Women's Basketball | 11/14/2014 12:19:00 PM

GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) released the results of its 2014-15 women's basketball preseason coaches' poll Thursday, players to watch in the upcoming season and its 60^th anniversary team.
 
The nationally ranked Thomas More Saints were predicted to repeat as PAC champions after earning 89 points and nine first-place votes in the conference poll. Thiel was predicted to finish eighth with 27 points. Saint Vincent was picked to finish second in the conference with 89 points, including one first-place vote.
 
A majority of Thiel's roster remains in tact from last year's squad, which went 5-21 overall and 4-14 in PAC play, including junior forward Jaclyn Watkins (Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa), who was an All-PAC Honorable Mention selection as a sophomore.
 
Watkins was one of three Tomcats on the conference's players to watch list, along with junior point guard Kayla Welty (Portville, N.Y./Portville ) and freshman forward Taylor Duchon (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin).
 
The PAC also revealed its 60^th anniversary women's basketball team on Friday, and the list included six former Tomcats. Bios on all six picks are included below.
 
The Tomcats will open the 2014-15 season Saturday when they compete in the Buffalo State Tournament. Thiel will play Buffalo State during the first day of the tournament Saturday at 2 p.m.
 
PAC 60^th anniversary women's basketball team (Thiel selections)
 
Kelly Barzak, 2009-13, Warren, Ohio / Howland
 
Barzak scored 1,405 career points for the Tomcats, the third most in program history. She also recorded 774 career rebounds, the fifth most in program history. She is also the program's all-time leader in blocks (288). Barzak was a four-time All-PAC selection, earning Second Team honors in 2010, 2012 and 2013.
 
Amber Bodrick, 2005-09, Boardman, Ohio / Cardinal Mooney
 
A four-year starter with the Tomcats, Bodrick finished with 1,867 career points, the second most in program history. She scored 51 points in a single game in 2006, the highest single-game point output in program history. She totaled 535 points as a freshman (2005-06), the most in school history.  Bodrick also recorded 828 career rebounds, tying her for the third most in program history. She converted 75 career three-point attempts, the eighth most in program history. Bodrick was a four-time All-PAC First Team pick.
 
Cynthia Bynum, 1984-88, Swissvale, Pa. / Swissvale
 
Bynum amassed 1,203 career points with the Tomcats, the sixth most in program history. She is also the program's all-time career rebounding leader (1,073). She ranks second in career blocks (121), fourth in career assists (226) and fifth in career steals (222) in program history. Bynum was a three-time All-PAC performer, earning First Team nods as a sophomore and senior. She was an All-PAC Second Team pick as a junior.
 
Tricia Kosenina, 1989-93, Imperial, Pa. / West Allegheny
 
Kosenina is Thiel's all-time scoring leader with 2,086 points. A shooting guard, she made 150 three-pointers in her career, the second most in program history. She also ranks 10th in program history with 154 career steals. A four-time All-PAC First Team selection, Kosenina was named the PAC Freshman of the Year in 1989-90 after she scored a then single-season school record 384 points. She was inducted into the Thiel College Hall of Fame in 2004.
 
Julie Sierota, 1986-90, Erie, Pa. / McDowell
 
Sierota scored 1,388 career points, the fourth most in program history. She also pulled down 722 career rebounds, the seventh most in school history. She ranks third in program history with 100 career blocks and ninth with 169 steals. Sierota was a four-time All-PAC selection, earning First Team nods three times (1987, 1989, 1990). She was inducted into the Thiel College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.
 
Tammy Willrich, 1996-00, Girard, Ohio / Girard
 
Willrich ranks seventh on Thiel's all-time scoring list with 1,132 points. She made 109 career three-pointers, the fifth most in program history. Willrich is Thiel's all-time leader in steals (251) and ranks third in program history in career assists (262). Willrich was a four-time All-PAC honoree, earning First Team honors in 1999 and 2000 and Second Team accolades in 1997 and 1998.