Tribe Announces 2007-08 Women’s Basketball Schedule

09/18/07 2:30PM

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - William and Mary women’s basketball head coach Debbie Taylor has announced the team’s schedule for the upcoming 2007-08 season. The challenging slate features 30 regular-season contests, 12 of which will be played at Kaplan Arena at William and Mary Hall. In addition to the 18-game CAA ledger, W&M will square off against 12 non-conference foes from all around the country. Highlighting the schedule is a trip to Hawaii and road contests at Kentucky and Marquette.

In what will be the earliest season opener in the program’s history, W&M will begin its season at the Elon Tournament on Nov. 9-10 with contests against Campbell and Penn. After welcoming Richmond to Williamsburg on Nov. 20 for the Tribe’s home opener, the College will hit the road for matchups at Radford (Nov. 23) and at Marquette (Nov. 26).

W&M returns home to host the Black Bears of Maine on Nov. 29 before a series of road games at Kentucky (Dec. 4), Longwood (Dec. 7) and Howard (Dec. 9). After hosting Duquesne on Dec. 20 in its final non-conference home game, the Tribe will close out its non-conference slate at the Hawaii Tournament. W&M opens the event against Iona on Dec. 28 and will then take on either Hawaii or UC Irvine the following day.

The Tribe’s CAA ledger includes home games against Towson (Jan. 6), Delaware (Jan. 13), Old Dominion (Jan. 20), UNC Wilming-ton (Jan. 31), James Madison (Feb. 3), Northeastern (Feb. 17), Drexel (Feb. 21), Hofstra (Feb. 28) and VCU (March 6). Conference road con-tests include trips to VCU (Jan. 9), Georgia State (Jan. 17), George Mason (Jan. 24), Drexel (Jan. 27), Towson (Feb. 7), Old Dominion (Feb. 10), James Madison (Feb. 14), UNC Wilmington (Feb. 24) and Northeastern (March 2).

The CAA Tournament will be held in Newark, Del., and is scheduled for March 13-16.

W&M returns four starters and 10 letterwinners from last season’s team that earned 19 victories, the second-best total in school history.

William and Mary Women's Basketball 2007-08 Schedule