Freshman Shelly Fogarty is also finding her range from downtown, while Maldonado cleans the glass. Alert to Ivy League defenses -- Penn shooting guard Colleen Kelly has found her prolific touch from three-point range. On Saturday night against Cornell, Kelly shot her way into the Quakers record book by bucketing seven shots from downtown. Kelly surpassed the old Penn record of six, most recently achieved by Shelly Bowers versus Columbia on February 24, 1995. "I knew that the record was six," Kelly said on Saturday. "But, that wasn't even close to what I was thinking of." The previous night against Columbia, Kelly came one trifecta shy of the three-point record -- striking five-of-eight from behind the arc. Over the two-game span, Kelly shot 12-of-23 (52.2 percent) from three-point range. Based upon this weekend's performance, Kelly was selected as the Big Five Women's Player of the Week. For the season, the long-range bomber is now 43-for-118 (36.4 percent) from downtown. At this pace, she will finish the season with 70 three-pointers, nine more than Jen Dorfmeister's Quakers record of 61, set in 1990-91. · Also finding the range is Penn freshman Shelly Fogarty. The 5-foot-11 forward had been struggling with her outside shot. But, against Cornell, the frosh scored 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting. Fogarty hit three shots from downtown in 28 minutes playing time, including a basket from the left elbow of the arc with just 36.3 seconds remaining in the game. This basket cut a 64-60 Big Red lead down to one point. "Its a lot about practice and confidence," Fogarty said. "I wasn't thinking [about] anything. I was just acting as if it was a normal everyday shot." · Last week's Ivy League Player of the Week, Penn junior Michelle Maldonado, has evolved into one of the nation's most dominating rebounders. The 5-foot-10 forward grabbed 21 balls off the glass on Saturday night against Cornell. She is now third in Division I in rebounding, averaging 11.8 boards per game. Only Georgia State's Etolia Mitchell (13.9) and Minnesota's Angie Iverson (12.1) average more per contest. Maldonado leads both the Ivy League and the Big Five in rebounding. In addition, she ranks among the Ivy leaders in points (sixth) and field goal percentage (fifth). · Over the past two weeks, Penn coach Julie Soriero has increased the bench's playing time. Each Quaker made her way onto the court in last Monday's 64-50 loss to LaFayette. Eleven different players saw time on Saturday as well, when Penn defeated the Lions. But no Quaker has experienced a bigger change in playing time than senior co-captain Amy Tarr. The 5-foot-9 guard saw minimal action in the early stages of the season, as Soriero played Chelsea Hathaway and Kelly at the guard positions for close to the full 40 minutes. Tarr, however, has seen at least 18 minutes in each of the Quakers' past three games. Soriero's new four-player rotation with the guards and small forward has given Tarr the chance to spell Fogarty, Hathaway and Kelly in the line-up. Although her shooting ability is limited, Tarr has done a solid job at taking the ball to the hoop. She also is one of the Quakers' stronger defenders. Tarr replaced Hathaway in the line-up after halftime of Saturday's contest. In 18 minutes, the Quakers co-captain scored four points, grabbed two rebounds, and added two assists. "I wanted to go with a little bit more maturity," Soriero said on Saturday, explaining why she went with Tarr at the point in the second half against Cornell. · Saturday night was autograph night at the Palestra. A season-high 452 were in attendance to witness Penn's 65-44 blowout of Columbia. The crowd included many girls' recreational teams, most of which stayed for the post-game festivities.
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