Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff
The UMass Lowell women’s basketball team officially landed a big one at 1:05 today.
Pelham High School’s senior center Briana Szidat jotted her name on a letter or intent, flanked by her parents, Pelham High Athletic Director/Girls Basketball Coach Tim Powers and AAU Northeastern Lady Panthers Coach Ricky Oliver.
A three-year varsity standout for the Pythons, the 6-foot-3 Szidat averaged right around 15 points per game and earned recognition as a New Hampshire Class I All-Star. She enter her senior season roughly 200 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point milestone.
The River Hawks currently have a pair of seniors in the front court playing major minutes in leading rebounded and scorer from 2007-08 Revital Carmon as well as Texas native Shaina Berry. Both are due to graduate at the end of this season.
Not taking into consideration any other potential recruits, Szidat would be the tallest player on the UMass Lowell roster next season.
Szidat, who did an overnight visit to UML this fall, chose the River Hawks over several offers from Division 1 and Division 2 schools.
Pelham has already begun basketball practice. The season opener is at home on Dec. 2 against Bedford.
Also on the recruiting front, WMDF TV out of Mansfield, Ohio, reported that guard Bri Calver of Shelby High School signed a letter of intent to come to UMass Lowell this past week. Calver helped lead the Whippets to three consecutive Northern Ohio League titles. The 5-foot-4 guard was a Division II Third Team All-District as a junior last year, scoring 10.5 points per game.
The River Hawks have a policy of not commenting on recruits before they are officially admitted.
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