Plymouth Whitemarsh Girls' Basketball Preview

PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Coach:  Dan Dougherty (3rd year)

Assistant coaches:TJ DeLucia, Bridgette McKnight, Todd Rose, Andre Strothers, Rebecca Hayter

Last year's record:  17 - 5 (11 - 3, 2nd place in SOL American Conference); 19th seed for District One playoffs, lost to 14th seeded CB South in the first round

Notable losses: 
Asia Baker (playing at Binghamton University)
Rachel Konowal (playing field hockey at Monmouth University)
Chrissie Mesunas
Cara Sweeney

Key returners:
Alynna Williams (12th, guard, NLI to play basketball at Philly U)
Khadijah Hickson (11th, guard)

Others to watch:
Alison Spinelli (12th, forward, NLI to play field hockey at Temple)
Lauren Coscia (10th, center)
Laurel Suchsland (10th, forward)
Ali Diamond (9th, guard)
Taylor O'Brien (9th, guard)

Strengths: Senior leadership, team quickness

Question Marks:  Inexperience at the varsity level

Outlook:  “We are very excited to get started this year. Alynna Williams has committed to play basketball for the next four years at Philly U, following in the footsteps of former PW greats Tammi Greene and Taylor Magnus. There will be several new faces on the floor this year, many of them very young, so we will be relying on the senior leadership of Williams and Alison Spinelli.  With so many good teams in our league this year, we will look to measure ourselves against the best and see how much we improve the second time through the league.”