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LANCASTER, Pa. – Franklin & Marshall's women's basketball team enters the 2015-16 season refreshed and ready to return to postseason play for the first time since 2011-12. A talented group of newcomers joins a strong group of returners as the Diplomats look to claim a spot in the Centennial Conference (CC) Tournament.
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2015-16 Diplomats
The Diplomats are coming off of a 5-20 season a year ago. The absence of guards Leslie and Kara Bacile, lost to graduation, will pose new obstacles, but an experienced group of returning contributors will give F&M a strong foundation for the new season.
Head coach Kirsten Richter has added four freshmen for the upcoming year. Sarah Pisani, AnnMarie DiCarlo, Haley Pilone, and Lindsey Powers will look to fill in the gaps for the 2015-16 Diplomats.
Key Returners
F - Sarah Haddon, Jr.
G - Emily Wetz, Sr.
F – Erica Brown, So.
G – Anajha Burnett, So.
Haddon is coming off of a sophomore campaign that saw her lead the Diplomats with 10.8 points and 30.5 minutes per game. A defensive force as well as a scorer, Haddon ranked second on the team in rebounding while also leading F&M in blocks. Look for her to be a focal point offensively and defensively for the Diplomats in 2015-16.
Wetz, a senior captain, looks to take a leadership role this season for F&M. As a junior, Wetz finished in the top five of multiple statistical categories for the Diplomats, ranging from assist to turnover ratio (.8, 1st) and steals per game (1.4, 2nd) to points per game (6.7, 4th) and rebounds per game (4.4, 4th).
Sophomore Erica Brown is looking to build on a strong freshman season that saw her pace the Diplomats in rebounds (7.4 per game) and rank second on the team in scoring (10.0 per game), with each of those numbers ranking her first among all freshmen in the conference. Last February also saw Brown honored as the ECAC Rookie of the Week after putting together back-to-back 22-point efforts against Ursinus and Muhlenberg on Feb. 11 and 14.
Burnett, a sophomore guard, also returns for a second season after ranking third on the team in minutes. As a freshman, she led the team in assists and ranked third in points per game while making 15 starts and playing in all 25 contests.
Looking Ahead
F&M tips off the season on Saturday by traveling to Penn St.-Harrisburg for a 7:30 p.m. game. The first home game of the season comes three days later when the Diplomats welcome York (Pa.) to the Mayser Center next Tuesday for a 7:00 p.m. game.
The following weekend F&M will host the Terry Greene Tip-Off Classic. On Saturday, Nov. 21 the Diplomats begin tournament play by taking on Elizabethtown at 3:00 p.m. The following day has a consolation game scheduled for 1:00 p.m. and a championship game at 3:00 p.m., with opponents depending on the result of Saturday's game between Albright and Washington & Lee.
CC play opens on Tuesday, Nov. 24 when F&M travels to Muhlenberg before four more conference match-ups will carry the Diplomats into the winter break.
A new feature to this year's schedule is the "Add to Calendar" button, which allows fans to sync new events and updates directly in their Google, Exchange, Yahoo, Outlook, ICal and additional calendars.
Look for the icon below, which can be accessed at the top-right of the 2015 women's basketball schedule when viewed on your computer, or bottom-left of all schedules on your mobile device.
Follow Along
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All home games at the Mayser Center will be broadcast live in HD at GoDiplomats.com/Live.
