SETON HALL HIGHLIGHTS CALDWELL'S 2008-09 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

9-24-08
CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College women's basketball team announced its schedule for the upcoming 2008-09 season. Highlights include a regular-season contest at Division I Seton Hall University, two games in Florida and the Caldwell College Holiday Classic. The Cougars were 18-12 and advanced to the finals of the ECAC Tournament a year ago.

Caldwell, coached by Linda Cimino, open the 2008-09 campaign with a home game in the George R. Newman Center against Molloy College on Saturday, Nov. 15 as part of a doubleheader with the men's team. On Monday, Nov. 17, the Cougars will face Seton Hall University at Walsh Gym in South Orange, N.J. The game marks the first time the Cougars' women's team has played a Division I opponent in a regular-season game. Caldwell then heads to Florida for games against Lynn University on Nov. 23 and Barry University on Nov. 25. The first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game is on Dec. 2 against Felician College at home in the Newman Center.

The Cougars will host the Caldwell College Holiday Classic on Dec. 19-20, with games against Queens College and Mercy College. Both men's and women's teams from Caldwell, Queens, Mercy and Felician will participate in the Classic at the Newman Center. The other tournament on the schedule is the Pace University Tournament, held in Pleasantville, N.Y. The Cougars will play the host Setters on Dec. 29 before facing the University of New Haven on Dec. 30.

Other non-conference opponents include Adelphi University (Dec. 13) and Dowling College (Jan. 4) of the East Coast Conference. Key CACC match-ups in the Newman Center include rival Bloomfield College on Jan. 8, defending CACC Tournament champions Holy Family University on Feb. 14, and Dominican College, which won the CACC North Division, on Feb. 24. The first round of the CACC Tournament will be on Mar. 2 at campus sites, with the semifinals and finals at Philadelphia University on Mar. 6-7.

Two-time all-CACC forward Mackenzie Lynch (Wayne, NJ/DePaul Catholic) is one of 10 players back from last year's team that placed third in the CACC North and qualified for the ECAC Tournament for the first time in the program's history. The Cougars beat host Philadelphia before falling to Wilmington University in the finals.

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