After splitting their last two games of the season, the Saint Joseph’s women’s basketball team will go into the Atlantic 10 conference tournament as the fifth seed in the conference. The Hawks traveled to Amherst, Mass., this past Thursday to take on the Massachusetts Minutewomen.
Basketball team focused on remaining games, decisions to come after season’s end
The prospect of change after this year’s disastrous men’s basketball season may seem appealing to some, but there may be changes in the offing that could set the team back further. For now at least, the team is focused on what they have ahead of them in George Washington and La Salle, and head coach Phil Martelli is convinced that his team hasn’t given up despite five straight losses.
Finish strong. That is what the mantra for the rest of the season should be for the Hawks. With two games remaining on their schedule, the Saint Joseph’s University men’s basketball team should concentrate on ending on a good note for the season.
Phil Martelli's worst teams
Let’s not mince words: this year’s St. Joe’s men’s basketball season has been bad. But just how bad? In head coach Phil Martelli’s 15th season on Hawk Hill, this may be the worst team he has fielded, at least on paper. Here are its three closest competitors: 1997-98 Record: 11-17, 3-13 A-10 Martelli’s third season was his first missing out on post-season play and the lowest win total to date.
The Saint Joseph’s women’s lacrosse team certainly had an interesting past week. After a dominating performance against Lafayette to open their spring schedule, the Hawks fell to cross-town rival Drexel by a score of 8-2. Drexel midfielder Katie Lawson opened the scoring after a 14-minute scoreless battle in the first half; it was the first of four goals on the day.
Dear Mr. Bettman, The gold medal game just wrapped up in Vancouver, and I feel compelled to drop you a quick note. I’d send a letter to the musical chair festival that is the head of the NHL Players’ Association, but since you are the Olympics’ most outspoken non-committer, I thought I’d start here.
Don’t count on it just yet, but there might be post-season basketball on Hawk Hill this year. What do I mean, you ask? The basketball team is in danger of not even making its own conference tournament. I’m talking, of course, about the women’s basketball team—the best kept secret on campus.
Only in Philadelphia can oversized signs with messages on them be such a large part of a city’s tradition. Dating back 50-plus years, the “Big 5” is made up of St. Joe’s, La Salle, Penn, Temple and Villanova. The Big 5 is filled with traditions, some old and some new.
Leaving behind the Philadelphia snow, the Saint Joseph’s baseball team headed to sunny South Carolina to open their season. Participating in the Charleston Crab House Shootout gave them three games to kick start what hopes to be a successful year for the senior-laden team.
Playing in their third different home venue in three games thus far this year, the Saint Joseph’s men’s lacrosse team again faced difficulty finding the back of the net on their way to a 10-4 loss to Bellarmine. Attackman Sean Evans, ’10, provided most of the offense on the night for the Hawks, scoring two goals and assisting on another.
