After failing to win a single conference game last season, the Lady Knights crushed Mercy College, 82-43, Saturday in their first league-game of the year and have set their sights on high goals. Head coach Bet Naumovski and guard Bria Jackson shared their aspirations of finishing on top of their conference. “We want to go undefeated at home,” said Jackson during a recent interview. The Lady Knights opened up the season ranked ninth in the East Coast Conference and Jackson, whose 22.4 points per game leads the league, said the preseason polls has motivated the team to finish strong. “Being that we were ranked second-to-last in the conference we definitely…
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Bria Jackson leading conference in scoring, leading team to wins
The women’s basketball team’s season is well underway and they appear to have a bona fide court general and top scorer in the conference leading the charge on a hopeful road to success. Bria Jackson, a former two-time first team member and two-time tournament team player at Rush-Henrietta High School, has brought her talent and leadership to the Ladys Knights’ locker room. Through the season’s first five games, Jackson’s 22.4 points per game is tops in the East Coast Conference. “We are very proud of her,” said head coach Bet Naumovski. “Both on and off the field she is our engine.” Growing up, Jackson was always surrounded by the game…
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Lady Knights excel in tournament, take momentum into season
Coach Bet Naumovski and the Lady Knights are seeking to shrug their basketball struggles they had over recent years, as the new faces in the team make winning games a priority. With only one returning player from last years squad, the Lady Knights will be focusing on winning games, something they were only able to do one time last year. Their offensive struggles led them to an overall 1-25 record. (0-16 conference) “We definitely want to finish on the top of our conference,” said Naumovski about her team’s goals. Although recent stats show bad things to come, The Knights do show signs of a winning appetite to start off the…
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Knights stunned in final seconds, NYIT draw eliminates team from playoff contention
Captain Danny Stoker’s late game heroics was short-lived after NYIT tied the score of the regular season’s final game during its final seconds, ending the playoff hopes of the men’s soccer team on Oct. 27. Stoker, who typically played forward but started the game as a defender, led the underdog Knights (3-3-3) to a hard fought battle at home against the East Coast Conference’s third-place team, NYIT (5-2-2). The senior netted his eleventh goal of the season from close range on the 44th minute in the second half. But NYIT’s Dominic Lovino tied it up with a header with less than 20 seconds remaining. “Its was like a Hail Mary…