Saint Joseph’s Dominate Big Five Women’s Awards

Saint Joseph's coach Cindy Griffin and her staff and team react to the ESPN announcement. (Photo courtesy of St. Joseph's athletics).

By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Hours before Saint Joseph’s celebrated its most successful season in a while at the annual women’s basketball awards dinner at Drexelbrook, the Hawks dominated the Big Five women’s awards announced Tuesday afternoon. Senior Chatilla van Grinsven was named player of the year, while coach Cindy Griffin, who guided the Hawks [...]

Guru’s Musings: Drexel and Penn Bring the Postseason to Philadelphia

Hollie Merson hasd another 19-point effort as Drexel advanced to the WNIT Final Four beating Auburn. (Photo courtesy of CAA).

By Mel Greenberg Penn found a way to get rewarded for the Quakers’ best run since their Ivy title in 2004 while Drexel will take its fourth straight stab at pursuing a WNIT title when the two program open separate tournament play Thursday night at the same time (7 p.m.) only several blocks apart in [...]

Princeton Women Claim Fourth Straight Ivy Crown While Yale Reduces Penn to Third Place

Niveen Rasheed era at Princeton on verge of fourth Iv crown. (Photo courtesy: Beverly Schaefer/Princeton athletics)^

By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Princeton earned a four-peat achievement as Ivy champions at Saturday’s Senior Night activities in Jadwin Gym in central New Jersey with an 80-54 win over Brown (9-19, 3-11 Ivy) while Harvard (18-8, 10-3), by beating host Cornell 66-56 in Ithaca, N.Y. will be going to the WNIT after clinching second [...]

Princeton Women Clinch Tie for 4th Ivy Title While Penn Maintains Pursuit Beating Brown

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By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Princeton spent the first part of senior weekend Friday night in Jadwin Gym in central New Jersey celebrating famous ties and a standings tie while a little further to the south Penn’s growth once again asserted itself for the Quakers at home in The Palestra. The Tigers again routed Yale, [...]

Saturday (3/9) A.M. Report: Baskets and Boards — Women’s Top Individual Points and Rebounds Per Game

Alex Bentley moved into ninth place -- one ahead of teammate Maggie Lucas -- on PSU scoring charts. (Photo courtesy of Penn State athletics.)

By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Here are the key combined performances to date thru Friday, Mar. 8, involving teams in our PhilahoopsW group. At some point in time soon, this file will be enhanced and placed in a special area. As long as this list has gotten, search on the date of the previous day [...]

Temple Part of Action Friday as A-10 Women Open First Round Play at Saint Joseph’s

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By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women PHILADELPHIA – Two rivals who hooked up at the end of the Atlantic 10 tournament will meet each other in one of the four opening round games at Saint Joseph’s Hagan Arena Friday when  10th-seeded Temple (12-17, 5-9 A-10) meets seventh-seeded Xavier (13-15, 7-7) in the 5 p.m. contest. Temple [...]

Ivy Women: Princeton Magic Number Drops to Two While Penn Falls in Second-Place Tie With Harvard

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By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Princeton shook of the ending of the Tigers Ivy-record 33-game win streak that occurred Friday night at the hands of Harvard in Cambridge, Mass., and finished its New England road trip Saturday night by beating host Dartmouth, 68-60, in Hanover, N.H., to shift into countdown mode for a fourth straight [...]

Monday (3/3) A.M. Report: Baskets & Boards — Women’s Top Individual Points and Rebounds Per Game

Ashley Prim helped Saint Joseph's down the stretch to snap long streak to the Owls (photo courtesy of Saint Joseph's athletics )

By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Here are the key combined performances to date thru Sunday, Mar. 3, involving teams in our PhilahoopsW group. At some point in time soon, this file will be enhanced and placed in a special area. As long as this list has gotten, search on the date of the previous day [...]

Penn Women Move Within a Game Of Ivy Leader Princeton After Harvard Stops Tigers’ Record Streak

Penn's Brianna Bradford scored 17 points to extend Quakers' win streak. (Photo courtesy/Penn athletics.)

By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women It may be fool’s gold to talk about Penn moving within a game of first-place Princeton in the Ivy race down the stretch but that’s where things are after Friday night’s action in which the Tigers’ record win streak of 33 games was stopped by Harvard in Cambridge, Mass., near [...]

Thursday (2/28) A.M. Report: Baskets and Boards – Women’s Top Individual Points and Rebounds Per Game

Saint Joseph's Chatilla van Grinsven was named Big Five player of the year.(Photo courtesy: Saint Joseph's athletics.)

By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Here are the key combined performances to date thru Wednesday, Feb. 27, involving teams in our PhilahoopsW group. At some point in time soon, this file will be enhanced and placed in a special area. As long as this list has gotten, search on the date of the previous day [...]