Not only did Lynchburg take a beating this week but they didn't have their 2 big guns, Dahn and Esposito, in the line-up.  What gives?

WOW!  RMC 97 Lynchburg 87.  Yellow Jackets trump the Hornets.  Must have been an exciting game if you like offense.  Did anyone play any D?  Congratulations to A. Hiltunen for reaching and passing the 1,000 point mark for her career.  And 15-15 from the charity stripe for the game and 33-33 for the season!  Macon has both an inside and outside game this year.  If the coaching staff can fire them up to play some D, look out.  Without D, I expect another high scoring affair and a tough battle against Bridgewater Saturday though RMC may view this as a revenge game for the loss in last year's semi-final of the ODAC tournament.

Though I wasn't at the game, I heard RMC was impressive.  Sounds like the Big 3 of Arial, Riesbeck, and Hiltunen can expect support from a few returning players and an impressive freshman class.  I heard they blitzed Marymount in the first "game" and played them even thereafter using a lot of their young players.  Arial brought her usual impressive inside game and Hiltunen directed the offense and led the way defensively.  Looks like they open the season with their own tip-off tournment against decent competition and I'm betting they can't wait to play for real....

Not sure about preseason schedules but I'll again post my preseason Top 5 for anyone who didn't see it earlier just to start the ball rolling:

1. Lynchburg (the young'uns are seasoned veterans now)
2. Bridgewater (last year's run is a spring board to better things)
3. Va Weselyan (always tough)
4. RMC (good starters, questionable depth and can't overcome loss of 3 top seniors)
5. EMU (great coaching but still a bit inexperienced)

As far as Riley goes, I too heard she left the ODAC and will play at Marymount.

Eaglefan, GREAT insight.  Thanks for expanding on my cliff notes and breathing some life into this board.  It had gotten too quiet lately.  I appreciate your insights and you've convinced me RMC will be tougher than I thought.  You're right about Hiltunan - losing is NOT acceptable to her - she's the heart and soul of the team.  If Ariail and Riesbeck bring passion to their games this year and O'Briant stays healthy, they could be tough.  Not sure about their incoming class but I know they have a sophomore who was injured last year and is supposed to be a good defender.

Keep the posts coming y'all - we're less than a month away from preseason!

Hey, where are all the bloggers?  Guess my preseason predictions have left you all in a catatonic state

Quote from: whitecaylxx on September 10, 2008, 02:39:15 PM
Does anyone know who some of the new recruits in the ODAC are?

I've heard Wesleyan and Lynchburg have solid incoming class.  Don't know about anyone else.  But I will give you my top 5 preseason prediction for the ODAC regular season:

1. Lynchburg (the young'uns are seasoned veterans now)
2. Bridgewater (last year's run is a spring board to better things)
3. Va Weselyan (always tough)
5. RMC (good starters, questionable depth and can't overcome loss of 3 top seniors)
4. EMU (great coaching but still a bit inexperienced)

Quote from: whitecaylxx on February 25, 2008, 08:32:45 AM
Odacfan99 - I NEVER said she was benched.  My implication was that the team LOST without her starting.  RMC would not be near as successful without Arial.  If I was unclear, I'm sorry. I guess that's the trouble with posting - you can't judge the intent.  YOU check your facts!!

Whitecaylxx, my apologies to you .  I went back and read the string of postings and found out that it was Scottie Too Hottie a.k.a. Mybleedinghands who made the comment that Arial was benched.  Shame on me for my mistake but bigger shame on Scottie/Bleedinghands for making a bad assumption about the reason Arial was sitting.  And he (she) is supposedly an assistant SID who won't comment on officials but passes off as fact his assumptions about a player?  Shame on him (her)......

Sorry again Whitecay.

Quote from: pa.fanoftheodac on February 24, 2008, 06:07:38 PM
As a fan of the ODAC from Pennsylvania and especially RMC, I have to respond to whitecalyxx. Molly Ariail was not benched. Against Randolph, seniors started on senior night.  The night before the Eastern Mennonite game Molly spent the entire night in the emergency room and got back to school around 8am. With no sleep she played anyway. Enough said!!!!

Thanks for the clarification, PA. Glad whitecalyxx was off base - I'd heard good things about the Arial kid and didn't want to believe she'd done something inappropriate to get benched.  Whitecalyxx, assuming PA's info is accurate - sounds like you need to check your facts next time and not make incorrect assumptions and inaccurate posts.

Virginia Wesleyan looks to be a contender for the ODAC title this year, at least in the eyes of the coaches (#2 preseason). They start 3 seniors (Phillips, Lowe, and Barrett), so lots of experience/leasdership.  And sophomore Jones is a dynamo at the guard position.  And let's not forget about Ushinski, a talented and athletic guard/post.  As solid a starting group as there is in the ODAC in my opinion.  They are off to a good start at 7-2 but suffered a tough loss to CNU that hopefully won't hurt their psyche when they start their January ODAC run. 

Of their 7 wins, though, only 1 is impressive - the win against Bridgewater on the road.  The combined record of the other 6 teams they beat is a paltry 14-33 so it's hard to say just how good the team is this early in the season.  Let's wait to see how they do against the tougher teams in the ODAC in January.

Thanks for the details, hoopstermom.  You've got me wanting to go to the RMC website to read the game details myself 

So far, looks like the RMC team has a wealth of scoring options.  Quite a change from when the team relied on M. Silva to provide much of the offense.  Balance is good.

Wow, hoopstermom, you're all over this stuff!  Impressive.  Sounds like you get to see quite a few RMC games.  Will have to count on you for "from the sideline" reports this season.  I only wish others would join in on the post up board.  Unlike last year, not a lot of traffic yet.  Maybe it's still too early?  Can't wait to get a better sense for the teams in the ODAC - this weekend's games might reveal a lot.

hoopstermom, did u get to see any of the games?  if so, any impressions?

Hey...where is everybody?  Next weekend kicks off the 2007-2008 season!  Is anyone else as pumped for ODAC Women's B'ball as me?  Look for Va Wesleyan to win the ODAC followed closely by EMU and RMC.  Lynchburg will be strong too and is my sleeper pick to upset the above mentioned teams.  Their back court will be among the best in the conference and their post game should be strong.  Any thoughts from some posters more seasoned at this than me???

Quote from: y_jack_lok on October 09, 2007, 11:22:34 PM

Quote from: odacfan99 on October 02, 2007, 09:20:35 PM
Hello, is this working?  Can anybody hear me?  Just wondering if anyone has entered the room yet for the 2007-2008 ODAC Women's Bball season.  Looking for your preseason front runners.

I don't know much about the other teams in the ODAC, but I'm guessing Randolph-Macon has to be considered one of the pre-season favorites with Amanda Hiltunen, Lindsay Reisbeck, and Molly Arial returning.

Expect big things from EMU and Lynchburg.  Both young teams but kids got lots of playing time last year.  Also, it sounds like Wesleyan has a very impressive incoming class of freshman who will see lots of playing time.  I agree RMC should be tough again but not sure about the quality/depth of their freshmen.  Anyone have any insight?