March 26, 2010

Lady Rams 2009-10 Season Wrapup

Philadelphia, PA-The Philadelphia Lady Rams wrapped up the regular season in 2010 winning five of their last seven games and landed a #2 ‘South’ seed in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women’s Basketball Tournament. The team fell in the quarterfinals to Goldey-Beacom College 72-64 to end the 2010 season.

The team finished with a 15-13 overall record, 13-6 in the CACC.

Head Coach Tom Shirley is now just eight wins away from his 600^th career victory, while Shirley and Men’s Basketball Head Coach Herb Magee are just one win away from a combined 1,500 victories.

Three PhilaU women’s hoopsters were named to CACC Tournament team: senior-center Jessica Romano (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) received CACC All-Conference 1^st Team; while senior forward Kate Brennan (Stratford, NJ/Sterling) and senior guard Nina Brascetta (Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) were both named to the Honorable Mention squad.

Romano led the team in scoring (17.1 ppg) and rebounding (9.0 rpg) and became the fourth Lady Ram’s player to reach 1,000+ career point and rebounds. She ended her career with 1,854 points and 1,065 rebounds. She shot 43.5% from the floor and 80.9% from the foul line in her senior season.

Brennan-who returns for a fifth year in 2010-11, was second on the team in scoring averaging 14.4 ppg, shooting 32.4% from the three where she was nationally ranked (2.0 three’s per game). She led the team from the free thrown line, shooting 86.1% on the season.

Brascetta led the team from the front court averaging 5.5 assist per game (14^th in the nation). She also averaged 6.8 points per game.

The team will welcome the addition of redshirt junior guard Stephanie Agger next season, along with redshirt freshman Megan Finn. Incoming freshmen include guard Samantha Morris- who scored nearly 2,000 points in high school; 6’2 center Francesca Edmondso and guard Jaclyn Panichi.


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