Women's basketball
2008-09 Season in Review
Panthers Return to Skyline Tourney
Receive ECAC Bid; Danio, Domes Named All-Skyline
Purchase, NY (Feb. 26, 2009) – Despite some key losses coming into the 2008-09 women’s basketball campaign, Purchase won two more games than a year ago, once again reaching the highly competitive Skyline Conference Tournament this winter.
Led by all-time leading scorer Jennifer Danio, the Panthers narrowly fell to Old Westbury in the quarterfinal, finishing the season with 15 wins. Danio, the conference’s third leading scorer, averaged 19 points per game. She finishes her Panther career with 1,868 points.
Danio is now joined in the 1,000-point club by teammate Jessie Domes, who reached the milestone this season. The junior guard averaged 17 ppg and remains one of the top scorers in the league. Although it will be tough to replace Danio next winter, Purchase remains optimistic with standout freshmen Jasmine Davis, Darian Cotto, Alyse LaPadula and Miranda Arthur-Smith on the roster. The four rookies along with transfer Sarah Straub and senior newcomer Patricia “Pudge” Orellana did a solid job for head coach Steven Loscher in replacing two starters from a year ago.
With Danio and Domes once again pacing the offense, starters Shayla Diaz and Liila Mack keyed the defense in 2008-09.
Both Danio and Domes were later named to the All-Skyline First Team, becoming the only teammates to both by recognized on the league's first team.
In addition to their Skyline Conference berth, Purchase, for the first time in college history, received an Eastern College Athletic Association (ECAC) bid to the Metro NY/NJ Tournament.
The Panthers return four possible starters next winter with
-Bobby Ciafardini, SID
