Offensively challenged the whole game, Nova escaped with an overtime win on the back of Devon Kane, scoring 20 points, almost all in key points at the end of regulation and in overtime. A perfect 10-10 from the foul line before missing her last shot, her driving layups and foul shooting made up for the lack of offense from the rest of the squad.

Nova trailed by as much as 7 late in the second half, coming back on the three point shooting of Emily Leer and Kane's heroics, including making all three foul shots after getting knocked down shooting a three.

Not a pretty game to watch, but once again a Nova player stepped up to take charge and pull out a victory.

Next up is 4-0 Lafayette at home on Sunday. Nova wiped out Lafayette at their place last year, but look to have a much improved team this year. Never going to be easy for the Nova team this year if we struggle making the threes.

Don't know who won yet, but Nova went 1,2,9,10,12. Princeton near the front also

This guy went ahead and did just what he was talking about in the article (i.e. the classes are based on individual rankings) but it's worth pointing out that NOVA is getting no love in the recruiting class world..seems like this would be unacceptable for the men..this needs to turn around and recruits need to know the women's ball is big time at NOVA..

That being said I think Louin was a big time 2014 recruit for NOVA..and she by herself would put NOVA in the Top 50 based on NOVA's needs and style of play...a significantly under ranked individual player..

http://www.bluestarmedia.org/index.php/component/k2/item/615-2014-early-class-rankings

Mel Greenberg, aka Womens Hoops Guru, said Harry got an early XMAS present today! He may be right but good teams find a way to pull it out at the end. Way to stick it out and get the W!

http://www.prospectsnation.com/story/what-we-learned-2014-kmb-showcase

Lets keep this going! For all you top talented recruits out there pay attention to this guard combo coming! It could be the making of something special if we can add a couple more pieces. For those elite forwards and/or centers out there being recruited you should start paying attention. With Megan Quinn (Top 100 fwd 2013 class ) already there Harry is really building something! There also is 2015 verbal wing Grace Stant!

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With the real biggies (UConn, Louisville, Rutgers) gone, why don't we just win the first new Big East championship.

The Women's basketball team spotted Drexel two points and ran off fifteen straight to set the tone for a 63-52 win over Drexel in the Championship game of the Toledo Glass City Tournament on Sunday afternoon. Nova reached the tournament final with a resounding 87-53 thumping of Mississipi Valley State on Saturday, canning a school record tying 18 treys.

After all of the Saturday threes, Sunday's quick start was fueled by a decision to push the ball inside early, with Emilly Leer getting four lane scores and immediately getting Drexel's big in foul trouble. With Drexel trying to fill the lane, the outside shots opened up and threes were deposited by Kendall Burton, Kavaunaa Edwards, Devon Kane, Lauren Burford, Caroline Coyer and 2 by Katherine Coyer. At the 5:40 mark, two free throws from Katherine Coyer pushed the Nova lead out to 31-10 for their largest lead of the game.

From that point forward, Drexel seemed to gain their footing and slowly chipped away at the Nova lead. It was 35-19 at half-time, but looking unlikely that Drexel would be able to mount a comeback. The second half started with Nova continuing to try to get the ball into the lane, with much less scoring success, but still managing to pick up some fouls, getting Drexel in the bonus with over 13 minutes to play. Drexel managed to cover the outside pretty well, and no more threes were going up uncontested. Unfortunately, the free throw shooting was not good so Drexel continued to eat into the huge Wildcat lead.

Drexel finally got inside of 10 points at the 10:40 mark and made a run to cut it to six with 8:30 to go and seemed to have all the momentum going their way. A huge long three from the top of the key by Leer stopped the bleeding there, and after a Drexel three neutilized that to get it back to a six point game, the Nova defense stiffened and Caroline Coyer took control, first with a drive and beautiful dish to Jordan Dilliard for a layup, a driving layup and then two foul shots off another drive, all helping to keep Drexel at bay. The game got real sloppy at that point with a lot of missed shots and fouls, ending with an 11 point Nova win. After starting out 7 of 12 on threes, Nova only made 1 of 9 the rest of the way. Leer finished with 18 points, the Coyer twins had 12 each and Devon Kane added 9.

Devon Kane made the all tournament team along with Emily Leer who was awarded the MVP award. A good start to the season for the women, jumping out to large early leads in both games and hitting 26 three pointers, with limited turnovers and fouls in each game. The foul shooting needs to improve. The three freshman are getting valuable court time and doing well. Kavaunaa Edwards got two starts in fornt of her family in her hometown area and was impressive, especially on the defensive boards in the opening half of each game. We seemed to be getting all of the rebounds and loose balls this weekend until the second half of the Drexel game. Getting Taylor Holeman back for the Lehigh game should take some pressure off of the front line.

I know the school produced Jerry Rice,
one of the greatest wide receivers in NFL
history, but I have no idea about their lady
hoopsters.

Years ago I was doing some work at Delta State
in Cleveland, Mississippi. We know how good
they were in ladies' hoops. MVS was built out in
a field because of racial issues. I did take a drive
through the campus. It is a wonder that those
schools have survived with the lack of funding
they get.

I imagine Harry will have us ready.

Men take first while women take fourth.

Here is video of 2015 recruit Adrianna Hahn. She is a 2015 top 100 recruit and ranked in the top 25 in a few. Very high IQ, handle, and great shooter who can get it off despite her height..step backs, crosses, etc. Very nice pickup for Villanova..

http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=54154

Harry and the Wildcats score another 2015 recruit..Grace Stant from Rumson in NJ..here is a short video interview I found on her.. Villanova material written all over her..

http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2013/03/girls_basketball_interview_wit_72.html

Let's keep them coming..no reason why Nova can't recruit the best student-athlete ball players and set goals for winning conference championships and being a national contender.. whose next? How about a nice big from the Top 100!

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results form the Hurrican Inv.

Finals 800m
1 Piccirillo, Angel FR Villanova 2:05.31 1
2 Margey, Kelsey FR Villanova 2:06.03 1
3 Logan, Ne'Ausha JR Ucf 2:06.37 1
4 Lipari, Emily JR Villanova 2:06.77 1
5 Schappert, Stephanie SO Villanova 2:07.14 1
6 Akande, Nicky JR Villanova 2:08.34 1
7 Winston, Erica JR Ucf 2:10.55 1
8 Smith, Tonney SR Temple 2:11.49 1
9 Pauls, Caroline FR Ucf 2:13.24 2
10 Dixon, Valerie JR Florida Atlantic 2:14.42 2

for the men Ellison ran 1:49+ and Solis ran 1:50+

Nick Ryan (NY) just committed to Syracuse. Makes sense since I believe his HS,Fayetteville-[/B]Manlius, is in the Syracuse area? Whitecat?

Recruiting and signings have begun. Hope VU is in the hunt. The men are close to having a superior middle distance squad. Thus Malone and Cheserek (we are allowed to dream ...) would fit nicely. The women ...? Aside from Akande and Lipari, I don't know; although I like Neutts. The first-year women, Piccirillo and Margey, may be the answer. So the women need a lot. Fortunately there are some good ones that fit the VU mold. But that is another post.

Georgetown 1st
Nova 16th

Lipari 7th and Akande 21st ran well -- no one ran well after that --Schappert 123rd Piccirillo 181

the women need a really big recruiting year -- disappointing that they didn't capitalize on two consecutive NC's

There is a new piece on Villanova Running about the "Mighty Burner" - i.e., Larry James. Had the good fortune of meeting him at a social gathering. Good man.

I know we have had these discussions before, but it would be real nice if Marcus could recruit another "mighty burner" - i.e., a runner with the talent and dignity to represent Villanova. Would really be very cool.

Came across this while reading Philly .com


http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/high_school/pennsylvania/20130613_Mount_s_Louin_commits_to_Villanova.html

Seven hour battle - he let them die.
Beyond disgraceful.
They watched it in real time video.
Anyone who defends this is despicable!

Mimi Riley VU class of 01 becomes new Director of basketball graduation replacing Briana Weiss who will be pursuing a 2nd Masters Degree AF GTown. Laura Sweeney replaces Sarah Jones as graduate assistant. Sarah becomes assistant at Morehouse State.

Jordan Dillard from Georgia does join Megan Quinn and Samantha Wilkes as our three new freshmen. Jordan plans on following her mother's footsteps in pursuing a career as a surgeon.

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this whole thing has me scared sh*tless!!

I know the news is slanted, but is anyone reading those international reports that terrorists groups representing Syria's rebels are slaughtering Christians, and that Assad is the one actually trying to protect Christians in his country? The main stream media is not covering this at all. Assad is most likely the culprit in the chemical attacks, which is categorically wrong, but if we as a country truly believe in protecting liberty and human rights around the world, why is this slaughter not news?

There is a nice piece on this subject at Villanova Running. Sort of makes you wonder about what did happen and can VU ever recruit well there again.

There are Irish runners at several colleges, but none at VU. Someone recently commmented on Sean Tobin (current Ireland XC champ) going to Mississippi St. (?) There is an 800 man, Leighio, at Arkansas. And Providence has Shane Quinn and Sarah Collins. Believe Quinn's dad is an alum. Collins is a surprise since she is originally from Cork. That is Marcus' home. Thought he would have a connection. Even Notre Dame got in the act, a few years ago, with Tom Chamney.

Since he has been coach, Marcus has tried very hard to recruit in Ireland with little success. Galligan went to Tennessee for a year and then went home. More recently, Mageean and, just this past year, Mark English. He works hard. Visited O'Lionaird and all the kid talked about was Michigan. After leaving Michigan, he wanted to come to VU, but Marcus said no.

Marcus speaks of three factors that come into play: talent, academics and $. The $ thing can be involved and explains a lot about VU recruting in general. Big thing with Marcus, though, is academics. It is no small thing. Several years ago, outstanding runner from Ireland wanted to come to VU, but Marcus was not impressed with his grades. Kid went elsewhere to what is viewed as a fine academic institutiion and was All-American. Others can remind us of additional stories.

Until recently, the Irish talent was nothing great. [Someone correct that view if I am wrong in my assessment.] So one is not missing much. But the bottom line is grades and maybe some of these kids do not measure-up. Mississippi St, Arkansas, ...? You can't be serious. Better talent in England. But VU doesn't appear to recruit there. Why?
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The latest effort will be Siofra Cleirigh-Buttner (who comes out next year). VU is in touch with her. Shane Fitzsimons or Karl Griffin would be nice, but I do not believe VU has the $, this year. Pay attention to Allanah Lally (400/800), who is probably two years away. In other words, there is some better talent coming out of Ireland, now. Hope they have the grades ...

Note: As good as Buttner is , there is a girl from Iceland, Anita Hinriksdotter, who rivals Cain, plus others coming-out in 2014.. Is there enough $?



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Patrick Tiernan's 19:09.48 at yesterday's main Line Invitational is a Villanova course record at Haverford's 4-mile course, breaking Sam McEntee's 19:13.50 from last year. If I am correct, it's the #2 time ever on that course by anyone, behind only Hugo Beamish's 18:57.10 run last year (Beamish was competing as a post-collegiate runner by then and he went on that season to win the New Zealand 5000 meter national title).

By way of comparison, Bobby Curtis debuted as a frosh on this course in 2003 and ran 19:33 (and he later went on to win the 2008 NCAA 5000 title). Tiernan just turned 19 yrs old this month and just ran 7 seconds faster than Curtis's best ever time on that course (19:16.60 in 2007), when Curtis was a 5th-year senior, two months short of his 23rd birthday. Sheesh.

Scary thing is that as the races get longer (8K and 10K) toward the end of the year, Tiernan should be at a greater advantage (since he's not a blown-up miler).

Here are some recent Villanova freshman times on that course (excuse any errors), to put Tiernan in perspective:

Jordy Williamsz (2012): 19:15.30

Bobby Curtis (2003): 19:33

Sam McEntee (2011): 19:35.91

Mathew Mildenhall (2009): 19:51.17

Adrian Blincoe (2000): 20:14

Matt Kane (2008): 20:37.14

I do not believe Bogdana Mimic ran much, last year. Not sure. Know she was not available outdoors. Why the transfer though?

Transfer to NC State

ESPN news story today announced the death of Bonita Spence who officiated a huge number of Women's Big East games over the years, including many Nova games. She was only 51 and no cause of death was available.

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9685054/veteran-women-basketball-official-bonita-spence-51-dies