Seahawks vs. Huskies in Dunkin' Donuts UMaine-Farmington Tip-Off Tournament

Summary: Salve Regina University women's basketball opens its 2013-14 season against University of Southern Maine in the Dunkin' Donuts UMaine-Farmington Tip-Off Tournament. Fisher College plays the host school in the later game.

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (0-0) versus Southern Maine Huskies (0-0) - season-opener for both teams

Game date, time and site: Fri., Nov. 15, 2013; 5:30 p.m. @ Farmington, Maine (Dearborn Gymnasium)

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Series edge: First ever meeting in women's basketball

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• Salve Regina has played 766 games in its history as a Division III women's basketball program, but not once against Southern Maine.

• Salve Regina has played 20 of its 766 games in Maine (6-14 record in those contests), including two wins on the Southern Maine campus in Gorham when participating in the 2010 USM Tip-Off Classic.
• The Seahawks defeated Husson (67-57) and UMaine-Farmington (58-48) in their two games on the Huskies' court.
• Salve Regina has played 11 of its 20 games in the Pine Tree State in Biddeford - home of its Commonwealth Conference (CCC) foe University of New England.

• This will be the third time since 1979 that Salve Regina women's basketball has played on November 15.
• In 2008, the Seahawks opened on this date (Saturday) and lost by 11 (75-64) to Rhode Island College at the Rodgers Recreation Center.
• In 2011, the Seahawks opened on this date (Tuesday) at UMass Dartmouth and, after erasing a 20-point second-half deficit, lost 65-61. Down 52-36 with 11:47 on the clock, Marissa Pendergast scored 11 consecutive points in just over two minutes and a three-pointer by Lisa Bucci made the score 52-50 in favor of the Corsairs with 8:37 to play.

• Seniors Lisa Bucci, Marissa Pendergast, and Taylor Windwer share the captains' duties for the 2013-14 Salve Regina women's basketball team.
• Seventh-year head coach Cori Hughes remarks: "All three of our senior captains are really positive, unselfish, and lead by example," says Hughes, in her seventh year. "But they are also really different personalities, and each fulfill an important role as a leader on this team."
• The Seahawks have reached the CCC Championship Game in all three seasons with their current senior class.

TEAM - POINTS (FIRST-PLACE VOTES)
1. U. of New England - 100 (10)
2. Roger Williams - 85
3. Salve Regina - 83
4. Endicott - 68
5. Western New Eng. - 64
6. Curry - 44
7. Eastern Nazarene - 37
8. Nichols - 28
8. Wentworth - 28
10. Gordon - 13

• The winner of tonight's season-opener meets the winner of the game between host UMaine-Farmington and Fisher, at 3 p.m. on Saturday; tonight's losing teams meet in a consolation game at 1 p.m.
• Salve Regina has never met Fisher, an NAIA institution, and has won its only meeting with the Beavers, 58-48, on November 20, 2010.

• Salve Regina is 17-14 all-time in its season-opener.
• Last season, the Seahawks lost to the Ephs of Williams College, 60-53, in that school's tip-off tournament.
• The last win on opening day/night for Salve Regina came on November 16, 2010, in a 72-40 decision over Suffolk in Boston, Mass.
• The largest margin of defeat and victory in season-openers happened in back-to-back years for the Seahawks: a 56-point loss to College of New Jersey (87-31) on November 22, 1997, and a 53-point win over UMass Boston (89-36) on November 20, 1998.

• Under Cori Hughes' direction, Salve Regina has won three Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) championships in six years while compiling a won-loss record of 111-56 (.665).
• Hughes won her first season-opener with the Seahawks on November 16, 2007; a 61-47 victory against Norwich in the Bridgewater State Tip-Off Tournament.