San Diego Siege

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.

San Diego Siege

Sport	Basketball
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

2006 Highlights

• 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

San Diego Siege roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 1 Nakase, Natalie 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) 44 – (1980-04-18)18 April 1980 G 2 Young, Courtney 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 41 – (1983-05-07)7 May 1983 G 7 Lewis, Tynesha 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 45 – (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) 43 – (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 G 14 Price, Latrice 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 50 – (1974-01-01)1 January 1974 G 21 Moore, Loree 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 41 – (1983-03-21)21 March 1983 G 22 Scharlow, Abby 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 41 – (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) 42 – (1982-06-29)29 June 1982	Head coach Fred Williams Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Team Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
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. [3]

References

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

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