Another Mount Saint Mary Update

The Blue Knights have punched their ticket to the NCAA Division III tournament. The Mount received an at-large bid and will play Williams College Friday in Ithaca, NY. I am hoping to be court-side to call the game...but can't guarantee anything.

If they win that, they'll play Saturday in Ithaca as well. All of this will mean some juggling for covering Cardinals hockey

Times are to be determined.

We'll keep you posted.

While we're at it, here are the 2009-2010 Skyline Conference Women's Basketball Award Winners:

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Kimberly Blakney, Farmingdale State

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:
Krystina Agard, Old Westbury

CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR:
Chris Mooney, Farmingdale State
Randy Ognibene, Mount Saint Mary

TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD:
Yeshiva

FIRST TEAM:
Krystina Agard, Old Westbury
Jessie Domes, Purchase
Courtney Heesemann, Mount Saint Vincent
Lauren Percodani, Mount Saint Vincent
Shannon Sangster, Mount Saint Mary

SECOND TEAM:
Kristin Leitheuser, NYU-Poly
Trish McMahon, St. Joseph’s
Margaux Pickell, NYU-Poly
Jess Tice, Mount Saint Mary
Latiqua Williams, Bard

My thoughts: Blakney was tremendous, though she frankly underwhelmed me. Still she was better than anybody else. Agard was a no-brainer as the ROY. Based on the behavior of the Yeshiva men's team that I saw, the women probably deserved to be the Sportsmanship winner.

As for the first and second team, I'm a little baffled. Blakney is the player of the year, yet she (and anyone else from Farmingdale State) isn't on the first or second team. I think the committee goofed by putting Jess Tice on the second team, and not giving Amanda Horvers a nod at all. I'm not trying to get the entire Mount team on the roster, but Horvers was a threat from downtown and really improved her defense as the season went on. I also enjoy watching others like Catie Biordi, Natalie Garbie, Sarah Joseph and Kate Hartnett play (and of course everyone else). Unfortunately, they can't all make the all-conference squad.

Congratulations to Shannon, Jess, and Coach Ognibene on their respective honors.