The San Diego Siege were a women's professional
basketball
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team based in
San Diego
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, California, that competed in the now defunct
National Women's Basketball League
The National Women's Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NWBL, was an organization governing professional basketball leagues for women in the United States. The league was founded in 1997 and began play in the Fall of that year. The leagu ...
(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
* NWBL Most Improved Player: Tera Bjorklund (6'5"-F-82, college: Colorado)
* NWBL Rookie of the Year:
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Helene Kraayeveld (born September 30, 1981) is a former American professional basketball player who played in the WNBA.
High school and college
Kraayeveld attended Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Washington and Bellevue Chri ...
(6'4"-F-81, college: Oregon)
* NWBL Coach of the Year:
Fred Williams
* NWBL All-Star: Tera Bjoklund, Jessica Cheeks, Cathrine Kraayeveld,
Tynesha Lewis and
Loree Moore
Loree Marlowe Moore (born March 21, 1983) is a former professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.
Early life and education
Born in Carson, California, Moore graduated from Narbonne High School in Harbor City, California ...
2006 roster
Team Schedule
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NWBL Playoffs
References
External links
Siege Game PhotosNWBL 2006 Season ScheduleNWBL website
(archive link)
Basketball teams in San Diego
Women's sports in San Diego
2006 in California
2000s in San Diego
Long stubs with short prose
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