70 The Courier sun • OCTOBER 2, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com sports HEADING TO THE GARDEN Queens College women’s basketball heading to Madison Square Garden for second time BY ERIC JANKIEWICZ [email protected]/@ericjankiewicz The Queens College women’s basketball team will play a game in Madison Square Garden next year, when they will go up against Immaculata University. The competition is part of the ninth annual Maggie Dixon Classic, the premier women’s basketball regular Milos Raonic Marin Cilic season tournament in the nation. This game, on Jan. 4., will be the second time that the Queens College women’s basketball team plays at the Garden. The first time, they lost to Immaculata, 65-61. And the game included notable Queens names such as Donna Orender, Gail Marquis and Coach Lucille Kyvallos. In the other game that day, St. John’s University will play against the defending national champion, Connecticut. The Queens College team comes off of a 2013-14 season that saw them win 20 games, advance to the ECC Semi-Final and have two players receive the All Met status. The team also posted the 15th best turnaround in Division II from the previous season. Queens opens the 2014-15 campaign on Saturday, Nov. 14, when they go against Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. The tournament is named in honor of former United States Military Academy (Army) head coach, Maggie Dixon, who died of a heart condition following her first season in West Point. The event also includes a health and heart expo. Photo courtesy of Queens College Knights The Queens College women’s basketball team will play a game in Madison Square Garden next year.
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