Julia Antonelli
Sophomore Julia Antonelli and the Warriors kick off their season on Friday night at Gwynedd-Mercy.

Women's Basketball

Young Warriors open season at CSAC favorite Gwynedd-Mercy

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The Lycoming College women’s basketball team gets its season underway on Friday night, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m., as the Warriors head to preseason Colonial States Athletic Conference favorite Gwynedd-Mercy for the second game in the first round of the Gwynedd-Mercy Tip-Off Tournament.

The Warriors (0-0 overall) return six players that earned significant starting experience in 2010-11, led by sophomore Julia Antonelli, who averaged 10.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game as a rookie.

The Griffins (0-1 overall) will look to rebound from a season-opening 96-74 loss to No. 24 Kean. Senior Bryn Cotteta led the Griffins with 18 points and senior Brittany Neil added 11 in the game.

Warrior Notes
• The Warriors are 16-17 all-time in season openers. They have won the last four in a row, scoring more than 75 points in all of them.

• Lycoming is 27-15 (.643) all-time against teams from the CSAC.

• Junior Rachael Scheller needs four 3-pointers to become the 16th player in school history to can 50 in a career.

• Scheller’s 96 assists as a sophomore were the eighth-most in school history.

• Sophomore Julia Antonelli needs eight rebounds to reach 150 in her career.

• Senior Erin Connaghan needs two steals to become the 50th player in school history to post 50 in a career.

• Senior Chelsea Shearer finished ninth in the league in 2010-11 with an average of 1.3 3-point field goals made per game.

• The Warriors finished third in the Commonwealth Conference with a .704 free throw percentage in 2010-11.
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