AMHERST, N.Y. - The Daemen College women's basketball team will head to the Keystone State this weekend where the Wildcats will tipoff against two very familiar opponents. Daemen will take on Point Park University Friday (Feb. 1) at 7 p.m. and square off against Carlow University Saturday (Feb. 2) at 2 p.m.
 
Daemen, Point Park and Carlow were all long-time members of the NAIA American Mideast Conference. The AMC disbanded after the 2011-12 academic year. Daemen is now a provisional member of the NCAA Division II East Coast Conference (ECC). Point Park and Carlow remained in the NAIA and found homes in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC). Daemen and Carlow are also members of the United States Collegiate Athletic Conference (USCAA).
 
The Wildcats will complete the weekend road trip with a game on Sunday (Feb. 3) at Niagara College in Welland, Ontario. The Knights compete in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA). Game time is noon.
 
Daemen (20-6) has been ranked No. 1 in the last eight USCAA Division I polls. The Wildcats have won nine of their last 11 games and are coming off a 74-55 win over NCAA Division II independent Salem International University this past Saturday. The win earned the program its 11th-straight 20-win season.
 
Daemen is averaging 75 points per game and six different players are averaging at least 7.9 points.
 
Seniors Monica Kosior (Grimsby, Ont./Blessed Trinity Catholic), Chelsea Andorka (Canton, Ohio/Central Catholic) and Ellie Allen (Amherst, N.Y./Sweet Home) have led the charge.
 
Kosior has shot 65-percent (72-110) and has averaged 17.4 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.4 blocks over the past nine games. She established career-highs for points (27), rebounds (15) and blocks (7) in the win over Salem International and is averaging a team-high 13.5 and 8.7 rebounds overall. She leads all USCAA Division I players in blocked shots (75).
 
Allen scored a team-high 19 points and recorded her 1,000th career point during a recent win over Fisher College. She is averaging a team-high 28.8 minutes per game and a steady 12.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists. Andorka scored 11 points in the win over SIU and is averaging 12.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists. She has also totaled 62 steals and 32 blocks.
 
Freshman Raeann Stilwell (Cheektowaga, N.Y./St. Mary's of Lancaster) has averaged 16.3 points and has shot 52-percent (13-25) from three-point land over the past four games. She connected on 5-of-8 three-pointers and scored a career-high 25 points in a win over Maine-Presque Isle two weeks ago. She has drained a team-high 49 three-pointers and is averaging 9.8 points with 34 steals.
 
Senior Samantha Stanfield (Brooklyn, N.Y./James Madison) and junior point guard Lindsay Stoddard (Limestone, N.Y./Allegany-Limestone) round out the starting five. Stanfield netted 12 points, grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds and collected six steals in the win over Fisher. She is averaging 7.9 points and 7.1 rebounds (second on the team), and leads the team in steals (87). Stoddard dished out a school-record 15 assists in the win over Fisher, breaking the record of 13 most recently set by Marybeth Nugent in November of 2009. She ranks second on the team in three-point field goals (31) and is averaging 8.8 points and a team-high 5.4 assists per game.
 
Point Park (18-4) is listed among “others receiving votes” in the NAIA Division II poll released Tuesday. The Pioneers are 10-1 at home this season and sit atop the KIAC standings with a 10-3 conference record. Last year, Point Park set a school record for wins (23), won the American Mideast Conference title and reached the NAIA National Tournament for the first time ever.
 
Point Park has won six-straight games and is coming off a 66-54 victory over West Virginia Tech this past Saturday. Newcomer Ja'Nia McPhatter netted 17 points in the win over WVT and is averaging a team-high 15.1 points and 9.1 rebounds. Senior forward Emily Schartner netted 13 points in a 69-52 win over Carlow on Jan. 22 and is averaging 12.7 points and 5.2 rebounds. She also leads the team in three-pointers (45) and blocks (27). Additional production has come from senior guard April Austin (11.3 ppg, 4.2 apg) and junior guards Teresa Davis (9.8 ppg, 42 steals) and Katresa Savisky (8.9 ppg, 5.9 rpg).
 
Friday's game will mark the second meeting this season and the 44th meeting all-time between Daemen and Point Park. Daemen has prevailed in 13 of the past 15 meetings and owns a 30-13 advantage in the all-time series. The Wildcats posted a 74-60 win earlier this year at Lumsden Gymnasium. Kosior (16 pts) and Allen (14 pts) led the way for Daemen, while McPhatter totaled 17 points and eight rebounds for the Pioneers.
 
The teams met three times last season, with Point Park coming away with the win twice. The teams split their two regular-season meetings, before Point Park posted a 60-48 victory in the AMC Tournament Championship game. Schartner led the way for Point Park with 19 points. Kosior (14 pts) and Allen (13 pts) paced the Wildcats.

Live stats, live video and live audio will be available for Friday's contest.
 
Carlow (11-12) has won five of its last seven games and is coming off a 75-47 victory over Penn State Greater Allegheny on Wednesday night. The Celtics are ranked 10th in the USCAA Division 1 poll released last Friday. Junior guard Chanel Berry missed the first half of the season but has averaged a team-high 11.7 points over the past 12 games. Freshman Lynzi Mueller has enjoyed a solid rookie season and is averaging 10.7 points with a team-high 35 three-pointers. Additional production has come from junior guard Jessalyn Timko (9.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 3.0 apg), senior forward Angelica Pantojas (9.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg) and sophomore guard Erin DiSanti (7.3 ppg, 3.3 apg, 39 stls).
 
Saturday's game will mark the 39th all-time meeting between Daemen and Carlow. The Wildcats have prevailed in the last 17 meetings and own a 32-6 advantage in the all-time series. The teams met twice last season. Daemen posted a 66-45 win at Lumsden Gym and completed the sweep with a 54-33 victory at Carlow.

Live audio will be streaming for Saturday's game at Carlow.
 
Daemen opened its 2012-13 season with a 75-56 victory over Niagara at Lumsden Gym. Senior Lia Zahn (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) led the way with six three-pointers and a career-high 20 points. Senior forward Kate Montgomery scored 15 points for the Knights, while sophomore center Kaitlyn McPherson totaled 11 points and 16 rebounds. Niagara is 8-13 overall and 5-8 in the OCAA. McPherson is averaging a team-high 11.2 points and 8.8 rebounds.