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Women’s Basketball Announces Recruiting Class

7/3/07 -- Long Island University head women’s basketball coach Stephanie V. Gaitley announced the addition of four players to the roster for the upcoming season. Chelsi Johnson (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.), Ashley Palmer (Oxford, Pa.), Chelsea Shea (South Burlington, Vt.) and Justine Stevenson (Jackson, N.J.) will join the Blackbirds for the 2007-08 campaign. (more)


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Northeast Conference Announces 2006-07 Winter Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
4/26/07 -- The Northeast Conference announced its winter academic honor roll for the 2006-07 academic year on Tuesday, with Long Island University contributing 13 student-athletes to the list. All scholar-athlete award winners must have earned a minimum of 60 semester hours, maintained a minimum cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 and participated with distinction as a member of a varsity team.

The record-setting women's basketball team, which set a school record for victories in a season, had four representatives while the two-time Northeast Conference indoor champion women's track and field team also had four. The men's track and field squad was the third LIU team with four members on the honor roll and the men's basketball team added one. (more)


4Valerie Nainima Garners Second Team All-Met Honors

4Women’s Basketball Falls to Iona in WNIT First Round

4Women’s Basketball Upset by St. Francis (N.Y.) in NEC Quarterfinals

4Nainima Makes History as First-Ever NEC Player and Rookie of the Year; Gaitley Named Coach of the Year

4Women’s Basketball to Host St. Francis (N.Y.) in NEC Quarterfinals

4Nainima Wins NEC Rookie of the Week Award for 10th Time; Named to PrestoSports/MBWA Weekly Honor Roll

4Women’s Basketball Clinches Top Seed With Win at Saint Francis (Pa.)

4Nainima and Blackbirds Fight Back But Fall at Robert Morris, 68-64

4Nainima and Oblak Lead Long Island Past Fairleigh Dickinson, 72-61

4Blackbirds Come Back to Force Overtime But Fall to Quinnipiac

4Women's Basketball Extends Winning Streak to 13; Drops Central Connecticut State, 58-46

4Valerie Nainima Breaks Northeast Conference Record With Ninth Choice Hotels/NEC Rookie of the Week Award

4Women's Basketball Looks to Avenge Only Conference Loss Against Central Connecticut State This Evening

4Women’s Basketball Matches Program Record for Wins; Defeats Monmouth for 12th Consecutive Victory

4Valerie Nainima Ties Record With Eighth Choice Hotels/Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week Award

4Oblak Leads Women’s Basketball Past Wagner for 11th Consecutive Win

4Women’s Basketball Pulls Away From Sacred Heart, 57-48, for 10th Consecutive Win

4Nainima Wins Seventh Choice Hotels/Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week Award

4Blackbirds Break School Record With Ninth Straight Victory; Defeat Quinnipiac, 69-65

4Women’s Basketball Stretches Win Streak to Eight With Victory at Wagner

4Women's Basketball Sweeps NEC Weekly Awards; Whippy Named Player of the Week and Nainima Garners Sixth Rookie of the Week Honor

4Blackbirds Win Seventh Straight, Dispatch Fairleigh Dickinson, 60-47

4Whippy Three-Pointer Helps Women's Basketball Hang On To 61-55 Win Over Robert Morris

4Whippy Three-Pointer Helps Women's Basketball Hang On To 61-55 Win Over Robert Morris

4Valerie Nainima Earns Fifth Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week Award

4Women's Basketball Runs Away With 80-52 Win Over Saint Francis (Pa.)

4Oblak and Nainima Lead Long Island Past The Mount, 76-41

4Blackbirds Survive Comeback Attempt, Defeat NJIT 60-51

4Women's Basketball Concludes Non-Conference Slate With Home Tilt Against NJIT

4Second-Stanza Surge Lifts Long Island Over Monmouth, 64-50

4Nainima Racks Up Fourth NEC Rookie of the Week Nod

4Long Island Edged By East Carolina, 80-73

4Blackbirds Bounce Back Big, Breeze by Northeastern, 74-61

4Valerie Nainima Earns Third Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week Award

4Central Connecticut State Snaps Women's Basketball's Six-Game Winning Streak With Last-Minute Effort

4Blackbirds Go For Program Record-Tying Seventh Straight Win at CCSU

4Women's Basketball Continues Hot Streak; Extends Winning Streak to Six With Victory over St. Francis (N.Y.)

4Women's Basketball Looks for Sixth Straight Victory; Hosts St. Francis (N.Y.) in Battle of Brooklyn

4Blackbirds Defeat Dayton For Fifth Straight Win, 67-63

4Blackbirds Survive Scare to Hold Off Navy, 51-49 

4Marquita Thompson Named Northeast Conference Player of the Week; Valerie Nainima Notches Second Rookie of the Week Honor

4Women's Basketball Moves Into Championship Game of LIU Turkey Classic With 62-52 Victory Over Cleveland State

4Women's Basketball Moves Into Championship Game of LIU Turkey Classic With 62-52 Victory Over Cleveland State

4Nainima's 30 Points Lead Long Island in Rout of Siena

4Comeback Falls Short as Hofstra Outlasts Long Island, 68-57

4Valerie Nainima Named Choice Hotels NEC Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week

4Women's Basketball Falls to Lehigh, 57-36

4Women's Basketball Drops Overtime Heartbreaker to St. Peter's, 76-73

4Balanced Effort Leads Women's Basketball Past N.Y. Gazelles, 82-71, in Exhibition Opener

4Women's Basketball Predicted to Finish Fifth in Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll

4Men's and Women's Basketball Schedules Released

4Women's Basketball, Volleyball Team Up To Help Community Children  

4Hardy Joins Women's Basketball Staff