July 12, 2006

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. - The third St. Bonaventure Shootout, home games against Pittsburgh and Bowling Green and a road game at Michigan highlight St. Bonaventure's 2006-07 non-conference women's basketball schedule.

Head coach Jim Crowley's team will open the season at home on Nov. 11 against Siena. The Bonnies will visit Niagara on Nov. 14 before hosting the St. Bonaventure Shootout Nov. 18-19 at First Arena in Elmira, N.Y. The University at Buffalo, Columbia and Manhattan join the Bonnies in the Shootout field. St. Bonaventure will oppose Columbia in the opening round on Nov. 18.

Following the Shootout, St. Bonaventure will play back-to-back home games. On Tuesday, Nov. 21, Big East power Pittsburgh will visit the Reilly Center. Last season, the Panthers went 22-11 and played in the WNIT. Colgate then plays at St. Bonaventure on Saturday, Nov. 25.

The Bonnies then play eight of their remaining nine non-conference games away from home. The lone home contest in that time frame will pit the Bonnies against two-time defending Mid-American Conference champion Bowling Green on Saturday, Dec. 9. Last year, the Falcons finished 23-8. In addition, St. Bonaventure will travel to Ann Arbor to face the University of Michigan on Friday, Dec. 22.

St. Bonaventure also will play road games at Bucknell (Nov. 30), Cleveland State (Dec. 4), Canisius (Dec. 16), Fairleigh Dickinson (Dec. 18) and Albany (Jan. 4). The 15-game non-conference schedule also includes the Wagner College Holiday Classic Dec. 29-30 on Staten Island. The Bonnies will open the Classic against Cornell and then face either Rider or host Wagner on the second day.

Eight letterwinners will return from St. Bonaventure's 9-18 team of last season led by four starters: senior forward Audrey Latendresse, junior guard Priscilla Edwards, sophomore forward Ashley Edwards and sophomore guard Katelyn Murray. Ashley Edwards was an Atlantic 10 All-Rookie selection. Crowley and the Bonnies will also welcome the heralded three-player freshman class of forwards Andrea Doneth and Dana Mitchell and guard Julie Molloy.

St. Bonaventure's non-conference schedule follows. The Atlantic 10 Conference schedule will be announced by the A-10 in September.