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SECOND RANKED FOE IN A ROW
After going 1-1 last week with a win against Assumption, the Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team looks to bounce back against No. 16 nationally ranked Adelphi. SCSU heads to Garden City, N.Y. to face the Panthers on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. 

LAST TIME OUT
Senior Taylor McLaughlin led the team in scoring with 22 points as Southern Connecticut fell short against No. 20 Bentley, 70-67.
• Maria Weselyj recorded double-digits with 17 points in the home contest against Bentley. Kiana Steinauer had a career high 16 rebounds along with 15 points to give her a second straight double-double.

STEINAUER NAMED SPALDING/NE10 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Kiana Steinauer was named the Spalding/NE10 Rookie of the Week on Monday for her play in the Owls' two games last week. Steinauer posted consecutive double-doubles, the first of her collegiate career, in a 1-1 week for the Owls. She kicked off the week with 14 points and 11 rebounds in a win at Assumption and followed that up with 15 points and 16 boards in a close loss to No. 20 nationally ranked Bentley. Steinauer also hit on 60-percent of her shots from the floor on the week.

ALL-TIME VS. ADELPHI
The Panthers have a slim 10-9 margin in the all-time series between the schools.

THE LAST MEETING VS. THE PANTHERS
The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team fell in its home opener to Southwest Division foe Adelphi University, 66-50, on Nov. 16. Taylor McLaughlin led the way with 22 points and 16 rebounds, as well as two steals, a block and an assist.
 
MCLAUGHLIN IN GOOD COMPANY
In the win over Franklin Pierce, Taylor McLaughlin recorded eight steals tying her with Kym Harris who tallied eight steals twice in 1983, Laurie Roche (1983) and most recently Kate Lynch, who had eight against Felician in 2007.

CAREER HIGH FOR PFOHL
Sophmore Amanda Pfohl recorded a career-high 11 points in the game at SNHU on Jan. 18.

WILLIAMS SEASON HIGH VS. PIERCE
Junior Chandler Williams tallied a season high 12 points going 4-for-5 from the field and 3-for-3 from beyond the arc against Franklin Pierce.

CAREER NIGHT FOR STEINAUER
Freshman Kiana Steinauer posted a career-high 21 points to go along with eight rebounds in the game against Merrimack on Jan. 10.

MCLAUGHLIN NAMED TO HONOR ROLL...X2
Taylor McLaughlin was named to the NE10 weekly honor roll on Monday for her play against SNHU and Franklin Pierce.

MCLAUGHLIN NAMED TO HONOR ROLL...X2
Taylor McLaughlin was named to the NE10 weekly honor roll on Jan. 9 for her play against St. Michael's and Stonehill.

MCLAUGHLIN ON THE CAREER CHART
Taylor McLaughlin is now eighth all-time at SCSU in scoring with 1,332 points. McLaughlin is also now seventh all-time with 667 rebounds, passing her head coach Kate Lynch against Franklin Pierce.

NOTABLE STATS FROM THE DOMINICAN WIN
• Jana Migliaro tied her career-high two rebounds.
• Alyssa Irons scored her first three points and collected her first rebounds in the Owls' win.
• Jessica Fressle netted a career-high seven points.

HURLBERT NAMED SCSU FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
For the second time this season, Abby Hurlbert, of the SCSU women's basketball team was named SCSU Female Athlete of the Week after her performance against Dominican. Hurlbert assembled a strong stat line of 15 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals in Southern's 79-36 win over Dominican. She knocked down 5-of-10 shots from the floor, including 5-of-6 from beyond the arc.

NEW ARRIVALS
The Owls welcome six newcomers to the squad for the 2016-17 season - Imani Wheeler, Kiana Steinauer, Alyssa Irons, Bridget Sharnick, Maddie Brown and Jessica Fressle.

WELCOME BACK
Southern Connecticut returns 11 players from last year's squad – seniors Taylor McLaughlin and Maria Weselyj, juniors Murphy Murad, Chandler Williams, Abby Hurlbert, Paige Decker, Chloe Brinton and sophomores  Jana Migliaro, Amanda Pfohl, Allie Smith and Erin Ryder.

THE CAPTAINS
Southern Connecticut State University head women's basketball coach Kate Lynch has announced that seniors Taylor McLaughlin and  Maria Weselyj and redshirt junior Murphy Murad will serve as team tri-captains for the 2016-17 campaign.

OWLS TABBED TO FINISH FOURTH IN NE-10 PRESEASON POLL
The women's basketball team has been selected to finish fourth, along with division rival Le Moyne College, in the Southwest Division according to the Northeast-10 Conference Preseason poll, as voted on by the league's coaches. The Owls and the Dolphins both received a total of 47 points, while the Owls managed to get a first place vote.

LOOKING BACK AT LAST SEASON
The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team with a winning record of 19-11 as well as qualified for the Northeast-10 Conference Championship for the third straight year. SCSU reached the semifinals before losing on the road to the eventual champion, Bentley.

HIT A CHAMPIONSHIP SHOT...MEET A SUPERSTAR
Prior to coming to SCSU, Maria Weselyj connected for the game-winning shot in the 2013 CIAC Class LL state championship while competing for Mercy High School. The shot gained national and international acclaim, and earlier this fall was included in Brad Paisley's video entitled "Today". Weselyj eventually met Paisley after the release of the video while he was on tour in Connecticut.

LYNCH MAKING AN IMPACT
Kate Lynch '08 begins her second season as head coach for the Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team. Entering the year, Lynch had compiled a 100-76 overall record as a head coach. Lynch remains the all-time leading scorer in Owls' history (1,779 points) and ranks seventh all-time in rebounds (650). Following the 2015-16 season, she was selected by the WBCA as one of its "Thirty Under 30" honorees.

TOUGH COMPETITION AWAITS
The Owls will face four teams in 2016-17 that made the NCAA Tournament a year ago - Queens, Bentley, Saint Anselm and American International.

BEATHEA, POWELL EARN CONFERENCE HONORS
Jackie Beathea and Danielle Powell earned Northeast-10 Conference regular season honors for their play in 2015-16. Beathea was named to the First-Team while Powell was named to the Third-Team.

EXCELLING IN THE CLASSROOM
Southern Connecticut had 11 student-athletes selected to the Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for their work in the classroom during the 2015-16 academic year.

FIVE OWLS HONORED BY D2ADA
Chloe Brinton, Paige Decker, Abby Hurlbert, Elizabeth McKinley and Taylor McLaughlin were all named as 2016 recipients of the Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award for their work in the classroom.

2007 NCAA CHAMPS TO BE HONORED TWICE
Since the conclusion of the 2015-16 season, the national champion 2007 NCAA women's basketball team has been recognized with a pair of honors. The Owls were selected for induction as part of the Northeast-10 Conference Hall of Fame's Class of 2016. In addition, the team was also selected for induction into the SCSU Athletic Hall of Fame and will be formally honored in May, 2017.

ON DECK
Southern Connecticut returns to action on Feb. 7 against AIC.