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Utica, NY (1/22/14) - The Utica College women's basketball team (5-10, 0-6 E8) stays home this weekend for a tough Empire 8 Conference set. The Pioneers take on Hartwick College Friday evening at 8 p.m. followed by a contest against Stevens Institute of Technology on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.

Game Coverage: Live video for all home games is available at empire8.tv … Links for live stats for this weekend's contests are available on the Pioneers' schedule page at www.ucpioneers.com … Friday's game against Hartwick can be heard on the radio on ESPN 99.1 FM & WPNR 90.7 FM.

Social Media: If you can't make it out to the game, make sure to follow live updates on the Pioneers official Twitter feed, @UCPioneers … If you are at the game and on Twitter, or talking about the game on Twitter, make sure to use #letsgoUC … You can also "Like" the Pioneers on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UCpioneers.

Last Game: UC could not stay with St. John Fisher on Saturday night as the Pioneers are left searching for their first conference win following the 77-63 loss to the Cardinals … Bridget Greenwald (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills) led the way for the Pioneers with a double-double (17 points, 12 rebounds).

Empire 8 Team Stats: Utica is third in the Empire 8 Conference in rebounds-per-game (42.1) … The Pioneers are also averaging 5.1 more rebounds-per-game than their opponents, which is good for fourth in the conference … Utica also ranks fifth in scoring defense (59.8).

Empire 8 Player Stats: Mary Miceli (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle) is leading the Pioneers in scoring and is ninth in the conference in points-per-game (13.6) … Bridget Greenwald (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills) and Samantha Stayer (Allegany, NY/Allegany-Limestone) are also climbing the scoring chart at 14th and 16th in the E8 … Greenwald is leading in rebounds-per-game (11.5) … She is 1.1 rebounds ahead of the second leading rebounder … Kelsey Cowell (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen) is fifth in the conference in blocked shots-per-game (0.8).

Stayer Staying Hot: In the past five games, Samantha Stayer (Allegany, NY/Allegany-Limestone) is averaging 18.6 points-per-game, bringing her season average up to 11.3 … Her best game came against SUNY Cobleskill on Jan. 13th where she led the Pioneers with a career-high 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the year.

Pioneers in National Spotlight: The 5-foot-7 senior Bridget Greenwald (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills) is nationally ranked 28th in rebounds-per-game (11.5) … She is also tied for 44th in the country in double-doubles with seven total … Mary Miceli (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle) has the fifth highest single-game point total in the country when she scored 42 points against SUNY Potsdam earlier this season.

Stats against Hartwick: The Pioneers lost its first game to Hartwick on the road this season by the score of 71-59 … Last season, UC split a pair of games against the Hawks …The first, a 58-50 loss on the road and the second, a televised win at home (64-61) led by Mary Miceli (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle)'s 14 points … The crowd of 755 saw eight different lead changes throughout the game.

Hawks Report: Hartwick is off to a 13-3 start and is 6-0 in the Empire 8 … The Hawks are coming to Utica after winning two games at home, 72-36, over Alfred University and 61-40 over Houghton College … They are third in the E8 in scoring (66.6) and second in scoring defense (52.6) … The Hawks are led by Brittany Dumas who is averaging 16 points-per-game and 10.4 rebounds-per-game.

Stats against Stevens: Stevens won the first meeting of the season down in New Jersey by a score of 62-52 with Utica shooting 25% from the field … The Pioneers split its two games with the Ducks last season … In the first game against Stevens at home, Utica fought to a 59-53 victory behind Meg Fiore's 17 points and 15 rebounds … In the second game in Hoboken, NJ, the Pioneers could not come back from a 31-17 halftime deficit as the Ducks won 58-36.

Duck Report: Stevens is off to a 10-5 start and is 3-3 in the Empire 8 … The Ducks are coming to Utica after home wins against Alfred University, 90-55, and Houghton College, 69-48 … They are currently 5-2 at home and 5-3 on the road … Stevens is led by senior Avis Benjamin who is leading the Ducks in scoring (13.1) and rebounding (6.3) … She is coming off a 25 point effort against Alfred University last weekend.

Looking Ahead: UC will host conference opponent Alfred University on Friday, Jan. 31st at 8 p.m. … On Saturday, the Pioneers will travel to Elmira College for a 4 p.m. tip-off … It is the first meeting of the season between the Pioneers and Saxons … The Soaring Eagles edged UC 66-58 earlier this season.