2003-2004 Archive Page
MEET THE 2003-2004 COMETS
(Team Members in Each Row Listed Left to Right)
Back Row (Standing): Jackie Witt, Lina Fanene, Erin O'Connor, Shantal Turner, Coach Sherry Titus, Conditioning Coach Peter Manosh, Deanna Meijer, Assistant Coach Kari Harrington, Tanisha McKinley.
Middle Row: Kacie Kostlan, Lindsay Duringer, Brittany Stranick, Emily Koepke, Lauren Ong, Chelsey McFarlin.
Front Row: Kayla Bailey and Alley Wynne.
Not Pictured: Kara Smith, Assistant Coaches Roger Moses and John Saric.
Player Profiles
2003-2004 Individual Team Pictures
# 14 Chelsey McFarlin
# 24 Lindsay Duringer
# 40 Lina Fanene
# 22 Lauren Ong
# 32 Erin O'Connor
# 20 Kacie Kostlan
# 33 Deanna Meijer
# 42 Tanisha McKinley
# 5 Jackie Witt
# 12 Shantal Turner
# 50 Alley Wynne
# 4 Brittany Stranick
# 10 Emily Koepke
# 34 Kara Smith
2003-2004 Season Highlights
Co-champ Comets
stay home; 3 All-PCC
Palomar College tied for the Pacific Coast Conference women's basketball championship but was not given a bid to the State Community College Tournament Southern California Regionals.
Imperial Valley, the team the Comets tied for the title, will visit Saddleback in a first-round game Friday night, Feb. 27, while Palomar stays home. The teams split their two conference games, with the Comets winning 75-57 on Jan. 31 at Palomar and the Arabs winning 58-49 Saturday night at IVC.
Three Palomar players made the all-conference first team — sophomore guard Lindsay Duringer (Rancho Bernardo High School), sophomore forward Lina Fanene (Carlsbad High School) and freshman forward Kacie Kostlan (Poway High School). Palomar's Chelsey McFarlin, Erin O'Connor, Lauren Ong, Brittany Stranick and Jackie Witt made honorable mention.
Palomar coach Sherry Titus was named conference Coach of the Year.
Palomar Women's Basketball
9-1 in Pacific Coast Conference Play
Palomar 49 IVC 58 (2/21/04)
Overall Record 15-9 Conference 9-0
Palomar 73 Grossmont 50 (2/18/04)
Game Highlights
Lindsay Duringer 16 points
Kacie Kostlan 16 points
Erin O'Conner 15 points
Overall Record 15-9 Conference 9-0
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Comets' O'Connor |
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FEB. 18, 2004 -The Pacific Coast Conference has selected Palomar College basketball player Erin O'Connor as one of its Women's Athletes of the Week for the week that ended Sunday. O'Connor, a 5-foot, 9-inch freshman swing player from Poway High School, helped lead the defending champion and first-place Comets to two more victories. O'Connor scored 15 points, grabbed 13 rebounds (five on offense) and also had two steals and a block in a 79-47 win over Cuyamaca. She came back with 21 points and 16 rebounds (six on offense) as the Comets turned back Southwestern 61-50.
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Palomar 61 Southwestern 50 (2/14/04)
Game Highlights
Lindsay Duringer 16 points
Erin O'Connor 21 points
Overall Record 14-9 Conference 8-0
Palomar 79 Cuyamaca 47 (2/11/04)
Game Highlights
Lindsay Duringer 24 points
Erin O'Connor 22 points
Jackie Witt 11 points
Overall Record 13-9 Conference 7-0
Palomar 61 S. D. Mesa 55 (2/7/04)
Game Highlights
Chelsey McFarlin 14 points
Erin O'Connor 14 points
Brittany Stranick 13 points
Overall Record 12-9 Conference 6-0
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Comets' Fanene picked |
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FEB. 4, 2004 - The Pacific Coast Conference has selected Palomar College basketball player Lina Fanene as its Women's Athlete of the Week for the week that ended Sunday. Fanene, a 5-11 sophomore post player from Carlsbad High School, led the defending champion Comets to two victories as they moved into undisputed first place in the PCC standings at the halfway point in the conference season. Fanene scored 38 points in the two games, hauled down 21 rebounds and also had six steals, four blocks and five assists. Fanene contributed 21 points and 11 rebounds in an 88-69 victory over Grossmont. She came back with 17 points and 10 rebounds in a 75-57 victory over Imperial Valley, which was tied with the Comets for first place entering the game. Honorable mention for the week went to Palomar basketball player Katie Kostlan. Kostlan, a 5-foot, 9-inch freshman guard from Poway High School, had 13 points, seven assists and three steals vs. Grossmont. She came back with 10 points, eight assists and two blocks in the Imperial Valley game |
Palomar 75 IVC 57 (1/31/04)
Game Highlights
Lindsay Duringer 17 points
Lina Fanene 17 points
Kacie Kostlan 10 points
Erin O'Connor 11 points
Overall Record 11-9 Conference 5-0
Palomar 88 Grossmont 69 (1/28/04)
Game Highlights
Lina Fanene 21 points
Kacie Kostlan 13 points
Lindsay Duringer 13 points
Kara Smith 10 points
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JAN. 27, 2004 - The Pacific Coast Conference has selected as Honorable mention for the week: Palomar basketball players Lindsay Duringer and Lina Fanene. Duringer, a 5-foot-8 inch sophomore guard from Rancho Bernardo High School, scored 16 points and dished off four assists in the Comets' 72-59 win over Southwestern. Fanene, a 5-11 sophomore post player from Carlsbad High School, helped lead the Comets over the Jaguars with 10 rebounds, five blocked shots and four assists. An individual may be honored as Athlete of the Week only once each season of her sport Duringer was Athlete of the Week for the week ending Jan. 18 |
Palomar 72 Southwestern 59 (1/24/04)
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Comets Duringer is Athlete of Week |
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JAN. 20, 2004 - The Pacific Coast Conference has honored Palomar College basketball player Lindsay Duringer as its Women's Athlete of the Week for the week that ended Sunday. Duringer, a 5-foot-8 inch sophomore guard from Rancho Bernardo High School, led the defending champion Comets to a 65-59 road victory over San Diego Mesa in their conference opener. Duringer scored 20 points, passed off for four assists and had six steals against the Olympians. Honorable mention for the week went to Palomar basketball player Erin O'Connor. O'Connor, a 5-9 freshman guard / forward from Poway High School, had 14 rebounds and four steals in the Comets' win over San Diego Mesa.
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