After an NCAA Tournament appearance in the 2022-2023 campaign, the Sharks Women’s Basketball team, led by Head Coach LeAnn Freeland-Curry has revamped their roster and looks to make a deep postseason push in the upcoming season. NSU finished last season with a 21-9 record and the Sharks welcomed six new players, three of whom come from the Division I level.
“We are fired up to start playing this season. Our early training has been more competitive than it has been in years and that sets the stage for a great season” said Head Coach LeAnn Freeland-Curry. “It’s important we come out strong early since we open with two regional opponents. We believe we will be ready because our players have been consistently training hard and challenging each other daily.”
The Sharks new additions include Nicole Scales (Eckerd), Jess Moors (Colorado State), Kailyn Terrell (Brownsburg HS), Alana Ellis (Notre Dame OH), Aubrey Stupp (Purdue University-Fort Wayne), and Morgan Kane (Iowa State). Nova Southeastern returns Sarei McGill, Suzan Kinran, India Shepherd, Zeyno Seren, Delaney Wolfe, Mia Jones, Madison Frederick, and Kyarrah Grant.
NSU will kick off the season with a home opener at the Rick Case Arena, where they will host the Gulf South Conference-Sunshine State Crossover Classic and take on Auburn-Montgomery and Montevallo in a back-to-back on 11/10 and 11/11.
The Sharks will continue their homestand, taking on Purdue Northwest (11/24) and Daemen University (11/25) before opening up SSC play against Lynn University (11/29). After five straight games at home to open the season, the Sharks will then travel to Miami Shores to take on SSC rival Barry University in their first road matchup of the 2023-24 campaign. NSU will then return back home to face Palm Beach Atlantic (12/9) and Mount Olive (12/13). The rest of the month features matchups at a neutral location against Saint Anselm (12/18), and Walsh University (12/19) as well as a home matchup against Embry-Riddle (12/30) to close out the year.
NSU will ring in 2024 with a road SSC matchup facing Florida Southern (1/3) before returning home to take on Tampa (1/6). The Sharks will continue SSC action with matchups, at Rollins (1/10), at Florida Tech (1/13), home against Eckerd (1/17), at Saint Leo (1/20), home against Rollins (1/27), at Lynn (1/31), on the road against Eckerd (2/3), and at home versus Florida Tech (2/7).
The final leg of 2023-24 campaign for NSU includes three home games, beginning with road matchups against Embry-Riddle (2/10), and Palm Beach Atlantic (2/17). The Sharks will then return home to take on Barry (2/21), and Florida Southern (2/24), before heading to Tampa (2/28) for their last road matchup and back to the Rick Case Arena to close out the regular season against Saint Leo (3/2).
The Sunshine State Conference Tournament tips off on Saturday, March 5th, as the Sharks. The NCAA National Championship tournament will be held at St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, MO.
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