2015-16 Women's Basketball News
HIGGINS NAMED GNAC & DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR; Negri, Clay & Davis Earn All-GNAC Honors
BOSTON, Mass. - Emmanuel College senior guard Sarah Higgins (Groveland, Mass.) was selected as the 2016 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, as voted upon by the league’s 12 head coaches. Higgins, a First Team All-Conference selection, averaged 14.5 points and 6.6 rebounds in 26.3 minutes per game for the Saints and led the GNAC with 3.4 steals per game. The Groveland, Mass. native helped guide Emmanuel to a share of the GNAC regular-season title and a runner-up finish in the GNAC title game.
February 29, 2016
SAINTS AND MONKS SET FOR GNAC CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE
STANDISH, Maine – Top-seeded Saint Joseph's College (22-5, 10-1 GNAC) will host #3 Emmanuel College (21-6, 10-1 GNAC) in the 2016 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament Championship at the Harold Alfond Center on Saturday at 2:00 PM.
February 27, 2016
SAINTS FALL IN GNAC TITLE GAME TO SAINT JOSEPH'S, 66-62
STANDISH, Maine – Top-seeded Saint Joseph’s College (23-5) edged #3 Emmanuel College (21-7), 66-62, in the 2016 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women’s Basketball Championship at the Harold Alfond Center on Saturday afternoon.
February 27, 2016
WOMEN'S HOOPS READY FOR SEMIFINAL SHOWDOWN VS. JWU
BOSTON, Mass. – The No. 3 Emmanuel College women’s basketball team heads to Providence, R.I. for a rematch of the 2015 GNAC Championship game this evening against the No. 2 Johnson & Wales University Wildcats in tonight’s GNAC Semifinals. The Saints earned the No. 3 seed in the tournament field after posting a 10-1 mark in GNAC play to share a three-way tie for the top spot in the conference but fell to third due to an overall winning percentage tie-breaker with No.1 Saint Joseph’s (ME) and No. 2 Johnson & Wales.
February 25, 2016
NEGRI HITS 1K, LEADS SAINTS TO GNAC TITLE GAME
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Emmanuel College (21-6) women's basketball team avenged last year's championship game loss with a 71-61 victory over Johnson & Wales (24-3) in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) semifinals on Thursday night at the Wildcat Center.
February 25, 2016
WOMEN’S HOOPS SET TO OPEN 2016 POSTSEASON RUN
BOSTON, Mass. – The Emmanuel College women’s basketball team is set to start their 2016 postseason run, opening the Great Northeast Athletic Conference tournament tonight against No. 6 Albertus Magnus College at 7:00 PM in the Jean Yawkey Center. The Saints earned the No. 3 seed in the tournament field after posting a 10-1 mark in GNAC play to share a three-way tie for the top spot in the conference but fell to third due to an overall winning percentage tie-breaker with No.1 Saint Joseph’s (ME) and No. 2 Johnson & Wales.
February 23, 2016
WOMEN’S HOOPS ADVANCES TO GNAC SEMIFINALS WITH 73-63 WIN OVER ALBERTUS MAGNUS
BOSTON, Mass. – Four players scored in double-figures to lead the No. 3 Emmanuel College women’s basketball team past No. 6 Albertus Magnus College, 73-63, Tuesday evening in Great Northeast Athletic Conference Quarterfinals action at the Jean Yawkey Center. With the victory, the Saints improve to 20-6 on the year and advance to the GNAC Semifinals while the loss drops the Falcons to 14-12 on the year.
February 23, 2016
HIGGINS NAMED GNAC WOMEN’S HOOPS PLAYER OF THE WEEK AGAIN
BOSTON, Mass. – Senior guard Sarah Higgins (Groveland, Mass.) has been named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, it was announced by the conference office on Monday. The honor marks the second occasion this season Higgins has been honored by the GNAC, also earning Player of the Week honors back on Jan. 18.
February 22, 2016
HIGGINS, SAINTS HEAD TO POSTSEASON WITH 70-60 WIN AT ALBERTUS
New Haven, Conn. – The Emmanuel College women's basketball team defeated Albertus Magnus College, 70-60, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) action on Saturday afternoon at The Nest inside the Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center.
February 20, 2016
SAINTS SINK SIMMONS ON SENIOR DAY
BOSTON, Mass. – The Emmanuel College women’s basketball team cruised to a 92-54 victory over Simmons College Saturday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action at the Jean Yawkey Center Gymnasium. The Saints improve to 18-6 overall and 9-1 in GNAC play while the loss drops the Sharks to 7-15 and 1-8 in the GNAC.
February 13, 2016
McCARTHY NAMED GNAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
BOSTON, Mass. – Freshman center Mary McCarthy (Scituate, Mass.) has been named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week, it was announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.
February 09, 2016
HIGGINS HITS 1,000 POINT MILESTONE; SAINTS KNOCK OFF UNBEATEN MONKS
BOSTON, Mass. – Emmanuel senior Sarah Higgins (Groveland, Mass.) scored the 1,000th point of her career to lead the Saints past Saint Joseph’s College (ME), 71-66, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play on Tuesday night.
February 09, 2016
WOMEN'S HOOPS TURNS OVER ST. JOSEPH (CT), 89-44
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Lena Negri (Arlington, Va.) scored 20 points and the Emmanuel College women’s basketball team forced 41 turnovers Saturday in an 89-44 win over the University of Saint Joseph in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference game at the O’Connell Center.
February 06, 2016
SAINTS END SKID WITH BLOWOUT WIN AT ANNA MARIA
PAXTON, Mass.—The Emmanuel College women's basketball team got back to its winning ways on Saturday afternoon with a 75-54 victory over Anna Maria in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play in Paxton, Mass.
January 30, 2016
FOURTH QUARTER RUN POWERS WILDCATS PAST SAINTS
BOSTON, Mass. - The Johnson & Wales women's basketball team outscored Emmanuel 11-1 over the final 4:24 of the fourth quarter to earn a 54-44 victory and hand the Saints their first loss in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) regular season play since February 9, 2010 vs. Emerson.
January 28, 2016
SLOW START SINKS SAINTS VS. #9 TUFTS, 57-41
MEDFORD, Mass. - Junior Michela North scored a game-high 14 points, including the 1,000th of her Tufts career, as the ninth-ranked Jumbos kept rolling with a 57-41 women's basketball victory over Emmanuel College Tuesday night at Cousens Gym.
January 26, 2016