Behind the doors of Glenbrook Gym on Nov. 10, the Spartans women’s basketball team started their season on a high note by defeating in-state rivals, Norwich, 63-55.

Despite the quick start, the Spartans fell in both their games during the Cardinal Classic the following week where they took on Plattsburgh State losing 52-45 and SUNY Potsdam falling 59-45.

Leading the way for team in scoring this year so far has been junior Emily Adams, who is averaging 10 points and six rebounds a game so far. Adams is one of the few returning starters from last season.

The Spartans this season have a much different look than previous season after the graduation of Elise Magro, however although it might be a different look the team is no longer struggling with limited numbers.

“We have a young team, no seniors with five freshmen with a roaster of 11. That is big numbers for us though, and it’s huge we can practice and go five versus five unlike last year. We are working out the little things like talking and defense,” Adams said. “We lost two of our leading scores from last year, Liz (Bailey) and Elise, so we need pick it up on offense and have confidence when attacking the basket. We struggled with offense at the Plattsburgh tourney, but we all understand that we need to shoot the ball. I think we can be very successful this year once we adjust to our new team.”

Even with the young team and adjustments that are different from last season, the team continues to have high expectations. 

“We’ve started a little slower than we would’ve liked but there is always room for us to improve on it. We have high expectations for ourselves, but other people don’t see us amounting to anything this year because of who we lost. This team is super close and we’re all ready to go out and prove people wrong this year,” said freshman Emily Trepanier.

The Spartans look to get back on track when they host the Spartan Classic on Nov 22-23, which will see the team host the University of Maine-Farmington and Hartwick College. The Spartans topped University of Maine-Farmington last season 59-42, however it might take a different approach this time as then the Spartans were led by their two headed monster of Magro and Bailey from last season.