2007-08 Outlook

The 2006-07 season was another banner year as Gwynedd-Mercy ran off another perfect 16-0 league mark on their way to a 26-3 overall mark and its second-straight PAC Championship and fifth overall. On the menu for this year is a three-peat, and with two starters, 11 letterwinners returning, and a plethora of talented freshmen, 13th-year head coach Keith Mondillo and the Griffins will aim high for another league title.

The Griffins last season ranked 11th in all of Division III in scoring offense, averaging 75.2 points a game, not to mention having a win margin of almost 20 points a game. The team also ran off a 19-game win streak.

This year, the offense will have to replace two 1,000-point scorers and a defensive standout in order to return to the postseason.

Senior Karen Tierney and junior Kristy Cramp were among the top three in scoring on the team last year and will look to lead the Griffins once again. Senior Kristian Woodridge was a big factor in her first season as a Griffin, doing it all: scoring, rebounding, and playing defense. She'll look to earn a starting spot. Tierney led the team in scoring (11.1 ppg) and assists (176/6.0 apg) while Cramp (9.9 ppg) remains one of the league's top three-point threat. She sank 70 treys a year ago, hitting 40% of her attempts from beyond the arc. Junior Bridget Morrin contributed greatly in her first full season after suffering an injury in her freshman year. Sophomores Bridget Gibson, Erica Fulforth and Kate Wisniewski all saw valuable playing time as rookies and will push the veterans. Look for freshman Lauren Toner to add into the mix.

Senior Beccie Strohecker, who has increased her scoring average every year, can play either guard or forward and provides the team with a three-point shot and tough defense. If she's used down low, her and junior Jess Smith, along with sophomores Jackie Dooley and Kate McGinn, will all battle for a starting spot. Smith and Dooley came off the bench and saw plenty of playing experience while McGinn will look to battle back from an injury that cut short her promising freshman year. Newcomers Lauren Rosar, Stacey Judge, Ashley Duffy, Kristy McGrath, and Jen Marthers, all 5-11 and above, will give the team the size needed to make a presence in the paint.

This year's schedule opens at a familiar spot, in Arlington, Virginia at the Marymount University Tournament where Mid-Atlantic teams, King's, Gettysburg, Salisbury, and the College of New Jersey, along with the host Saints will await. The Griffins open against Geneseo State, one of the three teams to hand Gwynedd a loss last season. After the home opener against DeSales on November 27th, GM will play two road PAC games at Cedar Crest and league newcomer College of Notre Dame. In early January, Gwynedd-Mercy will host the GMC Women's Classic with Widener, TCNJ, and Ursinus, who were an NCAA Tournament team a year ago. The Griffins will take on Cabrini in Radnor, Pa. on January 31st in a rematch of last season's PAC Championship game.

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