Spencer Thomas | Staff Writer Feb. 24, 2022 Despite strong offensive performances from Duquesne’s Amaya Hamilton and Libby Bazelak, a basket from La Salle’s Claire Jacobs with 0.2 seconds remaining helped the Explorers sneak past the Dukes 67-66 in Philadelphia on Wednesday evening. On Jan. 30, Duquesne played what Head Coach Dan Burt considered to be one of its best games of the season in … Continue reading Last-second shot downs WBB at La Salle
Spencer Thomas | Staff Writer Feb. 3, 2022 The Duquesne women’s basketball team was busy with a pair of Atlantic 10 Conference games this week, hosting La Salle on Sunday before traveling to Dayton on Wednesday. Sunday was a day of milestones for Duquesne’s Libby Bazelak. The graduate student from Kettering, Ohio, notched a triple-double and scored her 1,000th-career point to help lead the Dukes … Continue reading WBB handles La Salle, downed by Dayton
Brentaro Yamane | Staff Writer Jan. 20, 2022 Since Tammi Reiss got the head coaching job at Rhode Island back in 2019, one of the things that she could never accomplish was beating Duquesne. She no longer has to worry about that. In order to stay at the top of the Atlantic 10 Conference standings, the Rams knew they’d have to defeat the Dukes in … Continue reading WBB loses second in a row, falls to URI
Brentaro Yamane | Staff Writer Nov. 23, 2021 Tradition can contribute a sense of comfort and belonging, while also reinforcing values such as freedom, faith, integrity, a good education, responsibility and a good work ethic. Excluding the 2020-21 season that was impacted by Covid-19, the women’s basketball programs from Duquesne and Pitt have continued the tradition of meeting on the court in every season since … Continue reading Women’s basketball falls to Pitt in City Game
Grace Heidinger | Staff Writer Nov. 11, 2021 The Duquesne women’s basketball team opened up its season in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday, falling to Central Florida at Addition Financial Arena, 68-39. Despite playing with a shortened bench as a result of four regular players not traveling due to injury, the Dukes managed to stay competitive for much of the game. Tess Myers had a game-high-tying … Continue reading Women’s basketball falls to UCF in season opener
Luke Henne | Sports Editor Nov. 4, 2021 After playing in just four games due to injury during the 2020-21 season, a campaign that was also ravaged by Covid-19, Libby Bazelak knew her senior year was not the one she wanted to go out on. “If it wasn’t for the Covid year, I may have redshirted last year anyways because I missed so many of … Continue reading Bazelak ready to provide veteran leadership
Adam Lindner | Sports Editor Feb. 11, 2021 Today marks the 25th day in a row since the Duquesne women’s basketball team last saw the court. No matter which way you slice it — 600 hours, 36,000 minutes, almost four weeks — a 25-day mid-season pause is a long time away from action for any team. Heck, the last time the Dukes played, classes hadn’t … Continue reading Dan Burt: “This is our second season”
Brentaro Yamane | Staff Writer Nov. 19, 2020 Libby Bazelak could have made a name for herself in the college basketball world in the state that she grew up in Ohio. Back in high school, she had an offer from the University of Akron, one of the two schools that had offered her. Instead of becoming a star at Akron, Bazelak is shooting three-pointers and … Continue reading Bazelak appreciative of opportunity that awaits in 2020-21
Adam Lindner | Sports Editor Nov. 12, 2020 The Atlantic 10 released its annual women’s basketball preseason predictions on Monday, Nov. 9, with two Duquesne players named to all-conference teams and the team slotted to finish in the top half of the league’s standings. Senior guard Libby Bazelak, a 2019-20 All-Conference Second Team honoree, was selected to both the Preseason All-Conference First Team and Preseason … Continue reading Duquesne women picked to finish tied for fourth in A-10
David Borne | Sports Editor Feb. 20, 2020 Facing a 40-31 deficit at halftime, Duquesne’s women’s basketball recognized that a serious attitude adjustment needed to be made. The Dukes started the game flat and turned the ball over 11 times in the first two quarters. A dominant showing in the third quarter brought the Dukes back into the game, and Duquesne ultimately pulled out a … Continue reading Second half effort leads WBB to win over Rhode Island
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