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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND

2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

Alexis Friedman
Alexis Friedman
Alexis Friedman
Evan Bernstein
Alexis Friedman
Matteo Bracco
Amber Dawn

2 Emma Von Essen

2 Emma Von Essen

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Rockville Centre, NY
  • Major:
    Community Health
  • High School:
    Long Island Lutheran

Summary

Biography

2024-25:
CSC Academic All-District ®…Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll…Started in all 30 games…Eclipsed 200 career three-point field goals vs. Northeastern (Mar. 8)…Averaged 10.9 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 0.8 steals in 30.3 minutes per game…Shot 71 three-pointers, tied for ninth-most in a season in program history…Ranked first on the team in points and three-point field goals…Ranked second on the team in assists (45)…Recorded the sixth-most rebounds on the team (68)…Had 19 games with double-digit points and five with at least 15 points…Scored a season-high 20 points at Bucknell (Dec. 21)...Recorded a season high three steals at Monmouth (Jan. 3)...Had a season-high of five rebounds and six assists vs. Stony Brook (Mar. 6)...Ranked second in the CAA with 2.4 three-point field goals per game.

2023-24:
CSC Academic All-District...Fall 2023 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…Played in all 32 games and made 31 starts at guard, averaging 27.5 minutes played per game…Led the team with an average of 11.6 points per game and 372 points…Scored a personal-best 29 points and tied the program-record with nine three-pointers against Farmingdale State (Dec. 16)…Finished with 20+ points against Elon (23, Jan. 21) and Northeastern (22, Feb. 18)…Finished in double-figures 19 times and led the team in scoring 13 times…Scored 10+ points in 10 consecutive games from November 15 (vs. Delaware State) through January 5 (vs. UNCW)…Averaged 2.7 made three-pointers per game to lead the CAA …Ranked second in the CAA with a .360 (85-236) three-point field goal percentage…Pulled down 90 rebounds and averaged 3.0 rebounds per game…Tied her personal-best with six rebounds against Delaware State, Army West Point (Nov. 28), Lehigh (Dec. 3), and William & Mary (Jan. 7)…Tallied three assists against Farmingdale State, NJIT (Nov. 25), and Delaware (Feb. 4)…Blocked one shot against Iona (Dec. 7)…Recorded two steals against Lehigh and Elon (Mar. 7).

2022-23:
Played in all 32 games and made 25 starts, averaging 23.3 minutes per game as a true freshman…Averaged 7.5 points per game and finished fourth on the team with 239 total points…Shot .405 (90-222) from the floor…Led the team with a .415 three-point field goal percentage and 49 three-pointers made…Pulled down 59 total rebounds and averaged 1.8 rebounds per game…Scored a season-high 17 points and a season-high four three-pointers against LIU on 12/3…Connected on a season-high six field goals against Stony Brook on 2/12…Totaled 10+ points in a game seven times and led the team in scoring five times…Pulled down a season-high of five rebounds against Alliance on 11/23…Credited with four assists against New Orleans…Had a season-high four takeaways against Iona on 11/30…Averaged 11.3 points per game, 3.0 rebounds per game, a .500 field goal (13-26) and three-point field goal percentage (7-14), and 31.0 minutes per game in the CAA Women’s Basketball Championship…Made the eventual game-winning baskets in the CAA First Round against UNCW and in the CAA Second Round against North Carolina A&T.

High School:
Four-year member of the Long Island Lutheran Lady Crusaders...Newsday First Team All-Long Island in 2022 when she averaged 12.0 points, 6.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game as a senior...Named a top-100 player on Long Island in 2021 when she led her team to a 22-1 record...Led her team to a ranking as high as fourth in the nation during her junior season when she averaged six assists per game...Began her senior season ranked No. 22 in the nation in the ESPN rankings....Won the Coaches Award her senior year...Earned the Female Primus Athlete Award as a senior...A four-year member of the National Honor Society...Was the Long Island Lutheran Student of the Month twice...Earned the LuHi citizenship award twice. 

Personal:
Daughter of Marc and Lorette...Has two siblings, Mason and Harrison...Aspires to be a physician assistant or nurse...Majoring in Community Health at Hofstra.
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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2022-23Freshman

    Guard
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2023-24Sophomore

    Guard
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2024-25Junior

    Guard
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2025-26Senior

    Guard
    5'9"
    2