San Diego Siege

2005–2006 women's basketball team

San Diego SiegeSport| Basketball

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Founded| 2005
Folded| 2006
League| National Women's Basketball League
Based in| San Diego, California
Arena| Harry West Gymnasium
Colors| red, white and blue
Owner| Patrick Alexander
Head coach| Fred Williams
General manager| David McElwee

The San Diego Siege were a women's professional basketball team based in San Diego, California, that competed in the now defunct National Women's Basketball League (NWBL). The team played only one season, during February and March 2006, finishing the regular season 14-4 and earning the number one playoff seed. They defeated the San Francisco Legacy in the semi-final and lost to the Colorado Chill in the NWBL Championship for a 15-5 record.

## 2006 highlights

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* NWBL Most Improved Player: Tera Bjorklund (6'5"-F-82, college: Colorado)
* NWBL Rookie of the Year: Cathrine Kraayeveld (6'4"-F-81, college: Oregon)
* NWBL Coach of the Year: Fred Williams[1]
* NWBL All-Star: Tera Bjoklund, Jessica Cheeks, Cathrine Kraayeveld, Tynesha Lewis and Loree Moore[2]

## 2006 roster

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San Diego Siege roster

Players | Coaches
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G | 1 |  | Nakase, Natalie | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)  |  |  45 – (1980-04-18)18 April 1980  |
G | 2 |  | Young, Courtney | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)  |  |  42 – (1983-05-07)7 May 1983  |
G | 7 |  | Lewis, Tynesha | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)  |  |  46 – (1979-05-08)8 May 1979  |
F | 10 |  | Harris, Crystal | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)  |  |  42 – (1982-10-14)14 October 1982  |
F/C | 11 |  | Edobor-Osula, Osato | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)  |  |  43 – (1981-10-15)15 October 1981  |
G | 12 |  | Cheeks, Jessica | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)  |  |  44 – (1981-08-01)1 August 1981  |
G | 14 |  | Price, Latrice | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)  |  |  51 – (1974-01-01)1 January 1974  |
G | 21 |  | Moore, Loree | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)  |  |  42 – (1983-03-21)21 March 1983  |
G | 22 |  | Scharlow, Abby | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)  |  |  42 – (1983-01-01)1 January 1983  |
G | 23 |  | Mercado, Jessica | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)  |  |  41 – (1983-09-22)22 September 1983  |
F | 33 |  | Kraayeveld, Catherine | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)  |  |  43 – (1981-09-30)30 September 1981  |
C | 50 |  | Bjorklund, Tera | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)  |  |  43 – (1982-06-29)29 June 1982  |

Head coach

*   * Fred Williams

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

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* Roster

## Team Schedule

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Date
time, TV  | Rank# | Opponent# | Result  | Record  | High points  | High rebounds  | High assists  | Site
city, state

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Regular season
February 11, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | at San Francisco | W 91–84  | 1–0
|  19 – Cheeks  |  10 – Kraayeveld  |  4 – Lewis  | San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
February 12, 2006
4:00 p.m. |  | at San Jose  | L 70–72  | 1–1
|  17 – Tied  |  9 – Bjorklund  |  5 – Cheeks  | DeAnza College
Cupertino, CA
February 14, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | at Colorado | W 81–70  | 2–1
|  26 – Bjorklund  |  15 – Kraayeveld  |  5 – Tied  | Budweiser Events Center (2,297)
Loveland, CO
February 18, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | San Jose | W 89–80  | 3–1
|  21 – Lewis  |  11 – Kraayeveld  |  3 – Tied  | Harry West Gymnasium
San Diego, CA
February 21, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | at Colorado | W 79–70  | 4–1
|  20 – Cheeks  |  6 – Bjorklund  |  5 – Cheeks  | Budweiser Events Center (1,329)
Loevland, CO
February 25, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | San Francisco | W 87–74  | 5–1
|  28 – Kraayeveld  |  9 – Tied  |  8 – Lewis  | Harry West Gymnasium
San Diego, CA
February 26, 2006
4:00 p.m. |  | Colorado | W 76–73  | 6–1
|  16 – Bjorklund  |  11 – Lewis  |  6 – Moore  | Harry West Gymnasium
San Diego, CA
February 28, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | San Jose | W 99–95  | 7–1
|  33 – Kraayeveld  |  7 – Bjorklund  |  4 – Scharlow  | Harry West Gymnasium
San Diego, CA
March 3, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | at San Francisco | W 85–54  | 8–1
|  19 – Kraayeveld  |  8 – Kraayeveld  |  6 – Moore  | San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
March 4, 2006
4:00 p.m. |  | at San Jose | W 69–67  | 9–1
|  13 – Tied  |  14 – Kraayeveld  |  4 – Lewis  | DeAnza College
Cupertino, CA
March 7, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | San Jose | W 101–72  | 10–1
|  26 – Kraayeveld  |  13 – Kraayeveld  |  7 – Kraayeveld  | Harry West Gymnasium
San Diego, CA
March 11, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | San Francisco | W 84–55  | 11–1
|  24 – Kraayeveld  |  9 – Tied  |  6 – Tied  | Harry West Gymnasium
San Diego, CA
March 12, 2006
4:00 p.m. |  | Colorado | L 80–86  | 11–2
|  24 – Bjorklund  |  9 – Kraayeveld  |  4 – Lewis  | Harry West Gymnasium
San Diego, CA
March 17, 2006
4:00 p.m. |  | at San Jose | W 70–69  | 12–2
|  19 – Tied  |  13 – Moore  |  3 – Tied  | DeAnza College
Cupertino, CA
March 19, 2006
4:00 p.m. |  | at San Francisco | W 83–76  | 13–2
|  26 – Bjorklund  |  6 – Bjorklund  |  2 – Tied  | Ira Jenkins Center
Oakland, CA
March 21, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | Colorado | L 71–79  | 13–3
|  27 – Lewis  |  7 – Tied  |  4 – Moore  | Harry West Gymnasium
San Diego, CA
March 25, 2006
7:00 p.m. |  | San Francisco | W 81–62  | 14–3
|  18 – Tied  |  12 – Kraayeveld  |  6 – Nakase  | Harry West Gymnasium
San Diego, CA
March 26, 2006
3:00 p.m. |  | at Colorado | L 91–96  | 14–4
|  20 – Cheeks  |  9 – Moore  |  5 – Moore  | Budweiser Events Center (1,851)
Loveland, CO
NWBL Playoffs
March 30, 2006
5:00 p.m. |  No. 1  | vs. No. 4 San Francisco
Semi-final game | W 75–63  | 15–4
|  26 – Bjorklund  |  8 – Bjorklund  |   – N/A  | Budweiser Events Center
Loveland, CO
March 31, 2006
7:30 p.m. |  No. 1  | vs. No. 2 Colorado
Championship game | L 71–78  | 15–5
|  20 – Bjorklund  |  11 – Bjorklund  |   – N/A  | Budweiser Events Center (est. 2,000)
Loveland, CO

*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.
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## References

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1. ^ "Colorado Chill is the Champion again!". Usbasket. April 1, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
2. ^ "Five Siege Starters Named To 2006 NWBL All-Star Game". Oursportscentral. March 3, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
3. ^ "NWBL 2006 Season Boxscores". nwblthestatzone.com. January 25, 2024. Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

## External links

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* Siege Game Photos
* NWBL 2006 Season Schedule
* NWBL website (archive link)

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