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Longtime FGCU Coach Karl Smesko departs Eagles for WNBA’s Atlanta Dream

Longtime FGCU Coach Karl Smesko departs Eagles for WNBA’s Atlanta Dream

Jeffrey Hrunka, Sports Editor November 13, 2024

(Updated with New Information) Karl Smesko, longtime FGCU women’s basketball coach, announced that he is leaving the team effective immediately for the WNBA. The departure comes after the Eagles...

Sha Carter (20) drives to the basket against Liberty in the ASUN Championship

Women’s Basketball Defeats Washington State to Advance to Second Round of NCAA Tournament

Nick Asselin, Sports Editor March 18, 2023

The FGCU Women’s Basketball team are moving on to the second round of the NCAA March Madness Tournament. The #12 Eagles defeated #5 Washington State 74-63 on March 18 in Philadelphia. The Eagles trailed...

FGCU women’s basketball earns sixth-consecutive A-Sun title

February 20, 2016

In an end to the regular season, the FGCU women’s basketball team defeated Kennesaw State in a 22-point win, 63-41. With the win, the Eagles have earned their sixth-consecutive Atlantic Sun regular season...

Alyssa Romasco trains Eagles back to health

January 29, 2016

We often wonder how big collegiate programs thrive for long periods of time. Well, for a structure to hold, it takes a firm foundation. The FGCU basketball program has grown expeditiously within the past...

The bench celebrates a play  during a 2015 home game. (Photo by Linwood Ferguson)

FGCU rises from injuries, finds depth heading into A-Sun season

January 6, 2016

After a challenging and successful nonconference season, the FGCU women’s basketball team enters conference play with players returning from injuries and a stronger bench following a rocky start to the...

Jordin Alexander plays for Brown during her undergraduate years.

Brown transfer joins 2016-2017 women’s basketball roster

October 3, 2015

Along with three other transfers added this summer, the FGCU women’s basketball team announced the addition of Brown transfer Jordin Alexander who will join the Eagles for the 2016-17 season. Alexander,...

Regardless of A-Sun result, FGCU women are in

Regardless of A-Sun result, FGCU women are in

February 11, 2015

The Florida Gulf Coast University women’s basketball team has made history at FGCU and across the country since it became a program. The Eagles have consistently been the most successful program on campus,...

Eagles ready for another successful run

Eagles ready for another successful run

November 5, 2014

For the Florida Gulf Coast University woman’s basketball team, the beginning of the season inched a little closer Oct. 30 when the Eagles hosted their annual media day during practice. The Eagles are...

Eagles recruit recruiter from within

August 21, 2014

Chelsea Lyles was named FGCU women’s basketball’s new recruiting coordinator in July after serving as an assistant coach for the team since 2011. Head coach Karl Smesko appointed Lyles after Abby Scharlow...

Ms. Everything shoots for last chance at glory

March 26, 2014

Redshirt senior Sarah Hansen has almost done it all. Her name is all over the Florida Gulf Coast University record books, she’s won Atlantic Sun Player of the Year twice, and she was inducted into...

Back in The Dance

Back in The Dance

March 17, 2014

For the second time in the last three years, the Florida Gulf Coast University women’s basketball team beat the Stetson Hatters in the Atlantic Sun Conference final at Alico Arena, 72-70, and is advancing...

FGCU freshman Jamie Gluesing during a home game against LSU. (Photo: Linwood Ferguson)

FGCU freshman Jamie Gluesing fills crucial role

February 13, 2013

One of the many leaders on the women’s basketball team is Jaime Gluesing. Gluesing, a freshman, has clearly had an impact this season. She is leading the team’s 3-point field goal percentage at...

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