RELEASE DATE: 3/09/04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ALISON TAGLIAFERRI NAMED TO FIRST TEAM ALL-PSAC EAST HONORS – SOPHOMORE BECOMES FIRST MOUNTAINEER TO BACK-TO-BACK FIRST TEAM SELECTION

MANSFIELD – Sophomore Alison Tagliaferri (Linden/Jersey Shore) was selected to First Team Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East honors. The team, selected by the PSAC East head coaches, was released today by the PSAC office in Lock Haven.

It marks the first time in school history a player has earned back-to-back First Team honors. Tagliaferri was named to First Team All-PSAC East honors and PSAC East Rookie of the Year in 2002 before receiving a medical red-shirt in 2003.

Tagliaferri ranked eighth in the PSAC, and third in the PSAC East, in scoring this season (14.7 ppg) and 15^th in rebounding (6.9 rpg). She was also seventh in the conference in blocked shots (30). Tagliaferri’s 440 points this season is the second most in school history.

In just two seasons of play, Tagliaferri already ranks 11^th in career scoring (929 points) and 10^th in rebounding (433 rebounds).

The Mountaineer finished the season with a school record 14 wins.