 5/21/06
-- The Long Island University women’s basketball team
sets sail this week for a 10-day, eight-game trip to Italy,
Slovenia
and Croatia
from May 21-31. The Blackbirds will take on two club teams in
Venice, Italy, and then travel to Slovenia for a two-game set.
Long Island finishes its tour with four games in Croatia on May
26-29.
The Blackbirds are coming off a 14-15 season that ended in the
Northeast Conference semifinals. LIU closed in a tie for fourth
in the NEC with an 11-7 record, its best finish since the 2002-03
season.
The journey will be a homecoming of sorts for a pair of Blackbirds.
Senior Polona Oberc hails from Ljubljana, Slovenia and will face
her former club team on Tuesday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m. The 5-8 guard/forward
started 28 games last season and led the squad with 2.9 assists
per contest.
Junior Sara Oblak, a native of Skofja Loka, Slovenia, will also
return to her hometown. The Blackbirds face KK Skofja Loka, the
local club team, on Wednesday, May 24 at 5:30 p.m. Oblak finished
third on the team in scoring with 7.6 points per game and led the
team in field goal percentage (.486).
Long Island arrived in Venice, Italy on Saturday, May 20. The
team will suit up two different squads for their trip: Last season’s
seniors and assistant coaches will form one team while next season’s
returning players will comprise the other.
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