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Centennial Conference Athletics

Franklin & Marshall College Diplomats

Head Coach Kirsten Richter

Richter (Franklin & Marshall ’03) enters her third season as head coach of Franklin & Marshall’s women’s basketball team. Richter owns a 32-21 record during her two years at the helm, guiding the Diplomats to back-to-back appearances in the Centennial Conference semifinal game.  Her .604 winning percentage ranks third best in program history. Richter is a 2003 graduate of F&M and prior to returning back to her alma mater she served as an assistant coach at Randolph-Macon.  

Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2

 

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Starters Returning (3)
Alexa Barbush, Sr, 5-7, G, 16.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.6 apg, 79 steals
Elizabeth Snyder, Sr, 5-8, G, 8.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 24 threes
Christina McCarthy, Jr, 6-0, 9.4 ppg, 9.2 rbg, 1.5 bpg

Key Returnees
Colleen Bott, Sr, 5-9, G/F, 5.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Emma Lisle, Jr, 6-0, F/C, 3.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg

Top Newcomers
 Hannah Rose Nussbaum, Fr, 5-7, G, Radnor (Pa.)
Caroline Studnicky, Fr, 5-10, F, Severn School (Md.)
Emily Wetz, Fr, 5-7, G, Agnes Irwin (Pa.)

 

2013 Outlook

The Diplomats are coming off an 18-8 record (15-5 CC) and a trip to the CC Semifinals. The team lost two starters, Allison Bauer and Megan Pauley, who both earned All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention. However, the Diplomats return Centennial Conference Player of the Year and D3Hoops.com Preseason All-American, senior Alexa Barbush, who led the Diplomats in points (16.2 ppg), steals (3.2 spg) and was second with 65 assists.  She reached double-figures in scoring 18 times during the season, including six 20-plus point performances. As a junior, Barbush became the 13th Diplomat to reach the 1,000-point plateau. In addition to Barbush, the Diplomats return fellow classmates Elizabeth Snyder and Collen Bott and junior Kristina McCarthy. McCarthy led the team in rebounds (9.2) and blocks (1.5) per game last season. The Diplomats will look to make another appearance in the Centennial Conference tournament.

 

Mayser Center is the hub of Franklin & Marshall athletics. The building is home to the department’s administrative offices, locker rooms, Sports Medicine and rehabilitation rooms, and the equipment room. The building services over 600 athletes competing in 28 sports each academic year. Built in 1961, the complex has seen its share of history.  21 conference championships have been earned inside of its walls, while 50 athletes have been labeled All-Americans on its courts.

 

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