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April 12, 2006

Dominican's Tracey and Rossi Named To All-Met DIV. II Women's Team

White Plain, N.Y. (4/12/06) -- Carlyshia Hurdle of Adelphi was named All-Met Division II women?s college basketball player of the year Wednesday by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Association.

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Dominican's Tracey and Rossi Named To ALL-MET DIV. II WOMEN'S TEAM

White Plains, N.Y. (April 12, 2006) -- Carlyshia Hurdle of Adelphi was named All-Met Division II women's college basketball player of the year Wednesday by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Association.

Carrie Seymour of Pace was selected coach of the year.

 Joining Hurdle on the All-Met first team: Mary LePore, Adelphi; Kelly McManus, St. Thomas Aquinas; Jackie Tracey, Dominican; Pam Karagiorgis, Concordia; Kelly Crowe, NJIT.

Tracey served as the main ball-handler for the Chargers and was a third team All-CACC selection. She finished the season with an average of 11.0 points per-game and led the CACC with 5.09 assists per-game. In addition, she stood seventh in the league with 2.09 steals per-game.

 The All-Met second team comprised: Krissy Porter, NYIT; Donna Lohrey, Molloy; Erin White, Queens; Danielle Norman, Felician; Jesse Diabola and Ashley Wallace, Pace; Ashley Rossi, Dominican.

Rossi ranked fifth in the conference with a 51.6 field-goal percentage and she was third with 1.62 blocks per-contest. Rossi ranked fourth on her team with 10.0 ppg for the season and started 30 of her team's 32 games

Hurdle averaged 15.6 ppg and 8.1 ppg, and finished her career No. 2 all-time on the Lady Panthers scoring and rebounding list.

Seymour guided the Setters to an NCAA tournament berth and 21-8 overall record.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.