2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91
2008-09 Women's Basketball
In their first season in the Freedom Conference, the Cougars finished 13-13 (8-8) and hosted a first-round playoff game.
Lacey DeGraw was a second-team All-Freedom Conference selection.
DeGraw was the team MVP and Lindsey Sykes received the Coach's Award.
DeGraw ended her career third in games played (104), third in field goals (452), fifth in field goal percentage (46.6), fourth in free throws (292), fifth in points (1,196), third in rebounds (741) and fifth in rebounds per game (7.1).
DeGraw also ranks in several single-season categories: third in field goals (161), fifth in free throws (101), fourth in points (423), fourth in ppg (16.3) and fourth in rebounds (232).
In just two seasons, Lindsey Sykes finished tied for ninth in career assists (175).
Freshman Christine Marks finished second in single-season free throw percentage (81.8) and fifth in three-point percentage (37.0).
DeGraw, Lindsey Sykes, Rachel Selert, Katie Fox and Julia Bebry were all seniors. Bebry, DeGraw and Fox were four-year letter winners.
2007-2008 Women’s Basketball
In its first season as Misericordia University and the last in the PAC, the Cougars finished 19-9.
Amy Hughes became the first MU women’s basketball player to be named PAC Player of the Year.
Hughes and Ericka Morrison were named first-team All-PAC.
Lacey DeGaw was an honorable mention All-PAC.
Hughes was a second-team All-ECAC selection.
Morrison was a first-team d3hoops.com All-Region selection.
Morrison was MU’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the NCAA Woman of the Year.
Hughes was MU’s Wendy’s Athlete of the Year.
Hughes was named team MVP, and Morrison received the Coach’s Award.
Hughes set a school single-game record with 12 free throws made against Marywood.
Hughes set a school record with 132 free throws made and became MU’s all-time leader with 405 in her career.
Hughes scored 462 points—the highest single season total in school history.
Morrison finished second on MU’s all-time scoring list with 1,312 points.
Hughes and Morrison were the only seniors on the roster and were recognized as four-year lettermen.
2006-2007 Women's Basketball
Misericordia finished 14-11 overall and 11-5 in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference and made the PAC playoffs for the 13th time in 14 years.
Junior Ericka Morrison was a first-team All-PAC selection, while classmate Amy Hughes was a second-team All-PAC choice.
Hughes was the team MVP and Morrison received the Coach's Award.
Hughes set a school record with 122 made free throws and moved into second place all-time with 273.
Megan Yhlen was the only senior on the team and was recognized as a four-year letter winner.
2005-2006 Women's Basketball
The Cougars finished 15-10, but had their streak of Pennslyvania Althetic Conference playoff appearances snapped at 12.
Tom Griffith spent his first season as CM's head coach after a year as interim coach.
Ericka Morrison was sixth in the PAC in scoring with 13.7 ppg.
Morrison was a second team All-PAC selection for the second straight season. Kelly Ahart was named to the All-PAC Sportsmanship team.
Morrison was the team MVP and Yhlen earned the Coach's Award.
Ahart, Autumn Barna and Rayna Torchia were recognized as four-year letter winners.
2004-2005 Women's Basketball
The Cougars finished 16-11 and reached the PAC playoffs for the 12th consecutive season.
Tom Griffith served as interim head coach as the Cougars were the fourth seed in the PAC playoffs and defeated Rosemont in a first round game and the Anderson Center.
Janell Fort set a MU single season record with 38 blocked shots. She is the school's career leader with 73.
Freshman Ericka Morrison was a second-team All-PAC selection, while freshman Amy Hughes earned honorable mention. Rachel Haley was named to the All-PAC Sportsmanship team.
Hughes was the team MVP, and Morrison received the Coach's Award.
Johnna Schickran was recognized as a four-year letter winner. Cheri Magda was the only other senior on the team.
2003-2004 Women's Basketball
The Cougars finished 12-14 and reaced the PAC playoffs for the 11th consecutive season.
Colleen Corrigan set a school single-season record with eight three-pointers vs. Baptist Bible and added to her career mark of 163. She also set a school record for games played (106) and finished second on CM's all-time scoring list (1,283 points).
Emily Sauck broke her own school single-season record for free throw percentage (83.0%) and became CM's career leader (81.6%).
Corrigan was a first-team All-PAC and first-team NPBM selection while Sauck earned honorable mention.
Corrigan was the team MVP, and Johnna Schickram received the Coach's Award.
Corrigan was the only senior on the team.
2002-2003 Women's Basketball
The Cougars finished 19-9 and reached the PAC Championship game for the second time in three seasons.
Leslie Livingstone finished fifth in the country in assists (6.1) and led the PAC for the fourth straight season. Livingstone holds school records for assists in a game (13), season (174) and a career (574).
Sandy Olm set career records for games (105) and rebounds (756). Emily Sauck set a school single-season record for free-throws (80.0%). Colleen Corrigan became CM's career leader in three-pointers made (114).
Livingstone, Olm and Corrigan were second team All-PAC selections. Olm was the team MVP, while Livingstone received the coach's award.
Olm, Livingstone and Jane Berlinger were seniors. Olm and Livingstone were four-year letter winners.
2001-2002 Women's Basketball
The Cougars finished 11-15, ending their string of 8 consecutive winning seasons but returned to the PAC playoffs for the ninth straight.
Despite having her season cut short by an elbow injury, Leslie Livingstone was a first team All-PAC selection for the second straight year. She also led the PAC in assists for the third straight year and was seventh in the league in rebounding. With her senior year yet to be played she is the school’s all-time assist leader. In her first year as a starter, Colleen Corrigan was honorable mention All-PAC and received the Coach’s Award. While junior Sandy Olm was named team MVP. Lori Weller, Monica Krenzer and Meghan Evans were the only seniors on the team.
2000-2001 Women's Basketball
Under first-year head coach Christine Lardon, the Cougars enjoyed their best season ever with a 21-7 record. In enjoying their ninth consecutive winning season and eighth straight visit to the PAC playoffs, they were the first seed and made their first visit to the PAC finals. Although they fell short in the final they qualified for the ECAC Playoffs.
The season was marked by a school-record nine-game winning streak and the Cougars were unbeaten at home during the regular season (10-0) and 12-1 at home overall.
The Cougars were honored with many PAC selections. Leslie Livingstone was first-team; Jane Berlinger earned second-team, and Kristy Boyd was honorable mention. While coach Lardon was Coach of the Year.
Livingstone led the PAC in assists for the second consecutive season with 5.2 per game and was ninth in rebounding with 8.3 per game. She broke her own school single-season record with 143 assists and moved into second place all-time with 284. She set the school record with 13 assists in a game. Olm set the school records for Field Goal Percentage in a season (54.3) and a career (51.7). Boyd became the school’s all-time leader with 87 3-pointers. A four-year letter winner, Boyd and Tiffany Dickson were the only seniors on the team. Livingstone was the team MVP, and Olm received the Coach’s Award.
1999-2000 Women's Basketball
The Cougars enjoyed their eighth consecutive winning season at 12-11. They made there seventh straight appearance in the PAC playoffs. They opened the season by winning the Utica College Tournament. Mary Rowlands was named MVP of the tournament and Leslie Livingstone was named to the All-Tournament team.
Rowlands was 10th in the PAC in rebounding. Livingstone led the PAC in assists with 6.1 per game. She was fifth in NCAA Division III in assists and 24th in steals with 3.7 per game. Also she set the school single-season record with 141 assists and tied the school single-game record with 10 assists. Rowlands and Kyra Vebrosky were the only seniors on the team. Vebrosky was a four-year letter winner.
1998-1999 Women's Basketball
In her first season as head coach, Jeanne Dupree led the Cougars to their seventh consecutive winning season at 13-12. Also the team made its sixth straight appearance in the PAC playoffs. They lost to NCAA tournament qualifier Cabrini in double-overtime.
Megan Kopicki was second-team All-PAC selection. Becky Yacobenas was honorable mention All-PAC. Kopicki finished fourth in the PAC with 4.6 assists per game and eighth in NCAA D-III with 4.4 steals per game. Kopicki, Yacobenas and Janet Regan were all four-year letter winners.
1997-1998 Women's Basketball
Under head coach Julie Oja the Cougars recorded their sixth consecutive winning season at 13-12 and made their fifth straight appearance in the PAC playoffs. In the PAC playoffs they hosted and won their first round game for the second consecutive year.
Megan Kopicki was a first-team All-PAC selection. Jeanette Manorek and Becky Yacobenas were honorable mention All-PAC. Kopicki tied a school record with 10 assists in a game against Eastern. Rachael Bzdick, Jenn Calachino, Karen Poplaski and Debbie Reiner all concluded their careers.
1996-1997 Women's Basketball
The Cougars recorded their fifth consecutive winning season with the best record in school history (18-9). They made their fourth straight appearance in PAC playoffs and hosted their first ever-home playoff game. They also qualified for the ECAC playoffs for the second year in a row.
Staci Hughes was a first-team All-PAC selection. Linda Zebrowski was second team, while Megan Kopicki was honorable mention.
1995-1996 Women's Basketball
The Cougars enjoyed their fourth consecutive winning season and returned to the PAC playoffs for the third straight year. In the PAC quarterfinals they beat Marywood for their first ever playoff victory. Also the Cougars earned their first-ever ECAC tournament bid and finished in second place.
The team won the initial Misericordia Invitational. Missy Longhi was tourney MVP, and Staci Hughes and
Becky Yacobenas were All-Tournament. In the regular season they beat PAC champion and NCAA qualifier Allentown. In three losses to NCAA qualifiers Alvernia and Cabrini, the total margin was only four points.
Longhi went over the 1,000 point mark and went on to become the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,365 points and set the record for most points in a game with 34 against Bethany. Longhi was a first-team PAC all-star while Hughes and Linda Zebrowski were honorable mention. Hughes set two school records with 24 rebounds against Gwynedd-Mercy and 7 blocked shots against Immaculata.
1994-1995 Women's Basketball
The Cougars enjoyed their third consecutive winning season and returned to the PAC playoffs for the second straight year. They also reached the finals of the St. John Fisher Tournament. For the second year in a row, the Cougars swept local rivals Wilkes and King’s.
Tanya Gillette was named to the ECAC Player of the Week Honor Roll during the first week of the season while Tammy Williams received the same honor during the last week of the season. Missy Longhi also made the honor roll during the season. Williams and Lyons were both named second-team All-PAC while Longhi was honorable mention.
Lyons finished her career with 925 points and while junior Longhi ended the season with 927 points and needs just 73 points to become just the second women’s player in the “modern era” of Misericordia athletics to go over 1,000 points for her career.
Seniors, Gillette, Lyons, Lauri Mink, Bernadette Palmer and Carolyn Hilliman all ended their basketball careers at Misericordia.
1993-1994 Women's Basketball
The Cougars completed their second straight winning season under head coach Julie Oja and made their first trip to the post-season in the last five years by qualifying for the PAC playoffs. Misericordia finished second in the PAC North with a 16-9 record and compiled a home record of 8-4 in their first year in the Anderson Center. In the first game played in the Anderson Center they recorded a 77-68 victory against SUNY-Oneonta.
Sophomore Missy Longhi was named to the ECAC Player of the Week Honor Roll during the season and set one of three new team single game records with six three-pointers against Cabrini. Shelly Lyons, who missed the last two weeks of the season due to a knee injury, set a new single game record with 17 rebounds against Centenary and King’s. Junior point guard Tanya Gillette rebounded from last season’s injury and set a record with 10 assists against Marywood.
1992-1993 Women's Basketball
The Cougars recorded their first winning season in four years with a 12-11 record. At one point during the season they won 7 of 8 games with the only loss coming on a controversial buzz beater. A season highlight was a win over Alvernia, who was ranked 20th in the NAIA.
Throughout the season the Cougars established three all-time single game records; Lauri Mink made 11 free throws against Neumann, Lori Bane blocked 4 shots against Baptist Bible, and Heidi Rinedoller had 8 steals against Baptist Bible. Also Shelly Lyons was twice named to ECAC player of the Week Honor Roll. Mink was named ECAC Rookie of the Week. Missy Longhi was named twice.
Bane ended her career with 1,067 points. So with only one other senior on the squad, Christell Hettes, the future looks bright for the Cougars.
1991-1992 Women's Basketball
Considering that the Cougars only had 10 players throughout the season, they enjoyed a successful season with a 7-19 record and surpassed last years win total. The season started off 0-7, but the team rebounded with a 6-6 record in the month of January. A season highlight was an impressive victory against a strong Wilmington team at home.
At one point during the season three freshmen were in the starting line-up, so with all but one girl returning next season things looked bright for the Cougars.
1990-1991 Women's Basketball
The Cougars record was 3-22 with victories coming against Mt. Saint Mary’s and Neumann College twice. Lori Bane led the team in scoring with 364 points for the year.