Tracey-Spitaleri Named To Women’s All-Met Team

April 3, 2007

Tracey-Spitaleri Named To Women’s All-Met Team

White Plains, NY (4/3/07) Gianna Smith of Adelphi was named All-Met Division II women’s college basketball player of the year Tuesday by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Assn.

Tracey-Spitaleri Named To Women's All-Met Team

Courtesy of Chuck Stogel

White Plains, NY(4/3/07) Gianna Smith of Adelphi was named All-Met Division II women’s college basketball player of the year Tuesday by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Assn.

Carrie Seymour of Pace was selected coach of the year for the fourth time.

Joining Smith on the All-Met first team: Mackenzie Lynch, Caldwell; Ashley Wallace, Pace; Randi Bender, Molloy; Erika Ostrove, St.Thomas Aquinas; Erica Bell, C.W. Post.

The All-Met second team comprised: Marissa Franklin, Bloomfield; Jackie Tracey-Spitaleri, Dominican; Stephanie Klingele, Pace; Liran Buchris, Pace; Kymira Woodberry, Molloy; Anette Johansen, NYIT.

Smith led the Panthers with 16.6 ppg and 7.1 rpg, shooting 52.4 percent from the field with 40 steals.

Seymour guided the Setters to the second round of the NCAA tournament and a 24-9 overall record.

Tracey-Spitlaeri, who hails from the Bronx, NY, was a second team All-CACC pick this season after leading the Chargers in assists (173), minutes per game (29.5), was third on the team in rebounding (119) and scoring (11.2 ppg). She was ranked 1^st in the CACC in assist/turnover ratio, 2^nd in assists, 21^st scoring and 12^th in steals. Tracey-Spitaleri netted her 1,000^th career point this season (1,120 career points) and also became DC’s All-Time Assist Leader (516 career assists).

Dominican College finished with a 21-9 record this season and went on to win the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship.

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.