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Team Season Records

Year% Overall Record* CACC Record (Place) Post Season Season Summary Coach
2007-2008 11-16 8-10     Carleton
2006-2007 18-11 14-8
(5th Place)		 1-1 CACC Tournament Semi-Finals Smith
2005-2006 6-22 6-18
(8th Place)		 0-1 CACC Tournament Qualifier Smith
2004-2005 5 - 22 4-18     Baltimore
2003-2004 9 - 17 8-14
(9th place)		     Malone
2002-2003 13 - 15 9 -14
(7th place)

1 - 1

 NAIA North Independent Regional Semifinalists Aiello
2001-2002 10 - 16 6 - 16
(11th place)		     Aiello
2000-2001 7 - 20

3 - 19

    Aiello

* Overall Record includes results from Post-Season play
% Joined the NCAA Division II in 2003-2004, formerly competed in the NAIA All-North Independent Region.


Team History

2006-2007 Season Recap
The 2006-07 campaign proved to be the most successful season in the program's seven year history. With Head Coach Jennifer Smith at the helm, the Lightning set a program record for most overall and conference wins in a season, finishing with an 18-11 overall and 14-8 conference mark. Six of the team's eleven losses were by ten points or less. The Lightning once again quailified for the conference playoffs for the second season in as many years, this time advancing futher then ever before to the semi-final round. The Lightning entered the CACC tournament as the fifth seed and defeated fourth seeded Dominican College on their home floor, 71-49. Senior Cherrise Graham was named to the Darktronics All-Region Second Team, All-CACC First Team, and was named CACC Player of the Week four times and ECAC Player of the Week once. Junior Toni Jones was named to the All-CACC Second Team for the second season in a row and reached the 1,000 point milestone. Senior Kim Rowley became the first player in the program's history to reach the 1,000 career rebound milestone.

2005-2006 Season Recap
 The 2005-2006 season saw the Lightning qualify for the CACC Tournament for the first time in school history as they finished with a 6-22 (6-18 CACC) record under first-year coach Jennifer Smith. The team earned wins over Georgian Court, Nyack, Felician, Wilmington and Post University.  Three players finished the season in double-digit scoring; Toni Jones (17.5), Kim Rowley (12.9) and Natasha Scott (11.7). All three players will return for next season.

2004-2005 Season Recap
 The 2004-2005 season was not what the team had set their goals on as they finished with a 5-22 (4-18 CACC) record under first-year coach Charlie Baltimore. The team earned wins over Columbia Union, Dominican, Georgian Court, Nyack, and Post University. The team lost by an average 17.3 ppg.  

2003-2004 Season Recap
The 2003-2004 season was a challenging beginning to life in the NCAA for the Lady Lightning.  In it’s first full season of NCAA Division II competition the Lightning posted a 9-17 record overall and an 8-14 record in CACC action.  

The teams’ record this season does not indicate just how competitive they were.  Seven of the conference losses were by an average of 6 points, proving that this squad was extremely competitive.  Early in conference action, the Lightning beat perennial conference power Caldwell for their first ever finish over the Cougars.  Probably the most exciting game of the conference season was a double-overtime victory over Georgian Court College.  Not only was it an exciting win, but the Lady Lightning set the single game Goldey-Beacom College record for most points scored with 98. 

As far as individual honors go, members of the Lady Lightning made the weekly honor roll in 6 of the possible 15 weeks.   In December, senior Erin Calloway became the inaugural member of the GBC women’s basketball 1000 Point Club.  She ends her career with 1,216 points.  Freshman Kim Rowley became the first GBC women’s basketball player to be honored as an All-Conference player, earning her spot on the 2nd Team All-CACC for her hard work under the net.  Brianna Maloney also added her weight under the basket, finishing 11th in the CACC in Rebounding and 8th in Blocked shots.  Junior point Lindsay Hageman put forward some very solid performances throughout the season, earning a spot on the CACC Honor Roll mid-season.  Other contributors to the team this season were Seniors Julie Parseghian and Lauren Hicks, Junior Tiffany Ervin, Sophomore Michelle Azzanesi, and Freshmen Erin Mahoney and April Yanacek.

2002-2003 Season Recap
The 2002-2003 Women’s Basketball season was an exciting one for all involved.  The team’s dedication and determination to be competitive finally paid off as the Lightning made its first appearance in the NAIA North Independent Regional Tournament as the number 3 seed in only its third season of competition.  The squad finished third in the tournament, winning its first play-off game ever over Nyack College.

Senior Brianna Maloney made the NAIA All-North Independent Region Team and Coach Frank Aiello was voted the NAIA All-North Independent Region Coach of the Year.  Coach Aiello spoke of his team in the post-season stating, “I am most proud of the fact that the team has maintained an overall team GPA of about 3.4 throughout the past three seasons.  These young ladies have represented the college very well, and we should be extremely proud of what they are doing not only for the basketball program, but also for the college and the GBC community.”  As a testament to the character of Coach Aiello’s program, the team earned for its third consecutive year the CACC Team Sportsmanship Award as voted by its peers within the conference. 

In 2003-2004, Coach Aiello has handed over his head coaching responsibilities to his former Assistants Mary Malone and Brandon Baffone.  In parting he commented on the program that he was so instrumental in creating, ‘I believe the program will continue to be successful under the guidance of Mary Malone and Brandon Baffone.  I wish them all continued success in years to come.  Overall, I couldn’t be more proud of what out program has accomplished these past three years.  This team has endured and succeeded beyond all expectations, and these outstanding student-athletes have left their mark on Delaware basketball as well as in our conference.”

2001-2002 Season Recap
The Lady Lightning’s 2nd season met with even greater success than anyone expected. The team was extremely competitive and won 10 games, surprising some of our competition and narrowly missing the conference playoffs by only 1 game. Several key injuries, including the mid-season loss of our point guard Lindsey Hageman (Fr.) to a shoulder injury, factored heavily in some of our close losses. But the team as a whole showed considerable depth of character and really pulled together to attain our goal of 10 or more wins in only our second season of play. The program continues to grow, and our players are getting better with every practice and game. We are becoming a team to be reckoned with in the future in the CACC.

2000-2001 Season Recap
The Lightning had a surprisingly successful inaugural season. The team was small, consisting of only 7 players. Every member of the team contributed to what we feel was a great start to our women’s basketball program. The goal of the coaching staff was to win 5 or 6 games in our first year of competition. The players not only achieved this goal, but went one step further, finishing their 1st year of competition with a 7-20 record. Considering the caliber of competition in the CACC, and at the Division II level of basketball in general, the players and coaching staff should be commended for their hard work and achievements over this very successful season.