LORETTO, Pa. (March 5, 2010) - The Red Flash will host the Monmouth Hawks in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament on Saturday, March 6.   Tip off is set for 2:30 p.m. at DeGol Arena in Loretto, Pa., with the winner advancing on the NEC Semifinals on Sunday.

Series History
Today is the 50th all-time match up between the Hawks of Monmouth and the Saint Francis Red Flash.  The Hawks took 65-61 victory in the first meeting of 2009-10 back in January.  A week later, Monmouth took a 77-74 win back in West Long Branch, though it took them five extra minutes to defeat the Red Flash.  The two wins give Monmout a slim 25-24 lead in the series that had belonged to the Flash prior to the season.  Though Monmouth will technically be the home team as they hold the higher seed, the Red Flash lead the Hawks 12-9 at home. 

So We Meet Again...
Saturday's NEC?tournament game may be the first time to two teams have met in the quarter finals, but it will not be their first postseason meeting.  The Red Flash have twice defeated Monmouth in the NEC?semifinals, and more recently, SFU?has defeated MU?three times in the NEC?Championship game.  Saint Francis holds a 5-0 postseason record vs. Monmouth.

Hodges Hits the History Books
Britney Hodges (Dayton, Ohio/Mount de Chantal) scored her 1,000th career point on Nov. 24 at Pittsburgh, and has been on a quest to make school history ever since.  The senior guard will leave SFU with her name in numerous all-time best cateogies.  Currently, Hodges ranks eighth in scoring (1,447 points), fifth in assists (394), eighth in steals (167), eighth in field goals made (529), seventh in field goals attempted (1,329), second in 3-point field goals made (168) and second in three-point field goals attempted (503).  

Even It Up
On Saturday, the Red Flash accomplished a feat no SFU?women's basketball team had done in five years.  With their 78-68 win over Wagner, the Flash finished the regular season at .500, or 14-14 overall.  The record marked the first time in her career head coach Susan Robinson Fruchtl had guided her team to a .500 or better finish.