick Hammer, one of the most highlyrespected radio broadcasters in the Northeast. Broadcasts will begin approximately five minutes before tipoff while coverage of the Patriot League tournament will also be accessible to the listening public. LEOP EOPARDS PROWL WEB EB Check out the latest information on all Lafayette sports on the web: LAFAYETTE WOMEN S BASKETBALL TV SCHEDULE Date Opponent Nov. 27 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 17 Jan. 20 Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Feb. 11 PAGE 3 SACRED HEART FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON PRINCETON LEHIGH BUCKNELL at Navy PENNSYLVANIA HOLY CROSS ARMY NAVY You can find press releases, game notes, schedules, rosters, players features, photos, fan polls, box scores, up-to-date season statistics and much more. Also, a journal by junior Christina LiVecchi is featured on the site. The web is updated within an hour of each contest. In addition, you can recieve a daily update by ing krewsonp@mail.lafayette.edu and requesting your address be added to the daily update list. (Also included in this packet: recaps, box scores and game-by-game and cumulative and statistics.)

4 CAREER HIGHS IGHS Points vs. Penn Rebounds vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Assists vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Steals last vs. Colgate Captain who set a new career-high with six assists vs. Fairleigh Dickinson. Points vs. Syracuse Rebounds last vs. Penn Assists vs. Navy Steals vs. Penn Blocks last vs. FDU Points vs. Princeton Rebounds vs. Princeton Assists last vs. Army Steals vs. Richmond Blocks vs. Radford IGHS & S & SEASON HIGHLIGHT IGHLIGHTS 11 Samaiyah Council 14 Christel Rocha After taking a year off from the team last season, Rocha, the Patriot League Rookie of the Year, returned as the starting point guard to earn All-Tournament honors at the Howard Bank Classic (Burlington, Vt.) in the Leopards first two games of the season. She recorded impressive two-game stats of 25 points, seven rebounds, four assists and six steals. She also had 11 points vs. Fairfield and an incredible 16 first half points against Sacred Heart to finish with a game-high Kim Costello Part of the fabulous freshman class of last year, Cosello set a new career-highs against Princeton with 18 points, including 15 from behind the arc, and seven rebounds. Points vs. Albany Rebounds vs. Albany Assists vs. Lehigh Steals at Pittsburgh Blocks at Bucknell Points last vs. Lehigh Rebounds at La Salle Assists last vs. Holy Cross Steals vs. Rider Blocks last vs.colgate Liz Rojahn The second-leading scorer on the team last season, Rojahn has not been able to dress for a game yet this season due to a lower back injury suffered in mid-september. Her status remains day-to-day. 33Jen Bayer Named to the Patriot League All-Rookie squad as a freshman, Bayer picked up right where she left off, earning All-Tournament honors at the Howard Bank Classic this season. She recorded two double-doubles this season, against Sacred Heart and Princeton, and grabbed a career-high 19 boards against the Tigers in front of a home crowd. 12 Assists never Points vs. Air Force Rebounds last vs. Air Force Steals never Points last vs. Holy Cross Rebounds last vs. Air Force Assists vs. Princeton Steals last vs. Lehigh Blocks vs. Army Points last vs. Yale Rebounds last vs. Yale Assists vs. Radford Steals vs. FDU Points vs. Radford Rebounds last vs. FDU Assists vs. Radford Steals last vs. Yale Blocks vs. St. Francis (N.Y.) Points at Air Force Rebounds twice, last vs. Albany Assists last vs. La Salle Steals last vs. St. Francis (N.Y.) Stephanie Dorsey 15Liz McKeon 24 Megan Haughey Part of the phenomenal freshman class this season, starting every one of the Leopards contest as the off guard. Has scored 10 points twice this season (vs. St. Francis and Radford) and had an amazing five steals against Fairleigh Dickinson. 30 Colleen Fitzpatrick Has made an enormous impact in the low post as a freshman forward, starting three games so far. Fitzpatrick had 10 points and five rebounds in her first collegiate game and backed that up by a 12-point, four assist output in her second game, both of which she came in off the bench. Points vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Rebounds at Bucknell Assists at Vermont Steals vs. Army Blocks vs. Radford LiVecchi started the first three games of the season for the Leopards in the frontcourt, recording a careerhigh four blocks against Radford in the consolation game of the Howard Bank Classic in Burlington, Vt. PAGE 4 32Jen Corvigno 35 Chris LiVecchi

5 CAREER HIGHS IGHS Points vs. Air Force Rebounds vs. FDU Assists last vs. Air Force Steals vs. Fairfield Points last vs. Holy Cross Rebounds vs. St. Francis (N.Y.) Assists vs. Cornell Steals vs. Yale Blocks last vs. FDU Returns as a starting forward after a year off to study abroad. Palac dominated the boards against St. Francis (N.Y.) in the consolation game of the Warner s Classic at Fairfield, Conn., grabbing 10 rebounds. IGHS & S 43 Elecia Kruise 45 Elise Palac & SEASON HIGHLIGHT IGHLIGHTS Points vs. Air Force Rebounds last vs. Air Force Assists last vs. Army Steals last vs. St. Francis (N.Y.) Blocks last vs. Sacred Heart Points vs. Rider Rebounds last vs. Yale Assists at Holy Cross Steals last vs. Army Blocks last at Princeton Points vs. St. Francis (N.Y.) Rebounds vs. St. Francis (N.Y.) Assists never Steals vs. Air Force Heather Morgan 44 Laurie Infantino 2000 Captain who has come off the bench as a serious threat in the post and from the outside. Came in off the bench to score six points and grab three rebounds in the low post for the Leopards in their rout of St. Francis (N.Y.) PAGE 5 50 Ashley Watamura

6 SEASON EASON RECAPS PAGE 6 LAFAYETTE 54, VERMONT 85 NOVEMBER 17, 2000; BURLINGTON, VT. - HOWARD BANK CLASSIC 1 The Lafayette women s basketball team tipped off its regular season in Burlington, Vt., but fell to the defending America East champion Catamounts, 85-54, at the Howard Bank Classic. The Leopards (0-1) jumped out to an 8-3 lead in the first three minutes of the game but after a Vermont timeout to regroup, the Catamounts went on their own run to go into halftime up and never looked back. Lafayette looked to starting point guard Christel Rocha, who sparked the offense with a team-high 13 points to go along with four steals. Lafayette (0-1) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Rocha, Christel g Haughey, Megan g Bayer, Jen c LiVecchi, Chris f Palac, Elise f Council, S Dorsey, S Costello, K Fitzpatrick, C Corvigno, J Kruise, E Infantino, L Morgan, H Totals Vermont (1-0) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Cressman, Dawn g Smith, Libby g Yantzi, Aaron c Bryan, Rachel f Hall, Morgan f Mulligan, A Burroughs, H LaRocque, M LaRocque, T Brownlee, M MacAulay, J Totals Halftime: Lafayette 28, Vermont 44. Three-point goals: Lafayette 1-4 (Rocha 1-1, Costello 0-1, Corvigno 0-2); Vermont (Cressman 2-4, Smith 2-2, Hall 2-3, Burroughs 1-3, LaRocque, M. 1-1, LaRocque, T. 2-4, MacAulay 0-2). Turnovers: Lafayette 27, Vermont 19. Attendance: 1,333. LAFAYETTE 59, RADFORD 66 NOVEMBER 18, 2000; BURLINGTON, VT. 2 HOWARD BANK CLASSIC - CONSOLATION GAME Five players scored in double figures, but the Lafayette women s basketball team fell short in its second game of the season, losing to Radford in the consolation game of the Howard Bank Classic hosted by the University of Vermont. Lafayette played it close for the first 10 minutes of the game, tied at at 10:20 when Jennifer Bayer put in two of her 10 points off a pass from Christel Rocha. But Radford jumped to a halftime. Lafayette was able to cut the lead to nine points, six different times and to seven points just three times, including the game s final margin. Rocha was named to event s the All- Tournament team. Lafayette (0-2) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Rocha, Christel g Haughey, Megan g Bayer, Jen c LiVecchi, Chris f Palac, Elise f Council, S Dorsey, S Costello, K Fitzpatrick, C Corvigno, J Kruise, E Infantino, L Totals Radford (1-1) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Horton, Catrice g Maks, Amanda g Donald, Sarah c Neby Amanda f Rickman, Sheeri f Kita, M Williamson, K Silker, Cody St. John, L Perez, H Allen, B Totals Halftime: Lafayette 24, Radford 38. Three-point goals: Lafayette 1-6 (Rocha 0-1, Haughey 1-2, Coetello 0-2, Infantino 0-1); Radford 5-13 (Horton 2-7, Williamson 2-5, Perez 1-1). Turnovers: Lafayette 16, Radford 21. Attendance: 800. LAFAYETTE 55, FAIRFIELD 81 NOVEMBER 24, 2000; FAIRFIELD, CONN. WARNER S CLASSIC 3 Leopard women s hoops lost to host Fairfield University, 81-55, in the opening round of the 21st annual Warner s Classic at Fairfield s Alumni Hall. Fairfield (3-1) received strong performances from Megan Light, Holli Tapley, and Ayanna Brown. Light led the team with 17 points, converting 7-12 from the floor and dishing out five assists. Tapley and Brown each scored 16 points in the win for the Stags. Lafayette (0-3) was led by sophomore Jennifer Bayer s 18 points, while freshman Colleen Fitzpatrick pulled down nine rebounds. Lafayette (0-3) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Palac, Elise f LiVecchi, Chris f Bayer, Jen c Rocha, Christel g Haughey, Megan g Fitzpatrick, C Council, S Costello, K Infantino, Laurie Corvigno, J Kruise, E Watamura, A Totals Fairfield (3-1) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Light, Megan g Tapley, Holli g Brown, Ayanna c Isadora, Schrene f Thorne, Allison f Light, M. A Dewalt, Kelsie Chartier, M Schiano, A Cobb, F Totals Halftime: Fairfield 39, Lafayette 30. Three-point goals: Fairfield 4-12 (Megan Light 2-4, Tapley 2-5, Molly Ann Light 0-1, Chartier 0-2; Lafayette 1-8 (Costello 0-1, Corvigno 1-7). Turnovers: Fairfield 21, Lafayette 23. Attendance: 1,420.

7 SEASON EASON RECAPS PAGE 7 LAFAYETTE 77, 86 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) NOVEMBER 25, 2000; FAIRFIELD, CONN. 4 WARNER S CLASSIC - CONSOLATION GAME Jennifer Bayer scored a game-high 18 points on nine-for-11 shooting to lead the Lafayette College Leopards (1-3) to a victory over the St. Francis College Terriers (0-3) in the consolation game of the Fairfield University Warner s Classic. Lafayette opened the second half with a 19-9 run, with Bayer accounting for 10 of the points, to take a advantage with 13:49 left in the game and to leave the Terriers in the dust. Bayer was also named to the event s All-Tournament team for her two-day point total of 36. Lafayette (1-3) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Fitzpatrick, Colleen f Palac, Elise f Bayer, Jen c Rocha, Christel g Haughey, Megan g Council, S Dorsey, S McKeon, E Costello, K Corvigno, J LiVecchi, C Kruise, E Infantino, L Watamura, A Morgan, H Totals St. Francis (NY) (0-3)FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Stenzel, Friederike f O Malley, Caitlin f Rhodes, Jazmine c Nealy, Kia g Carbone, Colleen g Papadopoulo, C Merlino, A Zarick, K Green, N Harrington, S Porter, B Krueger, A Totals Halftime: Lafayette 29, St. Francis (N.Y.) 14. Threepoint goals: Lafayette 5-13 (Rocha 0-1, Haughey 2-3, Costello 1-2, Corvigno 2-6, Infantino 0-1; St. Francis 2-8 (Stenzel 0-2, Carbone 1-1, Merlino 0-2, Krueger 1-3). Turnovers: Lafayette 22, St. Francis 27. Attendance: 450. LAFAYETTE 57 SACRED HEART 55 NOVEMBER 27, 2000; The Lafayette women s basketball 5 team had a heart-stopping home opener Monday, as the Leopards gave up a 14- point lead late in the second half and sealed the two-point win over Sacred Heart with eight seconds remaining, Sophomore center Jennifer Bayer scored the game-winning basket off a missed foul shot by teammate Megan Haughey to give the Leopards (2-3) the slim margin of victory. Bayer finished the night with 12 points and 11 rebounds, her 12th career doubledouble and first of the season. Christel Rocha, playing in her first regular season home game since the season, had a game-high 22 points, 16 of which were scored in the first half, off 8-for-14 shooting. Lafayette (2-3) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Fitzpatrick, Colleen f Palac, Elise f Bayer, Jen c Rocha, Christel g Haughey, Megan g Council, S Costello, K Corvigno, J LiVecchi, C Infantino, L Watamura, A Morgan, H Totals Sacred Heart (0-3) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Rutnik, Brooke f Kelly, Brooke f Coonradt, Heather c Kohl, Ashley g Durmer, Ashley g Farrell, M Crotty, A Quinlivan, S Maher, K Brady, T Andreas, R Newhard, L Totals Halftime: Lafayette 29, St. Francis (N.Y.) 14. Threepoint goals: Lafayette 5-13 (Rocha 0-1, Haughey 2-3, Costello 1-2, Corvigno 2-6, Infantino 0-1; St. Francis 2-8 (Stenzel 0-2, Carbone 1-1, Merlino 0-2, Krueger 1-3). Turnovers: Lafayette 22, St. Francis 27. Attendance: 450. LAFAYETTE 52 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 57 NOVEMBER 29, 2000; Lafayette could not repeat its 6 last second heroics of two nights ago as the Leopards gave up an 11-point lead in the second half to the visiting Knights of Fairleigh Dickinson, Jennifer Bayer had another big game, scoring 19 points and freshman Colleen Fitzpatrick had a big night on the boards, finishing with a team-high eight. The Leopards (2-4) and the Knights exchanged the lead in the first half but Lafayette was able to go up heading to the locker rooms. But FDU (1-2) was able to come back from an early 11-point second half deficit to take a fivepoint win on the Leopards home floor. Lafayette (2-4) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Fitzpatrick, Colleen f Palac, Elise f Bayer, Jen c Rocha, Christel g Haughey, Megan g Council, S Costello, K Corvigno, J LiVecchi, C Kruise, E Infantino, L Watamura, A Totals FDU (1-2) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Prol, Melanie f Tidemann, Karen f Caple, Nevin f Kozlowski, Jen g Woods, Tommica g Allan, M Marchanka, N Bowman, N Schmitz, K Blom, B Ruby, L Totals Halftime: Lafayette 22, FDU 21. Three-point goals: Lafayette 2-16 (Rocha 0-3, Haughey 0-1, Costello 1-7, Corvigno 1-4, Infantino 0-1); FDU 2-8 (Tidemann 0-2, Kozlowski 1-1, Woods 1-3, Allan 0-1, Marchanka 0-1). Turnovers: Lafayette 22, FDU 25. Attendance: 311.

8 SEASON EASON RECAPS PAGE 8 LAFAYETTE 58 PRINCETON 48 DECEMBER 6, 2000; Two Leopards set new 7 career-highs as Lafayette prevailed as the victor of a hard-fought battle with the Tigers of Princeton on Wednesday at the Allan P. Kirby Sports Center. In recording her 13th career doubledouble and second of the season, sophomore Jen Bayer recorded a careerhigh 19 rebounds to go along with 10 points. Reserve guard Kim Costello set a career-high with 18 points on the night for the Leopards, including five threepointers. Senior point guard Christel Rocha tied a game-high 18 points as the Leopards earned their third win of the season and avenged their loss at Princeton last season. LAFAYETTE 61 YALE 76 DECEMBER 8, 2000; NEW HAVEN, CONN. Maria Smear and Helene 8 Schutrumpf each scored 16 points as the Yale s women s basketball team (3-5) defeated Lafayette (3-5) in a Patriot League-Ivy League match-up. Jennifer Bayer led Lafayette with 16 points and nine rebounds, and Megan Haughey and Laurie Infantino followed with 10 points each. The Leopards shot 42 percent from the field and 75 percent from the free throw line. Behind 49 percent shooting from the field, four players scored in double-figures for Yale. LAFAYETTE 62 AIR FORCE 53 DECEMBER 10, 2000; The Leopards were able to 9 hold Air Force under 10 points until one second before halftime as Lafayette cruised to a victory over the Falcons in women s basketball action on Sunday. Two Leopards scored in double-figures with sophomore Kim Costello leading the way with 11 points. Christel Rocha had 10 in the contest to go along with three assists and three steals. Falcon captain Rozalyn Russ led all scorers with 23 points and teammate Morgan Bennett also finished in doubledigits for the Falcons with 11. Lafayette (3-4) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP LiVecchi, Chris f Palac, Elise f Bayer, Jen c Rocha, Christel g Haughey, Megan g Council, S Costello, K Fitzpatrick, Colleen Corvigno, J Kruise, E Infantino, L Watamura, A Morgan, H Totals Princeton (0-5) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Rigney, Lauren f Culp, Lee f Lane, Maureen c Munson, Jess g Cahill, Allison g Opila, M. C McCracken, M Schaeffer, K Aitken, J Totals Lafayette (3-5) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP LiVecchi, Chris f Palac, Elise f Bayer, Jen c Rocha, Christel g Haughey, Megan g Council, S Costello, K Fitzpatrick, C Corvigno, J Kruise, E Infantino, L Watamura, A Totals Yale (3-5) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Miller, Alyson f Schuturmpf, H. f Glick, Lily c Smear, Maria g Bair, Caitlin g Gringas, B Gahan, K Perkins, S Smith, B Kaegi, L Simpson, M Smith, A Totals Lafayette (4-5) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Fitzpatrick, Colleen f Palac, Elise f Bayer, Jen c Rocha, Christel g Haughey, Megan g Council, S Dorsey, S McKeon, E Costello, K Corvigno, J LiVecchi, C Kruise, E Infantino, L Watamura, A Totals Air Force (2-6) FG-A FT-A Reb Ast PF TP Bennett, Morgan f Russ, Rozalyn f Stillman, Wendy c Tomlinson, Ali g Peebles, ShaNekia g San Pietro, M Neff, S Albright, S Jackson, A Childress, J Clifton, S Totals Halftime: Lafayette 27, Princeton 16. Three-point goals: Lafayette 5-14 (Rocha 0-2, Costello 5-10, Corvigno 0-2); Princeton 6-23 (Culp 0-1, Lane 4-8, Munson 0-1, Cahill 2-10, Schaeffer 0-3). Turnovers: Lafayette 19, Princeton 22. Attendance: 503. Halftime: Lafayette 28, Yale 35. Three-point goals: Lafayette 2-13 (Rocha 0-1, Costello 2-6, Fitzpatrick 0-1, Corvigno 0-4, Infantino 0-1); Yale 6-8 (Smear 2-4, Bair 3-3, Gingras 1-1). Turnovers: Lafayette 21, Yale 17. Attendance: 325. Halftime: Lafayette 29, Air Force 12. Three-point goals: Lafayette 3-5 (Costello 3-3, Corvigno 0-1, Infantino 0-1); Air Force (Bennett 2-9, Russ 6-7, Tomlinson 0-2, Peebles 1-1, Jackson 0-1, Childress 0-1, Clifton 1-2. Turnovers: Lafayette 16, Air Force 23. Attendance: 149.