Women's Basketball - 2009 NEWMAC Regular Season and ECAC Division III New England Champions



October 9, 2009
Assistant Women's Basketball Coach Kate Lynch to Enter New England Hall of Fame
Worcester, MA --- WPI Assistant Women's Basketball Coach Kate Lynch will be inducted Friday night into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held at the Mohegan Sun Hotel in Uncasville, Conn. She is one of 11 women to be inducted in the Ronald S. Perry category. Lynch graduated from Southern Connecticut State as the school's all-time leader in points (1,779), field goals (650) and free throw percentage (.803).
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July 23, 2009
Lynch Tabbed as Women's Basketball's Top Assistant
Worcester, MA --- WPI Women's Basketball coach Cherise Galasso has announced the hiring of Kate Lynch as the program’s top assistant. Lynch replaces Jessica Baker, who was on the Engineer bench during the 2008-2009 campaign. Lynch joins the WPI staff after a season as the Director of Basketball Operations at Division I Fairfield.
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March 12, 2009
Deschene Receives Selection to NEWBA Senior All-Star Team
Northampton, MA --- Senior point guard Natasha Deschene was named to the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) All-Senior team this week. Deschene averaged 7.3 ppg and led WPI in assists at 3.1 per game this season. Deschene piloted the Engineers to a 24-6 record this season, as well as the NEWMAC regular season title and the ECAC New England Region Tournament championship.
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March 8, 2009
Deschene & Macko Go Out on Top as Women's Basketball Wins ECACs
Dudley, MA --- Led by a double-double from tournament Most Outstanding Player Serena Dubois, WPI claimed its second ECAC Division III New England Women's Basketball Championship in the last three years with a 43-36 victory over Nichols Saturday afternoon. With the win, the second-seeded Engineers set the program's single-season wins record, finishing the season at 24-6.
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