OUTLOOK First round: Lost to Rutgers, 91-70
Regular-season and Patriot League tournament champion Holy Cross enters its third consecutive trip to the Big Dance on an 11-game winning streak. Anna Kinne, Jeanette Paukert and Katie O'Keefe -- who combined for 59 points in the Patriot League tourney final -- pace the team. Key stat: The Crusaders are 1-7 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including a first-round loss to Duke in 1999.
PROBABLE STARTERS |
F - Monika Rothemich (6-1, Jr., 10.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg)
C - Katie O'Keefe (6-2, Fr., 10.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg)
G - Anna Kinne (5-6, Sr., 13.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg)
G - Amanda Abraham (6-2, So., 8.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg)
G - Veronica Jutras (5-7, Sr., 5-1 ppg, 3.9 rpg) |
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NOTABLE |
NCAA Tournament titles: None
Final Four appearances: None
Best finish: 1991, advanced to second round
NCAA Tournament appearances: 8
NCAA Tournament Record: 1-7
Last NCAA appearance: 1999, lost to Duke, 79-51, first round
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RANKINGS
Final Ratings Percentage Index ranking: No. 93.
NO. PLAYER POS HT CLASS
11 Jeanette Paukert G 5-10 FR
20 Monika Rothemich F 6-1 JR
21 Veronica Jutras G 5-7 SR
23 Mary Rose Campbell F 5-11 FR
31 Liz O'Connor G-F 5-11 FR
33 Anna Kinne G 5-6 SR
35 Katie O'Keefe C 6-2 FR
42 Amanda Abraham F 6-2 SO
44 Becky Flynn G 5-8 FR
54 Elisa Zawadzkas F 6-0 SO
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