2008-09 Headlines
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McDowell earns ECAC Division III South Region All-Star honors
April 03, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College senior guard Claudia McDowell (Alexandria, Pa./Juniata Valley) has been voted a Second team selection to the ECAC Division III South Region All-Star team, which was announced Friday. -
Women’s hoops captures ECAC South Region championship with win over Wesley
March 08, 2009PURCHASE, N.Y. – The reality is that very few collegiate athletes end their season with a win. But the Juniata College women’s basketball team ended their 2008-09 campaign in unforgettable fashion on Sunday with a 72-52 win over Wesley College, capturing the ECAC Division III South Region Women’s Championship.
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Women’s hoops advances to ECAC South title game with win over Alvernia
March 07, 2009PURCHASE, N.Y. – Juniata College shot the lights out, mustered a balanced offense that featured six players scoring in double-figures, and had senior guard Claudia McDowell (Alexandria, Pa./Juniata Valley) dishing out assists like never before in her career.
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McDowell named Landmark Defensive Player of the Year, joins Ashcraft on All-Landmark team
March 04, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College senior guard Claudia McDowell (Alexandria, Pa./Juniata Valley) and senior forward Kelly Ashcraft (Bellefonte, Pa./State College Area) received First team All-Landmark Conference honors, when the conference’s post-season honors were announced Wednesday.
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Juniata WBB advances to ECAC South tourney semis with win over Albright
March 04, 2009READING, Pa. -- Senior Claudia McDowell (Alexandria, Pa./Juniata Valley) scored 22 points to lead Juniata College to a 77-56 win over Albright College, in a quarterfinal matchup in the ECAC Division III South Region Women’s Basketball Tournament, Wednesday night at Albright College.
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Women’s basketball earns ECAC South Tournament bid; will face Albright College on Wednesday
March 02, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Juniata College women’s basketball team received a berth in the eight-team ECAC Division III South Region Tournament, and will face Albright College in a semifinal game on Wednesday night in Reading, Pa.
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Women’s hoops wins third straight with 74-57 win over Goucher
February 28, 2009TOWSON, Md. – Sophomore Jen Hnatuck’s (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Trinity) sixth double-double of the season helped lead Juniata College to a 74-57 rout of Goucher College, in a Landmark Conference women’s basketball matchup on Sunday afternoon in Towson, Md.
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Juniata women’s hoops falls to Moravian in Landmark semis
February 25, 2009BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Eight minutes without a bucket, and six minutes without a single point.
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McDowell wins Landmark women’s hoops Player of the Week honors
February 23, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College senior Claudia McDowell (Alexandria, Pa./Juniata Valley) was named the Landmark Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, for the week ending February 22, 2009.
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WBB clinches Landmark tourney third seed with win over Crusaders
February 21, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College senior Claudia McDowell’s (Alexandria, Pa./Juniata Valley) six points over the final minute-and-a-half helped the Eagles pull away from archrival Susquehanna University and post a 65-58 win over the Crusaders, in Landmark Conference women’s basketball action Saturday night in Huntingdon.
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Women’s basketball clinches Landmark tourney berth with win over Merchant Marine
February 15, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College clinched a berth in the 2009 Landmark Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday, with a 67-58 win over the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
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Ashcraft’s 19 point outburst leads Juniata women’s hoops past Drew
February 14, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Senior forward Kelly Ashcraft (Bellefonte, Pa./State College Area) poured in 19 points to lead Juniata College to a 63-45 win over Drew University, in Landmark Conference women’s basketball action on Saturday night in Huntingdon, Pa.
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Eagle women’s basketball completes season sweep of Catholic with 61-47 victory
February 07, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three Eagles scored in double-figures to lead Juniata College women’s basketball to a 61-47 win over Catholic University on Saturday, giving Juniata a season sweep of the Cardinals and keeping the Eagles in the thick of the battle for the final two spots in the Landmark Conference tournament.
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Juniata WBB falls to 25th-ranked Scranton, 56-44
January 30, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College committed 32 turnovers leading to 21 points for the University of Scranton, and the 25th-ranked Lady Royals downed Juniata 56-44 in a Landmark Conference women’s basketball matchup on Friday night in Huntingdon, Pa.
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McDowell’s 22-point effort paces Juniata WBB past Catholic
January 25, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College senior Claudia McDowell (Alexandria, Pa./Juniata Valley) scored 22 points – 18 points in the second half alone – to lead the Eagles to a 67-52 win over Catholic University, in a Landmark Conference women’s basketball matchup on Sunday afternoon at the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center.
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Juniata women’s hoops fights off second half challenge for convincing win over Goucher
January 24, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College head women’s basketball coach Danny Young-Uhrich got both a victory and some much needed playing time for her younger players as the Eagles cruised to a 71-58 win over Goucher College, Saturday evening’s Landmark Conference matchup at the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center.
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Women’s basketball drops OT decision at Drew
January 17, 2009MADISON, N.J. – Juniata College’s 0-for-5 shooting over the last five minutes of the second half allowed Drew University to force overtime and eventually post a 65-60 win over the Eagles, in Landmark Conference women’s basketball action on Saturday afternoon in Madison, N.J.
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Juniata’s 17-0 run to over final three minutes lifts Eagles past USMMA
January 16, 2009KINGS POINT, N.Y. – Juniata College held the United States Merchant Marine Academy scoreless over the final three minutes of regulation during a 17-0 run, and rolled past the Mariners 57-47 in Landmark Conference women’s basketball action Friday night in Kings Point, N.Y.
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Women’s basketball to hold Alumni Game on January 31
January 14, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College women’s basketball is calling all its alumni home to renew old friendships and play a little basketball in the annual alumni game on Saturday, Jan. 31.
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Juniata WBB fails to find shooting touch in loss to Scranton
January 10, 2009SCRANTON, Pa. – For the Juniata College women’s basketball team, it must have seemed like there was a lid on the basket at the University of Scranton’s Long Center.
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18th-ranked Moravian proves too much for Juniata women’s hoops
January 09, 2009BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Moravian College’s Hillary Murray connected on three unanswered three pointers in the span of a minute-and-a-half, fueling an 11-0 run that helped lift the 18th-ranked Greyhounds to an 82-55 win over Juniata College, in Landmark Conference women’s basketball action on Friday night in Bethlehem, Pa.
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Juniata WBB captures Holiday Invitational title with win over Geneseo State
January 04, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Juniata College women’s basketball team scored 11 of the game’s first 13 points and cruised to an 81-54 win over Geneseo State, in Sunday’s championship game of the 2009 Juniata Holiday Invitational in Huntingdon, Pa.
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Women’s hoops advances to Holiday Invitational championship
January 03, 2009HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Juniata College women’s basketball team used a 16-3 run late in the first half to grab a commanding lead and cruise to an 82-67 win over Milligan College (Tenn.), in Saturday’s first round of the Juniata Holiday Invitational in Huntingdon, Pa.
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Juniata wages second half comeback before falling to #17 Messiah, 79-67
December 09, 2008GRANTHAM, Pa. – A late Juniata College rally wasn’t enough to overcome a 22-point second half deficit to Messiah College, as the Eagle women’s basketball team dropped a 79-67 decision to the Falcons on Thursday night in Grantham, Pa.
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Women’s hoops rolls past Franklin & Marshall, 71-51
December 09, 2008HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College built a huge first half lead and then held on for the victory on its way to a 71-51 win over Franklin & Marshall College, in women’s basketball action Tuesday night in Lancaster, Pa.
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Juniata WBB unable to hold off late Susquehanna surge
December 06, 2008SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Juniata College’s second half lead could not withstand a final surge from Susquehanna University as the Eagles dropped a 59-55 decision to the Crusaders, in Landmark Conference women’s basketball action on Saturday evening in Selinsgrove, Pa.
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Juniata’s three-game win streak ends with loss at McDaniel
December 04, 2008Juniata’s three-game win streak ends with loss at McDaniel
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Ashcraft named Landmark Conference WBB Player of the Week
December 01, 2008HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College senior forward Kelly Ashcraft (Bellefonte, Pa./State College Area) has been named the Landmark Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 30.
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Ashcraft’s career-high 28 points leads Juniata past Pitt-Greensburg, 77-65
November 29, 2008HUNTINGDON, Pa. – A three-pointer for Juniata College followed by a quick steal and layup turned out to be the knock-out blow for the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg, as the Eagles cruised to a 77-65 win over the Bobcats, Saturday afternoon in Huntingdon, Pa.
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Women’s hoops captures home opener against Penn State Altoona
November 25, 2008HUNTINGDON, Pa. – There wasn’t much drama in this one, but it may have been exactly what a youthful Juniata College women’s basketball team needed.
