Daemen Women Move Up to 17th in Nation

The Daemen College Womens Basketball team has had a great start to the season as they now are ranked inside the top 20 at number 17.

The team is lead by the nations' leading scorer Sarah Soroka who averages 22.89 points per game on 50.3 percent shooting. Soroka has been a dominant force inside for the Wildcats and has proved to be a difference maker for this team. Her 8.33 rebounds a game help the team establish an inside presence and limit the opponents second chance points.

The team is lead by other veterans such as Bridgette Burke, Marybeth Nugent, and Allana Laguerre. Burke is averaging 13 points a game and shooting 50 percent from the field as is Soroka. Burke leads the team in rebounding at just over 8.5 and had her best game of the year against Rio Grande at home where she went for 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Nugent is averaging just under 9 points per, and Laguerre is at just under 5. Sophomore Tara Bailey anchors the team at point guard and is a three point specialist. She is shooting 41 percent from three this year and averages over 7 points a game.

Other contributors include Ellie Allen and Lindsay Stoddard. Allen always provides a spark for the team with her quickness and ball handling. Stoddard, a freshman is getting quality minutes and has made a significant impact playing in all nine games and averaging 3 assists per.

The team is currently on a roll and has won seven straight games. Coach Dave Skolen is doing a great job with the team and has high hopes of winning a conference championship. If the team continues to play like this, they are legitimate threat of not only making the national tournament, but making a deep run. The Wildcats next game is Friday where they will travel to the Shawnee State tournament to face Indian Wesleyan. On Saturday, in the same tournament, they will take on defending national champion runner up, Shawnee State, who Daemen defeated earlier in the year.

http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/Team/TeamPage.aspx?association=10&sg=WBB&sea=NAIWBB_2010&team=158

http://athletics.daemen.edu/default.php?sport_code=wbb